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Telling school we are moving abroad

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taylorsweet · 02/07/2018 08:10

My daughter is in Year 8 in her Secondary School and I am about to tell them we are relocating to South America.

I need to request her records from the school which I can pass to the new school but just read online that she needs to be enrolled in the new school within 12 weeks of leaving UK otherwise she will be treated as a child missing education. She would be going to a private school but she needs a few months first to study the new language before joining school so I am a bit worried. Has anyone had any such experience? She is also a citizen of the new country we are moving too so she has double citizenship. Why so many rules and regulations? My plan was for her to study the language for at least 6 months and then join school.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks

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taylorsweet · 02/07/2018 08:38

DunesOfSand thank you ! I thought the same but my husband (who is Brazilian) says that the school in Brazil require her school records from here. The school says they will provide the records but want details about the new school and they need confirmation she has enrolled within 12 weeks

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taylorsweet · 02/07/2018 08:36

The thing is my daughter is British and Brazilian so she is a citizen of both countries. I just wonder whether we have to to follow UK rules or Brazilian education rules?

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taylorsweet · 02/07/2018 08:35

SoupDragon....good point! In a way yes but she is only studying the language and not all other subjects. Also are you allowed to home school your child outside UK? We are moving to Brazil and in Brazil there is no such thing as home schooling. I am in touch with 3 private schools and will choose one of them but thought I'd give her some time to learn the language and then join. All very confusing

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DunesOfSand · 02/07/2018 08:33

I think we just told them we were leaving the country. Don't remember a requirement to prove a new school.
Good luck.

SoupDragon · 02/07/2018 08:29

Isn’t that effectively home schooling then?

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taylorsweet · 02/07/2018 08:17

Well my plan was to get a private tutor to come home every day and teach her intensively. She has basic grasp of the language but needs to learn more before she can join school.

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Halfblindbunny · 02/07/2018 08:15

She will be in education if she is enrolled in a language school surely? Or do you plan to home school her in the language?

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