St John's School & St Richard's Federation

mod schools is part of the directorate children and young people together with the children’s education advisory service. the directorate of children and young people (dcyp) was established in 2010 to provide a single ministry of defence (mod) focus for all issues related to service children and young people. service children are the children of serving service personnel but we also have a responsibility for the children of ministry of defence uk based civilians and sponsored organisations serving outside of the uk. the work of dcyp falls in to the 7 broad areas of responsibility listed below: strategic direction and policy provision of high quality education in mod schools and settings safeguarding children and young people supporting the armed forces covenant direct support and advice to service families with advice on a wide range of education matters educational psychology and social work services service pupil premium (spp)