Moving away from UK - what would you do?

[MadgeMidgerson]

DH and I are both employed as teachers and have secure jobs.

We have no family in the U.K. but have 2 dc under 12. I have been wanting to go back to my home country for ages now,especially as my parents are getting older.

There are no teaching jobs in that country to speak of - we’d be starting over with something new. We own a home and have equity in it, though lord knows what we’d get after brexit becomes reality,

Stay or go?

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Anyone?

Please help ☹️

Way more information needed, OP. Do you both want to live in your home country -- I mean, is your husband on board? Why can't you teach there? If not, what is the general employment situation like? Does your DH speak the language? Are you happy with your life here? Is it the prospect of the unholy clusterfuck that is Brexit that is making you think about leaving?

We both speak the language, he is ok with leaving and has applied and revived permanent residency.

The job market is fine but we have both been teachers for almost 20 years so I worry about what we can get

Yes brexit is making me edgy but a big part of it is wanting to be close to family.

It feels like a big crazy risk and I don’t know what to do.

Thank you for responding, any advice you can give is helpful

I am not unhappy with life in the U.K. but I think it is having an option which is making my brain eat itself

How can there not be any teaching jobs anywhere in the world?

What country would you be leaving for? The advice will be very different if it's Somalia or Spain, for example!

It’s canada

In your position, I would put your house on the market tomorrow.
There's so many issues besides how much equity you walk away with from a UK house sale, but it's looking to be better now than following an economic crash after a no- deal Brexit.

But obviously, the other big one is what you could do in your home country.Research that? Visit and see what opportunities you can spot?

Ok cheers. French-speaking part? What subjects do you teach? Are the kids old enough to have an opinion and if so, what is it?

Also, moving before secondary education gets serious is a good idea.
Plus Canada! Wish I could.

It’s not the French part. I teach science and he teaches a humanity

The kids are ambivalent, it would obviously be an upheaval but tbh I feel like they’d learn to manage

Surely they have teachers there, even if there's not a desparate shortage? What is keeping you here?
What age do children transition to secondary school I'm Canada?

Secondary start at 14. What is keeping us in the U.K. is fear of change and a comfortable life

Seriously, there's no call for teachers in Canada?

Not unless you go way up north, I’ve done that and am not interested- fly in communities, a watermelon costs $70 etc. No thanks

I'm originally from Canada, a number of my friends are teachers.

Believe her, teaching is a VERY competitive job to get in to. The pay, benefits and pension are all very good.

Tbh I wouldn't go. It's too risky and the thought of struggling to get a job even with years experience would depress me and it may add unnecessary strain on the family if you both struggle to gain employment. That being said I'm not close to my parents so would prioritise my immediate family (DH and DC) x

Hmm. We are 43 and 46. I worry about precarious employment

How can there be no teaching jobs in Canada?

We've moved internationally, so have you obviously...

I wouldn't move if we'd both be leaving secure careers to be unemployed, or likely to be.

I think that when moving with kids it has to be in their best interests, to a situation at least as secure as the one they're already in.

If under 12 means your eldest is 11 I'd want to do it asap. I wouldn't move far with kids over about 7 unless I had to (if it was essential to stay in employment or the area I was in was unsuitable for the children). If the kids are happy where you are and are over 7 or 8 I would need a very significant reason to move tbh.

• as in if you're going to do it at all do it asap not when your eldest is another year older and settled at secondary.

I wouldn't move without knowing I could definitely get employment and earn enough to at least match UK wages.
And what about healthcare? I presume you would need private insurance?

You only need private insurance for the three months before you’re officially a resident

I'd go if I had a solid plan for employment for at least one of you and at least a half solid plan for the other.