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Posted: Fri Apr 27, 2018 11:01pm
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mrmattdempsey

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Hi all, 

I am new the group and we intend to rent for 6 months from September in a highly populated expat area just we while we find our feet and buy in a more Spanish area where we will learn language and integrate a bit better with the spanish but to start off we will need some support since neither of us can speak Spanish. So my question is...I would like to get a house closer to a good state school for children that can't speak the language but they are only 6 and 3. I know a school will be selected but I would like to increase my chances of a good school by moving within it's catchment area. Does anyone have any suggestions about the best schools for us and their location?

Thanks in Advance 

271935

Posted: Fri Apr 27, 2018 11:26pm

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Posted: Fri Apr 27, 2018 11:26pm

There will be  no state schools for foreign nationals. You usually have two choices 

1. Put them in an international school cost usually 600-800e per mth

2. Put them straight into   Spanish school. 

Only one is of school age so it should keep the cost down.  Or alternatively 6 is a reasonable age to throw them straight into a Spanish school 

mrmattdempsey

Posted: Sat Apr 28, 2018 8:51pm

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Posted: Sat Apr 28, 2018 8:51pm

Thanks for responding to my query.

Sorry for my ignorance but i'm a little confused. At the top you said there were 'No state schools' but then went on to say the we could 'put them into Spanish school'. I thought state schools were Spanish schools or is that incorrect?

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Posted: Sat Apr 28, 2018 9:37pm

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Posted: Sat Apr 28, 2018 9:37pm

It's ok. You said in your original post state schools for those who don't speak English. There are none of these.

You either immerse your child in a Spanish school where they will be taught in Spanish... Or pay the money and put them in an international school.

At 6 you could take a chance and put them in the Spanish school 

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Posted: Sun Apr 29, 2018 5:09pm

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Posted: Sun Apr 29, 2018 5:09pm

Understood. Apologies I meant neither of us speak Spanish. As you suggested I fully intend to immerse  the girls into a fully Spanish school. They are both confident and enjoy making new friends so I am sure they will be okay although I wasn't sure if the schools would except people that don't speak Spanish so I was wondering if there happened to be schools that catered for the higher expat areas.

Any idea?

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Posted: Sun Apr 29, 2018 5:44pm

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Posted: Sun Apr 29, 2018 5:44pm

They will and I think at 6 it's a really good age to get them.in. as long you're registered/legal there will be no problems. 

All state schools in the Costa Blanca area will have British kids in but they will all be ultimately taught as Spanish kids

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Posted: Mon Apr 30, 2018 4:28pm

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Posted: Mon Apr 30, 2018 4:28pm

I was speaking to a lady the other day who has two children and she enrolld them in a spaniah school and within a year they were quite fluent in Spanish.  I think this would be the way to go as her kids are at a level where if they need to go to a doctors,hospital, police etc. They are able to do the translation to a high standard. The lady lives in  benijofar so I assume that' the location of the school 

Regards 

Geoff

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