Quick summary of key school information
School details
| Number of students |
180 |
| Number of nationalities represented in the school |
25 |
| Most common nationality |
French |
| Ratio of local students to international students |
2/3 |
| Native English and French speaking teachers |
Yes |
| Language support for students not fluent in English and French |
Yes |
| Additional language classes offered by the school |
Spanish, chinese as exracurricular |
| Max. number of students per class |
20 |
| Average number of students per class |
20 |
| Does the school employ teaching assistants? |
Yes |
| Use of technology in the classroom |
Not too much |
| Is the school ready to use virtual classrooms when needed? (e.g. teaching lessons online if the school is closed, e.g. during COVID-19 closures) |
Only during covid. |
| Do students practice religion at the school? What religion? |
School is secular |
| External examinations or assessments available |
Oxford |
| Results in these examinations |
Good to excellent |
| Do teachers assign homework to their students? |
Yes every day |
| Approximate hours of homework given |
30min |
| Dedicated staff/programs for students with special learning needs |
No |
| Student access to education psychologist |
No |
| Entry evaluation for students |
Yes |
| Brief description of entry evaluation required |
Interview |
| Waiting list |
Yes, one year ahead |
| Deadline for registration (new academic year) |
January |
| Students can join after academic year begins |
Yes |
| School start time |
8:30 |
| School finish time |
16:30 |
| Supervised care before/after school |
Afterschool from monday to thursday |
| School bus service available |
No |
| School provided lunches |
Yes |
| Food alternatives for special dietary needs (ie. vegan, kosher, halal etc) |
Yes |
| Uniform required |
No |
| Extracurricular activities or clubs offered |
Engineering for Kids (design and fabrication in our fablab), coding, yoga, judo, spanish, chinese, theatre, |
| Sports activities included |
Climbing wall, gymnastics |
| Sports teams or sport competitions available for students |
No |
| Facilities at the school |
Library, FabLab |
| Sports facilities at the school |
We have a gym in the school |
| Qualities and characteristics best defining the school |
Le Petit Cours du Rocher offers a bilingual curriculum 50% french and 50% english, with 20 students per class (from 2 years old to 10 years old), using Positive Discipline. |
| Teaching approach of the school |
Our curriculum combines the French official Education Nationale curruculum, with the British Curriculum. |