Hi all,
as a family, we are thinking on moving back to London after a couple of years abroad. Expecting to move back this year, we have already enrolled our daughter to sit the 4+ assessment in a number of private schools in Jan 2026. The schools we have selected (Ken Prep, Glendower, Falkner, etc..) are all very academic. If we go ahead with this plan, we will move to the UK in a couple of months to give DD time to settle in a UK nursery and get ready for the assessment.
NOW :) ... we are debating postponing the move by a a few years and come over once she has to sit the assessment for the 7+. DD will be attending a british school (following the british curriculum) abroad. I would hope to target the same caliber of school but appreciate the competition at that stage will be fierce plus, keeping in mind we are not english native speakers, her language skills may not be up to par with kids who grew up in the UK.
Are we crazy to forgo the chance to sit the 4+ which will arguably be easier than the 7+?
Does anyone have experience of successfully passing the 7+ to a strongly academic school coming from abroad? If yes, what advise would you have to prepare for that and/or what schools to target? I am just trying to balance a good education for DD without putting unnecessary stress on a kid that will be only 6 by the time she has to sit an exam in another country.
Thank you!