OCC Supporting Service Children Newsletters
Service pupils promise from Oxfordshire County Council
Following on from our successful conference last academic year, we made a promise to the pupils from Service Families who attend Oxfordshire schools . We have collated their views of life in school as a pupil from a service background and we invite all schools to share a copy of Oxfordshire County Council’s ‘Promise’ with every Service family pupil.
We ask that all schools reflect on their own practice so that together we can help all pupils from Service backgrounds.
Useful resources
- Supporting Service Children - 2025 - Conference resources
- Deployment support ideas from the Families Federation
- Festival of Friends - project to support Service children Autumn 2022 – Summer 2023 (pdf format, 4 MB)
LA Briefing sessions for Service Children’s Advocates 2023 & 2024
November 2024
- Voice framework resource 2024 (pdf format, 123KB)
- Briefing for school Service children advocates / school leaders (pdf format, 4MB)
- Higher education and service pupils (pdf format, 900KB)
Earlier meetings
Service pupil premium (SPP): Dfe information for schools
SPP is extra funding for schools to support children and young people with parents in the armed forces.
The Armed Forces Covenant
The Armed Forces Covenant is a promise from the nation that those who serve or have served in the armed forces, and their families, are treated fairly
Toolkit for the support of Service Children – revised July 2025
This Toolkit is to support all Oxfordshire schools to access advice and support for Service pupils entitled to the SPP. The SPP sits alongside the Pupil Premium grant for pupils from a disadvantaged background and in most schools the Pupil Premium coordinator will lead on provision for these pupils. Information on how the school is supporting Service pupils should be included in the school’s SPP strategy.