Lycée Franco-Allemand Hambourg

The LFA Hamburg opened in 2020 at Hartsprung, Hamburg-Lokstedt. A move to Altona is planned for the end of 2025; the new buildings will be located near the Elbe, opposite the Königstraße S-Bahn station. The central location and easy access will broaden recruitment of students from Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein.

The LFA Hamburg offers secondary education spanning the French collège and lycée systems: 5e to 3e in the middle school track and 2nde to Terminale in the high school track. The bilingual program combines French and German features, and from Seconde the classes are fully mixed with about half the courses taught in German and French.

Franco-German high school co-financed by France and Germany, with native-speaking teachers and jointly managed.

Franco-German; part of the AEFE network.

English is taught from CM2. From Seconde onward, the classes are fully mixed and about half of the courses are taught in German and French.

The LFA Hamburg offers a Franco-German bilingual curriculum that blends the French and German educational traditions. The partner language is taught and experienced daily by native-speaking teachers, and English is integrated into the curriculum from CM2, with additional European languages offered. From 4th grade, there are joint lessons in an increasing number of subjects, and from 2nde, German and French students are in mixed classes with about half the courses taught in each language. The school supports bilingual learning across subjects and collaboration across languages, including mutual language instruction in many disciplines. The Franco-German Baccalaureate enables unrestricted entry to higher education in both countries, and there are exchange programs with partner schools.

The Franco-German Baccalaureate provides access to higher education without restriction in both France and Germany. It combines bilingual instruction with native-language teachers and offers international exchanges, underscoring preparation for higher education across Europe.

The LFA Hamburg treats high-potential students as part of an inclusive bilingual culture. It uses differentiation, project-based learning, individual learning plans, promotion of multilingualism, and digital learning to challenge advanced students. It also offers enrichment activities and competitions such as Jugend forscht, math olympiads, foreign language contests, and enrichment programs (MINT and Kreativ).

The school operates the Vie Scolaire counseling center, led by a dedicated counseling teacher. It coordinates confidential information about student performance, behavior, and extracurricular activities and assesses difficulties to help find solutions. Counseling staff work with subject teachers and year coordinators and can involve other services before disciplinary actions or changes to educational pathways. Interventions address personal difficulties, behavioral issues, and psychosocial concerns, including bullying and sexual violence, in collaboration with the school's social pedagogue. Vie Scolaire coordinates German-language career guidance and integrates social-pedagogical approaches into daily school life to foster a supportive learning environment. Everyday responsibilities include handling accidents and illnesses, monitoring attendance, organizing makeup examinations, and liaising with students and staff.

The school supports students with special educational needs through coordinated accommodations and individual education plans. Accommodations and individualized plans are established under Hamburg state law (Section 12) to meet each student's needs. Vie Scolaire coordinates the planning and implementation of these supports. Support includes targeted adjustments and ongoing monitoring to ensure access to learning. The school collaborates with families and teachers to ensure consistent support across the student's educational journey.

All students learn English from the 5th grade as a core subject through to the Abitur. The focus is on speaking and writing, with grammar and communication fundamentals established. The school emphasizes English as a global language and integrates intercultural aspects within a multilingual, multicultural community. English remains a compulsory subject in the upper grades, enabling students to discuss and write about complex topics. The school offers Cambridge First (B2) and Cambridge Advanced (C1) on campus and has participated in The Big Challenge for more than 15 years.

Mental wellbeing is supported through Vie Scolaire's social-pedagogical approach integrated into daily school life. The team provides individual support, homework assistance, and school accompaniment to students. It intervenes in conflicts and psychosocial concerns in collaboration with the school's social pedagogue. The prevention program addresses bullying and other safety topics, with ongoing collaboration across staff. The current Präventionskonzept guides safeguarding and wellbeing measures to promote a healthy learning environment.

Vie Scolaire serves as the primary contact for accidents and illnesses and monitors attendance and supervision arrangements. It coordinates makeup examinations and liaises with families and staff to ensure timely responses to safeguarding concerns. The school publishes a Präventionskonzept (prevention concept) that covers safeguarding topics such as bullying, online safety, and violence prevention. Interventions and prevention activities are coordinated with the social pedagogue and teaching staff, with involvement of external bodies when needed. The safeguarding framework supports a secure, supportive learning environment for all students.

5th Grade: Students from the states of Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein may enroll at the LFA. The next registrations will take place in early February 2026. If you are interested, you can contact us now to be placed on a candidate list.

Enrollment is handled by the Secretariat for enrollment and withdrawals. The school address is Hartsprung 23, 22529 Hamburg.

Candidate list: The school maintains a candidate list for 5th-grade admissions. Families can contact the school to be placed on the list. The next intake occurs in early February 2026.