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France, Paris
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English and French are used in the Anglophone Section, with English-language instruction including Language & Literature and part of History-Geography; German and French are used in the Germanophone Section, with Language & Literature and History-Geography taught in German and a Connaissances du Monde course at lycée. The integrated International Section delivers two subjects in English or German (Literature and History-Geography) to complement the French curriculum. The Parcours Trilingue offers a French/German/English pathway from collège to lycée, including a BFI Trilingue option and related language-diploma opportunities.
The SIS Paris Ouest offers two international sections with bilingual instruction in English–French and German–French. In the Anglophone Section, students follow a bilingual program in English and French, including four hours per week of Language & Literature in English and two hours per week of History-Geography from sixième to deuxième, rising to four hours in Première and Terminale. The Anglophone Section is linked with Cambridge Assessment International Education, offering IGCSE and the British Option (BFI). In the Germanophone Section, students study in German and French; Language & Literature and History-Geography are taught in the language of the section, with a group for French-speaking children to access intensive instruction; in lycée, Abitur and the Deutsches Sprachdiplom (DSD II) are offered in line with national education authorities.
Wednesday School (Mittwochsschule) offers after-school courses in German or English at native-speaker level for children who study in their local school. The programs run on Wednesdays and include workshops for bilingual or near-bilingual children from kindergarten through primary and collège. Beginner language sessions for English and German are available through Active English and Deutschclub.
SIS Paris Ouest offers bilingual education within the French education system, with Anglophone and Germanophone sections. The school operates across three host establishments in Sèvres, Boulogne-Billancourt and Saint-Cloud and serves over 1,300 students from kindergarten through lycée. It was founded in 1960 and remains an international section under the aegis of the French Ministry of National Education, employing about sixty teachers from English- or German-speaking countries. The curriculum combines the French national framework with Cambridge Secondary and Cambridge IGCSE, and the integrated programme is designed for bilingual students with mother-tongue-level language skills. Two disciplines—literature and history-geography—are taught in English or German, and the programme provides six hours of literacy, geography, history and science instruction. A Wednesday School offers morning workshops in English and German, and after-school language activities for younger students. Extracurriculars include Debating Club, Model United Nations and Parliament Européen, theatre productions (The Play/Die Bühne) and fundraisers and exchanges.
