Education for the family

Education for servicemen and women and adult dependants

Both at home and overseas, servicemen and women and their adult dependants can extend their education and earn valuable qualifications through:

  • Individual Learning Accounts
  • Career Development Loans
  • Lifelong Learning Advice for Adults

Education for children living in the United Kingdom

Most children from military families serving in the United Kingdom attend their local civilian school. But in order to ensure continuity of educaion some get the opportunity to attend a boarding school.

Education for children overseas

Service Children's Education is a Ministry of Defence agency dedicated to the education of the children of servicemen and women and Ministry of Defence employees serving overseas.

Its first-class system of schools and educational support services provide an effective and efficient education service, from Foundation through to Sixth Form, enabling service children to benefit from living overseas.