France, Paris
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Languages taught include LVA: English; LVB: German, Spanish, Italian; LVC: Arabic. English levels receive Cambridge certification in Seconde for Parcours Monde, and Parcours Europe students take IELTS in Terminale. LVB Italian is certified at the first level by the Dante Centre, LVB Spanish by the Cervantès Centre, and German certification is through the Education Nationale.
The Collège Sévigné runs a bilingual primary program in French and English starting in Moyenne Section. The primary school includes PS, MS, GS, and two classes per level from CP to CM2, with instruction delivered 50/50 in French and English from Moyenne Section. Since 2016, the primary has operated as a bilingual school offering a bicultural approach for francophone, anglophone, bilingual, and multilingual families, with teaching informed by translanguaging research and neuroscience.
The lycée offers a bilingual English program (Parcours Anglais bilingue et biculturel) in which English will represent about 50% of courses in 2025, with students developing analytical and argumentative skills; Latin/Greek workshops are available from 6e, and IGCSE literature or Biology can be prepared from 3e, with Mandarin introduction. The bilingual section also hosts the BFI American section, one of the largest international sections in French education; by the end of high school, students earn internationally recognized diplomas through Cambridge International (IGCSE in 2nde) and The College Board (BFI in Terminale), with IELTS optional. Exchanges and field trips with English-speaking institutions and destinations are part of the program.
Collège Sévigné is a secular school under contract with the State, serving from kindergarten to terminale. It offers a French Curriculum with Cambridge IGCSE and two English–French bilingual tracks in secondary: Anglais bilingue and Anglais+. Entering 6e requires intensive English study and placement tests in English, French, and mathematics. The bilingual primary program, with equal hours in French and English from Moyenne Section onward, began in 2016–2017 and uses translanguaging research and neuroscience to support a bicultural approach. The school became coeducational in 1969 and developed a bilingual, bicultural program in the 1980s, with English instruction from the early years and a lycée path toward French international baccalaureate. Parcours Europe strengthens European orientation. The Institute of Research (IRCS) partners with universities and labs, and an AI Plan guides responsible AI use. In 2025, Brevet pass rate was 100% and Baccalauréat mentions were 93%. Facilities include sport, arts, after-school enrichment.