Thank youTeamedup and Pangur, I am duly chastised. [quote user="Teamedup"]Champagnac, but those who teach in France have to pass functionnaires exams to do it. AND your friend should have known that.[/quote] Actually, I should have made myself clearer, she DID know the situation, it was ME who found it strange. [quote user="Pangur"] Hardly bizarre - a French -trained teacher cannot necessarily waltze into a permanent French teaching post in a UK school without Qualified Teacher Status, which generally means extra assessment. I'm sure it is the same in every EU state. Degrees and experience are not necessarily equivalent in each country. [/quote] Actually I believe a French national with a degree from France CAN walk into a UK school to teach FRENCH, albeit with the recommendation of some "on-site" training (To allow for all the other things that Pangur mentions). I am STILL disappointed that no system is flexible enough to see the advantage of someone qualified in the langauge, qualified to teach the language and with experience teaching it would not be welcomed - in any country.