Lycée Français Charles de Gaulle A GSG School
- Lycée Français Charles de Gaulle
35 Cromwell Road
London
SW7 2DG - Head: Didier Devilard
- T 020 7584 6322
- F 020 7823 7684
- E [email protected]
- W www.lyceefrancais.org.uk/
- An independent school for boys and girls aged from 3 to 19.
- Boarding: No
- Local authority: Kensington & Chelsea
- Pupils: 3,503; sixth formers: 546
- Religion: Non-denominational
- Fees: £5,990 - £12,532 pa
- Open days: See website for schedule
- Review: View The Good Schools Guide Review
- Ofsted report: View the Ofsted report
- Linked schools: Lycee Français Charles de Gaulle (British Section), Ecole de South Kensington (Primary School of the Lycee Français), Ecole Marie d'Orliac, Ecole de Wix, Ecole André Malraux
What The Good Schools Guide says..
The Lycée is part of a network of around 500 schools that bring the French curriculum and a slice of French life to more than 130 countries worldwide...Primary years are rigorous. One father told us that it’s all about ‘learning self discipline and resilience.’ Following a very precise curriculum from day one, there is a focus that ensures a reliable and consistent education almost anywhere in the world. This isn’t lost on the jet-set: Madonna signed her whole brood up and the offspring of the rich and famous are fairly common
What the school says...
Entrance criteria as follows: 4 - will accept any French children, very few for non-french (brothers and sisters). 4 - 11 priority to any child who has started their education in the French system, at home or abroad - to allow them continuation. 14 Few places to study GCSEs as priority is given to pupils already in the school. 16 Some places for the sixth form. French test compulsory - all pupils in the British Section must do French A-Level. ...Read more
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All-through school (for example 3-18 years). - An all-through school covers junior and senior education. It may start at 3 or 4, or later, and continue through to 16 or 18. Some all-through schools set exams at 11 or 13 that pupils must pass to move on.
What The Good Schools Guide says
Proviseur
Since 2018, Didier Devilard (55). Uniquely, M. Devilard, officially a civil servant, has diplomatic status, and reports direct to the French Embassy. The role of proviseur has a limited life span, usually no more than five years: ‘No time for revolutions,’ he tells us, ‘but still enough to make a difference.’ One parent who has seen several proviseurs come and go maintains, ‘It’s a job for bureaucrats’ but added, ‘at least this one listens.’
A keen rower in his youth and former sports teacher, M. Devilard has headed lycées in Burkina Faso and Senegal. More recently he left Lycée Victor Hugo in Toulouse but shuttles back and forth from London. His wife, Hélène, is a sports teacher there and they have two adult children. The oldest works in London in...
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Special Education Needs
The school has a part time school psychologist and also a part time speech therapist on site. Special needs are catered for on an individual basis by the form Teacher and Head of Year with reference to the professionals mentioned above.
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