French here, having homeschooled my kids some years ago. In France education is mandatory until 16yo. But you can choose to do it at home as long as you tell i

French here, having homeschooled my kids some years ago. In France education is mandatory until 16yo. But you can choose to do it at home as long as you tell it to the city and Education nationale (which is state school administration) Never heard of a year exam (apart from the mandatory ones around 11 and 17 yo) but you (in theory, sometimes they don’t) get a yearly visit from an Education nationale inspector to check if you are doing right and the kids are not left too behind the cursus. They have the power to force your kids back to school, but I’ve never heard it happens to anyone in our (close) community