← Back to home
Learning support

ExplicaLab International

“Understanding the system before your child needs to.”

Moving to Portugal with your children? Understanding the Portuguese school system doesn't have to be overwhelming.

Understand the system
with confidence.

We help English-speaking families understand:

  • how the system is organized (cycles, grades, key transitions)
  • what the Aprendizagens Essenciais — Portugal's national curriculum — actually cover, year by year
  • how assessments and exams work, and what to expect
  • the vocabulary and expectations Portuguese schools take for granted, explained in plain English

We don't just explain the system to you — we help you teach it to your child, through our own guides.