School Year After Moving Country
Which school year a child lands in after a move, using each country's own starting age and compulsory span rather than one global assumption.
A child born in 2016 sits in Year 7 in the United Kingdom, where school starts at four, and Year 5 in Nigeria, where it starts at six — two year groups back, caused entirely by the starting age rather than by anything about the child.
School Year After Moving Country
Frequently asked
Why does my child move down a year?
Because the destination country starts school later. A country starting at six puts a ten-year-old in its fifth year; a country starting at five puts the same child in its sixth. Nothing about the child has changed.
Will the school follow this exactly?
Often not. Schools place on birth-month cut-offs, assessment and available places, and several countries let parents request a year either side. This gives you the national default so you can tell whether an offer is normal or unusual.
Does it cover every country?
It covers the 194 countries in our dataset, each with its own verified starting age and compulsory span.
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