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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]AU is good choice.  The closest school system for Ireland would be - I’m sorry to say - British

Thus, British School of Washington in Tenleytown should be on the list.

My fear for you - US educational system is really remedial compared to Ireland’s 98% literacy rate and kids wont  be able to go back to University in Ireland at, say, TrinityCollege level.

Likely your company pays or gov - if you are civil servant so cost isn’t or shouldn’t be factor. Good luck!

-former expat[/quote]
Actually I’d say the opposite. DH is Irish and we’ve done back and forth. The Irish system is more like how schools were here in the 50s. You can do quite well just with memorization. There’s not a lot of thinking outside of the box or challenges or group projects. In a nutshell it’s easy to do well. 
OP your best bet for private at this point would be a small private k-8 bc kids start to leave those around 4th or 5th so they often have openings. I wouldn’t recommend the British school - it’s for profit and doesn’t have great uni placements. [/quote]

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