Personally, I think the UK could do with a few more of those sorts of places. I know it did a great deal to help me and fellow pupils through some rough times and the shared experience built on the foundation of a common upbringing was genuinely rewarding.

It might not have been a universally brilliant experience at times but I know a lot of those guys and girls, had they been forced through the state system, would have failed. Myself possibly included.

I believe that providing education in this format to the children of military personnel should be the one ‘perk’ absolutely safe-guarded. There are plenty of good buildings and grounds in the UK looking for just such a purpose and it’s not like we are asking for our own military only Disney resort (Cough*America*cough).

As such, I am genuinely pleased that service children aren’t being forgotten when they (and particularly their mothers) often need a break and a bit of help.