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The Lycée Français International d'Alicante opened its doors in 1962 in a modest building on Calle San Vicente in central Alicante. Five years later, the iconic building on Avenida de la Albufereta was completed and housed thousands of students there until 2005. In 2005, the Lycée moved to El Campello, where a campus on more than 20 hectares accommodates over 1,300 students aged 3 to 18 each year. The new campus was renamed LFIA Pierre Deschamps in honor of the founder of the Mission laïque française and includes a semi-Olympic indoor pool, a sports center, basketball courts, an athletics track, a football field, a media center and a library, cafeterias, an assembly hall, multipurpose rooms, an infirmary, and laboratories for science and technology.
Students are central at LFIA Alicante. Learners are positioned as protagonists of their own learning, and the school provides resources for every stage of their education to ensure an engaging and meaningful experience. In secondary and the baccalaureate, students may represent their peers in consultative bodies such as the School Council and the Establishment Council to identify and address daily difficulties. The CVL (Conseil pour la Vie Lycéenne) is a forum for dialogue between students and the educational community, where issues related to life at the center are discussed and proposals are presented to the center council. Topics include study organization and the school calendar, center projects and internal rules, canteen issues, organization of language exchanges and cultural trips, orientation information, health, hygiene and safety, and the organization of sports, cultural, and extracurricular activities. Delegates: each level elects two main delegates and two substitutes; delegates serve as the voice of the students to teachers and staff and help maintain class cohesion. The Student Delegates Council meets once a year, and at the first meeting two representatives to the Center Council are elected. Students are also represented in other councils and commissions. NUMAD: since 2012, LFIA participates in NUMAD (Nations Unies Madrid), a three‑day Model United Nations held in Madrid, with roles including delegates, ambassadors, secretary‑general, commission presidents, secretaries, and journalists. CSLFIA: The LFIA Solidarity Club (CSLFIA) was founded in October 2018 by students Laura Filíu Pastor and Alberto Bianchi Santonja to assist the community and raise awareness of global issues through humanitarian and environmental projects. The club is open to all students from Sixth Form to the end of secondary, as well as teachers, and is supported by the CPE, school leadership, and CDI librarians. Contact via Instagram @clubsolidaire.lfia or clubsolidairelfia@gmail.com. A quote: “Many small people in small places, doing small things can change the world.”
The Lycée has two parent associations: APA (Association des Parents d'Élèves) and ALI (Association Liste Indépendante). They work for the well‑being of students in all areas and participate actively in school life through various bodies, including school and establishment councils and class councils, and they assist families in preparing scholarship applications (French) and the solidarity fund (Spanish). They are involved in Madrid scholarship commissions to advocate for parents and contribute to events such as the Christmas party (Primary), Carnival, the cohabitation festival, and other activities requiring parent involvement. The boards of the parent associations are composed of volunteer parents, and all parents are welcome to participate. Election results for the 2025‑2026 school year are published. ALI was created in 2020 to represent families within a network of ALIs in Spain and around the world, providing greater influence with French and Spanish institutions; contact details include an ALI dossier page, Facebook, and email. APE is the longstanding LFIA Parents' Association; it is a non‑profit organization of parent volunteers whose mission is to promote a solidaristic school with quality teaching, improve daily life at the school, and oversee tuition. Dossiers for APE 2021/2022 are available, with contact options via their website, Facebook, and email.
LFIA Pierre Deschamps is a French international school in Alicante, part of Mission Laïque Française and AEFE. It serves ages 2–18, from Très Petite Section to Terminale. The curriculum follows the French system with SEN support and a bespoke approach. Multilingualism is central: students learn French, English, and Spanish from age two, with native or bilingual teachers for each language, aiming for level C1 in all three. The community is multicultural, with 70% Spanish students and others from France, the United Kingdom, Algeria, Russia, and the United States. Education ministries of France and Spain back the program, enabling access to higher education in Spain, France, and beyond. Villa Marcos campus by the beach spans 20 hectares and houses science laboratories, CDI, library, and media center. Sports facilities include a semi-Olympic indoor pool, a sports center, basketball courts, an athletics track, and football pitches. Extracurriculars include Mundosport and Solid'Artes across sports and arts.
