Guide

Caymans – Education and Schools

The Cayman Islands maintains a highly regarded education system encompassing both government-funded and private schools, with English as the primary medium of instruction at every level. Children are required by law to attend school between the ages of 5 and

Brunei – Education and Schools

Brunei Darussalam maintains a well-organised, state-funded education system that costs citizens nothing at any stage, from preschool all the way through to university. Built around the national SPN21 framework and drawing heavily from the British tradition, schooling is delivered bilingually

Bulgaria – Education and Schools

Bulgaria maintains a structured, publicly funded education system administered by the Ministry of Education and Science, with compulsory schooling beginning in the pre-primary years and continuing until age 16. The system encompasses pre-primary, primary, lower secondary, and upper secondary levels.

Brazil – Education and Schools

Brazil provides a free, compulsory public education system for all children between the ages of four and seventeen, organised into pre-primary, primary, and secondary levels. State schools are open to every resident, expat families included, but educational quality differs substantially

Belize – Education and Schools

Belize provides families with a well-defined, four-tier education system shaped by its British colonial past, with English serving as the language of instruction at every level. State schooling — much of it delivered through a distinctive church-state partnership model —

Barbados – Education and Schools

Barbados provides a highly regarded, publicly funded education system shaped by British traditions, offering free schooling from primary right through to university level. With a literacy rate exceeding 98%, a structured national curriculum leading to qualifications recognised across the region

Belgium – Education and Schools

Belgium provides a highly regarded, publicly funded education system that is free at both primary and secondary level, organised across three separate linguistic communities — Dutch-speaking (Flemish), French-speaking, and German-speaking. Expat families have the option of enrolling children in local

Bahamas – Education and Schools

The Bahamas runs a structured, English-language education system shaped in part by British educational traditions, with free and compulsory schooling for children aged 5 to 16. The system spans pre-primary through to senior secondary level, supported by an expanding higher

Bahrain – Education and Schools

Bahrain maintains a well-developed, state-funded education system that is available free of charge to all residents — nationals and expatriates alike — at the public school level. Attendance is mandatory from age six through to the conclusion of the intermediate

Australia – Education and Schools

Australia maintains a well-resourced, globally respected education system that encompasses government and non-government schools, a unified national curriculum, and a broad higher education landscape. Children are required by law to attend school from around age six through to at least