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Thanks caramac. It's all such a minefield at the moment. Can you recommend any good high schools? Our catchment area is Ocean Reef HS & Belridge HS.

Hi just recently moved to northern suburbs of Perth from UK with 2 children. Eldest was in year 7 in the UK and enjoying life in a state secondary school. Now she has to return to primary in Y7, although this changes in 2015. I'm concerned about the state high school system here as all I have heard are negative comments about them and that I should enrol her into a private school. Are they really that bad??? Or is it just snob factor??? There doesn't seem to be any kind of OFSTED inspection of schools, so apart from the NAPLAN results, it's a bit difficult to compare them. Concerned that if we return to the UK in a couple of years, she will be behind and struggle with GCSEs. We would struggle to manage fees here as only one income at present. Does anyone have experience of the state system here?