Several Paris institutions serve the educational needs of the English speaking community, with a wide variety of schools, a university, an institute for continuing education and an association of English-language schools.
Académie Américaine de Danse de Paris
100 rue du Cherche Midi 75006 Paris 01 47 34 36 22 Web www.aadp-fr.org Email info@aadp-fr.org The Paris Dance School offers ballet, jazz, classes in French and English to children, teens and adults. |
American School of Paris
ASP BP 82 41 rue Pasteur 92210 St Cloud 01 41 12 82 82 Web www.asparis.fr Email mcalon@asparis.fr The American School of Paris offers to children ages 4 - 18 from all over the world an academic program based on the American model of education. Half of the families are American, with an additional 50 nationalities represented in the school. ASP is committed to the development and education of the whole child encouraging each individual's intellectual, ethical, aesthetic and physical growth. The school is known for its music and drama programs. |
American University Clubs of France
Web www.aucfrance.org The AUC represents the greater community of American Alumni Associations in France. Its mission is to support relations among American alumni associations, helping presidents and officers of associations network to coordinate events and activities with one another. For a club to be a member of the AUC, it must be recognized by its University and be a 1901 association. Clubs that are not 1901 associations can join as affiliate members. |
The American University of Paris
102 rue St Dominique 75007 Paris 01 40 62 06 00 Web www.aup.fr Email see http://www.aup.fr/main/about/contact.htm The American University of Paris aims to provide the finest American undergraduate degree program to students from all national, linguistic, and educational backgrounds. AUP's philosophy of higher education brings students the unique advantage of an American interdisciplinary liberal arts education, enriched by the university's European location. |
Ashtanga Yoga Paris
64 avenue d'Italie 75013 Paris 01 45 80 19 96 Web www.www.ashtangayogaparis.fr Ashtanga Yoga is the style of yoga taught by Sri. K. Pattabhi Jois in Mysore. It involves synchronizing the breath with a progressive series of postures, producing intense internal heat and a purifying sweat that detoxifies muscles and organs. The result is improved circulation, a light and strong body, and a calm mind. |
Associated Board of Royal Schools of Music
Web www.abrsm.org The Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music is the world's leading music examining board. Over 620,000 candidates take our music exams each year in more than 90 countries around the world. ABRSM also run professional development courses for teachers and publish a wide range of repertoire, music books and CDs. |
Association des Parents d'Elèves de la Section Britannique
Collège Pasteur La Celle St Cloud 01 47 95 04 08 Web www.apeseb.org The international section of the Collège Pasteur in La Celle St Cloud offers an English curriculum at primary and secondary school levels. Experienced native English-speaking instructors teach the classes entirely in English. |
The Bilingual Acting Workshop
Le Pavé d'Orsay 48 rue de Lille 75007 Paris Studio International des Arts de la Scène 16 rue de l'Esperance 75013 Paris 09 70 44 88 92 Web www.bilingualacting.com Email info@bilingualacting.com BAW, the Bilingual Acting Workshop, offers a full range of training and support for theatre and film actors, writers and directors, and students. It provides theatre and film students and professionals with a platform to refine their work, and an opportunity to try out new ideas. |
British School of Paris
38 quai de l'Ecluse 78290 Croissy-sur-Seine 01 34 80 45 94 Web www.britishschool.fr Email headmaster@britishschool.fr Founded in 1954 as the English School of Paris, the school was acquired in 1980 by the non-profit Association for English Education in Paris. The Association is controlled by a Board of Governors, whose members are drawn from the British business and professional community in Paris together with members of the academic world in Britain and Europe. The British Ambassador is its Honorary Patron. |
Collège Martin Luther King and Lycée Franco-Allemand
rue Colin Mamet 78530 Buc Collège 01 39 56 47 48 Lycée: 01 39 07 14 20 Web www.psab.fr www.clg-lutherking-buc.ac-versailles.fr www.lyc-lfa-buc.ac-versailles.fr The Section Internationale Anglophone de Buc (SIAB) is a free bilingual school program based in Buc, a small town located on the Saclay Plateau near Versailles in the Yvelines department. The program caters for children from late primary level (4th/5th grade/CM1&CM2) to middle school Collège Martin Luther King and runs through to the end of high school (Terminale) Lycée Franco-Allemand, where students take the "Option Internationale du Baccalaureat" (OIB). |
Drama Ties Theatre Company
Maison des Associations St Germain en Laye Comédie des Champs Elysées 75008 Paris 01 75 50 16 91 Web www.drama-ties.com Two English Theatre Clubs for 8-14 year olds. Meeting on Wednesdays, the clubs offer training in movement and physical expression, theatre games and skills, improvisation and text work and ensemble theatre. Drama Ties also has a programme of plays in English performed in schools and theatres for young audiences. |
École Internationale Malherbe
EIM 19 rue du 11 Novembre 78110 Le Vésinet 01 39 76 47 37 Web www.ecole-malherbe.com Email ecole-malherbe.com Established in 1990, EIM is located in Le Vésinet, west of Paris. École Internationale Malherbe is an English-speaking school with Montessori-based pre-school classes for ages 2-4 with an introduction to French through music. Primary classes for ages 5-11 follow the British curriculum in English and Maths in addition to six hours per week of French. |
École Koenig
Conservatoire Américain 33-41 rue Fondary 75015 Paris 01 45 78 01 75 Web ecolekoenig.com Email admin@ecolekoenig.com LÉcole Koenig is a bilingual music school founded in Paris in 1986. The school was created in order to offer an alternative to the French musical education system. We believe that learning about music and playing an instrument is an enriching experience for every child. Our faculty, graduates of the worlds finest universities and conservatories, know that the motivation and the discipline necessary to perfect an instrument come from many sources. It is our mission to inspire that motivation in each child. Our program consists of group classes for the very young, leading to private lessons combined with group courses and ensembles for older children. |
English Language Schools Association France
ELSA Web www.elsa-france.org ELSA-France is a non-profit association composed of schools in France which offer part or all of the curriculum in English. Its mission is to provide up-to-date information to those seeking schooling in English, and to facilitate communication, cooperation, and professional growth among member schools. ELSA also serves as a link between its members, associate members, and other local, regional and professional groups. |
L'Ermitage International School
46 avenue Eglé 78600 Maisons Laffitte 01 39 62 04 02 Web www.ermitage.fr Email see www.ermitage.fr/en/Contacting-Admissions L'Hermitage is a successful bilingual primary and secondary school founded in 1941. Located in a beautiful western suburb of Paris, it includes a boarding section. The school caters for the needs of both local and international students, providing a wide range of courses. It offers French and British diplomas such as Baccalauréat, pre-IB IGCSE and Cambridge International A levels. There are currently 940 students on roll, of whom 105 are five-day boarders and 14 seven-day boarders. Students take part in regular exchanges (Europe , USA , Asia), cultural trips, sporting competitions, performing arts and also participate in international conferences and community service projects. |
Forest International School
28 rue du Tour de l'Échelle du Mur de la Forêt 78750 Mareil-Marly 01 39 16 87 35 08 72 39 82 36 Web www.forest-international-school.com Email infos@forest-international-school.com Forest International School offers children aged between 2 and 9 a stimulating education in English, with an introduction to French. The school is situated on the edge of the forest of Marly, in a large house with light, sunny classrooms. In the grounds there is a large natural garden with a playground, a swimming pool and an organic vegetable patch. |
Gifted in France
Web giftedinfrance.blogspot.com/ Email giftedinfrance@gmail.com GiF is an anglophone support group for parents of gifted and talented children living in France. The group was created to help parents, caretakers, professionals and community leaders understand the educational, emotional and social needs of gifted children and twice-exceptional children. GiF works with like-minded organizations at home and abroad to improve and exchange information, to dispel common myths about the gifted, organize conferences and workshops and participate in community programs to attract talented children from widely varied backgrounds. |
International School of Paris
6 rue Beethoven 75016 Paris 01 42 24 09 54 Web www.isparis.edu See Contact page ISP is a school offering a high-quality education through the medium of English to students from the ages of 4 to 18. It is the first school in France to offer a full school curriculum authorised by the International Baccalaureate Organisation (IB). This is comprised of the IB Primary Years Programme, the Middle Years Programme and the IB Diploma. |
Marymount School
72 boulevard de la Saussaye 92200 Neuilly-sur-Seine 01 46 24 10 51 Web www.marymount.fr Email info@amarymount.fr Marymount School, Paris is a private, co-educational day school for children from pre-Kindergarten to Grade 8. Classes are in English, based on an American curriculum enriched by the unique cultural opportunities of the School's European location. French instruction is given daily to all students. The student body of approximately 400 comes from about 35 countries and represents all major religions. |
Notre Dame International High School
106 Grand-Rue 780480 Verneuil-sur-Seine 09 70 40 79 22 Web www.nidhs.com Email info@nidhs.com A private American High School located in Verneuil-sur-Seine, 35 minutes away from Paris city center, on the beautiful campus of Notre Dame Les Oiseaux. American curriculum taught in English by American teachers and extra French language and culture courses taught by French teachers. Day school, Boarding possibilities as well as Host family accommodation. |
OISE Paris
Institut de Français 71 rue de Vaugirard 75006 Paris 01 42 22 01 98 Web www.oise.com Email paris@oise.com Part of an international group of language schools, OISE Paris offers high level, intensive French courses tailored to the specific needs of executives and professionals. |
Open Doors
Espace Culturel Rue Arthur Rimbaud 78860 Saint Nom la Bretche Web www.opendoors.fr Email admin@opendoors.fr Open Doors provides English literacy classes for English-speaking children. We are based in the western suburbs of Paris and have been operating since 1985. Our classes are compatible with the French school timetable and all our pupils attend French school. |
The Open University
Web www.open.ac.uk Email france@open.ac.uk The Open University promotes educational opportunity by providing high-quality university education to all who wish to realise their ambitions and fulfil their potential. Through academic research, pedagogic innovation and collaborative partnership it is a world leader in the design, content and delivery of supported open and distance learning. There are around 150,000 undergraduate and more than 30,000 postgraduate students. 10,000 of our students have disabilities. Most OU courses are available throughout Europe. More than 25,000 OU students live outside the UK. |
Our School
Saint Mark's Church 31 rue du Pont Colbert 78000 Versailles 09 73 86 49 Web www.ourschool.fr Email info@ourschool.fr Based at St Mark's Church in Versailles, Our School provides English classes for fluent English speaking children between the ages of 3 to 11 being brought up in a bilingual environment. Many of the children have one or two English speaking parents and English is spoken at home. Others have returned from abroad where their schooling was in English and wish to maintain their fluency. |
Paris Ideal School
34bis rue du Cotentin 75015 Paris 06 89 02 07 74< 06 46 76 26 50 Web www.ideal-school.fr Email parisidealschool@yahoo.com Paris Ideal School is a non-profit, international school offering a complete Applied Behavioral Analysis program for children with autism spectrum disorders. Classes in English or French, children accepted from age three.". |
La Portée Musicale
Eglise Saint Mark 31 rue du Pont Colbert 78000 Versailles 06 42 74 92 78 06 85 40 45 76 Web https://sites.google.com/site/laporteemusicale/ Email laporteemusicale@laposte Music workshops in English for children from 3 months to 4 years accompanied by a parent or carer. Structured and improvised music making activities using song, dances, instruments, puppets, soft toys, lycra and children's own ideas. |
Rainbow Pre-School
70 rue Eugène Caron 92400 Courbevoie 01 43 33 00 07 Web www.rainbow.pre-school.com Email theschool@free.fr Located in a quiet street near the top of La Défense, the Rainbow School offers a nursery school for children aged 2 to 3, and a structured Montessori curiculum for children aged 3 to 6, with strong attention to individual needs. |
WICE Institute for Continuing Education
10 rue Tiphaine 75015 Paris 01 45 66 75 50 Web www.wice-paris.org Email wice@wice-paris.org WICE is a non-profit cultural and educational association that has served the Parisian English-speaking community for 30 years. Courses currently include French and English classes and conversation groups, studio arts including photography, museum and garden tours, walking tours of Paris, and French literature. WICE is a dynamic way to expand your knowledge, your network of friends and your fun in Paris, all in a friendly English-speaking environment. See www.wice-paris.org for details. WICE also organizes and hosts the annual Paris Writers Workshop. See www.pariswritersworkshop.org for full information and registration . |
Revised 30 August 2012