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Shanghai French School

China, Shanghai

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Daily life details and school culture

Food Options

The Qingpu and Yangpu campuses have on-site cafeterias with meals prepared daily by Sodexo, serving about 3,400 meals per day across both campuses and supported by around 60 staff. Kindergarten meals are served in a dedicated space with assistants and parent volunteers; primary students eat on the Eat Global line. From 6th grade, students choose from several dishes to compose their plate, and from 4th grade they have access to all Delimarché (cafeteria) products. There are five service lines on each site, and meal fees are included in tuition (30.5 RMB per day for nursery; 33 RMB per day for primary and secondary); menus are published on the LFS site and via the EPOS (WeChat mini-program) app. A catering committee reviews the service twice yearly.

Governance and Ownership

The Lycée Français de Shanghai is a private non-profit establishment under Chinese law, backed by a French association governed by the 1901 law and managed by a Board of Directors. The Association des Parents d'Élèves du Lycée Français de Shanghai is the sovereign body of the school and is a French 1901 non-profit association whose General Assembly meets once a year.

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The school at a glance
Instructs in French, English, Mandarin
Fees RMB 122,100 - 202,250
Ages 2 - 18 years
Pupil numbers 1530
Type Co-educational
Opened 1996
Bus Service No
Availability Are there places?

The Lycée Français de Shanghai (LFS) is a French-curriculum school operating two Eurocampus sites in Shanghai: Qingpu and Yangpu. It serves children from age 2 up to the terminale (around 18 years) and reports about 1,530 students of some 60 nationalities. The LFS is conventionné with the AEFE and follows the French national curriculum while offering several language pathways, including Section Internationale Américaine (SIA), Section Internationale Chinoise (SIC) and a Section Européenne (English). The school runs a Français Langue de Scolarisation (FLSco) programme for non‑French-speaking entrants and a large extra‑curricular programme (ASC) with sports and cultural activities. The school publishes its annual tuition tables and practical information (campus addresses, admissions contacts) on its website.

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