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Originally Posted by Clara  Hello everyone this is my first post! 
We are moving over at the end of August and I would of dearly loved our daughter to go to a spanish school for all of the reasons previously stated, however she is 14yrs old and about to embark on her G.C.S.E.s, she is adamant that she will return to the U.K. to go to college/university
I feel it would be unfair of us as parents to distrupt her education, at the end of the day we do not know if it will work out for us as a family in Tenerife?
I feel that is reason enough to send her to a English school? |
Hello Clara - welcome to the forum. My own assessment (from my own experience) of introducing children into a different culture is that this is probably painless up until 12-13, but after that it can indeed be difficult. Added to that, if there is uncertainty about remaining here, there is a lot to be said for playing safe to begin with. Ultimately it depends a lot on the character of the child, and you are the best judge of that.
Just one point, though, if your daughter is interested in studying languages at university, she would get a rocket start in a Spanish school. If she is more interested in sciences, she might find herself at disadvantage in a Spanish school because of the different methods and approaches used which could well be confusing.