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Originally Posted by chris
Hello
we plan to move to spain next may, we have three children my 15 year old will go to lady elizabeth in javea, my 5 and 6 year old willl go to a state school. can any one recomend any schools in the general triangle of javea, calpe, and denia also thinking about orba. My youngest children and i have started spanish lessons to try and make it easier for them. My 6 year old screams and cries that he does not want to go to spain because of school, have others had problems in this and how did they cope?. We are visiting this area in 3 weeks so would like to know what schools to check out, do you think they would let us visit?. When can i put their names down to enrol?.
Also my husband is a lorry driver and an electrician, have read some threads saying that construction employment is down, what are the chances of employment as an electrician?, also what are the chances of employment as a spanish lorry driver?. Our back up plan is for him to work as a uk lorry driver driving to spain, would prefer not to do this as we want our new life together, but if thats what it takes so be it. any help will be greatly appreciated.
Sorry just one more question allthough we plan to rent for awhile, we wanted to know if it would be better to take our uk mortgaed with us rather than trying to get a new one spanish or otherwise as the banks don't seam to want to lend at the moment. Is that the same in spain?
Thank you for all your help
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Hi there
I am actually looking for work as a teacher in Spain. I am renting and working in the UK for the moment, hoping to get work in the same area you want your children to go to. The Lady Elizabeth School has its senior school in Liber north of Benisa. There is also the Xabia International College in Javea too. I am going there on Monday to meet with the director. Both schools get a fantastic name, but you should know that they are fee-paying schools.
National Association of British Schools in Spain - Nabss gives a list of all the british schools in spain. They will certainly let you visit. I just emailed them for advice and if there were any positions available. You just need to do the same to visit them. Spanish lessons is a good idea too. I think the children will be ok. Once they settle in they will be fine. It's just a lot of big changes for them. I reckon you would be able to enroll the children no problem.
I want to start mine once I get permanent work in Spain.
I think there is work for electricians. My neighbour across the road from where I live in Spain is a plumber and he seems to get sufficient work. Being self employed though is a bit complex and to be honest i am not 100% sure how that works. Hopefully someone will be able to answer that more thoroughly than I can.
Renting is an excellent idea. What I did was, my partner and I sold our house in the Uk to finance the spanish villa we bought. I am staying here renting until I get a job offer in spain then I can return to spain and live a decent life!
Bringing the mortgage I am not sure about. However what I will say is be careful of the banks you choose. Once associated with fast cars... charged a fortune for transferring money. The bank up the street from it don't. Needless to say all our accounts have been moved to it.
All I can say is ask ask ask and if you are not sure ask again about everything about moving to spain. A lot of pitfalls which could be avoided by someone taking the time to give you a little advice. My mum says I have a book in me lol