I noticed that a lot of parents of children attending schools in Doha are looking to change schools. Is this usual from year to year or is it more a reflection on the specific schools? I am also changing my sons school this year...
I am a teacher and at the end of August I shall be starting at my new teaching job in Qatar. My view is that moving from one school to another can be quite difficult and even traumatic for some children, so parents should not do this unless they have no other choice. Of course, work pressures and company relocations mean that sometimes parents have to move from a school where their children are happy and doing well to another school, where things may not be so rosy. This is unfortunate, but in many ways it is part and parcel of the expat lifestyle.
To answer novita77's point about whether a school is "bad" or not, I would add that the logistics of the "school run" are very important to many parents. Even if the school is supposed to be "good", you won't be quite so keen to send your child there if it is on the wrong side of town and so going there will mean a twice-daily battle with the traffic.
some parents i know ... when they come here ... they just put the kids to whatever school they can get. In the meantime they wait for the space come up from their fav school.
Nothing to worry about ... everyone have their own preference with the school. So when you heard someone moving their kids to another school, doesn't mean the school is bad.
I think it depends on if your kids got into the right school to start off with. My kids attend an English School and have been for 2 years. Am really happy with the curriculum although the fees keep increasing which is the norm.
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I am a teacher and at the end of August I shall be starting at my new teaching job in Qatar. My view is that moving from one school to another can be quite difficult and even traumatic for some children, so parents should not do this unless they have no other choice. Of course, work pressures and company relocations mean that sometimes parents have to move from a school where their children are happy and doing well to another school, where things may not be so rosy. This is unfortunate, but in many ways it is part and parcel of the expat lifestyle.
To answer novita77's point about whether a school is "bad" or not, I would add that the logistics of the "school run" are very important to many parents. Even if the school is supposed to be "good", you won't be quite so keen to send your child there if it is on the wrong side of town and so going there will mean a twice-daily battle with the traffic.
some parents i know ... when they come here ... they just put the kids to whatever school they can get. In the meantime they wait for the space come up from their fav school.
Nothing to worry about ... everyone have their own preference with the school. So when you heard someone moving their kids to another school, doesn't mean the school is bad.
I don't think changing schools is something parents or children particularly enjoy. It just depends on the circumstances forcing the change.
I think it depends on if your kids got into the right school to start off with. My kids attend an English School and have been for 2 years. Am really happy with the curriculum although the fees keep increasing which is the norm.
It might also depend on the fees as well.