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| Number of students |
600 |
| Number of nationalities represented in the school |
50 |
| Most common nationality |
Swiss |
| Ratio of local students to international students |
30% international students and 70% local students |
| Native English and French speaking teachers |
Yes |
| Language support for students not fluent in English and French |
We offer French as a foreign language classes for students who are new to Switzerland and don't speak French. |
| Additional language classes offered by the school |
Our school is bilingual French-English. Students can study German at an advanced level, Spanish and Italian. |
| Use of technology in the classroom |
Many teacher use iPads to teach making lessons more interactive for students. Each students receives an iPad from the school. |
| Uniform required |
Yes |
| Deadline for registration (new academic year) |
We accept registrations throughout the year. |
| Students can join after academic year begins |
Yes |
| External examinations or assessments available |
Swiss Maturité
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| Do students practice religion at the school? What religion? |
Catholic is practised at school but students of any confession or beliefs are welcome. |
| How does the school accommodate non-religious students or students of a different religion? |
All students no matter their belief are welcome. |
| School bus service available |
Yes |
| Student access to education psychologist |
Yes |
| School start time |
Between 8 and 9am depending on students' year group. |
| School finish time |
3:25pm or 4:25pm depending on students' year group. |
| Supervised care before/after school |
Yes |
| Extracurricular activities or clubs offered |
Sports (dance, football, skiing in the winter, stand up paddling on Lake Geneva), entrepreneurship, IT coding, theatre, languages etc. |
| School provided lunches |
Yes |
| Sports activities included |
Physical education |
| Sports facilities at the school |
Indoor sports hall, tennis courts, running track, football field, volleyball and basket ball courts |
| Sports teams or sport competitions available for students |
Yes, the school being a Nord Anglia Education school, students take part in championships organised by the group (volley ball, basketball etc). |
| Qualities and characteristics best defining the school |
For more than 115 years, Collège Champittet, a Swiss school open to the world, has offered an excellent education on both its Pully/Lausanne campus (day school for ages 3 to 18 and boarding school as of age 12) and Nyon campus (ages 3 to 10). Dedicated teachers who understand their students, and a comprehensive academic programme allow our students to grow and develop their skills and talents in a caring environment, where their well-being is of utmost importance. |
| Teaching approach of the school |
The school offers three internationally recognised diplomas- the French-English bilingual Swiss Maturity, the French Baccalaureate, as well as the International Baccalaureate taught in English. Emphasis is placed on language learning. The students learn English and are introduced to German at a very young age, before they begin a French-English bilingual programme, and have the choice to take advanced German. As for non-francophone students, they learn French through the French as a Foreign Language (FLE) programme. Collège Champittet students have exclusive access to a music and dance programme developed in partnership with the Juilliard School in New York. The school also works with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the USA. Once a year several students have the opportunity to go to this university with a teacher to take part in a week of science.
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