Guidance

Service children in state schools (SCISS)

Service Children In State Schools (SCISS) is a voluntary affiliated network of state-maintained schools in England that have any number of service children on roll.

• From: Ministry of Defence and Department for Education
• Published: 13 August 2009
• Last updated: 23 September 2024
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  1. 23 September 2024

     Updated department title: DCYP has been replaced by AFFS.

  2. 21 April 2020

     Updated the page to reflect the current status update for the Service children in state schools organisation.

  3. 14 August 2019

     Added a link to The Service Children’s Progression (SCiP) Alliance website.

  4. 13 August 2009

     First published.

Documents

Service children in state schools (SCISS) website

http://www.sciss.org.uk/

Details

SCISS is led by a National Executive Advisory Committee (NEAC) comprising of headteachers; Local Authority officers/advisers; representatives from the 3 Armed Forces Families Federations and representatives from the Service Children Progression Alliance (SCiP), the DfE and the MOD’s Armed Forces Families and Safeguarding (AFFS) Education Policy Team.