How badly would my daughter get bullied for having a different accent?

Bullying aside, this is not a good time to move schools for her. It's her final year of secondary school.

I lived in another country as child and we moved back to the UK. My sister was most impacted as she was in her final year of high school. I was next and it was so disruptive, as I was doing so well where we lived.

My younger siblings weren't affected at all. It was a totally different curriculum and education system.

I'd find a way to let your DD complete secondary school in Canada.

If your moving with the view for her to go in to year 11 she will be stuffed.

You need to check with the school. Scottish system differs but there may be gaps in her learning which make Highers tricky. Does she have any school exam certificates ?

I moved country when I was 12 and I was bullied for my accent, pretty much everyone in the school made fun of me to the point I just stopped talking, and eventually stopped going to school.

We don't hold children back a year in the UK.

It's a bit astonishing that you're moving to Scotland without having researched the educational system and whether the move is appropriate for your DD.

I honestly don't know how your daughter can come into the last year of a A level courses without having studied the first year. It really is terrible timing for a move. Is it work related?

ETA that I forgot to factor in the different system in Scotland. That might be even more tricky to arrive to say 18.
What do you know about it?

A levels are sat in most of UK at 18, Highers are taken in Scotland, some (mainly private) offer IB, colleges and some schools offer BTEC or other level 3 awards. These are typical entry qualifications for uni in UK but there will be other routes for internationally educated students. Years 12/13 or S11/12 courses are usually taken at age 16-18 although some in Scotland move to uni at 17.

Definitely Google that and see if it works.

A levels are exams taken in England, Wales and N Ireland. In Scotland they don't do A levels so don't worry. If she's 17 she may have to drop down a year as her peers would have done exams for uni already.

Assume you know you'll be paying internal fees for uni?

Are you on Facebook? Join the group WIWIKAU (what I wish I knew about university) Lots of international and U.K. parents who give good advice about joining uk university from abroad.

When does she turn 18? All the DC here will be half way through A-levels.

I don’t think she would be bullied for her accent any more than anything else.

how will she manage to do the last year of school? To be fair I don’t know much about the Scottish system as I’m in Wales but would she have missed quite a lot and find the exams hard?

Is be more worried about your daughter understanding us Scot's 😂

It's quite different and probably better - my Canadian family are certainly confident, clever, rounded young adults so I wouldn't criticise Canadian education. (for example I think school curricula here should include Civics - which I think is about being a good citizen?)

It's on subjects like maths and sciences where they seem to be a year or so behind and that might be because they go to school for longer. Also French was compulsory but it was Quebecois French rather than the French taught here.

She’s no more likely to get bullied for being Canadian than she is for being tall, short, fat, thin, poor, rich, having a monobrow, having the wrong shoes, liking Taylor Swift, not liking Taylor Swift, wearing makeup, not wearing makeup, being smart, being dumb…I could go on forever. The only real reason she would be bullied would be because a bully would want to bully her. Bullying is about the perpetrator, not the victim. There is no reason to worry that being Canadian would disadvantage her particularly.

Someone from Canada will likely be seen as fairly exotic so hopefully bullying shouldn't be an issue. 6th year in Scotland can be fairly relaxed as children will have done Highers for university entry in 5th year. Some children don't even stay for 6th year. Depending on what your daughter wants to do and her level of knowledge, she can pick a mix of highers and advanced highers. Will she be applying to university in UK? Have you already been in touch with the school she is going to? They will be able to help guide subject choices.

But in general no there's no reason to think she'll get bullied from her accent

If someone's going to be a bully, then they'll find anything to bully about.
So just depends on the people there I guess, and any bully would see her as a target

Shouldn't be an issue at all -especially in 6th year. All the neds will have left. (not that it would be an issue at any year. I remember a South African girl joined our class in 3rd year and everyone was falling over themselves to be friends with her!)

DD2 went to school in Canada and had to do loads of catching up to get to the same levels here. Moved back to Scotland for Year 5.