Quote Originally Posted by jbt View Post
hi guys,

please enlighten me, im still struggling to understand how's the education (particularly in secondary school) system here in UK especially the start and end of the school year, coz in the philippines we can just say from june to march.

we are going to apply for a settlement visa for my 15 yr.old daughter to live w/me and my husband and to study here, she's on the third year level in the philippines and since she's already half way through completing her third year in high school, we are thinking that it will be better if she will come here after the school year ends w/c will be by march next year.

if my daughter will be granted a visa and will arrive here by march or april (next year), when can she start attending the class? does it has to be straightaway or can we wait for the start of the new school year? i was also wondering on what level she will be here when she attends school.

thank you so much in advance and i will be so grateful for any advice or information.


i think you should have got her here asap, because if she is 15 now, march next year she will be nearly 16? and kids in the uk the same age of her will be preparing for their final secondary school exams, so no point in her starting school march next year, i wonder even if a school would take her for a few months

also it will take her time to settle and adjust to the british school system

i suppose she could apply to go to college if she came in march next year, to start in sept.

i think she will have to pay international student fees for her going to college, could be £3,000 a year and then for uni to..

as Non-EEA nationals are required to be here for 3 years before the start date of their course to apply for home fees

i'm pretty sure what i've said here is correct, but check with a college or with the immigration people