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Finland, Helsinki
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School meals are provided by Compass Group Finland Oy at the Lycée franco-finlandais d'Helsinki. The restaurant manager is Sanna Pettersson. Special diets must be reported via a Forms form at the start of August, and should also be communicated to the class teacher.
The school is governed by a governing board (Comité de direction) with representatives of parents, the Friends of the French School association, Helsinki City Education and Teaching Services, teachers, other staff, and students; plus the Director General of Education and the Institut Français in Finland. The board serves 2023–2027 (1 October 2023 to 31 September 2027). The principal and the secretary participate in governance.
Lycee Franco-Finlandais d'Helsinki is a Finnish public language school delivering bilingual Finnish–French instruction within the Finnish education system. The school follows the Finnish national curriculum, with instruction in Finnish and French across basic education and upper secondary. In basic education, Finnish is taught as a mother tongue from grade 1; A1 French starts in grade 1; A2 English in grade 4; B1 Swedish in grade 6; B2 Spanish or German in grade 8. Upper secondary splits into French L1 and a mission-specific track; the L1 program aligns with the Finnish matriculation exam, while the mission track offers flexibility for strong French skills, requiring at least 24 French units and 16 units in other subjects. The school provides DELF B2 and DALF C1 certifications, a range of French studies, francophone projects, and exchanges. About 800 students study here, with small teaching groups and an international cooperation network, including study trips abroad.
