David Wadsworth - Service Schools Mobility Toolkit

The Agency’s mission is ……
MITIGATING MOBILITY CONFERENCE
David Wadsworth
Chief Executive
• to provide an effective education service
from nursery through to sixth form, for
dependant children residing with MoD
personnel serving outside the UK;
• to enable those children to benefit from
their residence abroad.
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Aims
So where are our pupils?
Distribution of pupils by
Key Stages
• To do the best for all pupils and students by seeking to
ensure that all achieve their full potential in every
aspect of school life whilst with SCE
• To do the best for our teaching, support and office staff
in all locations by offering comprehensive, relevant and
timely training opportunities for their own professional
development to enrich their work with children or in
support of SCE
• To raise aspiration as well as achievement
Gibraltar
Germany, Netherlands &
Belgium
Naples
Cyprus
Brunei
Canada
Belize
Falkland
Islands
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Number of pupils 2854 2048 3599 1600 824 334
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Defining feature - Mobility
• Average mobility rate: - Primary 66%
- Secondary 56%
• Average number of schools attended: - Primary 3.2
- Secondary 4.9 (Yr 9)
• Pupils attending one school - Primary 8.7%
- Secondary 4%
• Pupils attending 3 or more schools: - Primary 68%
- Secondary 96%
• Pupils attending 5 or more schools: - Primary 13%
- Secondary 40%
Getting it right for our children and
young people
3 Key Areas
• Achievement
• Emotional Wellbeing
• Leadership and Management in schools.
Every Child Matters
Every lesson counts
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