Pupils’ experiences of moving overseas

Anne WilsonActing Principal Educational Psychologist

Service Children’s Education

Ofsted 2011 Service children face challenges that often

go beyond the experience of the majority of families and children living in the UK. The combination of deployment of a family member and regular moves of home and school can cause anxiety and stress for service families whether living in the UK or overseas…

Osted 2011 “…parents invariably identified the

disruption, caused by their geographical mobility, as the biggest challenge faced by them and their children.”

LeavingSJS

JoiningSJS

Beginning Y10

Beginning Y9

Beginning Y8

Beginning Y7 75 Pupils (62 from feeder primary schools)

20 pupils leave

27 pupils join(10 + 7 NS)

10 pupils join(3 + 7 NS)

21 pupils join(4 + 17 NS)

8 pupils join(4 + 4 NS)

82 Pupils (55)

64 Pupils (16)

38 Pupils (6)

36 pupils leave

36 pupils leave

5 pupils leave

41 Pupils (7)Beginning Y11

1 2 3 4 5 5+

YEAR 7 7 14 13 10 7 5YEAR 8 8 12 16 8 3 3YEAR 9 6 9 15 7 5 4YEAR 10 7 15 12 3 4 6YEAR 11 8 12 9 13 5 4% 14% 25% 26% 16% 10% 9%

BFC SURVEY PRIMARY SCHOOLS

1 2 3 4 5

YEAR 7 54 2YEAR 8 45 10YEAR 9 23 21 3 1YEAR 10 7 31 7 3YEAR 11 2 28 15 6

BFC SURVEY SECONDARY SCHOOLS

6 m 6m-1 ½ 1 ½-2 ½ 2 ½-3 ½ 3 ½-4 ½ MORE

Y7 15 16 19 3 1 2

Y8 6 17 11 9 6 6

Y9 10 5 11 7 3 7

Y10 11 24 6 1 1 7

Y11 6 18 17 5 2 4

BFC SURVEY HOW LONG IN CYPRUS

Essential to gather a personal emotional profile:

Moves Parental deployment Family structure Significant events

Emotional profile

What parents say… Benefits:

Life experiences – culture, opportunities Better at making friends Good in new situations Being able to fit in

What parents say… Difficulties:

Changes in school style, culture Disruption to routines Missed friends/Not knowing anyone Lost confidence Change in behaviour

School organisations and rules Activities and sports Environment Local culture Seaside

Questions about moving to Cyprus

Sometimes have little or no experience of UK

Often focus on: Personal safety Drugs

Questions about moving to UK

www.sceschools.com Select pupil and family services Select transition and mobility

2 DVDs Mitigating mobilityService Families on the move

Mobility toolkit Select research

◦ Information for staff who work with service children

SCE resources - mobility

www.sceschools.comSelect P&FS Select deployment

Parent bookletDVDOther resources – have to register for these

SCE resources - deployment