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Complementary pastoral care in English supports student well-being. There is a bilingual Listening Point in the Lycée on Thursdays, where a professional psychologist, Ms Moser, listens to students who wish to talk; appointments can be made via the lycée secretaries, Pronote, or by contacting Ms Rios. Workshops address mindfulness and healthy personal boundaries on a regular basis. The aim is to help students develop resilience, self-confidence and cross-cultural awareness within a bilingual environment.
Admission focuses on age-appropriate, native-level English proficiency. The Anglophone Section is not equipped to meet serious learning difficulties, and such students are not normally admitted.
The Anglophone Section uses dual immersion in French and English, with roughly 25% of learning time spent in English taught by native English teachers. The remainder of classes are conducted in French alongside Anglophone and Francophone students. For students new to French language and culture, French as a Foreign Language lessons are available. In Primary, six hours per week are spent in English classes.
Mindfulness and healthy personal boundaries are the focus of regular workshops. A Listening Point is supported by a professional psychologist who can meet with students; appointments can be arranged through Pronote or the lycée secretaries.
Safeguarding falls under the responsibility of the French school; the Anglophone Section provides complementary pastoral care in English to support safeguarding. The Student Well-being Coordinator oversees well-being, and a bilingual Listening Point in the Lycée offers access to a psychologist. Students can contact the Coordinator or the psychologist via the Section office, Pronote, or the lycée secretaries.
Located on the Fontainebleau International Campus, the Anglophone Section is a fee-paying unit within three French state schools and serves pupils from CP to Terminale. It offers the French national curriculum alongside Anglophone Section subjects, with Cambridge IGCSE and the BFI at the end of schooling. ACL, DNL and Connaissances du Monde are taught in English; students choose two majors and French-language options. Since September 2022, Première begins BFI study, with emphasis on oral presentation; about 40% of final grades derive from Section subjects; Connaissances du Monde requires independent research and a 20-minute presentation. Anglophone teaching hours progress from six per week in Seconde to eleven in Terminale (two hours in French). The Section has an entrance on Avenue Verdun and serves pupils from 30 nationalities. English is taught by native speakers; the campus hosts one of the largest OIB BFI centers and Cambridge iGCSE center status for teachers and examiners.
