What is your opinion- State or Private-

Have you an experience to share?

Hi Sharon

I've found the spanish state system very good up to yet. Class sizes small, teachers excellent. Transport and 3 course lunches provided. The youngest child has just been picked up by the psycholgist because she had some problems with her writing. I'm very impressed up to yet. The foreigners are catered for and helped with castellano and valenciano.
It took me ages to decide state or private and I feel I definitely made the right choice with state school.

Hi everyone.
Been surfing lots and lots of forums and found this one! We are attempying to relocate to Almeria next spring, but I am having difficulty trying to decide about how to educate my daughter. She has just turned 13 years, and i originally thought she was too old to put into a spanish speaking school, I want the transition for her to be as easy as possible so thought that an english speaking private school would be best for her. After reading lots of forums i have seen a few people have put their children into state spanish schools at the same age.
Does anyone have any experience of this? I am currently unable to find any English schools in the Almeria anyway, so may have to look closer to Costa Del Sol for private English schooling.
Thanks in advance!