Okay, thank you all for your replies... I'm not from UK and I'm neither a parent nor a teacher, but a student of bel canto singing in Serbia. I was just curious about the schooling in France. Here, we have public music education, so everything is basically for free (except for university - about 30% of students get free education). When it comes to singing - the schooling is organized like this: "Elementary" (prep school) lasts for 2 years, secondary school for four years and univesity for another four years. What is it like in France? I started this thread in order to obtain more information on schoolarships, possiblities of education in France etc, beacause I'm interested in maybe continuing my schooling abroad, but any kind of information concerning music education in France is welcome. Thank you!