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Curriculum
French
Location
Dubai, Meadows
Fees
AED 40K - 69K
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Curriculum & Academics

Not Yet Rated
KHDA Inspection Rating
New school opened 2024; sister North campus holds Very Good (2023–24). Among French curriculum schools in Dubai, 4 of 8 are rated Very Good and 2 Outstanding.
4 Languages
Languages of Instruction
French (primary), English via Cambridge curriculum from Pre-primary, Arabic (native & non-native), Spanish from 5ème — among the broadest multilingual offerings in Dubai.
8
French Curriculum Schools in Dubai
LFJM South is one of only 8 French curriculum schools in Dubai's 233-school private sector — the smallest major curriculum group in the city.
AED 55,154
Average Fee — French Curriculum Schools
The Dubai-wide average fee for French curriculum schools. LFJM South's fee range of AED 39,789–AED 68,525 sits broadly in line with this peer group average.
DNB & Bac
Exit Qualifications Offered
Diplôme National du Brevet at end of 3ème; Baccalauréat at Terminale. Both are internationally recognised French state qualifications. Campus-specific results not yet published.
French National CurriculumAEFE AccreditedCambridge English TrackPôle Inclusion (SEN)Parcours Avenir GuidanceGifted & Talented Support

Lycée Français Jean Mermoz South L.L.C delivers the French National Curriculum (AEFE) from Pre-primary through to Terminale (Grade 12), culminating in two internationally recognised qualifications: the Diplôme National du Brevet (DNB) at the end of 3ème and the Baccalauréat at Terminale. The school is accredited by the Agence pour l'Enseignement Français à l'Étranger (AEFE) and regulated by the KHDA, placing it within one of only 8 French curriculum schools in Dubai — a small and specialised segment of the city's 233 private schools. Secondary levels are being added from September 2025, making this a genuinely all-through campus in development.

What distinguishes LFJM South academically is its commitment to rigorous plurilingualism from the earliest years. English instruction begins in Pre-primary (PS) via the Cambridge curriculum, with students receiving five periods of English per week throughout primary. Arabic is taught to both native and non-native speakers in compliance with UAE Ministry of Education requirements, and Spanish is introduced from 5ème. This four-language academic architecture — French, English, Arabic, and Spanish — is rare among Dubai schools at any price point and positions graduates with genuine multilingual competency. The school is open to non-French-speaking families committed to French immersion, broadening its community well beyond the expatriate French population.

Inclusion and differentiated support are embedded in the academic model through the Pôle Inclusion, which coordinates personalised plans for students with diverse learning needs. The centre administers both the Plan d'Accompagnement Personnalisé (PAP) for students with learning difficulties or health conditions and the Projet Personnalisé de Scolarisation (PPS) for students with recognised disabilities. Provision also extends to intellectually gifted students under the school's Haut Potentiel Intellectuel programme. At the sister North campus, 120 students of Determination were identified with additional learning needs at the time of the 2023–24 KHDA inspection, with SEN provision rated Very Good — a benchmark LFJM South is structured to replicate. Career guidance is formalised through the Parcours Avenir programme, which runs from Collège through Terminale and includes work placements, a careers forum, university information evenings, and individual counselling sessions.

On inspection standing, LFJM South has not yet received a substantive KHDA/DSIB rating, having opened only in the 2024–25 academic year. This is a material consideration for parents: among French curriculum schools in Dubai, 4 of 8 hold a Very Good rating and 2 hold Outstanding — the strongest curriculum-level performance profile in the city. The sister North campus itself holds a Very Good KHDA rating (2022–23 and 2023–24), providing meaningful proxy evidence of the academic model's quality, but LFJM South must be assessed as an unrated new school until inspected in its own right. No exam results — DNB pass rates or Baccalauréat outcomes — are currently published for this campus specifically. [MISSING: DNB and Baccalauréat results for LFJM South; student-teacher ratio for this campus; total student and teacher numbers]

The campus opened as a purpose-built primary facility, with science laboratories, a library, auditorium, sports complex, and canteen all planned for Phase 2. Until those facilities are complete, the academic programme operates without dedicated science lab space or a formal library — a practical gap that parents of upper-primary and secondary students should weigh carefully. Interactive technology is installed across all classrooms, and iPads are required from 6ème onwards. Enrichment at the network level includes a Chess Academy, Sports Academy, student journalism via Fréquence Mermoz, and regular field experiences linking curriculum to real-world contexts. For a school in its first years of operation, the academic infrastructure being built is ambitious; the question for prospective families is the pace at which Phase 2 delivery will match the school's expanding secondary cohort.