Quick summary of key school information
School details
Nationalities
| Number of students |
819 |
| Number of nationalities represented in the school |
16 |
| Most common nationality |
Bulgarian and French |
| Ratio of local students to international students |
25 % French
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Languages
| Native French speaking teachers |
Yes |
| Additional language classes offered by the school |
Bulgarian, English, German, Spanish |
Classroom
| Max. number of students per class |
25 |
| Average number of students per class |
20 |
| Does the school employ teaching assistants? |
Yes |
| 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) |
Yes, when necessary. |
| Do students practice religion at the school? What religion? |
No |
Academics
| External examinations or assessments available |
Brevet & Baccalaureat (final) |
| Results in these examinations |
100 % success on the Baccalaureat |
| Do teachers assign homework to their students? |
Yes |
Student support
| Dedicated staff/programs for students with special learning needs |
Yes |
| Student access to education psychologist |
Yes |
Admissions
| Entry evaluation for students |
Admission tests |
| Brief description of entry evaluation required |
Children over 5 who do not come from the French educational system need to pass an entry test in French |
| Deadline for registration (new academic year) |
End of May |
School day
| School start time |
8:30 am |
| School finish time |
Between 3:30 and 5:30 pm depending on the age |
| Supervised care before/after school |
LVH offers extra-curricular activities after school |
| School bus service available |
Yes |
| School provided lunches |
Yes |
| Food alternatives for special dietary needs (ie. vegan, kosher, halal etc) |
Vegetarian |
| Uniform required |
Only for sports |
Extracurricular activities
| Extracurricular activities or clubs offered |
Gymnastics, theater, basketball, yoga, tennis, painting, football, Aikido, cooking, volleyball, architecture, swimming, ceramics, dancing, Hip Hop, etc |
| Sports activities included |
Various activities per year |
| Sports teams or sport competitions available for students |
Yes, through the sports association of the school |
Facilities
| Facilities at the school |
Library, Theater, science labs, reporters club |
| Sports facilities at the school |
Gymnasium, and two smaller rooms |
About the school
| Qualities and characteristics best defining the school |
French Lycée Victor Hugo of Sofia counts over 800 students aged 2 to 18, from 16 different nationalities. It is accredited by the Agency for French Education Abroad (AEFE).
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| Teaching approach of the school |
In the French educational system, we place an immense effort to create a generation of analythical thinkers, able to tackle the issues of the world today and those that are to come. We implement an interdisciplinary approach to our curriculum in order to foster creativity, social awareness and an overall open-minded yet critical approach to the world. |