Anglophone primary schooling in Paris: the four real options
From the British School of Paris to the under-the-radar bilingual public sections.
British and American families arriving in Paris ask the same question every September: where do the children go? The answer is rarely the obvious one.
The British School of Paris in Croissy is excellent and full. The American School in Saint-Cloud is excellent and full. EaB Jeannine Manuel is the bilingual gold standard and impossible to enter mid-year.
What few families know is that several Paris public primaries operate sections internationales britanniques — three half-days a week of English-medium instruction, free, and inside the French system. They are quietly the best deal in the city.
Further Reading
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