We are a couple with two boys aged 11 and 8 who are busy researching relocation to SW France. I expect you'll have heard of Frenchentree.com (sp?) who offer fantastic info re education including a schools site called www.fabert.com. This gives a list of all schools in your specified area. My only problem is that I can't identify for certain which are sous contrat and which hors, and the according expenditure!! Also, I believe that some schools are far more open to English pupils and offer extra help, but how to discover these I have no idea. Anybody any ideas? Also, is it fairly standard for a new English pupil to start down a year to help out with getting accustomed to the language? Kind regards.