Lycée Français International branch dubai - Oud Metha

The school follows the French national curriculum, providing a comprehensive education system from Pre-primary to Grade 12, ensuring students are prepared for Brevet and Baccalauréat examinations. This is not simply a transplanted French system - it is a curriculum deliberately enriched for an international context. The French national framework is supplemented by UAE-mandated subjects including Arabic language, Islamic Education, and Social Studies, ensuring full regulatory compliance while preserving the intellectual rigour for which French education is internationally recognised. At the heart of the academic offer is a bilingual French-English track available from Maternelle onwards, alongside a dedicated International American Section at secondary level. The American Section provides 4 hours of history-geography and 6 hours of English language and literature per week, with History and Geography taught 70% in French and 30% in English. This track prepares students for the international option of the Baccalauréat and is explicitly designed for families who want their children to be competitive for universities in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom as well as France. The school also offers personalised academic pathways from secondary including science, arts, sport, theatre, and the international section - a genuine breadth that few French schools in Dubai can match. Academic results are the school's strongest argument. KHDA inspectors rated attainment and progress in French (Language of Instruction) as Outstanding across all four phases - Maternelle, Primaire, Collège, and Lycée. English attainment and progress were similarly rated Outstanding across all phases, a remarkable achievement that reflects the school's investment in its bilingual programme. Mathematics attainment was Outstanding in all phases, with progress rated Outstanding in Maternelle, Primaire, and Lycée, and Very Good in Collège. Science attainment reached Outstanding in Lycée, with Very Good ratings across the earlier phases. Published examination data reinforces these findings: the school achieved a 100% pass rate in the Brevet (Diplôme National du Brevet) with 94.1% of students receiving mentions, and a 100% pass rate in the Baccalauréat with 89.6% of students awarded mentions, of which 28.4% were Very Good. Support for students of determination is coordinated through a dedicated inclusion team, which was strengthened in 2023-2024 with the addition of two highly qualified teachers. With 246 students of determination enrolled, the inclusion provision is rated Very Good by KHDA. Four guidance counsellors support the student body, and dedicated university orientation counsellors handle both French university pathways (PRIO France) and international destinations (PRIO International). University destinations include institutions in France, Canada, the United Kingdom, the United States, Lebanon, and the Sorbonne Abu Dhabi - a genuinely international spread. The homework and assessment philosophy is rigorous and cumulative, with the school benchmarking itself against other French national and international schools through standardised government assessments at each phase, the Brevet in Collège, and the Baccalauréat in Lycée. Teaching methodology blends direct instruction with active learning strategies; in Maternelle, personalised weekly learning goals are set for each child, while in Lycée, the recently introduced 'feuilleton' self-assessment tool helps students track their own strengths and weaknesses in mathematics.