Anglophone Section of Fontainebleau

Fontainebleau, 77300, France. The Anglophone Section sits on the Fontainebleau International Campus, which hosts three French state schools: the Ecole Internationale Léonard de Vinci (Primary, 6–11), the Collège International de Fontainebleau (Middle School, 11–14) and the Lycée International François Premier (Lycée, 15–18). The Anglophone Section is based at 48 rue Guérin, Fontainebleau, and the campus is accessible by bike, car and bus, with drop-off zones and easy walking distance to the town centre.

Primary (ages 6–11), Collège Middle School (ages 11–14), Lycée High School (ages 15–18).

Integrated into three French state schools on the International Campus; the Anglophone Section is a fee-paying section run by the non-profit Association des Parents d'Élèves de la Section Anglophone.

Pastoral care in English; Student Well-being Coordinator; bilingual Listening Point on Fridays; a psychologist available; mindfulness workshops.

France; part of the French state education system on the Fontainebleau International Campus.

Collège day starts at 8:20 am and ends around 5:25 pm; lunch at 12:30 pm; Wednesday afternoons off.

The campus is accessible by bike, car and bus. Bus lines connect to François 1er Gare Routière and François 1er. Lines include 3530, 3445, 3443, 3412, 3417, 3432, 3438, 3401, 3403, 3404; check times in advance. Carpooling is encouraged; there are drop-off zones.

Application fees & enrolment charges
- Initial application and entrance test fee: EUR 150 (non-refundable).
- Initial enrolment fee (to accept an offered place): EUR 250 (non-refundable).
- Annual re-enrolment deposit for existing students: EUR 150.
- Association fee (per family): EUR 150.

Tuition fees (annual and per term) by school level
- Academic Year 2024/2025 — Individual (standard) annual tuition:
- Primary: EUR 3,180 per year — Per term (calculated by dividing the annual fee by 3): EUR 1,060.00 per term.
- Collège (middle school): EUR 3,280 per year — Per term (calculated): EUR 1,093.33 per term.
- Lycée (high school): EUR 3,500 per year — Per term (calculated): EUR 1,166.67 per term.

Corporate rate and one-year rate
- Corporate rate (applies when 50% or more of school fees are paid by an employer):
- Primary: EUR 6,360 per year — Per term (calculated): EUR 2,120.00 per term.
- Collège: EUR 6,560 per year — Per term (calculated): EUR 2,186.67 per term.
- Lycée: EUR 7,000 per year — Per term (calculated): EUR 2,333.33 per term.
- One-year rate (when enrolling a child for one year or less): EUR 3,348 (annual). Per term (calculated): EUR 1,116.00 per term.

Billing schedule and payment terms
- Families may choose to pay tuition monthly, termly or yearly; the payment frequency is agreed and set out in the Enrolment Agreement.
- Notice and termination: Three months' notice is required before a student is removed from the books. If shorter notice is given, three months' tuition fees will be due.
- The Enrolment Agreement signed at acceptance specifies the fee structure and invoicing for the academic year.

Boarding
- Boarding is not offered by the Anglophone Section; it operates as a fee-paying English-language Section within three French state day schools on the International Campus (Primary, Collège, Lycée). No boarding fees apply.

Other costs and optional fees
- IGCSE language exam in Seconde: EUR 89.
- IGCSE English Literature exam in Seconde: EUR 110.
- FIMUN conference fee for Seconde and Première: EUR 10.
- BFI exam in Terminale: EUR 75.
- School trips, outings and optional extracurricular activities are invoiced separately and are not included in the tuition fees.
- Canteen (school lunch) is an additional charge and requires separate sign-up and payment.
- Stationery and equipment lists are provided by year group; required stationery is generally supplied by families and is not included in the annual tuition. Specific stationery lists and any associated costs are published per year group.
- No mandatory uniform fee or uniform purchase requirement is specified in the published stationery and equipment information.

Refund information
- The initial application/entrance-test fee (EUR 150) is explicitly non-refundable.
- The initial enrolment fee to accept a place (EUR 250) is explicitly non-refundable.
- The published schedule requires three months' notice; if notice is shorter, three months' tuition is payable (this functions as the contractual remedy rather than a refund).

Fee payment options (methods)
- The testing fee may be paid by bank transfer or PayPal (PayPal incurs an additional service fee).
- The Enrolment Agreement specifies invoicing and payment arrangements for tuition (frequency and accepted payment methods are set there). For tuition invoicing and the accepted payment methods, parents are bound by the terms of the Enrolment Agreement.

Over 470 Anglophone students from more than 30 nationalities; the section includes students from English-speaking families, bilingual families, and those who learned English as a second language.