Which areas should we look to move to?

You should have a large amount of money behind you. There is little to no work for non Spanish speaking Brits.  Anything you are lucky enough to secure will be lower than UK min wage.

You will need this money as a cushion

Your entire family will need private healthcare insurance. For a family of four this will be expensive.

Putting children that age straight into a Spanish school could compromise their education but the alternative is 1800e per month for an international school.

Without wishing to be harsh, you need to ask yourselves ‘why’ you are thinking of moving to Spain with school age children? And more so if you will need to find work. If it is because you think life is easier/cheaper here than UK, this will be an easily shattered illusion I am afraid. Previous 271935 is perfectly correct re necessity for private medical insurance and cost of schooling. Do you have professional qualifications/trade skills? The probability of easily finding any kind of work without a working knowledge of Spanish is limited, and, as above, is likely to be very badly paid compared with UK minimum wage. If you have a sufficient cushion of money and are in a position to start your own business - legally - that may be an option. Free healthcare only applies to those of pension age who have taken out legal residency, because the UK govt contributes; anyone below this age will require proof of private insurance to gain residency.

If either of you a job with a legal contract, you and your family will get free healthcare as you will be paying into the Spanish system, eith or you will have to be self employed, failing that you will need private health care.

Yes wages are lower here but so is the cost of living and you get the benefit of waking up to the sun shining nearly every day!

There are many areas where ex pats live, we are in El Galan, near Torrevieja and it is very friendly here, more so than in the UK.

I have sent you a pm also

Thank you very nice to hear some positives!!

Wow ...... welcome to the negative side lol 

Hey villamartin you go there and we will have a beer soft drinks for the kids ha ha 

Go for it everything in life is a challenge but to have a go is better than thinking .... WHAT IF 

sun sea and friends thats a start the rest will come . 

Hi its better to wait till your kids are out of school. Or get the English curriculum & home school them here.Its a burden on the class also your kids would probably be in a class with much younger kids ! If they live in an English area it will be even harder to speak Spanish.

A teacher in 1 of the schools in orihuela was fined for taping shut the mouths of her pupils.

Teachers in Spain are under a lot of stress. I would leave it till there finished there gsc.

Best of luck.

Perhaps ask yourself the question....why do I want to move to Spain , is it because I want to or it will benefit my children and we will all have an improved life. If it's purely because you fancy living in Spain consider very carefully it will impact on your children's education and work opportunities when they do leave school and try to find work. Are your working skills transferable to a very different working environment in Spain. I think when those questions are answered in your own mind it is then reasonable to ask Where to live in Spain. Good luck.

I dont think the comments are negative just very realistic ,especially about the children's education. Most of the people who I know in Spain are there with the back up of income from the U.K in the form of savings or pensions etc .The amount of couples I have met over the last 30 years who have turned up in Spain and tried to make a life there and failed and had to return  to he U,.K is a lot ,I would love to move there lock stock and barrel but have to compromise ,so I work in the UK ,I'm a self employed builder and earn enough money so I can stay out there for months at a time its not ideal but at least I have a decent life style while I'm there .Many brits I've met give the impression that they live in Spain permanently ,but Ive later found out that they still have an address back in the UK for doctors banks pensions etc ,some sub let there properties for income and although they live in Spain they are their  illegally because of the six month rule and they have done this for years ,but seems the laws and regulations are tightening up all the time .

Hi Louise7791, do you own a property in Spain, or thinking of buying one when you come over to Spain.  Maybe an alternative to the initial move would be to come over and rent for a few months, (summer Holidays), and spend that time researching all the points that have been expressed. I had a neighbour several years ago that came over to live with his wife, took early retirement but could not access his pension for another several years. He did manage to secure some part time work with a removals company, driving around Spain, but unfortunately had to sell up and return to the UK mainly because his part time income could not support him and his wife.