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PSHE is taught across the school to promote positive relationships, respect for others, and how to manage emotions. Pupils learn to help themselves and others when upset. The Early Years curriculum includes PSHE-style development within a bilingual framework. The Junior School participates in whole-school events such as World Poetry Day, World Book Day, and Tolerance Day to foster social awareness. The bilingual programme supports cross-cultural understanding and tolerance of different faiths and creeds.
EIFA offers SEN support with a dedicated SENCo and collaboration with external specialist consultants for needs such as speech and language impairment, dyslexia, dyspraxia, autism and ADHD. Individualised programmes are tailored to each pupil, with close collaboration between teachers and medical staff to adjust exercises, tasks and assessments. The school is a small, family setting that provides substantial individual attention. Severe SEN cannot be catered for due to the constraints of the Grade II listed building. The dual-immersion learning-support approach is designed for international pupils regardless of home language.
For pupils with English or French as an additional language, EIFA provides EAL and FLE programmes. These are delivered by specialist teachers or teaching assistants individually or in small groups during English or French literacy. The aim is to promote oral expression, comprehension, reading and writing in both languages. Pupils remain in EAL or FLE until they reach a level enabling full participation in the academic programme. The dual-immersion concept supports ongoing language development across the curriculum.
A Senior Mental Health Lead supports pupil wellbeing. Mental wellbeing is integrated with safeguarding and PSHE provisions to promote resilience and coping skills. Staff receive ongoing training to recognise and respond to mental health needs. The school aims to create a caring environment where pupils feel safe to discuss wellbeing concerns.
EIFA has a Child Protection and Safeguarding policy based on Keeping Children Safe in Education 2024 and related guidance. The policy aims to safeguard and promote pupils' welfare and ensures staff understand their safeguarding responsibilities. Designated Safeguarding Leads and Deputy DSLs oversee safeguarding duties, with named contacts for safeguarding roles and for the Prevent programme. All staff receive safeguarding and online safety training at induction and at least annually. The policy covers online safety, confidentiality, record-keeping, and safe transfer of pupil information when moving to other schools; it also covers whistleblowing and responding to concerns.
EIFA International School London is a boutique, independent, co‑educational, secular, bilingual school in Marylebone, London, at 36 Portland Place. Opened in 2013, it operates across two buildings in Westminster and serves 150 pupils from Nursery to Year 9, ages 2 to 14. The school offers a bilingual education in French and English, combining the French curriculum with the breadth of the English framework. From early years, pupils are immersed in both languages, with English literacy aligned to the British curriculum, and the bilingual approach runs across subjects to develop proficiency in both languages. EIFA is an AEFE partner school and holds homologation by the French Ministry of Education; DELF Junior and DELF Scolaire exams are available. After school, a wide range of clubs runs from 15:30 to 17:00 in English or French, including sports, arts, STEAM, coding, drama, and private music tuition, plus cultural events throughout the year each year.
