Recommendations for good international schools in Paris?

[Tammy_Douglas]

My husband and me are moving from New York to Paris together with our children who are 4 and 6 years old. Are there any good schools where the kids would be able to study the US curriculum but also learn French.
Your thoughts on the best international schools in Paris would be highly appreciated. If you have any informations on waiting lists and the admissions procedure as well I would be very thankful.

[Raphael_Pach]

Hi,
I live near Paris and the only school I know for you is the American school of Paris in “garche marne la coquette” near saint cloud and boulogne billancourt. My cousin have been there, it does all the years from 3 to 18 years old.
(But it’s really expensive)
Hope it would help you :)

[Marie-Caroline_Coors]

The best school I know is the Ecole Active Bilingue Jeannine Manuel ( also known as EABJM). It's the best bilingual and private school in Paris and they select expats in priority. Here's the website : http://www.ecolejeanninemanuel...

[Cedric_Leclercq]

Here is a link to a list of bilingual schools in Paris and its outskirts which I hope you’ll find useful. (The whole site might be useful too)
Hope you’ll enjoy Paris as much as I enjoyed NYC!
Cheers
http://www.easyexpat.com/en/guides/france/paris/school/international-schools.htm

[Fiston_Samzo]

Hello,
I’ve heard this one has a good reputation http://www.eurecole.com/4en.aspx
Best,

Sam

[Sylvan_Ravinet]

If it is of any help, the public school system is pretty good in France, particularly in Paris and its best areas, esp. for classes before the “college” and “lycée”. So having your kids go through the French education system is not so bad. This way, they’ll speak perfect French and will have the basics to continue their education back in the US. With you, they probably won’t loose their english. Best, S.

[Lulu_AR]

Hi Tammy,
Here is complete list of American/British and bilingual schools with fees http://www.parisadvice.com/International_Schools_Paris.html.
There is a huge American community here, so you can find related websites to have more specific answers such as American chamber of commerce, democrats abroad etc. they can at least redirect you to the right people.

[JP_Rozay]

For sure : Ecole Active Bilingue, Paris 75015

[Diane_de_Vignon]

“L’école bilingue” could be a good choice, i don’t really know the programs there but you can check to see if they match your expectations!

[Tammy_Douglas]

Perfect, thanks a lot!

[Will_Hepworth]

Hi,
I lived my whole life in the suburbs of Paris until i graduated and I could not recommend more highly the Lycée International of Saint Germain en Laye. It is consistently top or in the top 3 schools of the country, providing all students with a bilingual education. I was personally in the British section until 2012 when i finished high school. The school has 12 different other sections, including american. The children receive 8h a week of american (or british/Spanish/german/japanese/italian etc…) class on top of the french curriculum. If your children are not bilingual in french, they will be given extra help for the first year they arrive and will be bilingual by the end of the year (110% guaranteed). At the end of their high school, they will receive the OIB (Option International du Baccalauréat) which is an internationally recognized ‘end of school’ degree like the British A levels. A vast majority of the american/british students end up studying in America, Britain, Canada and the Netherlands. Only about 10 to 20% stay in France to do ‘prepa’ in order to enter the ‘grandes écoles’ or medicine. The american section all pass SATS and the British section do IGCSEs. Many of the alumni who graduate from my school have finished up at very prestigious universities, including: Harvard, MIT, Northwestern, Tufts, Cornell, Pratt, Rotterdam, Oxford, Cambridge, Bath, Warwick, Bristol, UCL, Kings, London School of Economics, HEC, ESSEC, Polytéchnique. (these are just examples of where some of my anglophone friends from my year, and I, have gone. There are many many other universities that Alumni have and can successfully enter)
If you’re not sure how long you’re staying in Paris for, the outcome of the Lycée International is not just good prospects for university- students also enjoy an immersion into multicultural life, spending their days at school with people from all over the world.
The American School of Paris would be another good option, but fees will be 5 to 10 times more, and French is only a tiny part of their curriculum (as well as other bilingual schools in Paris that offer American curriculum). I know a few people that have been there, not many come out of it speaking french because it’s only taught as a foreign language: basically an expensive american school in Paris.
On the other hand, the Lycée International has a set-up that guarantees your children are bilingual by the end of their first year at the school (they are put into a class with other new kids from around the world, given a special teacher who focuses on the french language. The next year they will ALL be re-integrated into a class with french speaking bilinguals to follow the national french curriculum)
Plus, it is a beautiful set up just 25 mins on the train to central paris, Saint Germain en Laye is where Louis the XIV was born, and the school is actually based on the Old grounds of the NATO headquarters after WW2 (hence why it became an international school, first called SHAPE in the 50s)

here is a link to the american section website.

http://www.americansection.org

the wikipedia page for the Lycée International de Saint Germain en Laye also outlines more or less what i’ve said.

Best of luck,
you won’t be disappointed if you choose this option. Definitely worth a look into.
Will