Kaiju5 Posted May 12, 2019 Share Posted May 12, 2019 Hi All, after some tips from anyone who has done or is contemplating moving back with teenagers. We have lived in Oz for 11 years, got 3 kids aged 14, 12 and 7. Moved around a bit too for various reasons. In a nutshell, wife and I are certain that we can’t see ourselves remaining in Australia long term. Out here on our own, all family in UK, guess we are looking to the future a bit, parents getting older, wanting to just be able to see more of our family back in UK a bit more. Our kids have always been pretty easy going with moving and are quite willing to go along with our plans. We’re making our 4th trip back to the UK this December(over our 11 year stay here) but it’s just not the same as we want to be back closer to families. We appreciate times have changed, everyone’s older doing own things etc but the thought of staying out here for ever is not appealing. Our major anxieties surround education. We don’t envisage being able to move back for 3 years, and this would tie in with our eldest daughter about to start Uni, our middle girl would be about to start A-levels (or equivalent) and our youngest...well we aren’t really worrying about her too much at present! We are considering moving them from their current Australian school into an International school in Oz to start this year, to enrol in the IB, with a view this will help prepare them for moving back(guess for our eldest it may not matter as much as she’ll be about to start Uni, but I was hearing that if someone had undertaken the IB and then applied for Uni in UK, it might mean they were exempt from international Uni fees)-would welcome advice on this too. Any advice would be welcome. We kinda know what we want to do, but suppose just seeing what people think. Cheers! Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VERYSTORMY Posted May 12, 2019 Share Posted May 12, 2019 The issue with uni is purely a test of residence and nothing to do with the school or qualification. The test is that a person is treated as an international student until they have been resident in the UK for three years. However, we have had members manage to get this waived as it is up to particular universities. But that is the exception rather than the norm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
starlight7 Posted May 12, 2019 Share Posted May 12, 2019 A lot can happen in 3 years- I would wait until you are 12 months away. Two of your children will be almost adult by then and they may well have fairly different views ( it happens!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quoll Posted May 12, 2019 Share Posted May 12, 2019 (edited) The international fees thing is probably going to bite you with your eldest but your intent to get your daughter onto an IB course is a good one - its an internationally recognised qualification whereas Aus yr 12 results don't compare really well with A levels and you'd need a very much higher yr12 result to get into even a mediocre UK Uni. Another solution could be to send your eldest daughter back to UK to live with family to do GCSE and A levels and she could visit you in the holidays. That way she keeps all her options open for Uni wherever you end up (A levels travel well for Aus Unis). Edited May 12, 2019 by Quoll Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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