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Greenfield Lyon is a bilingual Franco-English kindergarten and elementary school located in Collonges-au-Mont-d'Or, just outside Lyon. The campus fosters a family-like atmosphere with a teaching staff that works in both French and English. The school provides on-site cantine meals with multiple service options and offers extended hours to fit family needs. The bilingual program blends French and English instruction daily, with half-days in each language on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays. The school is about 10 minutes from Place Bellecour in central Lyon and near the Paul Bocuse restaurant. The founder emphasizes values of respect, self-esteem, tolerance and openness.
The school delivers bilingual instruction with native English-speaking teachers and French teachers, and it organizes daily instruction so that French and English are taught in half-day sessions on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays. In elementary, CM1 and CM2 classes are under contract with the State, guaranteeing the standard required to progress to 6e. The majority of the teaching staff and personnel have been leading the school project for more than 15 years, fostering continuity and collaboration across years to enrich teaching with projects and cross-disciplinary experiences. The curriculum aims to develop intellectual thinking, observation, experimentation, sensitivity, motor skills and creative imagination in both French and English, ensuring strong foundational knowledge in language and mathematics.
École Greenfield is a private Franco-English bilingual nursery and elementary school in Lyon, located in Collonges-au-Mont-d'Or, about ten minutes from Place Bellecour. It welcomes children from age 2 to 11 and offers enrollment for 2026/27. The school provides daily instruction in French and English with native English-speaking teachers and French teachers collaborating across languages. The preschool aims to foster a love of learning and the development of each child's personality, while the elementary program prioritises mastery of French and early mathematics. The bilingual program uses half-day blocks in French and English on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays; the school day runs roughly 9:00–16:30 in maternelle and 8:30–16:30 in élémentaire. CM1 and CM2 are under State contract, guaranteeing progression to 6e. Most staff have more than 15 years' experience, supporting continuity and cross-language collaboration through projects. The founder, Isabelle Fiquet, established Greenfield in 1988 to offer early bilingual education in a family-like setting, emphasizing respect, self-esteem, tolerance and openness. Cambridge Primary is integrated, with Movers and Flyers exams for CE2/CM2 and a high success rate.
