Can my dd study abroad and I get a visa to be in the same country

[jumbopopcorn]

In the U.K. a dc can study at an independent school and one parent gets a visa to stay here during their study time. Does any other country do this?

I want to do this but I don't have to work so I wondered if it's possible. None seem to be as straightforward as the U.K. visa scheme do you know if any are a fairly straightforward?

Which country did you have in mind?

My country, Singapore, does it and I think it's fairly straightforward. There were many children esp from China whose mums did this. But you probably wouldn't choose Singapore; the education system is very well regarded however and there are no problems coming back to the UK for university- I did this. For second language, you can also choose other languages other than mandarin if mandarin is too intimidating given that you are probably not of Chinese ethnicity...

@onlychildhamster What would you say is the best school in Singapore?

Thanks @Jacaranda75 I am plain old English! Dh is working abroad anyway and im thinking I may as well take advantage and move elsewhere whilst dc is young.
No country in particular just doing research so I can choose where would provide a good education and I can live a nice enough life.

Sorry meant thanks @onlychildhamster

@Jacaranda75

Primary Schools: - based on catchment but generally schools like Nanyang primary, taonan, rosyth. Also in singapore, singapore citizens get priority with regard to local school admissions so I think that the chances of getting into such a hotly contested primary school in a country of over competitive parents is quite slim. However, they all follow the same curriculum and top students can come from any primary school. sister and i both went to top secondary schools and we had classmates from every conceivable primary school.

Secondary Schools:
Raffles Institution- its called Gateway to the Ivy League/Oxbridge. I think it is on par with the london indies in terms of oxbridge admission rates.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raffles_Institution Its a boys school for the secondary years (age 13-16), and a mixed gender school for sixth form with the girls coming from sixth form.

Hwa Chong- very similar results

Anglo-Chinese School Independent- sorry have to push my alma mater in the list, but if you want your child to do the IB, this is the best place, it produced half of the perfect IB scorers in the world and is the top IB school in the world (there are about 40 every year).

International Schools- United World College (my mum's expat colleagues fight to get their children into this school!) I think its pretty good. SJI International- i heard its good too.

The thing is that in Singapore (which differs from the UK, correct me if I am wrong), is that there are hardly any 'sink schools'. the neighbourhood schools are still academically focused, i have very bright friends/relatives who did not test well at age 12 and went to 'bad' neighbourhood secondary schools, but they were still encouraged to study hard by their peers and their teachers. And they then did well enough to get into university.

Thanks @onlychildhamsterr, that was a very informative post.

@onlychildhamster if my dd is already 8 would schools refuse her entry in Singapore if she's not already academically up to their standards? She's capable but not at an academic prep at the moment. Ie can she go to one catch up?

@jumbopopcorn they don't test that young! At 8, her admission would not be based on grades, it would be based on whether there are spaces, esp for foreigners. Bear in my mind, I am in my 20s so best to check with the ministry of education but in singapore, schools don't set their own entrance requirements, its very centralized, so schools are probably not going to set an exam for an 8 year old. They generally test at 12 or P6.

There is a thriving tuition industry in Singapore so any additional help is probably going to come from there. Most singapore children have some form of tuition, most Mumsnetters would probably call it a 'hot-house'.

@jumbopopcorn I am not sure about international schools...

I like a good hot house I went to a U.K. one
That's good to know I'll look into it thank you for the information. Our prep has lots of extra outside school tuition going on anyway but schools here in the U.K. do test at 4+ 7+ etc although we aren't at such a school.

@jumbopopcorn yes i heard about the test at 4+ and 7 +. bearing in mind, schools in singapore are very different from the UK so culturally it could be a shock. Its more 'Confucian' with emphasis on rote learning (useful for maths!) but at the same time, not all the kids are Chinese in the first place and due to the large foreigner population in Singapore (many of whom have become citizens), its probably a lot diverse than when I was a student; and even when I was a kid, they were already trying to move to more project based learning and creative thinking; and extra curricular activities/volunteer work are compulsory. They are more strict in terms of home work and discipline, but then i have heard of some schools in the UK which sound even stricter!

So much information @onlychildhamster thank you. There are a lot of Chinese dc in my dc school now actually. I will look into Singapore and other countries too.