An online forum on Educating Service Children run by the House of Commons Defence Committee

Young people

We would like to hear from young people who are the children of Service personnel. If you have been to Service schools abroad, we would like to know how you found them. And we would like to know how you found things when your parents returned to the UK, or were posted to a different part of the UK.

We would like to hear both the good and the bad things. And we would like to know any ideas you have for improving the educational experience for children of Service families (for example, ways of making you more welcome when you move school, or ways of making things easier when your parent is deployed abroad).

  • What has been your experience of education, both in Service schools abroad and in the UK?
  • Have you got ideas for improvements?

Charley and Faith's postings

Posted by Committee Member on 19/04/2006 - 11:54

Hi Charley and Faith.

Thank you for the messages. We've never done this before (at least, the Defence Committee hasn't) and it's a really good way of getting to know what young people really think about their schools and the way things are working. So can you persuade your friends to put messages on the site as well, please?

Because this is a new system, there's one thing I don't understand (probably lots more as well, but this is the one I realise now). How come you both have posted under the name of Billie? Were you just using the same computer? Because I think it would probably be best to get your own log in details if you can.

Many thanks - and more postings, please!

James Arbuthnot