The Combined Cadet Force is available to those in the third form and above. This site provides information about the Corps, its structure and what the organisation can help you to achieve.

Updated April 2008
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The Organisation
The CCF is an organisation which is run along military lines, it aims to teach practical skills which are not covered within other subjects at school.
The Corps is split into three sections:
The Royal Navy, the Army and the Royal Air Force each of which organises specific training relative  to the cadets chosen section.  This training is conducted after school on Mondays and put into practice at various camps throughout the year.
Training
Training within the CCF is organised and run by members of staff, the Officers, and cadet NCOs (Non Commissioned Officers) who will be pupils in the upper years of the school. Within the initial training of all three services boys will be taught practical skills such as 1st. aid, self reliance, weapon safety, shooting, map and compass and self reliance as well as an understanding of the Corp's military structure.
Having completed a year of initial training, members will be eligible for promotion and will be encouraged to apply and develop their leadership and organisational skills during the camps.  They will also have the opportunity to attend the various courses on offer, these include:
  • Royal Engineers course
  • Signalling
  • Infanteering
  • Gliding
  • Power Boating
  • Royal Marine Training, and many others.

Much of the training that is provided within the CCF meets the requirements of the Duke of Edinburgh's Award ,   all members of the school aged 13 or over may join without necessarily joining the Corps. The Corps also runs various sporting activities within its training and on specific outward bound trips. These include, amongst others:
  • Skiing
  • Scuba diving
  • Mountain biking
  • Water sports
  • Rock climbing
  • Assault courses
  • Paintballing
The Benefits
The unique way in which the training is organised within   the CCF allows younger pupils to meet some of the more senior ones within the school. Also, the physical nature of some of the activities helps to develop higher levels of fitness whilst allowing members to do something that they will never have done before and may never get the chance to do again.
Much of the training that is available to boys in the CCF will have applications later on in life.  Boys will have the opportunity to work towards the Duke of Edinburgh's Award and even gain publicly-recognised certificates by completing courses run by The St. John Ambulance, The Royal Yachting Association and The British Canoe Union.
The CCF runs frequent overseas expeditions for outward bound training and an annual skiing trip. In the past few years, these trips have been to Bavaria, France, Kenya, Austria and the Pyrenees.
Most find that by the end of their time with the CCF they have many fond memories and shared experiences that remain with them for the rest of their lives.  These experiences help to  make them a more interesting person, also, by gaining promotion,  completing the Duke of Edinburgh's Award, or by successfully completing courses outside school, they will have gained invaluable experiences that will demonstrate their motivation and persistence on both a CV or UCAS application.