The Children’s Education Advisory Service (CEAS) provides a high-quality service in response to any questions or concerns Service families may have about the education of their children
Overview
CEAS are part of the MOD’s Directorate Children and Young People (DCYP) and are a small dedicated team, who are experienced in advising service parents on a wide range of issues regarding the education of service children in the UK and overseas.
Education
CEAS provides a dedicated service exclusively for service and MOD families providing professional advice about all aspect of children’s education both in the UK and Overseas. CEAS has a team of advisers to answer queries via telephone, email or in person. CEAS provides the best advice available, free of charge, to all service parents irrespective of rank or location. If you choose for your child to be educated outside of the state system your family may be entitled to help with Continuity of Education fees. Overseas education is dependent on the area you are posted to.
Boarding education
The MOD provides an allowance for entitled service personnel to educate their children at a boarding school. The allowance is called the ‘Continuity of Education Allowance’ (CEA) and is to help provide continuity of education for a child and enable the spouse of a service person to accompany them on postings. The allowance is available for children of 8 years of age and over. If you are interested in claiming this allowance you should check your eligibility with your pay office.
The costs of boarding schools can vary greatly and you are expected to contribute a minimum of 10% towards the fees. The fees are only part of the costs and you need to be clear what extras the school charges for. There is a junior and senior CEA and which allowance you are eligible for depends on the fee structure of the school you choose. The junior and senior rates are not related to your rank.
Contact details
You can contact CEAS by email dcyp-ceas-enquiries@mod.uk, please include as much information as possible about your query, such as the age of your
child(ren), an explanation of your situation to help the team respond to you and allow a few days for a response. All queries regarding CEA and Eligibility Certificates should be made by email to the address above. If you need to speak to someone, the telephone number is 01980 618244 and there is an answerphone facility.
CEAS
Trenchard Lines
Upavon
Pewsey
Wiltshire SN9 6BE
Tel: +44 (0)1980 618244
E-mail: dcyp-ceas-enquiries@mod.uk
Web: www.gov.uk/government/groups/the-childrenseducation-advisory-service-ceas