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FROM🇳🇱 NetherlandsTO🇫🇷 France

Netherlands Grade 7 / Year 7 to France: education route

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

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Route alignment

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

DEPARTING STAGESecondary pathways · VMBO, HAVO, VWOARRIVING STAGECollège · sixième to troisième

📚 Side-by-side

What crosses with the learner

Route point🇳🇱 Netherlands🇫🇷 France
Current stageSecondary pathways · VMBO, HAVO, VWOCollège · sixième to troisième
Education authorityNational attainment objectives and examination programmes sit alongside school autonomy and differentiated secondary pathways.National programmes are organised by cycles; enrolment and placement are completed through the commune, education authority, and receiving school.
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

Open the issuing sources

Secondary education pathwaysGovernment of the Netherlands ↗Cycles and local grade levelsÉduscol · French Ministry of National Education ↗DNB and baccalauréat informationÉduscol · French Ministry of National Education ↗

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🔎 Also described as

moving from Netherlands to France for Grade 7 / Year 7Netherlands Grade 7 / Year 7 in FranceNetherlands to France school transfer requirements