Welcome

If you are reading this page it is likely that you and your family are to be posted to Gibraltar in the near future or maybe you are trying to decide whether this posting will be an accompanied one. This page and the information contained herein is designed to help provide you with information for making the choice regarding the future primary education of your children; Further information and questions can be answered by contacting Maribel Robba, our locally appointed School Liaison Officer (contact details on this page) whose role it is to assist you in providing information regarding MOD entitled education in Gibraltar and if you require to arrange familiarisation visits to local schools prior to your posting. Whatever decision you do make I look forward to meeting you, and your family, once you have arrived here on the Rock and trust that your time here will be very rewarding and enjoyable.

 

 

There have been many changes across defence in the last year and Gibraltar has not been immune to these changes. The Strategic Defence and Security Review (SDSR) reaffirmed the UK's commitment to the Permanent Joint Operating Base in Gibraltar and endorsed Project EUSTON, a Defence Transformation Programme focussed on rationalising British Forces Gibraltar into a more focussed, cost effective Command. The main assumption of Euston is that: MOD will maintain its current commitments to Gibraltar in terms of British Sovereignty, Defence and Security. Other functions of the MOD in Gibraltar will be rationalised and a number of non core services will cease to be provided by the MOD (the MOD becoming a customer of the local Government for these services). One of the non core services that the MOD will cease to provide in Gibraltar is Primary Education currently delivered by Service Children's Education (SCE) at St Christopher's School. From September 2012, all MOD entitled Children requiring Primary Education will be able to attend the GOG Primary School within the catchment area of their accommodation.

 

 

On this page the letter from Kathryn Forsyth Director of SCE provides details of the changes and your options as a parent posted to Gibraltar during the transition academic year 2011/12. There is also a prospectus for each of the designated GOG schools for each catchment area.

 

Commodore Tom Karsten
Commander British Forces Gibraltar