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French nationality

22% Ugandan students - 78% international students (among which 29% French nationals)

Yes

Yes additional French as foreign language classes are offered to students in primary (from 4 year old to 12 year old)

English (Cambridge curriculum) from 4 year old and Spanish from 12 years old.

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In pre school : 22 students per classroom
Primary : 23.5 students per classroom
In middle and high school : 10 students per classroom

In preschool school.

In primary, all classrooms are equipped with interactive projectors and with 2 to 4 computers to be used by students.
In primary and secondary, tablets are available for teaching in the classrooms when needed and access to IT room.

The French school offered virtual teaching via google classroom and zoom during covid pandemic time and is ready to use it again if needed.

No, the school is secular.

They complete the French exam "Brevet des collèges" at the end of middle school and they complete the "French Baccalaureate" at the end of high school (worldwide renowned and recognized by Higher Education Institutions). They also take optional exams : Cambridge and DELF (Diploma in French language studies).

2021-2022 school year results
Baccalaureate : 100 % passed with honors
End of middle school exam 'Brevet des collèges': 43% with highest honour, 29% with high honours, 29% with honours.
Cambridge exam : 48 % with grade A, 48 % with grade B and 5% with grade C

Yes, homework starts in primary with memory and oral work to perform at home and written homework starts from middle school.

Per day, from 10 minutes to 20 minutes in primary and from 30 min up to 1 hour from middle school.

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The school psychologist supports the teachers with the implementation of personalized plans for children with special learning needs.
When necessary, the student's family hires a learning assistant dedicated to the child that will be present in the classroom.

The school psychologist and the teachers work on the follow up of the adaptations formalized in personalized plans implemented in the classroom.
They also can recommend external evaluation (example: speech therapists) and implement the recommendation from the professionals.
The school psychologist supports the family through the hiring process of a learning assistant when needed and is in charge of training him/her.

The teachers can decide along with the family, the administration and the school psychologist, to have a student join a higher level class in specific subject when the child is having advanced skills in it. This is formalized in a personalized plan that is implemented and enable students to be challenged in their learning process.

Yes, the school has a school psychologist.

If your child is not coming from a French school he/she will have to be tested to place him/her in the right grade (from primary to high school - not required for pre school).

There is a test in mathematics and in English (for English speaking students) and French (for French speaking students). For middle school and high school students there can be another test in other subjects (sciences, history and geography, etc.)

There is a waiting list for specific levels.

Start of the academic year is in early September and enrollments are in previous March and April.

Yes

Preschool and primary: 8:00 am
Middle and high school: 7:55 am

From Mondays to Fridays:
Pre school: 2:15 pm
Primary: 2:30 pm
Middle and high school: 2:40 pm

From 7.40 am, the gate opens and from 2.15 to 3.45 we offer clubs and supervised studies.

No

Yes, there is a lunch provided at school at a fee.

No

No. However there is a sport uniform for middle school and high school students.

Art, ballet, basketball, breakdance, circus, chemistry, chess, creative movements, drama, etiquette, fashion, football, French, botanical, hip-hop, modern pentathlon, pottery, music, skateboard, taekwondo, Ugandan traditional dances and music, volleyball.
Clubs' offer changes every term and might vary.

The school curriculum does include physical activities from pre school up to high school raging from athletics to swimming, along with team sports.

Along the year the school participates in tournament with other international schools in Kampala: football, basketball, track and field, swimming.

Library, science lab, IT room.

All weather court, football pitch with synthetic grass and 2 multisport pitches (basketball, volleyball, badminton, handball).

A multicultural school on a human scale, a multilingual education of excellence, a staff concerned with the well-being and success of each and a school community committed to sustainable development.

The French school is accredited by the French ministry of national education. In that capacity , it provides curriculum in compliance with the one followed by French pupils. The nursery (2 to 5 years old) offers a pedagogical approach aiming to appropriate oral language, to discover writing , develop communication in all its different aspects , foster independence and creativity. From Grande Section class (last year of nursery), learning of English is introduced. At elementary school (6 to 10 years old) , pupils strengthen their knowledge by learning to read and write , by discovering the world and by becoming familiar with mathematics. They will have their first science and history projects to discover the world around them. During all that period, the pupils gain in autonomy and in self-confidence. From collège (middle school – 11 to 15 years old), the pupils prepare for French degrees (Diplôme national du brevet , Baccalauréat) by following a teaching in literature , mathematics, science, history , geography, language and sports. The teaching methods aim to develop autonomy, creativity, critical thinking and fulfillment as a future citizen.