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Supporting Service Children in Education in Wales

SSCE Cymru overview

SSCE Cymru mission

Knowledge and evidence

Coordinate research and compile evidence on the experiences of Service children in education to ensure their needs are well understood.

Activities and resources

Collaborate with members of the SSCE Cymru Network to conduct activities and produce resources that will help support Service children throughout their education.

Supporting policy and systems

Work with organisations to provide evidence and impact policy relevant to supporting Service children in education.

Service children experiences

Upcoming SSCE Cymru events

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MARCH SSCE Cymru drop-in sessions

01/03/2025 31/03/2025

Each month SSCE Cymru host a series of informal one-hour drop-in sessions focusing on specific themes. Come along to any of the sessions that interest you, where members of the SSCE Cymru team will share relevant information, promote resources, coordinate discussions, answer your questions and create opportunities for collaboration.

APRIL SSCE Cymru drop-in sessions

01/04/2025 30/04/2025

Each month SSCE Cymru host a series of informal one-hour drop-in sessions focusing on specific themes. Come along to any of the sessions that interest you, where members of the SSCE Cymru team will share relevant information, promote resources, coordinate discussions, answer your questions and create opportunities for collaboration.

SCiP Alliance Hub Cymru Development Event

10/04/2025

Join us at the SCiP Alliance Hub Cymru Development Event to learn, network, and shape the future of the SCiP Alliance Hub in Wales.

Date: Thursday 10th April 2025

Time: 10:30-16:30

Venue: Events Centre (Ground Floor), One Canal Parade, Dumballs Rd, Cardiff, CF10 5BF (TBC)

The FREE Hub Cymru Development Event aims to bring together key stakeholders, educators, policymakers, and community leaders to discuss and strategize on how best to support Service children and their families.

Attendees will have the opportunity to hear from Service children and experts in the field, engage in collaborative workshops, and participate in discussions that will shape future hub activities. Join us as we take this critical step forward in supporting our Service children and planning for the future.

Click here to sign up to attend the event

Spaces are limited and available on a first come first served basis. Bookings for the event must be completed by 21st March.

We aim to have representation from a range of stakeholder groups, including Early Years, Further Education, Health, Higher Education, Local Authorities, MOD, Policy, Schools, Third Sector and Youth.

Refreshments and a Subway sandwich platter lunch will be provided.

Purple Up Day!

30/04/2025

Wednesday 30th of April is the day to 'Purple up' for Month of the Military Child in Wales!

How to get involved?

  • Wear purple
  • Create purple artwork and displays
  • Take a photo of what you get up to
  • Send your photos to SSCECymru@wlga.gov.uk
  • Post your photo/s on social media (tag @SSCECyrmu on X and Facebook) using the hashtag #MotMCCymru – with a message to Service children, thanking them for their important role in the Armed Forces community.

Service children’s quotes

"As soon as we get used to a house, you get moved - I’ve been to four schools and moved six times."

Aiden

"I lived in Nepal, then we went to Brunei, then Malaysia."

Ashim

"In my eyes, you have hundreds of friends in different places."

Chloe

"I’m used to moving now and mixing with the children... I’ve done it so many times, it’s just a normal thing now."

Chloe

"It's ok talking over skype and that, but sometimes you just want a hug when Dad is away."

Georgia

"He signed off last week, so he will be done by the end of this year. He’s done 24 years. I find that better because he will be around a lot. He likes watching us playing rugby, so he will get to see us more."

Lewis

"I’ve enjoyed going around to lots of places around the world, it's adventurous and exciting."

Harry

"In my eyes, you have hundreds of friends in different places."

Ieuan

"My mum got a chalk board and it says how many sleeps on it with chalk, every minute it’s getting closer for him coming home."

Mia

"I don’t want him to get promoted... I want him to get promoted but I don’t want to leave."

Oliver

"I might be going to boarding school so that I don’t change schools every few years."

Ryan

"I've been to seven different schools; I’ve not stayed put in one school long enough."

Shana

"He has been away for six months and he is back for two weeks, then he goes away again."

Sianed

"My parents were in the Army. My mum is a like a nurse and my dad went to the war in Afghanistan. I actually didn’t really know what he was doing so I was like, ‘Cool Dad, go there,’ but then I found out and thought, 'Thank God he came back alive.'"

Sanjog

"I’m going to a new place entirely. They don’t know anything about me and that’s a big restart and that’s really good for me."

Piaras

"I moved to Wales because my dad was posted in the Army. I thought I would get bullied and I was shy when you meet new people, but I made some friends."

Dan

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