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The British Section nurtures each child's personal development and well-being; staff are attentive to emotional and academic needs; progress is reviewed via termly conseil de classe, enabling follow-up with teachers, pupils, and parents; there is a strong home–school partnership and active parental involvement; in the senior school, a comprehensive counselling service supports choices about baccalaureate options and university entrance.
The Seconde Accueil class provides a home for high-performing French students to master English and study Literature and History/Geography in English, with about 15 students in Year 11. It includes roughly eight weekly teaching sessions in English; while in Seconde they study English with a French state teacher and undertake English-language literature and history, and in Première and Terminale they are mixed with the British Section for the BFI pathway.
Pastoral care focuses on nurturing well-being and personal development; staff monitor emotional and academic needs and liaise with the French teaching team; a termly conseil de classe reviews progress; a senior-school counselling service supports well-being and future choices; a strong home–school partnership underpins student welfare.
The British Section is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children; staff undergo safeguarding checks (enhanced DBS / casier judiciaire) for appointments; safeguarding information is integrated into the school's privacy and safeguarding framework.
The British Section at Lycée International Saint-Germain-en-Laye offers a bilingual English-language programme across five partner schools in Saint-Germain-en-Laye and Le Pecq for children aged 3 to 18. Pupils spend 6–8 hours weekly learning in English; the rest is in French, creating a genuine bilingual experience within the French host system. The curriculum blends the French national programme with English-language study: in Seconde they take Cambridge IGCSE or Edexcel IGCSE, and in Première and Terminale they pursue the Baccalauréat Français International (BFI), adding English-language examinations in English Language and Literature and History/Geography to the French baccalauréat. Some pupils also opt for an International GCSE in Mathematics as a complement. The campus hosts about 2,200 students; the Collège is integrated into the main campus. France's BFI centre, it offers UK visits, field trips, and performing-arts camp on the Isle of Wight. Extracurricular life includes Debating League, Model United Nations, and Student Council.