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ISL offers external activities related to its diverse curriculum areas, including cultural, linguistic and subject-specific outings for all classes and residential trips for Grades 1–12. On-site enrichment activities cover sports, the arts and local or international community service, with maths clubs, a model-making club and nature and environmental clubs among other sporting, cultural and manual activities. ISL runs a whole-school choir and provides secondary drama and music, and extra language lessons and individual instrument and voice lessons on request.
On-site enrichment activities include secondary drama and music, primary percussion and movement, and a whole-school choir. These activities support creative expression and performance across the school. Students may participate in arts-related clubs and performances as part of the enrichment programme.
ISL offers cultural and linguistic outings for all classes, fostering intercultural understanding. The program includes subject-specific outings and residential trips. The school participates in Model United Nations conferences annually, and hosts the local ILYMUN conference with a sister school, involving around 500 students.
ISL offers a diverse range of clubs and activities beyond the classroom, including a soccer club for boys and girls, a maths club, a model-making club, and nature and environmental clubs. There are various other sporting, cultural and manual activities. ISL Student Councils (Primary and Secondary) are very active in organizing student-led events.
ISL provides opportunities for local or international community service.
ISL Student Councils (Primary and Secondary) are active in organizing student-led activities and events. Primary students are often elected as representatives on the local Youth Council (Conseil Municipal des Jeunes).
Sports and outdoor activities are part of enrichment, including a soccer club for boys and girls. The programme also includes movement and percussion for younger pupils and a whole-school choir, contributing to wellbeing and fitness. Nature and environmental clubs offer outdoor learning experiences. Residential trips are offered for Grades 1–12.
ISL is a not-for-profit independent international school in Sainte-Foy-lès-Lyon, set on protected woodland with purpose-built facilities on its own grounds. The campus features light, spacious classrooms around a central atrium, with dedicated spaces for art and design, music and movement, ICT, and a large library shared by primary and secondary. The school serves ages 3 to 18 and offers three programs: the IB Primary Years Programme, Cambridge IGCSE, and the IB Diploma Programme. In Grades 9–10 students take Cambridge IGCSE; Grades 11–12 prepare for the IB Diploma, with an ISL Diploma available if the full IB Diploma is not pursued. ISL emphasizes inquiry-based, real-world learning through cross-curricular projects such as Leading Your Learning, the STEAM Project, UN SDG initiatives and the Grade 8 Personal Project. The campus provides on-site PE and arts facilities, access to municipal gym and pool, and outdoor spaces including a multi-sport field and amphitheatre. ISL is regularly inspected by the French National Education Ministry and reinvests enrollment fees to improve the learning environment.
