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Thank you very much for explaining in detail regarding the transition. I was in a fix if my son's education would get impacted, but at least for 1 year he has to adjust. thanks for sharing the link to Victorian schools syllabus. I will let you know how it goes.

 

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Prior to your child acceptance in any school, it is worth to the school on their specific enrollment procedures. These can vary widely from school to school

Given the school year here typically starts in late January, when you land in April (per your other post) he will have missed about 2 months of the academic year.

If he completed 9th grade, then it is highly likely that he would be placed in 10th grade unless there was significant reason to repeat 9th grade.

Hello Moulard,
Greetings.
Hope you are doing well. The way you advised about school syllabus for Victoria could you also send some links for NSW? Also if you could share the schools / rankings that would be great. My son would be going to 7th grade. Thanks !!


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I can tell you a lot about it.

Hi, We couldn't make that move to Australia last year...but all set for this year. Can you please explain more about enrollment procedures. We will be going to Sydney. Thanks.

 

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Nowhere in the thread do you indicate what sort of visa your son will be on.

If you are arriving on a permanent resident visa....

If you are planning to enroll your son in a public school, which school you enrol in will depend on your residential address.
Each school will have an intake area and all students who live in that area will be eligible to attend that school.
Some schools will accept enrollments from students who live outside of that area.

Given the time that has ed, I presume that your son will be most likely enrolling in Year 8 (once referred to as Form 2).

That being the case, once you arrive you will need to the local high school to discuss enrollment and requirements.

You can use this to find the local high school once you have a residential address.

Using the School Finder

Find your enrolment area and designated local school with our NSW School Finder.

education.nsw.gov.au

General information on NSW Public School Enrollment can be found here..

Enrolment

How to enrol in NSW public preschools, primary schools and high schools, designated enrolment areas, forms, general enrolment information.

education.nsw.gov.au

and highschool related info can be found here.

High school enrolment

Information on the NSW public high school enrolment process for students in Year 7, Years 8 to 12 and with disabilities or special learning needs.

education.nsw.gov.au

If your son will be on a temporary resident or dependent student visa, the process is differen - but you can find links to the process in the urls above.

Thank you very much for sharing this. My son will be on a Permanent Resident visa. You had shared the information in past...and that's right with the time that has ed, my son is in 7th grade in the US. The session just started in the beginning of August. So in Australia I guess he will need to enroll in Year 7.

I have also gone through the school rankings that you shared. If we want him to attend any top school, as I understand he has to sit a test. For Year 7 he won't be eligible as the dates have already ed. So we can target this for year 8. To get ission in the top ranked schools does the area of residence matter or it's only driven by the score in the test?

As of now we don't know where we will live in Sydney. But I think based on the school we will rent the house.

Thanks !

 

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Hi Moulard,
To start with, I would like to thank you for all the advise that you provided me reg. schools, while I was in the US and planning our move to Australia. We moved to Australia in the end of September and have itted my son to year 7 (7th grade) in a school in NSW. The school ranking url that you shared came in very handy in deciding. The only challenge we faced was to rent an apartment in the school catchment. That restricted our choice of apartments...but that was fine. Thank you once again.
I might ask for an advise on another topic

 

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How does your son feel about the school here? Just curious how does it compare to the American school he was? Please share.

He will start the school in next session...by end of Jan'23