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Choose your EIB school

EIB Paris is a pioneer in bilingual education and has been providing quality pre-school to high school education to children and young people for over 60 years. To find the right school for your family please use the selector tool below:

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The EIB Grenelle reception area
  • 50% English
  • Language Integration Program (LIP)

In the heart of the 7th arrondissement, just minutes away from Les Invalides, EIB Grenelle private school opened its doors in September 2021. Welcoming students from nursery up to Year 6 (Maternelle to CM2) to begin with, the bilingual school will follow the programmes of the Ministry of National Education while offering a fully bilingual teaching programme, with 50% of classes in English and 50% in French. 

  • 3-6 Years Old
  • 6-11 Years Old
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EIB de La Jonchère
  • 50% English
  • English Passerelle
  • Language Integration Program (LIP)

Just 30 minutes away from central Paris in the Yvelines region, EIB de la Jonchère offers a bilingual education for children ages 3 to 14. The school follows the programmes of the Ministry of National Education while offering 50% of teaching in English and 50% in French.

  • 3-6 Years Old
  • 6-11 Years Old
  • 10-15 Years Old
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  • 25% English

Located near the Place de l’Etoile and Porte Maillot at the heart of the 17th arrondissement in Paris, our bilingual, secular, high school (known in French as a lycée) EIB Etoile welcomes 400 students from more than 40 different nationalities from Year 11 to Year 13 (2nde to terminale).

  • 16-18 Years Old
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  • 25% English

EIB Monceau bilingual middle school, known as Collège EIB Monceau in French, is one of the finest private middle schools in Paris, located in the heart of the 17th arrondissement, close to the Champs Elysées and Arc de Triomphe.Located just a short walk away from EIB Monceau Primary School in Paris, the school welcomes 625 students aged 10 to 15.

  • 10-15 Years Old
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  • 25% English

EIB Lamartine is a bilingual primary school that welcomes children from ages 3 to 10. With a warm and friendly atmosphere, EIB Lamartine private school offers a French education following the National Curriculum, supplemented by an exclusive programme of early English learning, from the first year of nursery (Petite Section) to Year 6 (CM2).

  • 3-6 Years Old
  • 6-11 Years Old
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  • 25% English

Right in the heart of Paris, just moments away from the Arc de Triomphe, the bilingual EIB Monceau Primary School was the first bilingual school in the EIB Group. It has been welcoming students since1954, housed in three buildings around Parc Monceau in the 8th Arrondissement.

  • 3-6 Years Old
  • 6-11 Years Old
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Nursery School

The nursery cycle (or Maternelle) is made up of three classes - Nursery, Reception and Year 1, or Petite Section, Moyenne Section and Grande section as the classes are known in French. Nursery School is for children aged 3-6.

Teaching at EIB Paris' Nursery Schools

At EIB, bilingual lessons start right from the age of three, when students play and learn in both English and French. In addition to language learning, pupils work towards the following learning goals, as outlined in the French National Curriculum:

Nursery (Petite Section):

  • Socialisation – learn to live together
  • Understand and follow basic instructions in both languages

Reception (Moyenne Section):

  • Hold a pencil
  • Write their first name in capital letters
  • Get dressed without assistance
  • Draw a person
  • Focus on a task

Year 1 (Grande section):

  • Understand and apply some basic instructions
  • Write in cursive, write & recognise my first name
  • Match sounds and letters
  • Simple arithmetic operations
Children learning at EIB Paris bilingual nursery school

EIB Nursery Schools

There are four schools in the EIB Group that have a nursery school:

EIB Grenelle bilingual school

EIB Grenelle nursery school

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EIB de la Jonchère nursery school

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EIB Lamartine nursery school

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EIB Monceau nursery school

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