Hi all,
My husband an I currently have the opportunity to move abroad for a few years. We currently struggle to get by, despite both being in 'professional' jobs, we don't have any spare money to do anything. We don't ever eat out, go for family days out etc because literally ALL our income is used up on bills, food & petrol/travel.
An opportunity has come up for us to move abroad for a fixed term contract which would enable us to save quite significantly so that when (if) we returned to the UK we would be in a much better position. We would also be able to enjoy a better life while doing it!
There are, obviously, many things to consider - missing family members, new cultures etc. But one of the key things is my daughter is currently in year 10 and therefore doing her GCSE's. The move would mean her being educated in a private international school which follow the British curriculum, but is this a terrible idea?
The perfect solution I guess would be to wait a year, but my son would then be in year 10 and so in the exact same position...another 2 years and we would debating moving during A levels. So we are looking at now or 4 years time and I'm not sure we can survive that long financially in our current situation. I am also concerned about the kids welfare as we don't do anything or have many positives in life at the moment, morale is very low in this house.
I have of the opinion that we don't have much to loose, but I'm aware its not me doing the school work etc. and want to respect my children's lives too.
I would like to see what other families think they would do in our position and what people think of moving at a pivotal point in their education!