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Best schools on the Cote d'azur France

A snapshot: schools on the Cote d'Azur considered (but not necessarily chosen) by English-speaking expats.

Schools with a full GSGI review are noted with  next to their names.

 (pending) means that the school is on our list to review.

By full GSGI review, we mean school write-ups that are completely selected, researched, visited and written by our own editors. Our final reviews take the good with the bad, warts and all, but we look for a preponderance of good before we drill down for in-depth details and descend on the school for an exhaustive visit. We are aware of the other schools on this page and we continually add or remove schools, as deemed appropriate.


Schools on the Cote d'Azur pending review by The GSGI.

International School of Monaco (pending)

Adapted curriculum/ IGCSE/ IB Diploma; ages 3-18; co-ed; day; independent; private non-profit; 650 students

Based in purpose-built premises, including some brand new buildings, near the port. Offering a bilingual programme in early years and primary, taught in (50 per cent each) English/French. Academic subjects in middle and senior school taught in English but other languages remain important, with French mandatory as well as a third language. International Baccalaureate Diploma pass rate close to 100 per cent over last five years and scores regularly in the mid-thirties against a global average of just under 30.

International School of Nice (pending)

PYP/ I/GCSE/ IB Diploma; ages 4-18; co-ed; day; independent; private non-profit; 360 students

Opened the doors of its purpose-built facility, on the western edge of Nice (close to the airport), over 40 years ago and continues to offer an international education, taught in English, to the community on the French Riviera. The majority of the students are European, American or Russian and it is the only school in the region to be accredited by the Council International Schools (CIS) and the Middle States Association of Schools and Colleges (MSA).

Mougins School (pending)

Adapted National Curriculum for England/ I/GCSE/ A Level; ages 3-18; co-ed; day; independent; privately owned; 480 students

Opened in 1964, in architecturally striking, eco-friendly buildings, on a campus located just outside Mougins. Inspected by the Independent Schools Inspectorate (ISI) for British Schools Overseas (BSO). A Level results are very respectable and almost all graduates continue their education at UK universities, often on design or business courses. The occasional student returns to their home country, recently this has been either to Belgium or the Netherlands.

For more information on the schools above, please go to each school’s individual entry on the Good Schools Guide international search.

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