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Parisian here, who sent her child to an international private school in Paris for a while.

OP, what you should know first is that COL is astronomically higher in Paris and London than here. Are you sure your new salary would be commensurate with it? It absolutely sucks to be poor in London and Paris, I promise you!

Pollution is bad, traffic is worse. There isn't that Anglo-Saxon culture of extra-curriculars and sports in Paris, they're a little more intellectual over there, but if your kids are preschool-aged and you're not staying long, this might not matter to you.

You can get a small but centrally located apartment that costs the earth and is next to one of the big parks in a good arrondissement, and you'll have plenty of wealthy English-speaking company and the full Parisian experience.

You can get a cute house in the pleasant Western suburbs with some English neighbors and it will cost less but the commute into Paris will be ruthless. Paris won't be at your doorstep every evening for a stroll.

For your wife, there is a DCUM equivalent for English Mums living in France - and I'm sorry, I can't recall the name! Google around, she'll be able to ask all kinds of questions about the expat life there.

My opinion is - if you're doing this for yourself, do it sooner rather than later, because school isn't such a big deal. The best Montessori schools are on wait-lists, but EIB (my son's school) and other international privates always have a few spots left for families who come and go during the year.
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