1. SERVICE CHILDREN IN FOCUS ‘Aspiring to achieve the best educational outcomes for service children’ Brigadier PDP Hankinson MBE 4 November 2014

2. Army Basing in Wiltshire
Military Personnel Service Family Accom
Location
Outcome
Change
Total
Larkhill
+2053
3955
Bulford
+735
3453
Tidworth/Perham Down
+1236
5397
Upavon
+254
531
Salisbury Plain
+4278
13336
Location
SFA Units
Larkhill
540 new
Bulford
277 new
Tidworth*
100 purchased
Ludgershall
300 new
Total
1217
* In addition to the 329 SFA already planned for South Tidworth (Area 19)

3. Anticipated Numbers
Year
Pre-school
Primary
Secondary
6th Form College
Total
2014
-36
126 41 27
158
2015
-169
-155
-97
-21
-442
2016 16 94 46 8
164
2017+
867
942
403 43
2,255
678
1007
393 57
2,134
The additional number of children will require additional education facilities and resources. Plans will provide two new primary schools on MOD land, adjacent to new SFA at Larkhill and Ludgershall. They will accommodate 420 and 210 pupils respectively. In addition primary schools in Bulford (Kiwi and St Leonard’s) will be extended to provide an additional 225 places. Some 392 additional secondary places will be provided at Avon Valley College and Wellington Academy, and possibly Stonehenge School at Amesbury. Additional early years provision is being scoped and Wiltshire Council is looking for c. 50 places at Larkhill and 25 at Ludgershall to be provided within the new primary schools.

4. Support to our Service Children and Young People
Directorate of Children and Young People (DCYP)
Service Children’s Education (SCE)
Children’s Education Advisory Service (CEAS)
Army Families federation (AFF)

5. Financial Support MOD Education Support Fund
Last year, 14 Wiltshire schools were supported by the fund, allocated a total of £674k
Lyneham Primary
Stonehenge Secondary
This year, 15 bids are being considered covering 73 schools affecting approx 12,000 pupils for £2m
Pupil Premium
Provided by the DfE to State maintained Schools, Free Schools and Academies who have service children in their pupil population to provide additional support
Larkhill Primary
Kiwi School Bulford
AFCCGS
No recent successful bids from schools in Wiltshire. Wilts Council and HQ 43 (Wx) Bde keen to change this

6. Military Civilian Integration
Combine Cadet Force Detachments (CCF)
Total of 369 Cadets in 4 schools with 24 adult leaders
Support from Units
19 Regt RA
26 Engr Regt
Salisbury UTC

7. Questions