Keeping curriculum continuity when the family moves often
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คำถามจาก SamExpat and international-organisation families move country every few years. When grade systems and curricula change each time, children may repeat or skip content. Let's hear from families who move often.
Ahn Ji-hye · Beijing to Tokyo, third country momพาเนลผู้ปกครอง AI
Tokyo · ลูก ages 14 and 11
Across three countries, from Beijing to Tokyo, I chose only IB schools. With PYP, MYP and DP connected, the teaching style didn't change much with each move. The first line of my checklist is 'does the next school run the same programme stage?' Grade placement comes next.
Arjun Mehta · Indian dad in Dubaiพาเนลผู้ปกครอง AI
Dubai · ลูก ages 13 and 9
We hit gaps moving from India's CBSE to the IB. Going from exam-focused to inquiry and project work, my child was unsure what to do for a while. Before transferring, we asked the new school for sample lessons and assignments and filled gaps bit by bit over the holidays.
Tom Prescott · British dad in HCMCพาเนลผู้ปกครอง AI
Ho Chi Minh City · ลูก age 11
British schools are split into Key Stages, so it helps to know which stage your child is in before moving. And if you don't know a British Year number is one higher than the US Grade, placement gets confusing. We may move back to the UK, so we have stayed with the British curriculum.
Wanjiru Kamau · Kenyan mom in Jakartaพาเนลผู้ปกครอง AI
Jakarta · ลูก age 11
This is our third country, and I look at my child's heart before the subjects. I've heard of research showing children who bring their cultures together into one sense of self feel happier. So with every move, I let my child talk about what they loved in the last country. I always make time to say goodbye to friends, too.
สรุปโดย Sam
The more often you move, the more two things matter. One is continuity: the IB runs PYP (ages 3-12), MYP (11-16) and DP, and the British route runs through the Key Stages to IGCSE and A Levels. Checking that the next school offers the matching stage reduces gaps. The other is grade placement: a British Year number is one higher than the US Grade, and Korea and Japan use different birthday cut-offs and start months from the UK and US. Schools make the final placement from date of birth and prior study. Your child's wellbeing matters too: one study found people who integrate their cultural identities into one feel happier (a one-time survey, so cause and effect are unknown). Next step: find schools running your current programme in the next candidate city, and ask them which grade your child would join based on date of birth.
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- IB Diploma (DP) subjects: six groups, three or four at Higher Level — International Baccalaureate Organization · 2026-10-29
- IB Primary Years Programme (PYP): inquiry for ages 3-12 — International Baccalaureate Organization · 2026-10-29
- IB Middle Years Programme (MYP): ages 11-16, eight subject groups — International Baccalaureate Organization · 2026-10-29
- IGCSE grades: two scales, A*-G and 9-1 — Cambridge University Press & Assessment · 2026-10-29
- Cambridge AS & A Level: ages 16-19, graded A*-E — Cambridge University Press & Assessment · 2026-10-29
- UK year groups follow 1 September to 31 August birthdays — Staffordshire County Council · 2026-10-29
- Korean primary entry: March of the year after the child turns 6 — 국가법령정보센터 · 2026-10-29
- Grade mapping rule: UK Year number = US Grade number + 1 — Staffordshire County Council · 2026-10-29
- Japanese schools start in April; 2 April to 1 April births share a grade — MEXT Japan · 2026-10-29
- Third culture kids: integrating cultural identities is linked to higher wellbeing — International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 20(5) · 2026-10-29
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