If you require removals to France, a move abroad generally means exciting times ahead especially when you have been offered a hard-to-miss opportunity in the job market, with a pay rise. However, if you are moving to France with children, the main concern about settling in a foreign country is whether they will adjust to their new lifestyle.
Here we shall look at removals to France and give you a brief outline of schooling and education in France.
Hamiltons Removals provide high quality European house moves and we also offer corporate and commercial removals to France to and from the UK or most other international destinations.
Our removals to France service is tailored to suit your requirements and this includes a full load (dedicated service,) which gives you the entire use of a vehicle, or a part load (groupage service), where the load is grouped together with other customers’ possessions and household goods. We also offer a special service where you have the sole use of a vehicle and can select the delivery or collection dates for removals to France.
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Schooling in France
If you are moving to France as a family, many parents worry about their children leaving their friends behind and how their little ones will settle into their new school. However, it is surprising how well children adjust to schooling in a foreign county and how quickly they pick up the language and make friends. Although every child is different, generally the younger the children are when you require removals to France, the sooner they will be able to adjust to their new life.
To make the move easier, it may be that your children will benefit from private French lessons and tutorials well in advance of the move. In fact, you could all take French classes as a family.
Of course, it always helps if one parent is a French national and you have existing family abroad, such as siblings or in-laws with children. However, this is not essential and may not be the case if you have moved there as part of a job move for instance. Whether or not this is the case, it is likely your children will soon adjust to their new life - and usually much quicker than their parents.
If require removals to France to settle in the country permanently, there are some things you can do in advance of the move. This can include arranging your child to have a tour of the school before they start. Another thing you can do is to ask that your child is paired with another pupil for the first few days. This pupil can help introduce your child to the other classmates and help them get familiar with their new environment.
Many children who move to a new school abroad are excited about the prospect of living overseas. It is also not unheard of for a young child to attend school in their country of origin for part of the school year, and attend a French school for the remainder, so they get the best of both worlds.
Nursery Education in France
Although schooling is compulsory from six years upwards, many children attend nursery school in France between the ages of three and five. In the last year of the nursery school they are introduced to reading.
Some children also start at a daycare centre, called pré-maternelle or très petite section, from the age of two years upwards.
State Schooling
If your child is being educated through the state system in France, schooling in the country is of a good to high standard. It is a requirement for youngsters to attend school until the age of 16 years.
The first stage of their state schooling education is primary school, where, just like in the UK, the students have either one or two teachers to instruct them in the complete curriculum.
At the age of 11 years, students will attend college (middle school) until the age of 15, followed by the lycée (high school) for the next three years where they go on to study for the baccalaureat.
Whether or not they attend a lycée really depends on the pupil’s examination results, and some students may study a vocational course instead and this will lead on to a baccalaureat professional.
Other Schools
It is also possible for your child to be taught at an international school so they can follow an English type curriculum. This type of school is usually situated in areas with a high percentage of foreign nationals.
In addition to international schools, there are also independent or private schools, religious schools and boarding schools in France.
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