International schools are usually around 500€ a month each child and then theres the uniforms,books, but they do follow the british currciulum and aim for GCSEs. When we were in Spain with our two children, it cost us around 3000€ including rent, bills, etc. State schools in Spain are Spanish, they have a totally different curriculum to British schools and unlike British schools, kids cant go up to the next year til they have passed exams, which as a foreigner they would struggle with. So your 14 yo would miss out on taking GCSEs and wouldnt be fluent enough in Spanish to take their general certificate.
So regardless of work etc, I dont think now is a good time to be planning to do this. Its something we had to wrestle with too and we're now back in the UK cos my son needed to go to a college in the UK and the schooling costs in Spain were extortionate. My husband was commuting for work the whole time we lived in Spain, which wasnt ideal.
Maybe one day.......
Jo xxx
So regardless of work etc, I dont think now is a good time to be planning to do this. Its something we had to wrestle with too and we're now back in the UK cos my son needed to go to a college in the UK and the schooling costs in Spain were extortionate. My husband was commuting for work the whole time we lived in Spain, which wasnt ideal.
Maybe one day.......
Jo xxx
