✈️ Academic route

FROM🇫🇷 FranceTO🇳🇱 Netherlands

France Grade 7 / Year 7 to Netherlands: education route

Compare Grade 7 / Year 7 in France with the corresponding school stage in Netherlands, then open the official curriculum and placement authorities for both systems.

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Route alignment

France describes this point as Collège · sixième to troisième. Netherlands describes the receiving stage as Secondary pathways · VMBO, HAVO, VWO. Use the linked destination framework with the learner’s current subjects and records when confirming the receiving year and placement process.

DEPARTING STAGECollège · sixième to troisièmeARRIVING STAGESecondary pathways · VMBO, HAVO, VWO

📚 Side-by-side

What crosses with the learner

Route point🇫🇷 France🇳🇱 Netherlands
Current stageCollège · sixième to troisièmeSecondary pathways · VMBO, HAVO, VWO
Education authorityNational programmes are organised by cycles; enrolment and placement are completed through the commune, education authority, and receiving school.National attainment objectives and examination programmes sit alongside school autonomy and differentiated secondary pathways.
Application fileCurrent school records and subject historyReceiving authority and school placement requirements

🧳 Preparation file

Bring these into the route

  1. Recent report cards or transcripts and the current subject list
  2. School-attendance and progression records requested by the receiving school
  3. Identity, residence, guardianship, and address documents required locally
  4. Certified translations and language-learning history where requested

🔗 Official links

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🔎 Also described as

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