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GENERAL INFORMATION

Admissions for September 2026 opens on 1st January 2026.

Please find below the official testing dates for entry in the school year beginning September 2026.
Mid-year entry applications will be assessed on an individual basis.

Lycée : Wednesday 18th March 2026, in the afternoon

College 6ème : Friday 20th March 2026, tbc

Other College levels : Wednesday 18th March 2026, in the afternoon

Primary (GS – CM2) : Wednesday 18th March 2026 in the morning
 

About Our Programmes

GrandChêne Section Internationale offers bilingual programmes for children aged 4 (Maternelle) to 18 (Lycée).

  • Integrated Model: All programmes (except the Wednesday Primary programme) are fully integrated within French public schools. Students spend 80% of their time on the French curriculum.

  • Curriculum: Our integrated programmes follow the official Section Internationale curriculum certified by the French Ministry of Education.

  • Requirements: Students must be academically strong. Assessing their previous school reports is part of the assessment.

  • Non-French Speakers: We accept applications from students not yet speaking French, depending on the partner school. In Primary, it is advisable that the child is not a beginner in French. In Collège, Collège Pasteur in la Celle Saint-Cloud offers a French immersion programme and Collège la Quintinie in Noisy-le-Roi can put French support in small groups in place if necessary.

Applications Process

Your application will be accepted after the deadlines whilst places are available. These will be subject to individual or distance testing.

There are however administrative deadlines which we must keep so we encourage you to apply as early as possible.

Distance Testing

This is available for families living abroard and unable to attend our official testing day. This is easy to organise and you will be given the instructions once you have submitted your application.
Primary applications, click here.
College applications, click here.
Lycée applications, click here.
Unclear about the school levels in the French education system? Click here for a comparison of the school levels in the French, British and American systems.
We charge a non-refundable fee of 105 euros to cover administrative costs of the applications. The application fee is to be paid by credit card (Visa or Mastercard) when submitting your application online. You will find the link to pay once you submit your application.
If your child is invited to test, you will be requested to pay the following additional fees.
  • Official Testing dates in France : 50 Euros 
  • Individual Testing in France: 110 Euros
    Levels GS & CP = 75 Euros
  • Distance Testing: 110 Euros
    Levels GS & CP = 75 Euros
  • French/Maths Testing (France/Distance): 100 Euros
  • CP “Passage Sécurisé” = 50 Euros
    All candidates for CP Primary Integrated need to sit this test
The testing will be both written and oral to evaluate the children’s comprehension, grammar and writing skills.

For families living abroad, we appreciate that returning to France for official testing dates is not easy (in the current situation in particular), especially if more than one child is concerned.
We will always try to accommodate families with children of different ages when organising individual testing in France.

We can organise distance testing for your children with help from their current school. We also have solutions in place to proceed with testing when schools abroad are closed.

Please click here to find out more about our distance testing procedure.

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All applications will be processed through our
Online Applications platform.
No paper documents will be accepted.