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Old 8th November 2009, 02:54 PM
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Originally from belgium. Expat in canada.
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No, we are 'in process'. We are planning to move in the summer of 2010.

Our son is attending 11th grade now, but we don't want him to finish high school in Belgium. If we move to Canada next summer, he can do 11th grade over again, and then 12th grade.
This because he only became 15 in September (he grade skipped), and because English is not our mothertongue.
We could also wait for another year, until summer 2011, so he could finish high school in Belgium. But that he certainly would have to pass an IELTS-test at academic level and do entrance exam for university. Finishing high school in Canada would give him the benefit to practice his language in high school instead of university, and to give him a Canadian high school diploma.

How old is your son? We don’t know the GCSE exam in Belgium. It is not the end of your high school, but something you do in 10th grade? Or is it his final high school examination and will he start at university once you are in Canada?
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