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Below, we have compiled our top 20 international schools in France according to our users. However, there are another 64 schools to choose from in the country. You can find the best international school for your child by personalising your results. Just fill in your search criteria, and we will calculate a personal score for every international school in the city of your choosing based on your requirements.

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Ermitage International School

Ermitage is a day and boarding school that provides bilingual education for more than 1,500 students from pre-K to High School. We offer the International Baccalaureate (IB) or the French Baccalaureate with bilingual options, as well as equestrian programs.
City
Paris
Curriculum
IB, French
Languages of instruction
English, French
Ages
3 to 18
Yearly fees - 2024/2025
from: €6,760
to: €26,751

Mougins British International School

Mougins School is a British international school located in the heart of Nice Sophia-Antipolis. Founded in 1964, the school offers an international education for children aged 3 to 18.
City
French Riviera - Côte d'Azur
Curriculum
British
Language of instruction
English
Ages
3 to 18
Yearly fees - 2023/2024
from: €15,170
to: €21,460

Best 20 International Schools in France

Out of a total of 84 International Schools in France.

Based on the aggregated preferences of our users in the last 30 days.

Marymount International School Paris

Marymount International School, Paris is part of the RSHM (Religious of the Sacred Heart of Mary) network of international schools and is the oldest international school in the Paris region. The school was founded in 1923 as a study abroad extension program for Marymount College in the US. In 1930, Marymount became a French school and followed a French curriculum up until about 1972. In response to a growing demand for an English-speaking international school, Marymount took its current form serving students from Pre-K to Eighth Grade.
Today, Marymount offers an internationally accredited, standards-based curriculum to students aged 3–14 years old from all cultures, backgrounds and faiths.
City
Paris
Curriculum
Catholic, International
Language of instruction
English
Ages
2 to 14
Yearly fees - 2024/2025
from: €23,276
to: €37,836

EIB de La Jonchère

With 6 acres of verdant park scenery, EIB de La Jonchère offers our students unique learning conditions in a multi-cultural environment.
City
Paris
Curriculum
British, French
Languages of instruction
English, French
Ages
3 to 15
Yearly fees - 2024/2025
from: €12,795
to: €15,660

École Galilée

École Galilée is a private international, secular school which provides bilingual education in French and English and whose program caters to the needs of gifted children.
City
Paris
Curriculum
International, French
Languages of instruction
English, French
Ages
3 to 15
Yearly fees - 2024/2025
from: €8,844
to: €10,156
Reviews
(1 review)

The International School of Monaco

City
French Riviera - Côte d'Azur
Curriculum
IB, British
Languages of instruction
English, French
Ages
3 to 18
This school does not make their fees public.

Open Sky International

Open Sky International is an independent French-English international bilingual school that welcomes children from the age of 2 to 18 years old from more than 40 countries. We are located only five minutes away from Paris, in Boulogne-Billancourt.
We provide a truly bilingual education from pre-school to secondary school (lycée) and are the only establishment in the Paris region to offer such continuity. In pre-school and primary school, half of our classes are taught in French, the other half in English. From secondary school (collège), our students are prepared in French and English for internationally recognised qualifications which will allow them to enter the best schools and universities around the world. They take the British GCSE and IGCSE examinations and can also sit the Brevet des Collèges. At the end of their collège at Open Sky International (Year 11 / 10th Grade), our students will start preparing for a gold-standard qualification recognised by the world’s best universities, including the French preparatory classes: The A levels.
We are certified examination centre for the GCSE / IGCSE and A levels / International A levels.
Our teachers are native speakers and have prestigious qualifications (PGCE) as well as experience in international schools.
City
Paris
Curriculum
British, French
Languages of instruction
English, French
Ages
2 to 18
This school does not make their fees public.
Reviews
(1 review)

Ermitage International School

Ermitage is a day and boarding school that provides bilingual education for more than 1,500 students from pre-K to High School. We offer the International Baccalaureate (IB) or the French Baccalaureate with bilingual options, as well as equestrian programs.
City
Paris
Curriculum
IB, French
Languages of instruction
English, French
Ages
3 to 18
Yearly fees - 2024/2025
from: €6,760
to: €26,751

ICS Paris International School

City
Paris
Curriculum
IB
Language of instruction
English
Ages
3 to 18
Yearly fees - 2024/2025
from: €19,995
to: €29,775
Reviews
(1 review)

Kingsworth International School

We take pride in nurturing curiosity, creativity, and imagination, whilst fostering a life-long love of learning. Education and learning are not merely commodities which one leaves abandoned in a school locker, only to be dusted off at examination times, or brought out in order to make an impression at a social gathering (or to please the teacher), but should be cherished and valued throughout our lives.
City
Paris
Curriculum
British
Languages of instruction
English, French
Ages
3 to 18
Yearly fees - 2024/2025
from: €14,780
to: €24,350

Rainbow School Paris

Rainbow school is a nurturing learning community that embraces diversity, enhances collaboration and provides opportunities for individuals to develop their unique potential.
City
Paris
Curriculum
British, French, Montessori
Languages of instruction
English, French
Ages
3 to 11
Yearly fees - 2024/2025
from: €9,800
to: €11,600

Forest International School Paris

Forest International School Paris is a private, bilingual and English speaking school in Paris west, at a few minutes from Saint-Germain-En-Laye with a very welcoming community of expatriate and French families.
City
Paris
Curriculum
British, International
Language of instruction
English
Ages
2 to 15
Yearly fees - 2024/2025
from: €18,000
to: €25,000

International School of Paris

ISP is an English-speaking International Baccalaureate World School for children aged 3 to 18 (Nursery – grade 12). The school offers all three International Baccalaureate programmes, is centrally located in Paris XVI arrondissement, and with its diverse student body of more than sixty nationalities has a truly international and friendly atmosphere.
City
Paris
Curriculum
IB
Language of instruction
English
Ages
3 to 18
Yearly fees - 2024/2025
from: €24,300
to: €36,750

Lycée International - American Section

The American Section program starts in Pre-Kindergarten and goes through 12th grade. The American Section provides a comprehensive international education within the context of the Lycée International, which is recognized as one of France’s top public schools. Students experience a unique hybrid of American and French curricula with particularly strong emphasis on language, math, and science. They also maintain strong links with their American culture while developing a consciousness as global citizens. As there are fourteen international sections in the school, students receive an education that is not only bilingual and bicultural, it is also truly international.
City
Paris
Curriculum
American, French
Languages of instruction
English, French
Ages
4 to 18
Yearly fees - 2023/2024
from: €4,660
to: €6,170
Reviews
(1 review)

International School of Nice

The International School of Nice is a private, co-educational day school for children from preschool through to Grade 12. The school was founded more than 40 years ago and offers the International Baccalaureate programme to families who value a globally recognised education.
City
French Riviera - Côte d'Azur
Curriculum
IB, British
Language of instruction
English
Ages
3 to 18
Yearly fees - 2023/2024
from: €11,400
to: €22,140

American School of Paris

The American School of Paris, established in 1946, is a coeducational, independent day school for students from ages 3–18. Home to a vibrant community of over 750 students representing over 65 countries, ASP students achieve their personal and academic best with innovative and internationally-recognized programs for learners of all ages.
City
Paris
Curriculum
IB, American
Language of instruction
English
Ages
3 to 18
Yearly fees - 2024/2025
from: €21,270
to: €39,910

Malherbe International School

Malherbe International School is a bilingual school located in the Western suburbs of Paris. Founded in 1990, the school serves the international community. Classes are taught in English by English trained teachers. In addition there are two half days per week in French for Primary students, and weekly sessions of optional French as a Foreign Language lessons for the Pre-Primary students.
City
Paris
Curriculum
British, French, Montessori
Languages of instruction
English, French
Ages
2 to 11
Yearly fees - 2024/2025
from: €14,300
to: €18,200

The Hive Academy

Personalised, engaged, caring, striving, continuous improvement, community, hard-working, dynamic
City
French Riviera - Côte d'Azur
Curriculum
American
Language of instruction
English
Ages
11 to 18
This school does not make their fees public.

The British School of Monaco

The British School of Monaco's vision is to create an exceptional educational environment in which students are nurtured to become authentic individuals and reflective, resilient and adaptive learners. BSM's teachers are dedicated to the pursuit of excellence, innovative teaching, and helping students reach their full potential.
City
French Riviera - Côte d'Azur
Curriculum
British
Language of instruction
English
Ages
5 to 10
Yearly fees - 2023/2024
from: €35,000
to: €35,000

International School of Lyon

Founded in 2004, International School of Lyon, an independent school offering the only full English-medium curriculum in Lyon, continues to grow and flourish.
City
Lyon
Curriculum
IB, British
Language of instruction
English
Ages
3 to 18
Yearly fees - 2024/2025
from: €7,555
to: €17,240

Lab School Paris

Lab School de Paris is an innovative, bilingual, supportive, secular and eco-responsible school. The school helps children acquire the French national education system's common base of knowledge, skills and culture, while paying particular attention to the development of psychosocial skills such as creativity, critical thinking, the ability to collaborate and build constructive relationships with others, empathy, etc., so that they can become responsible, enlightened, autonomous, supportive and fulfilled citizens.
City
Paris
Curriculum
IB, French
Languages of instruction
English, French
Ages
6 to 18
Yearly fees - 2024/2025
from: €13,860
to: €15,020

Lennen Bilingual School

The Lennen Bilingual School, Franco-American School of Paris, is an independent Nursery, Kindergarten, Primary, and Middle school that provides a solid educational foundation within the context of the only truly bilingual dual-language environment offered in the city of Paris.
City
Paris
Curriculum
American, French
Languages of instruction
English, French
Ages
2 to 14
Yearly fees - 2024/2025
from: €15,400
to: €22,000
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Summary

What are the best international schools in France?

  1. Marymount International School Paris
  2. EIB de La Jonchère
  3. École Galilée
  4. The International School of Monaco
  5. Open Sky International
  6. Ermitage International School
  7. ICS Paris International School
  8. Kingsworth International School
  9. Rainbow School Paris
  10. Forest International School Paris
  11. International School of Paris
  12. Lycée International - American Section
  13. International School of Nice
  14. American School of Paris
  15. Malherbe International School
  16. The Hive Academy
  17. The British School of Monaco
  18. International School of Lyon
  19. Lab School Paris
  20. Lennen Bilingual School

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How Many International Schools are there in France?

There are 84 international schools in France. See them all

What are the most popular curriculums in France?
Curriculum International schools
French 44  
British 33  
IB 18  
Montessori 17  
International 17  
Other 17  

Additionally, there are 8 boarding schools in France.

What are the most popular languages of instruction?
Language International schools
English 82  
French 63  
German 3  
Spanish 1  
Russian 1  

Among these, there are 59 bilingual schools in France.

How Much do International Schools cost in France?

The average price of international schools in France is €14,928. (*)

Price for 12 y.o.
Min. price €2,812
Avg. price €14,928
Max. price €39,235
Price for 12 y.o. Number of international schools
€2,500 to €8,499 14  
€8,500 to €14,499 16  
€14,500 to €20,499 15  
€20,500 to €26,499 7  
€26,500 to €32,499 2  
€32,500 to €38,499 3  
€38,500 to €44,499 1  

(*) The price for one year of fees for a 12 year old (or the closest age to 12 available in the school), excluding one-time fees at enrolment.

How Big are Class Sizes in France?

The average class size of international schools in France is 16.7 students.

Class Size Number of international schools
1 to 5 1  
6 to 10 4  
11 to 15 14  
16 to 20 20  
21 to 25 6  
26 to 30 1  

How big are the schools in France (in number of students)?

The average size, in number of students, of international schools in France is 439 students.

Number of students Number of international schools
1 to 300 36  
301 to 600 8  
601 to 900 10  
901 to 1,200 3  
1,201 to 1,500 3  
1,501 to 1,800 0  
1,801 to 2,100 1  
2,101 to 2,400 1  

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