I'm from NZ/Australia too, and my honest advice is to keep her there. I'm actually planning to move back soon so my daughter can have better schooling and career opportunities. There's a reason locals jump at the chance to go abroad. I understand why you want to move, but this looks more like something you want to do, and you're gambling with her future for it. She's about to start Year 9, so let her finish school there and then think about it again.

I never understand why anyone would do this to their kid. Even if you spend on the best private schools and universities, you're still sacrificing their education and future job prospects, and for what exactly?

Kia ora bro… ex-Kiwi high school teacher, in the NZ and UK education systems since 1985… now working on an education project in Cavite. I live right next to a big private Catholic school here in Cavite (https://www.csa-binan.edu.ph/), and every day at noon their prayers boom out over loudspeakers across the whole neighbourhood..:-) There's lots of good (and bad) advice here. u/ParticularDance496 hits a lot of nails on the head. At ISM/BSM and the like, there are kids of expats from all over the world, so in that (international) sense it's a cultural home run. The girls from the Catholic school I mentioned are in every café near me, but I've never seen another foreigner there. So it's the full-on Filipino experience. Nearly all of them speak perfect English with a YouTube American accent. Another thing worth looking into (which has been mentioned here) is schools with an IB programme. As you probably know, IB is an international curriculum, so it sidesteps some (most?) of the issues with the local curriculum. Here's a list of IB schools in Manila (with a map) https://www.international-schools-database.com/in/manila?curriculum%5B%5D=IB&filter=on A radical idea - take a look at the Chinese School in Manila https://cismanila.org/about-us/leadership/ (It's an IB school too). We go down to Nuvali for shopping and there are some good schools down that way too (Brentville, for example), but it's not cheap there either (Sydney/Auckland prices depending on where you currently live..)-)). Good luck!

If you can afford it, the good international schools (Brent, BSM, ISM) would be the best option. The adjustment period won't be long, and academically they're good enough for the Ivy League if that's your goal. Otherwise, Ateneo High School and the schools the other commenter mentioned should be enough. I wouldn't worry much about the social side, since these high schools take foreign students regularly. They're more understanding, and these schools are a bubble anyway. If I were you, I'd choose based on where I'm living. Ateneo High if I'm in White Plains or LGV, BSM/ISM if I'm in BGC, Woodrose if I'm in the south, and so on.

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Thanks everyone. I didn't expect some of the assumptions here, but thanks to those who gave great answers. It wasn't a selfish reason to move; it was an idea my family was excited about, immersing ourselves in a culture we're connected to by blood, and we have the means to do it. But the overall consensus is that it's probably not the best idea for her. On this November trip, she'll tour a school or three and will probably see how good she has it here, though it's still fine for her to keep going in Australia. Sounds like once my daughter finishes school and my wife and I eventually retire in the Philippines, a game of rugby among the expats here is well overdue. Happy to let some of you run it straight 😁