British curriculum school in Sydney
May 6th 2010, 10:15 am
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British curriculum school in Sydney
Hello, Would anybody be able to suggest British curriculum schools in Sydney for me please? We haven't decided where to rent/buy our house yet, so any where not too far from Sydney CBD (less than 40 minutes drive) would be great. Thank you very much!
May 6th 2010, 10:40 am
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Re: British curriculum school in Sydney
Why would you want one? Don't you want your children to go to school with the locals?
May 6th 2010, 11:36 am
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LOL Australia has its own education system and it doesnt fare too badly against the rest of the world. It's not as if this is a third world country needing an international curriculum!
Closest you may come to it are the few schools which do the IB but no idea where they may be in Sydney.
Closest you may come to it are the few schools which do the IB but no idea where they may be in Sydney.
May 6th 2010, 1:40 pm
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I'm sure Australia schools are very good, but we will be staying in Sydney for only 2-3 years for work, so I would like my girls to be able to seamlessly transfer back to her schools in England. 
May 6th 2010, 1:44 pm
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Don't think its going to be possible I'm afraid
May 6th 2010, 1:55 pm
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May 6th 2010, 8:48 pm
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Ah, well they will go backwards then. You could home school with a British curriculum if you were desperate but would need permission from the NSW dept of education
May 6th 2010, 9:02 pm
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Australia - Jan til Dec
UK - Sept til June/July (NI being June)
Good luck in finding what you're looking for, as quite frankly, you may never find it!
May 6th 2010, 10:26 pm
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But as the others have said, this is Australia and the education system is different here as are many other ways of life. Unless you are prepared to home school, there is no way round that.
But that is not to say that all schools and education is bad here, just different with more/less emphasis on some subjects that we expect in the UK.
Good luck
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May 6th 2010, 10:31 pm
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What about IB? Would that make it easier?
May 7th 2010, 3:08 am
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