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This small, nurturing family school hits the sweet spot for parents seeking a French-English bicultural foundation to their child’s education. A happy, kind and caring school that families say authentically lives by its values and brings out the best in every child, with excellent academics to boot. The result? Happy, confident children ready to fly into the bigger world of secondary school… and impressively bilingual too.
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Overview
- Student numbers
- 121
- SEN provision
- Mainstream with SEN support
- Pre school provision (up to 4)
- Yes
- Religion
- Non-denominational
- Fees
- £13,464 - £14,535 (including VAT)
- Ownership
- Part of Stuart Bilingual School Group
Head of school
Headteacher
Miss Veronique Ferreira
Since 2004, Véronique Ferreira. French Portuguese; studied biochemistry at the University of Paris before obtaining her teaching degree in 1999. Started out as a primary school teacher in the suburbs of Paris working with children with behavioural
Entrance
‘We were lucky to get our spot.’ Don’t leave it to chance. Takes 16 new pupils in as 3-year-olds, thereafter places only available on another child leaving (one or two places annually across each year group, due to family relocation). Operates on a
Exit
The most popular secondary school destinations in 2025 were Lycée Français Charles de Gaulle, Lycée International Winston Churchill, CFBL, Haberdashers, Queens Gate. Wetherby Senior and Maida Vale School.
The choice of direction entirely down to
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Teaching & learning
When it opened its doors, L’École Bilingue was the first primary school in London to teach half the time in French and half the time in English; twenty years on, the model hasn’t changed – they just deliver it with even more ‘expertise and content’
Arts & extracurricular
An involved and active parents’ association organises after-school activities – impressively – with teachers and external providers running clubs, eg fencing, capoeira, chess and drama, for small groups (ideally no more than eight children at a
Sport
Sport is naturally more tempered due to space restriction, but parents say that school always ‘finds a way’ and accesses nearby community spaces, eg Little Venice leisure centre. From year 3/CE1 and above children are trotted off for very popular
Ethos & heritage
The school is in a former Welsh church in a quiet backstreet of Maida Vale backing onto a little park. The teaching areas are found in the old church building itself. Early years, reception and grade 1 (PS, MS and GS) upstairs, an explosion of
Pastoral care, inclusivity & discipline
School says its goal is for children to feel safe, be happy and learn – ‘to be comfortable in their own skin’. Parents say it works and are thrilled that learning is not only fun but that such small classes (especially when compared to French schools
Classroom & community
The parent community is tight-knit and well connected, quickly getting to know one another through a rotation of whole-class birthday parties: ‘Where do you live?’ quickly followed by ‘Where do you work?’. Some high-profile families but discretely so
- School year
- September - July
- Student nationalities
- British:20% French:40% British & French: 30% Other: 10%
Money matters
School is part of the AEFE network, but not subsidised by the French ministry of education, meaning it is ‘more expensive’ than some French primary schools. Parents say it is ‘undoubtedly worth it’.
- Annual fee range
- £13,464 - £14,535 (including VAT)
- Fee information
- Application fee: Registration fee: £120 (including VAT)
First registration fees: £720 (including VAT)
The last word
This small, nurturing family school hits the sweet spot for parents seeking a French-English bicultural foundation to their child’s education. A happy, kind and caring school that families say authentically lives by its values and brings out the best
