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GLOBAL EDUCATION MINI FACTSHEET: EDUCATION & SCHOOLS
Finding the right school
The complexity involved in finding schools abroad when parents are unfamiliar with the education system can cause significant stress. It is critical that the right choice is made as it will have lasting consequences for children’s education and wellbeing.
THE IMPORTANCE OF GETTING SCHOOLING RIGHT If children are unable
to settle into
their new schools and life abroad, this will not only affect their happiness and educational outcomes but it will also impact on their parent’s ability to adapt successfully. If the family is unsettled and unhappy, this will affect employee productivity and could result in assignment failure and/or early return. A number of factors must be
considered when deciding education options for children. Specialist support is likely to be needed to identify appropriate schools and to ensure successful settling-in.
THE CURRICULUM Parents are less willing to undertake international assignments that require them to move abroad if this will disrupt their children’s education, particularly during
secondary school years and
especially during critical educational stages. Finding a school that offers a suitable curriculum is essential. Children need to follow a curriculum
that dovetails with that of their home country if the assignment will entail
repatriation. Alternatively, an international curriculum that is widely recognised across the world can enable students to relocate to different countries without significant disruption to educational continuity. Language and cultural differences in
teaching delivery can prove to be stressful for students who are facing pressures to perform well academically in a new environment. Timing of curriculum delivery should also be considered as school years can begin at different times, for example, across hemispheres.
TRANSITION SUPPORT Children will experience significant disruption when they move abroad. This includes the breakup of friendship groups and family relationships. Advice and support with stress management and in building peer relationships are needed. Parents have to settle into their new environment and transition support is helpful for them too. Schools should offer transition care
to incoming students and ideally also to their parents to address academic, social, and emotional issues. This should involve a collaborative approach to linking relocated individuals with appropriate specialists, peers, buddies and mentors. Transition support should cover pre-admission, on joining and throughout the school journey.
WELLBEING Wellbeing should be valued and be evidenced in school strategy and operations. For example, timetables can include sessions dedicated to wellbeing. Mentors, peer support and buddy
systems all facilitate relationship building. Community groups can help to foster integration. Parental inclusion in school events can provide a valuable source of support.
SCHOOL SEARCH ASSISTANCE School options include home country boarding schools, host country international schools, home nationality curriculum schools, local state schools, and online schools. Help with finding the right school
is very much valued by international assignees. Specialist consultants can advise on options and help navigate entry requirements and processes. Care must be taken to ensure that any special educational needs are addressed. Expert consultants can assist with this. Specialists can also advise on tutoring
support to address gaps in educational attendance catching up.
and aid any necessary
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