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The CCF contributes yet another challenging dimension to what is already
an intensive educational programme at Bournemouth
School.
You can learn more about the Corps'
structure and examples of typical
activities throughout this site. In recent years students from Bournemouth
School for Girls, which is sited nearby, have also been offered the
opportunity to join up.... and many seize it.
The CCF Contingent at Bournemouth
School has been established for
approaching 60 years and covers all three services. CCF members are drawn
from year nine of both the Boys and the Girls
Grammar School. Membership is
not compulsory but due to the enthusiasm of the senior cadets, it is the most
popular organisation in the School with over 200 members. Currently “old
boys” of the contingent are serving with all three arms of the Services.
The CCF receives assistance and support for its training programme from
the Regular and Reserve Forces, but the bulk of adult support is provided
by members of school staffs who are responsible to head teachers for the
conduct of cadet activities. CCF officers wear uniform but they are not
part of the Armed Forces and carry no liability for service or compulsory
training.
Without these staff being prepared to dedicate significant amounts of
their own time to these extra curricular activities, the Corps would simply
not exist.
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