Lycée Français Charles de Gaulle, London

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: 3,660; sixth formers: 583
Religion: Non-denominational
Fees: £5,990 - £12,532 pa
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..

This is a huge institution yet parents say children are happy, well taught and love the cultural diversity. Over the years the Lycée has spread and now occupies a city block across from the Natural History Museum. If approaching the area during pick-up you’ll think you’ve alighted at the wrong end of the Eurostar. With such an enormous student body, parents’ reports are mixed. Some parents insist the kids ‘don’t get lost, are well looked after,’ while others say…

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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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Proviseur

Since September 2018 Didier Devilard, previously proviseur of the Lycée Victor Hugo in Toulouse.

Academic matters

Lycée Charles de Gaulle is the premier French school in Britain and one of the largest in the world. The raison d’être is to provide French education leading to the French baccalaureate, regarded by many as one of the most robust school-leaving qualifications there is. With many dual national French-English families enrolled, the Lycée also offers I/GCSE and A levels.

The French model is divided into: maternelle (reception and year 1), primaire (years 2-6), college (years 7-10) and lycée (years 11-13). In primaire and college, the school offers the French curriculum in French. From the final year of college (year 10) students either move over to the British section to do GCSEs and IGCSEs followed by...

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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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