The Admissions situation for September 2009
FROM THE ADMISSIONS OFFICER
Sarah Grégoire 13th November 2008
The British Section will accept applications for September 2009 from 5th January 2009. We are inviting families who already live in the area to submit their applications by Monday 9th February. This deadline does not apply to families arriving from abroad although their applications should be submitted as early as possible. We will try to arrange for overseas candidates to be tested on the same days as their siblings. As in the past, the number of places available in most primary and secondary classes will be dependent upon the number of leavers at the end of this school year.
We will be running Early Years (Maternelle and CP/11°) information meetings for prospective parents the mornings of Tuesday 20th January and Thursday 29th January 2009 and if you would like to obtain more details about these, please contact me at admin@lycee-international.net
In your letters of application, we would find it particularly helpful if you could include information about the language provision already made for your child(ren)’s development of English language skills, e.g. details of any tuition already being given, languages spoken at home, support you as parents are able to give, etc.
MATERNELLE & PRIMARY
Below are the details of places available as they appear today. This is subject to change and we would strongly encourage parents to make applications as there are often some end-of-year leavers of which we are not yet aware. The majority of Primary and Maternelle students are part of the externé system. For more information about this, please go to http://www.lycee-international.net/Externes.html
Maternelle 1 (children born in 2006).
This new class will be made up of at least 10 externé children. Tests for this class will be held the mornings of Tuesday 17th and Wednesday 18th March.
Maternelle 2 (children born in 2005).
This class will be made up of 15 externé children. Although potentially the 15 children currently in our Maternelle 1 class could move up, judging from previous years we generally have 2-3 departures as some families move. Tests for new applicants will be held the afternoon of Wednesday 18th March.
Maternelle 3 Lycée site (children born in 2004).
There will be 2 classes, with 15 children per class, 16 of whom will be moving up from our Maternelle 2 class. We already know that we can enrol a further 14 pupils. Candidates will be tested on Tuesday 10th and Wednesday 11th March. The majority of these places will be for externé students. Once again, judging from previous years’ experience, we expect there will be some leavers and so there are likely to be more than 14 places.
Maternelle 3 Ecole Jéhan Alain in Le Pecq (children born in 2004).
This class will be created with up to 15 new pupils. Candidates will be tested on Tuesday 10th and Wednesday 11th March.
11°/CP (children born in 2003).
There will be 3 classes each made up of 16 pupils, two at the Lycée site and one at the Ecole Félix Eboué in Le Pecq. Our current Maternelle 3 classes at the Lycée have a total of 28 pupils and so, there will be at least 4 places available at the Lycée site. It should be noted that the majority of students at the Lycée International site gain externé places. There are currently 16 children moving up from the Maternelle Jéhan Alain to the Ecole Félix Eboué so place availability will depend upon leavers. All local candidates will be tested on Friday 13th March. This is the situation today. In the past, additional places have been created to replace leavers.
10°/CE1 (children born in 2002) - French speakers
Candidates will be called for individual tests to be held on Tuesday 17th March. We will only be able to recruit new externé places to replace any leavers. Based on last year’s turnover, we would expect up to 5 externé places to become available. We have up to 3 places available at the Ecole Félix Eboué.
9°/CE2 (children born in 2001) - French speakers
Candidates will be called for individual tests to be held on Wednesday 18th March. Today we know that we already have 1 place to fill and, here again, would expect up to 5 departures to be replaced.
8°/CM1 (children born in 2000) and 7°/CM2 (children born in 1999) - French speakers
Candidates will be called for a common entrance exam to be held the morning of Tuesday 17th March. For the moment, we know 2 externé places will be available in our 8° classes and expect up to 4 departures to be replaced at the Lycée site. There are currently no openings for externés in 7° but we would expect up to 4 leavers to be replaced.
Français Spécial (French immersion course) 10°, 9°, 8° and 7° (UK years 3-6)
Candidates for Français Spécial classes will sit individual tests which last for approximately one hour. Local Français Spécial candidates will be tested on Tuesday 17th March. Français Spécial candidates arriving from abroad will be tested on Friday 20st and Monday 23rd March. We know that we have 2 Français Spécial places available at all levels except 7° where we have 1. For deserving candidates we are often able to negotiate with our French colleagues to obtain additional places. We will arrange for younger siblings coming from abroad to be tested on these same dates.
SECONDARY
6° (children born in 1998) - 5° (children born in 1997) - French speakers will be interviewed individually either the morning of Wednesday 18th, Friday 20th or Monday 23rd March. The written common entrance exam which lasts for approximately two hours will be on the afternoon of Wednesday 18th March. Depending on your address, candidates to whom places are proposed will be enrolled either in the Collège Pierre & Marie Curie in Le Pecq or the Collège des Hauts Grillets in St. Germain.
Français Spécial (French immersion course) 6°, 5°, (UK years 7 and 8)
Candidates with a strong academic background will be tested for places at the Lycée International. Individual interviews and then written tests lasting for approximately two hours, will be held on Wednesday 18th, Friday 20th or Monday 23rd March.
Please contact me directly regarding any enquiries for admission at 4° level (year 9), 3° level (year 10), 2° level (year 11) and 1° level (Year 12).
We will be able to tell you shortly after the entrance tests whether we are recommending your child(ren) for a place. Once the candidates have been tested, they are placed on the British Section lists in order of merit and our recommendations are then forwarded to the French administration. Parents should be aware that there may then be a delay as they have to process not only our applications, but also all applications from the other ten national Sections. Further opportunities for enrolment may even become available during the summer because of unexpected departures.
We hope that this summary will be useful to you, but please do not hesitate to telephone on 01 34 51 62 64 (then press 1 for admissions) or send me an e-mail if you have any questions.
P.S. The British Section will be closed for the following holidays, on Saturdays and French bank holidays:
20th December – 4th January inclusive
14th February – 1st March inclusive
11th April – 26th April inclusive
The Admissions Procedure
If you proceed with an application please submit:
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A letter including details of schooling
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School reports covering the last two school years (where possible) and any relevant information about the standard of the applicant’s English.
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Photocopied samples of recent schoolwork in English (where possible).
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A photocopy of the child’s birth certificate or other ID.
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One cheque of 160 Euros per child to cover non-refundable assessment fees, payable to 'The British Section.'
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An identity photo of the applicant.
This information helps us to form an accurate impression of the child’s needs and suitability. In the majority of cases, an entrance test will be arranged. If not, all the paperwork, including the cheque, will be returned to you.
At the time of the entrance test, you may have the opportunity to talk either to the Head of the Section, the Head of Primary or a member of the teaching team and put any questions you may have about the work and organization of the school.