Now I am trying to understand a little better what paths are available for him after Primary. I do not want by any means to decide for him, just to cover my lack of knowledge of the options of the Swiss school system. It does not help that I have very little experience in the US/UK/international schooling systems.
My understanding is that in Kanton Zürich the access to public gymi (both lang and kurz) is subject to pass die Zentrale Aufnahmeprüfung at the beginning. Is this true also for private gymi?
I read that it is possible to be enrolled in well known Swiss universities with IB diploma. For the perspective of an expat, are there actual advantages to doing the Matura with respect to IB? I read some posts where it is written that IB needs certain requirements to be met to allow you to enroll in some university, while the succeeding in the Matura is enough.
Of course I know that there are differences in the subject to be taken in gymi and IB and also I am very well aware that the effectiveness of a school path depends also on the quality of the specific school, but this is another giant problem, that I prefer to face later on.
My target now is to identify the paths that are more flexible in case we have to leave Switzerland. I hope to be able to live here for a long time, but who knows what the future reserves to us. We are from Italy, so the most probable option is going back there. I am aware that there is an italian high school in Zurich, I already have a ton of info about that and it is indeed a possible option for us.
Thank you!