Advice on moving to Spain with 8 year old child
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Advice on moving to Spain with 8 year old child
Hello, my husband and I are planning to move to Spain in 2 years. We will both be retired but not state pension age. Our main priority is finding a good local Spanish school for our daughter who will be 8 years old. We would like to live in a residential area (not surrounded by holiday homes).
We have just returned from a trip to Spain and we looked at houses in Mutxamel and San Juan Alicante area. Does anyone have any experience of schools in these areas? Or can anyone suggest an area with a good local school?
Thank you
We have just returned from a trip to Spain and we looked at houses in Mutxamel and San Juan Alicante area. Does anyone have any experience of schools in these areas? Or can anyone suggest an area with a good local school?
Thank you
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Re: Advice on moving to Spain with 8 year old child
Hi
Cannot help you with schools in this area but one piece of advice as I am not sure if your daughter speaks Spanish is that you get your daughter intense Spanish lessons now (maybe you have started).
In my experience 8 year old is the limit for learning from scratch in a Spanish school
Another thing to consider is that many schools in this area have Valeciano as the first teaching language and more so the further north you go (javea, Denia, Calpe, Valencia etc.) - worth checking
Good luck
Cannot help you with schools in this area but one piece of advice as I am not sure if your daughter speaks Spanish is that you get your daughter intense Spanish lessons now (maybe you have started).
In my experience 8 year old is the limit for learning from scratch in a Spanish school
Another thing to consider is that many schools in this area have Valeciano as the first teaching language and more so the further north you go (javea, Denia, Calpe, Valencia etc.) - worth checking
Good luck
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Re: Advice on moving to Spain with 8 year old child
Hello, my husband and I are planning to move to Spain in 2 years. We will both be retired but not state pension age. Our main priority is finding a good local Spanish school for our daughter who will be 8 years old. We would like to live in a residential area (not surrounded by holiday homes).
We have just returned from a trip to Spain and we looked at houses in Mutxamel and San Juan Alicante area. Does anyone have any experience of schools in these areas? Or can anyone suggest an area with a good local school?
Thank you
We have just returned from a trip to Spain and we looked at houses in Mutxamel and San Juan Alicante area. Does anyone have any experience of schools in these areas? Or can anyone suggest an area with a good local school?
Thank you
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Re: Advice on moving to Spain with 8 year old child
Hi
Cannot help you with schools in this area but one piece of advice as I am not sure if your daughter speaks Spanish is that you get your daughter intense Spanish lessons now (maybe you have started).
In my experience 8 year old is the limit for learning from scratch in a Spanish school
Another thing to consider is that many schools in this area have Valeciano as the first teaching language and more so the further north you go (javea, Denia, Calpe, Valencia etc.) - worth checking
Good luck
Cannot help you with schools in this area but one piece of advice as I am not sure if your daughter speaks Spanish is that you get your daughter intense Spanish lessons now (maybe you have started).
In my experience 8 year old is the limit for learning from scratch in a Spanish school
Another thing to consider is that many schools in this area have Valeciano as the first teaching language and more so the further north you go (javea, Denia, Calpe, Valencia etc.) - worth checking
Good luck
However, I think he might be the exception. I would say at 8 your daughter should be fine but no older.