Quality of the International schools

[purplemonkydishwashr]

Just wondering how the International schools (and the ESF) in HK compare to the state and private school in NZ and Aus.

[Elroy Jettson]

The standard of schooling is very high. You wont have any problems if you are interested in academic results, your Child will be able to choose to do subjects in Mandarin or Cantonese, but sporting results may be a different story. Not all schools have the room for sporting fields, and joining clubs after school can be very expensive.

With the literacy levels being obtained in the Australian public schools now, you would have to go to the USA to get a worse education!

[Numero Crunchero]

This is a 'how long is a piece of string' question, but here goes!

Had a spouse that was Oz trained and she taught for 3 years at an international school in HKG. Standards same as average private school in oz. Two major differences...ESF(and some international schools) are based on pommy system so you will find your child/ren doing class/es a year or so ahead of back home. We held our child back so that she was the oldest in class rather than youngest...she had no problems fitting in back home in the same school year. Mind you she got her intelligence from the non pilot half!

The other major thing...sport/grounds/nature. There is nothing you can do about that whilst you chase the almighty dollar and work in HKG. Whilst they are young DB is ok...once they get to teenage levels it may be a problem!