Mainstream admissions

Application for entry in September 2024

We are looking for age-appropriate ability in speaking, listening, reading and writing in English, and the potential and support to maintain development of these skills whilst being educated in a primarily francophone environment.
Please see below for some examples of what we consider to be age-appropriate use of English at different levels.

Maternelle 2 / Moyenne Section / Age 4

Maternelle 2 / Grande Section / Age 5

 

CP / Age 6

 

 

CM2 / Age 10

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The number of places available in our mainstream classes is dependent upon the number of leavers at the end of the school year. This often means that places only become available towards the end of the school year. The deadline for maternelle, primary and collège applications for families based in the local area is Friday 12 January 2024 and entrance assessment will take place in March 2024, and May 2024 for our youngest candidates (see Entrance Assessment Dates below for details).
Families based outside Europe should contact our Admissions Officer to arrange online entrance assessment in March if there are places available. Families based abroad who have missed the deadline, should contact our Admissions Officer.
For information on the places available in our mainstream primary and secondary classes, click below on Current situation.
For initial enquiries, please complete this online form. If you decide to proceed with an application for your child to the British Section, please see application procedure below. Click below for dates of entrance assessments.

Petite Section (born 2021) – this new class at the École Internationale will be made up of up to 12 externé children.

Moyenne Section (born 2020) – this class at the École Internationale will be made up of 16 externé children. Currently there are 12 children in Petite Section who should move up to Moyenne Section in September 2024 which means there are at least 4 externé places available.

Grande Section (born 2019 – this is a good point of entry as we expect to run three classes, two at the École Internationale and one at École Jehan Alain. The majority of places available at the Ecole Internationale are externé places (approximately 16 places); all places available at the Ecole Jehan Alain are full-time (approximately 10-12 places).

CP (born 2018) – there will be three classes, two at the École Internationale and one at the École Félix Éboué. There are some places (approximately 12) available at the École Internationale and at least 2 full-time places available at the École Félix Éboué.

All new pupils at the École Internationale from CE1 upwards will be externés, with the exception of those enrolled in the Français Spécial French immersion class. Any available places at the École Félix Éboué are full-time places.

CE1 (born 2017) – the number of places available will depend upon end-of-year departures.

CE2 (born 2016) – the number of places available will depend upon end-of-year departures.

CM1 (born 2015) – the number of places available will depend upon end-of-year departures.

CM2 (born 2014) – the number of places available will depend upon end-of-year departures.

Sixième (born 2013) – the number of places available will depend upon end-of-year departures. Successful candidates will be enrolled at the Collège Pierre et Marie Curie, Le Pecq or the Collège Les Hauts Grillets, Saint-Germain-en-Laye depending on their home address.

Any available places from Cinquième and up to and including Seconde will be reserved for non-francophone students who require the Français Spécial French immersion class.

Cinquième (born 2012), Quatrième (born 2011), Troisième (born 2010) and Seconde (Year 11 - born 2009) – regrettably we are unable to accept any applications for these classes, other than for those children who require our French immersion class Français Spécial.

Première (Year 12 - born 2008) – we are currently unable to accept any applications for this class. Families are requested to contact our Admissions Officer at the end of June 2024 to see if places have become available.

Terminale (Year 13 - born 2007) – no applications can be received for this class, other than for students already enrolled at a BFI school in Première.

As of 4 December 2023, and up to 12 January 2024, to proceed with an application for your child to the British Section, please: 

  1. Make the non-refundable application fee:
    • 160 € for maternelle applications,
    • 200 € for primary applications, and
    • 250 € for collège and lycée-level applications.

All payments (one payment per child) should be made on-line using the following link: https://www.helloasso.com/associations/association-des-parents-d-eleves-de-la-section-britannique-du-lycee-international/paiements/british-section-application-fees-2

  1. After 4 December 2023, and within 48 hours of payment, you will be sent by email our online questionnaire and the dossier d’inscription (application form) to complete for each child. When completing the questionnaire, you will be required to upload the following scans:
    • the completed dossier d’inscription including an identity photo of the applicant on the top right-hand corner of the page,
    • a photocopy of the child’s birth certificate or other official ID,
    • a letter from the parents addressed to Miss Susan Woodward, Head of Primary, British Section for Maternelle and Primary applications or Mr James Cathcart, Director, British Section for Secondary applications, with: 
      • details of your child’s previous schooling, and
      • your motivation for applying to the British Section.
    • School reports covering the last two school years (where possible),
    • for children aged 6 or above, two recent examples of written expression (corrected schoolwork) in English.
       
  2. For collège- and lycée-level applications, if you do not live in the Paris area and wish your child to take our entrance test in his/her current school, please provide the name and email address of the teacher who will supervise the written exam.

We will then be in touch as soon as possible to inform you if we will be inviting your child to sit our entrance assessments. 

Click below for dates of entrance assessments.

Candidates based in the Ile de France will sit the entrance assessment at the Lycée International site in Saint-Germain-en-Laye if Covid-19 regulations allow. Failing this, entrance assessments will be arranged online. All Primary applicants living in Europe are expected to come to Saint-Germain-en-Laye on the date of our entrance tests. For collège- and lycée-level applications, if you do not live in the Paris area and wish your child to take our entrance test in his/her current school, please provide the name and email address of the teacher who will supervise the written exam.

Petite Section/Maternelle 1 (born 2021): entrance assessments for this class will be held on Thursday 23 May, Friday 24 May and Monday 27 May 2024.

Moyenne Section/Maternelle 2 (born 2020): Wednesday 13 to Friday 15 March 2024.

Grande Section/Maternelle 3 (born 2019): candidates will be tested on the mornings of:
- Tuesday 5 March,
- Wednesday 6 March,
- Thursday 7 March, and
-Tuesday 12 March 2024.

CP (born 2018): candidates from the local area will be tested the morning of:
- Tuesday 12 March,
- Wednesday 13 March,
- Thursday 14 March, and
- Friday 15 March 2024.

CE1 (born 2017): candidates will be called for individual tests to be held on:
- Thursday 14 March, and
- Friday 15 March 2024.

CE2 (born 2016): candidates will be called for individual tests to be held on:
- Thursday 14 March, and
- Friday 15 March 2024.

CM1 (born 2015): candidates will be called for a common entrance exam to be held on the morning of:
- Thursday 14 March, or
- Friday 15 March 2024.

CM2 (born 2014): candidates for Français Spécial will be called for individual tests to be held the morning of:
- Thursday 14 March, or
- Friday 15 March 2024. 

Sixième (born 2013): candidates will be called for a written common entrance exam to be held the afternoon of:
- Wednesday 13 March 2024.
Following the written exam, candidates may be invited for interview.

Cinquième (born 2012), Quatrième (born 2011), Troisième (born 2010) and Seconde (born 2009): only candidates for Français Spécial will be tested for these classes and the entrance assessment will take place the week beginning 11 March 2024. Candidates based in the Ile de France will sit the entrance assessment at the Lycée International site in Saint-Germain-en-Laye the afternoon of Wednesday 13 March. Those applicants living outside the Ile de France, and unable to travel to Saint-Germain-en-Laye on the date of the assessment, will take their entrance assessments online and will receive the entrance assessment date directly from our Admissions Officer.

All favourable recommendations are submitted to the Headmaster / Headmistress of the French school for final approval, which can result in a short delay.

Once a student has been accepted, an official acceptance letter will be mailed to the parents.

Students are officially registered once completed paperwork has been returned and the registration fee and advance deposit paid.

Please note that we are unable to receive prospective parents. Please contact our Admissions Officer for more information. We look forward to hearing from you.

Gillian Storey, Admissions Officer
E-mail: admissions@britishsection.fr
Tel: + 33 6 29 73 19 86

For more information about our Admissions policy and procedures, please click here.