Sections of the school
Early Learning
(2˝ – 5 years) adapts French and English school programmes for an international
community while developing basic social skills and autonomy.
Primary School
(6 – 9 years) fuses the essential elements of the French and English national
syllabuses while introducing an understanding of discipline, promoting pleasure
through learning and development of confident self-expression.
Middle School
(10 – 11 years) is a very successful bridge between primary and secondary
school. It enables pupils to transfer to secondary school already having
experience of learning in a more independent way. Lessons are taught in both
languages. Thereafter, they are taught largely in English in order to equip
pupils for the international world of higher and further education.
Secondary
School
(12 – 19 years) is based on the English National Curriculum and takes pupils
through their IGCSE (International General Certificate of Secondary Education)
and A-levels; IGCSE are the international equivalent of the English GCSE, and
A-levels being the internationally recognised university entrance qualification.
Throughout the courses, where relevant, topics covered focus on global issues
rather than purely UK centred themes.
Specific
information on entry requirements, hours and fees for each age group are
detailed in the relevant sections.
Communication with parents
We encourage
parents to become involved with the school and their child’s education at every
opportunity and always welcome new members to the Parent and Teacher Association
(PTA). Regular communication with parents is of great importance to us and we
encourage this through the following initiatives:
Newsletter
We produce a regular newsletter for all past, present and prospective parents.
It contains news, updates on developments, announcements, articles on school
trips, photographs and broader educational topics.
Informal meetings
Parents are encouraged to visit the school at the end of the teaching day to
look through their child’s exercise books and display work, and to understand
the topics currently being studied.
Parents’ evenings
Parents’ evenings are held each term for parents to meet each of their child’s
teachers to discuss their progress. Where parents live too far away to attend,
conference calls can be arranged for this purpose.
End-of-term
reports
We provide a comprehensive report on each pupil three times a year detailing
their progress with their school work, general behaviour at school and, where
appropriate, interaction with their host family.
School cyber journal
Our website includes a cyber journal where pupils publish project work,
write-ups of school trips or general displays.