Has anyone got any information on the international (English) schools on the Algarve?

I have the full prospectus for the International School at Porches which is supposed to be very good, but very expensive. send me a pm with your e-mail address and I'll send it on to you

Tricky

There is a 'British School' in Lagoa....small 40 pupils.I know nothing about it but if you are interested my friend daughter goes there ..and I can ask them for more info....they are very happy with it and I know it costs a lot less than the Int School

There is a 'British School' in Lagoa....small 40 pupils.I know nothing about it but if you are interested my friend daughter goes there ..and I can ask them for more info....they are very happy with it and I know it costs a lot less than the Int School

why you just don´t send them to a common Portuguese school. If you decide living over here, it´s important to the kids being integrated in the Portuguese and to learn the language of the country they´re living instead of being isolated from the locals ... sorry, just my opinion

I beleive the 'British School' in Lagoa is integrated (With Portuguese) .....my friends daughter speaks four languages and is rapidly learning Portuguese at this school....I might be wrong here but also when she returns to UK I think it might be beneficial to have followed the UK system to continue at a UK school..........but yes I accept your point and maybe more ..of us should send our kids to local schools...any other opinions would be int interesting...comparisons in standards etc....
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Yes...Don't send them to Portuguese 'Driving Schools'...!!!!......Why oh why can'y Portuguese stop riding my tail at 60 MPH one metre away and then swinging out into oncoming traffic and almost killing everybody....It is widely known that Portugal is the most dangerous place to drive in Europe and has been put down to the 'Macho Man' manner of Portuguese men (And Woman !!) ......It makes my blood boil , especially when I see so many accidents .....very stupid !!!!

Try drifting a bit into the ''combined hard shoulder - footpath - edge of the road - slow lane'' call it what you like, that are found on most of the wider roads and then its easier for you to be overtaken. Failing that try driving faster then they won't need to overtake you.

bica……are you sure?…….I find it best to ignore them……

That works too along with liberal use of the break pedal. By the way how many times have they changed the one way systems in Cascais so far this year

local wrote:why you just don´t send them to a common Portuguese school. If you decide living over here, it´s important to the kids being integrated in the Portuguese and to learn the language of the country they´re living instead of being isolated from the locals ... sorry, just my opinion

Hi Local

I hear what you are saying and fully understand the need for integration with the local community.

But………I do not wish to overburden the local schools.

The way I see it is that I will not have paid anything into your country so I would not expect your government and local tax payers to pay for my child’s education.


The same goes for health care. I will be getting private medical insurance for me and my family

I wish this was the case back in the UK, but this is one of the reasons I wish to leave here……………Too many taking out and not enough paying in or having never paid cannot be good for any countries economy!

Anonymous wrote:There is a 'British School' in Lagoa....small 40 pupils.I know nothing about it but if you are interested my friend daughter goes there ..and I can ask them for more info....they are very happy with it and I know it costs a lot less than the Int School

Hi Guest

Maybe you could register for this forum and then I can PM you my e-mail addy

Any info will be much appreciated

Bica Digger etc, Nice to see you using the forum .........but any chance of staying on topic please?

Anonymous wrote:

local wrote:why you just don´t send them to a common Portuguese school. If you decide living over here, it´s important to the kids being integrated in the Portuguese and to learn the language of the country they´re living instead of being isolated from the locals ... sorry, just my opinion

Hi Local

I hear what you are saying and fully understand the need for integration with the local community.

But………I do not wish to overburden the local schools.

The way I see it is that I will not have paid anything into your country so I would not expect your government and local tax payers to pay for my child’s education.


The same goes for health care. I will be getting private medical insurance for me and my family

I wish this was the case back in the UK, but this is one of the reasons I wish to leave here……………Too many taking out and not enough paying in or having never paid cannot be good for any countries economy!

Anonymous wrote:
There is a 'British School' in Lagoa....small 40 pupils.I know nothing about it but if you are interested my friend daughter goes there ..and I can ask them for more info....they are very happy with it and I know it costs a lot less than the Int School


Hi Guest

Maybe you could register for this forum and then I can PM you my e-mail addy

Any info will be much appreciated



Dohhhhhhhhhhhh sorry folks the above posts were by me , but I forgt to sign in!!!

Bica Digger etc, Nice to see you using the forum .........but any chance of staying on topic please?

Guest - Nice to see you using the forum .........but any chance of you registering please?

If you noticed we did not take the thread off subject in the first place it was another guest going on about driving schools.

Also there is a tradition on this site of going with the flow of the conversation -

Chill out - life is too short - or would you like big G and Kateee to spend all their time checking to see if people are off thread.