To consider sending my children to boarding school?

My instinct would be stick with the good life you have and train to work where you are.

Do they guarantee places for staff kids? Not all selective schools do…

Um, no way! You have a great life and children who you don’t even know yet would suit the educational style of this school.

plus they’d always be looked down on as the teacher’s kids.

I mean, is the only reason you applied for a job in another country because you don't have the qualifications to teach in Ireland?

Irish education is uniformly good. I don't really understand what your question is -- what is the stalemate you refer to? Are you separating from your husband? Why would you apply for a teaching job in another country? If you want to teach, why not get the appropriate qualifications and teach in an Irish school?

No way. You’ll feel trapped in this job until the kids finish their education - 18 years.

Theres no way I’d contemplate this.

Also check what it does to dh tax wise. Not all employers simply allow you to move country - it makes an employer’s life difficult. Everywhere I have worked, just relocating yourself overseas is prohibited, and a sackable offence of you do it on the sly.

I don't think that a particular type of education guarantees anything. I've worked with people from prestigious boarding schools who hated their time there and found it reduced their confidence rather than developing it; though it might be easier for children whose parents are close at hand. It depends very much on the personality of the child, and it might be too soon to know whether yours would be likely to thrive.
My main reaction is to think that you'd be giving up a lot for something quite uncertain. But perhaps you feel ready for that kind of change?

Why would they flexi board if you all lived onsite? Surely they'd be day students and then live in your family home?

DC are day students at a boarding school. They have friends who are children of onsite staff. Kids are happy there regardless of if they're day/flexi/boarders but I wouldn't imagine any of the onsite staff would bother paying double to have their kids board a 30 minute max walk from their house.

It's often helpful to write these posts, but I'm not sure what MNers can say to help; its more something for a full family discussion. How much do you all want to go, is a good question. Would DH be able to work just as easily from there? Could you find a satisfying job where you are now? It sounds pretty idyllic where you are now, so the main reason I can see for moving would be because you really want that particular job. DCs already have good schools so the education aspect doesn't seem like a deal breaker.

These questions, but would add - what are your kids like and does what you'd want for them in terms of an education match what the school offers? For instance some well known UK boarding schools are very, very sports and outdoors focused which is great for some kids but not others, others are highly academic and 'pushy', ditto. Assuming the school is single-sex, is an all-boys/all-girls environment what you would have chosen for them? What ages are they now, would they be joining the school at a 'natural'/normal joining point or would at least one be coming in as the new kid to well-established peer groups (this alongside being a teacher's kid could be a social challenge)?

Basically if it wasn't for this job/opportunity would the kind of education is this sort of the school what you would actually be wanting for your children, just because you'd be getting a discount doesn't necessarily make it the right thing for your kids. That being said it does sound a great opportunity, both for your career and potentially the kids, assuming everything can be worked out with your DH's job. If they're only little currently (which I'm assuming they are from the fact you're a SAHM) and the school is a secondary school (again an assumption) perhaps you have a bit more time to decide, you could take the job now and if the school ends up really not being right then you can just send them to the local comp anyway, not usually a disaster?

Are you from the U.K.? Moving from Wales to England is a lot less upheaval than moving from Australia to England.

Would they be boarding or will you all be living on site together?

How much better is the education? Are your children academically inclined?
You say it’s pretty good where you are, plus the lifestyle and community is good, and the pay is just ok, so I’m struggling to see any benefits to the move.

So many questions:

Very very school dependant

Would you and your husband be housed on site and the kids board or would they live in your accommodation?

What if it went tits up, do you have property in the UK?

What happens to your husbands job?

How are old are the kids?

Are you abroad or in the UK at the moment?

What if you hate it, want to leave but the kids love it?

You don't currently live in the UK? Would you live at the Boarding School too? What about DH? I think it's a big change to impose on your children for your job, I'm saying no.