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(MoD) personnel serving outside of the

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. They provide

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s and educational support services from Foundation Stage through to

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. They are headquartered at Trenchard Lines,

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.SERVICE CHILDREN'S EDUCATION ANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS 2012-2013

Archive
. Service Children's Education. PDF p. 3/62. Retrieved on 28 February 2015. "Any enquiries regarding this publication should be sent to us at Headquarters Service Children's Education, Trenchard Lines, Upavon, Wiltshire" It was previously an executive agency of the MoD, but this status was removed on 31 March 2013 following the reduction of service personnel based abroad. However, it continues to operate under the SCE name as part of the MoD's Directorate Children and Young People (DCYP).

History

During the 1980s, the British Families Education Service (BFES) was renamed Service Children's School (SCS). In 1997 it took its current name Service Children's Education (SCE). Despite the various changes to the name and administration, it continues the mission of its predecessors: providing education for the children of

personnel. Former teachers who taught in SCE schools or under its previous incarnations the BFES and SCS may join the BFES/SCE Association.

Management

Headquarters and offices

SCE are headquartered at Trenchard Lines,

. The business support office are co-located with that of the Children's Education and Advisory Service since August 2012.SERVICE CHILDREN'S EDUCATION ANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS 2012-2013

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. Service Children's Education. p. 7 (PDF p. 8/62). Retrieved on 28 February 2015. SCE was headquartered in the Wegberg Military Complex in Wegberg,

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, until 2012. It briefly moved to JHQ Rheindahlen, until that base closed, too, in 2013. In addition SCE have offices in

Bielefeld Bielefeld () is a city in the Ostwestfalen-Lippe Region in the north-east of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. With a population of 341,755, it is also the most populous city in the administrative region ('' Regierungsbezirk'') of Detmold and ...

and

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Curriculum

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Schools

The agency operates primary and secondary schools in Europe and Asia and also provides educational facilities in territories such as the Falklands and Gibraltar where there is a significant British military presence. The schools are typically grouped by garrison (including its outlying bases). Schools are: ; Belgium * SHAPE Primary School (British section),

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; Brunei * Treetops Early Years Setting and Hornbill Primary School ( Seria) ; Cyprus * King Richard Secondary School, Dhekelia *

St. John's Secondary School ST, St, or St. may refer to: Arts and entertainment * Stanza, in poetry * Suicidal Tendencies, an American heavy metal/hardcore punk band * Star Trek, a science-fiction media franchise * Summa Theologica, a compendium of Catholic philosophy an ...

, Episkopi *Akrotiri Early Years Setting and Akrotiri Primary School, RAF Akrotiri *Ayios Nikolaos Early Years Setting and Ayios Nikolaos Primary School, Ayios Nikolaos Station *Dhekelia Early Years Setting and Dhekelia Primary School *Episkopi Early Years Setting and Episkopi Primary School ; Falkland Islands *Mount Pleasant Primary School, RAF Mount Pleasant, Falklands ; Germany * Attenborough Early Years and Attenborough Primary School ( Sennelager) * St David’s Primary School ( Ramstein) ; Gibraltar * Sunflowers Early Years Setting and St Christopher’s Early Years Foundation Stage ; Italy *BFS

Naples Naples (; it, Napoli ; nap, Napule ), from grc, Νεάπολις, Neápolis, lit=new city. is the regional capital of Campania and the third-largest city of Italy, after Rome and Milan, with a population of 909,048 within the city's adminis ...

Primary School ,

Italy Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical ...

; Netherlands * AFNORTH Primary School (

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)

Former Schools

Germany

;Secondary schools *Cornwall School, Dortmund *Edinburgh School, Münster *

Gloucester School Gloucester School was a British military secondary school in Hohne, Germany. It was one of several secondary schools operated by the Service Children's Education in support of British Forces Germany in the post-Cold War period. It served childre ...

, Hohne (closed July 2015) * Havel School, RAF Gatow,

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. Closed 1994. Was also the primary school until the building of Gatow First school in 1977 *

Kent School, Hostert Kent School was a British secondary school in Germany, with boarding facilities, for the children of military personnel. It was located near the military complex at JHQ Rheindahlen, at Hostert, near Mönchengladbach. The school operated from 1963 ...

, near Schwalmtal (boarding school) (closed 1993) * King Alfred School,

Plön Plön (; Holsatian: ''Plöön'') is the district seat of the Plön district in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, and has about 8,700 inhabitants. It lies right on the shores of Schleswig-Holstein's biggest lake, the Great Plön Lake, as well as on ...

(closed 1959) * King's School,

Gütersloh Gütersloh () is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, in the area of Westphalia and the administrative region of Detmold. Gütersloh is the administrative centre for a district of the same name and has a population of 100,194 peo ...

(closed 2019) * Prince Rupert School,

Rinteln Rinteln () is a small town in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is located on the banks of the Weser river above the Porta Westfalica. The town of Rinteln is in the broad valley between the hills of the Weserbergland and the North Lippe Bergland. In re ...

(closed July 2014) * Windsor Boys' School, Hamm (boarding school) (closed 1983) * Windsor Girls' School, Hamm (boarding school) * Windsor School, formerly Queen's School, Rheindahlen (closed July 2013)
Virtual Tour of the Windsor School / Windsor Boys School Hamm, Germany
;Primary/middle schools *Alanbrooke Primary, Dortmund, BFPO20 *Andrew Humphrey School, WWildenrath (closed 2012) *Ark Primary School, JHQ Rheindahlen (closed July 2013) *Attenborough First School, Sennelager *Attenborough Primary School, Sennelager *Ayrshire Barracks Primary School, Mönchengladbach *Bad Salzuflen School, Bad Salzuflen *Bader First School, RAF Brüggen *BFES Germany RAF Borgentreich * Bielefeld School,

* Bishopspark First School,

Paderborn Paderborn (; Westphalian: ''Patterbuorn'', also ''Paterboärn'') is a city in eastern North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, capital of the Paderborn district. The name of the city derives from the river Pader and ''Born'', an old German term for th ...

* Blankenhagen School,

*Brüggen School, Elmpt, formerly RAF Bruggen (closed July 2015) *Buckeburg Primary School, Buckeburg (now Immanuel Schule Schaumburg) Bünde Primary School *Cambridge Infant School,

Münster Münster (; nds, Mönster) is an independent city (''Kreisfreie Stadt'') in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is in the northern part of the state and is considered to be the cultural centre of the Westphalia region. It is also a state d ...

*Cheshire Middle School, RAF Bruggen *

Charlottenburg Charlottenburg () is a locality of Berlin within the borough of Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf. Established as a town in 1705 and named after Sophia Charlotte of Hanover, Queen consort of Prussia, it is best known for Charlottenburg Palace, the la ...

First School (closed 1990s) – Its facilities was taken over by the newly founded Berlin British School in 1994. *Churchill School (with annex in Kiel),

Verden Verden can refer to: * Verden an der Aller, a town in Lower Saxony, Germany * Verden, Oklahoma, a small town in the USA * Verden (district), a district in Lower Saxony, Germany * Diocese of Verden (768–1648), a former diocese of the Catholic Chur ...

. Closed 1993 * Dalton Middle School, Düsseldorf *Derby School,

Osnabrück Osnabrück (; wep, Ossenbrügge; archaic ''Osnaburg'') is a city in the German state of Lower Saxony. It is situated on the river Hase in a valley penned between the Wiehen Hills and the northern tip of the Teutoburg Forest. With a populat ...

(closed 2008) *Fleming Primary School, Enger *Gatow First School Berlin, Headmaster John Hancock (1977-1994), (school closed on 4 November 1994) *Griffon School, RAF Wildenrath (became Andrew Humphrey School in c1992) * Haig Primary School, Gütersloh *Hakedahl Primary School, Detmold *Hameln School, Hameln *Hampshire School, Monchengladbach. Closed 2001 *Hamm Primary *Hannover Primary School *Hastenbeck Primary School, Hastenbeck *Heide School,

Fallingbostel Bad Fallingbostel ( Northern Low Saxon: ''Bad Fambossel'') is the district town (''Kreisstadt'') of the Heidekreis district in the German state of Lower Saxony. Since 1976 the town has had a state-recognised Kneipp spa and has held the title ...

* Hemer Primary School *Herford Primary School, Herford (split into Lister and Fleming) Hildesheim Primary School *Hobart Primary School, Detmold *

Iserlohn Iserlohn (; Westphalian: ''Iserlaun'') is a city in the Märkischer Kreis district, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is the largest city by population and area within the district and the Sauerland region. Geography Iserlohn is loc ...

Primary School *Jerboa Primary School, Soltau *John Buchan Middle School, Sennelager *

John Buchan School John is a common English name and surname: * John (given name) * John (surname) John may also refer to: New Testament Works * Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John * First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John * Second ...

, Sennelager (closed 2019) *

Krefeld Krefeld ( , ; li, Krieëvel ), also spelled Crefeld until 1925 (though the spelling was still being used in British papers throughout the Second World War), is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located northwest of Düsseldorf, i ...

Primary School (closed in 2002) – It is now the site o
Franz-Stollwerck-Schule
*Lancaster School,

Minden Minden () is a middle-sized town in the very north-east of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, the greatest town between Bielefeld and Hanover. It is the capital of the district (''Kreis'') of Minden-Lübbecke, which is part of the region of ...

*Lippstadt Primary School, Lippstadt *Lister Primary School,

Herford Herford (; nds, Hiarwede) is a town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, located in the lowlands between the hill chains of the Wiehen Hills and the Teutoburg Forest. It is the capital of the district of Herford. Geography Geographic locatio ...

(closed in July 2015) *Maas First school, RAF Laarbruch *Marlborough School, Osnabrück *Merlin School, RAF Wildenrath (closed in 1991) *Möhne Primary School, Soest *Montgomery School, Hohne * Mountbatten Primary School, Celle *Oxford Primary School, Münster (closed in 2013) *Pegasus Primary School, RAF Wildenrath *Rhine Middle School, RAF Laarbruch * Robert Browning School, Paderborn *Scott School Fallingbostel *Shackleton School, Fallingbostel *Sir John Mogg Primary School,

Detmold Detmold () is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, with a population of . It was the capital of the small Principality of Lippe from 1468 until 1918 and then of the Free State of Lippe until 1947. Today it is the administrative center of t ...

(closed July 2014) *Slim School,

Bergen Bergen (), historically Bjørgvin, is a city and municipality in Vestland county on the west coast of Norway. , its population is roughly 285,900. Bergen is the second-largest city in Norway. The municipality covers and is on the peninsula o ...

*Spandau Primary School, Berlin *St Andrew's Primary School, Rheindahlen *St Barbara's Primary School, Wulfen *St Christopher's Primary School, Rheindahlen *St Clements Primary School, Wickrath *St David's Junior School, Rheindahlen * St David's Primary School, Ramstein *St George's Primary School, Rheindahlen *St Patrick's Primary School, Rheindahlen *St. Peter's Primary School, Lübbecke *Suffolk School,

*Talavera Primary School, Werl *Tower School, Dülmen *Trenchard School, Gütersloh *Wavell Primary School, Bergen *Wellington First School, Osnabrück *Wetter Primary School, Wetter (Ruhr) *Wildenrath Primary, Wildenrath * William Wordsworth First School, Sennelager *York Junior School, Münster

Gilbraltar

*St. Christopher's Middle School, Gibraltar

Hong Kong

* Gun Club Hill Primary School, Hong Kong *Minden Row Junior School, Kowloon, Hong Kong *Sek Kong Primary School, New Territories, Hong Kong *

St. Andrew's Primary School, Kowloon, Hong Kong ST, St, or St. may refer to: Arts and entertainment * Stanza, in poetry * Suicidal Tendencies, an American heavy metal/hardcore punk band * Star Trek, a science-fiction media franchise * Summa Theologica, a compendium of Catholic philosophy ...

*Stanley Fort Primary School, Hong Kong *

St George's School St George's School or Saint George's School may refer to: Brunei * St. George's School, Brunei Canada * St. George's School of Montreal, Quebec * St. George's School (Vancouver), British Columbia Germany * St. George's The British Internation ...

(closed 1996) – The Australian International School Hong Kong uses some of its former facilities., *Victoria Junior School, Victoria Barracks, Hong Kong

Singapore

;Secondary schools *Alexandra Grammar School. Later merged into Bourne School, it is now the site of ISS International School Preston campus. *Bourne School *Alexandra/Gillman Secondary Modern School – later merged into Bourne School, the former compound (including Gillman Barracks) is now occupied by an art gallery, the NTU Contemporary Art Singapore (NTU CCA), and other small businesses. *St John's School. In 1971, the United World College of South East Asia, then known as the Singapore International School, was established at St John's former campus; it adopted its present name in 1975. ;Primary schools *Alexandra Junior School * Changi Junior School *Nee Soon Primary School *Pasir Panjang Junior School * Seletar Junior School * Tengah Junior School

= Infants schools

= *Tanglin Infants School, Tanglin Barracks, Dempsey Road *Alexandra Infant School Pasir Panjang Infant School

Malta

;Infants schools *Army Children's School St Andrew's Pembroke *Royal Naval School Verdala (now the Liceo Guzeppi Despott Junior Boys Lyceum) *

RAF Luqa Royal Air Force Luqa was a Royal Air Force station located on the island of Malta, now developed into the Malta International Airport. It hosted aircraft of Air Headquarters Malta (AHQ Malta) during the Second World War. Particularly during ...

*RAF School for Infants Safi *St David's

Mtarfa Mtarfa ( mt, L-Imtarfa) is a small town in the Northern Region of Malta, with a population of 2,572 as of March 2014. It was considered to be a suburb of Rabat until 2000, when it became a separate local council. History A number of historic ...

*Army Children's School Tigne ;Secondary schools *Royal Naval School Tal Handaq (now the

Liceo Vassalli Junior Lyceum The Liceo M.A. Vassalli is situated in Tal-Ħandaq, Qormi (Malta) on the site of the former Royal Naval School Tal-Handaq (1947–1978). The Junior Lyceum was founded in 1981, and offers secondary education to male students aged 10 to 16. The s ...

)

Other countries

; Colony of Aden (now in

Yemen Yemen (; ar, ٱلْيَمَن, al-Yaman), officially the Republic of Yemen,, ) is a country in Western Asia. It is situated on the southern end of the Arabian Peninsula, and borders Saudi Arabia to the north and Oman to the northeast an ...

) *Khormaksar School, RAF Khormaksar ;Belgium *Emblem Primary School, Antwerp ;

Belize Belize (; bzj, Bileez) is a Caribbean and Central American country on the northeastern coast of Central America. It is bordered by Mexico to the north, the Caribbean Sea to the east, and Guatemala to the west and south. It also shares a wa ...

*Toucan School, BATSUB (closed 2011) ;Brunei *BSCS Berakas *BSCS Muara ;Malaysia * Bourne School,

Kuala Lumpur , anthem = ''Maju dan Sejahtera'' , image_map = , map_caption = , pushpin_map = Malaysia#Southeast Asia#Asia , pushpin_map_caption = , coordinates = , sub ...

*Slim School, Cameron Highlands (1951–64, re-opened in

Malacca Malacca ( ms, Melaka) is a state in Malaysia located in the southern region of the Malay Peninsula, next to the Strait of Malacca. Its capital is Malacca City, dubbed the Historic City, which has been listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site s ...

in 1965 at Terendak Camp) *The Army School, Johore Bahru, MalaysiaMy father was Headmaster in 1969 ;Norway *St George's School, Bekkestua, Oslo ;Nepal *Dharan school, Dharan camp

References

External links

Official websiteBFES/SCEA Association
– association for former BFES, SCEA, SCS and SCE teachers and alumni
SCE Schools
(Archive)
SCE connected Learning community
(SCEcLc)

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IOE IOE or IoE may refer to: * IOE engine, a type of combustion engines * Images of England, an online photographic record of all the listed buildings in England * International Organisation of Employers * Institute of Education (Dublin) * IOE, UCL ...

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Recollections & Photographs of former SCE schools
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