Lycée Français de Shanghai

Shanghai French School (French: Lycée Français de Shanghai, Chinese: 上海法国外籍人员子女学校[1]) is a private, international school in Shanghai, China, with one campus in the Qingpu District and one campus in Yangpu District.

Lycée Français de Shanghai
上海法国外籍人员子女学校
EuroCampus(shared by the French School of Shanghai and German School Shanghai Qingpu campuses)
Location
Shanghai Qingpu Campus:
350 Gaoguang road, Qingpu District, 201702 Shanghai
Shanghai Yangpu Campus:
788 Jiangwancheng Road, Yangpu District, Shanghai
Shanghai Pudong Campus (now closed):
1215 Jinjing Lu, near Jufeng Lu
Information
TypePrivate, comprehensive, secondary, co-educational
Kindergarten, primary and secondary
Established1996
PrincipalAnne-Sophie GOUIX
Staff300
GradesFrom kindergarten to high school
Enrollment1600+ (approx.)
Websitewww.lyceeshanghai.com
Lycée Français de Shanghai
Simplified Chinese上海法国外籍人员子女学校
Traditional Chinese上海法國外籍人員子女學校

Students range from 3 to 18 years of age and must be of French nationality or already have been taught under the French system. It forms part of the international network of French schools managed by the French government through the Agence pour l'enseignement français à l'étranger (Agency for French Teaching Abroad), a national administrative body.

In 2005, LFS and the German School Shanghai completed a combined "EuroCampus" for their students in Qingpu, Shanghai.

In 2008, LFS opened a new satellite school in Pudong, Shanghai. The school was opened as a primary school and will grow into secondary school year by year (completion of middle school, collège, by 2012). As of the 2010-2011 school year, the Pudong campus has students from preschool to troisième (ninth grade). All students in the secondary school in Pudong follow the English/French bilingual curriculum.

In 2019, LFS opened a new satellite school in Yangpu, Shanghai.

The LFS currently comprises 1600 students.

Qingpu
Yangpu
Pudong (closed)
Campuses

Qingpu campus

Shanghai French School shares its facilities with Shanghai German School "Deutsche Schule Shanghai" to create the Eurocampus.

Yangpu campus

With a total area of 56,000 square meters shared with the DSS, the German School in Shanghai, the Eurocampus II Yangpu will be certified LEED Platinum, the highest international certification of eco-buildings, at the completion time of the project. It will be the first school in Asia to obtain this certification. The Eurocampus is composed of 19,000 m² of green space, a 1,200 m² canteen, and exceptional sports facilities ready for use in November: a 7,000 m² sports center, 4 basketball courts, a football pitch and a running track of 400 m. There will also be a 25m swimming pool and a 550-seat theater that will both open at the end of 2020.

Exterior façade of the Yangpu Campus


Pudong campus (closed)

The school previously had a campus in Pudong District.[2] The Pudong Campus was on the property of the Shanghai Gold Apple Bilingual School.[3][4]

Curriculum

The education offered is equivalent to the education in France, and students sit the French Baccalaureate (Baccalauréat) at the end of Terminale (high school). Beginning in the 2010-2011 school year, students who have followed the appropriate course will have the opportunity to take the OIB (Option Internationale du Baccalauréat) in either Chinese or English. Preparation for this option requires study of certain subjects in the chosen foreign language. Alternatively, students may choose to enter the European section which includes extra study of English and a history and geography course taught in English.

In 2008, LFS opened two bilingual sections in the primary and middle schools at the QingPu campus. Parents can choose from dual-language English and French, French and Chinese, or the classic French program. Students in the bilingual sections are taught on a split timetable with half of their lessons in French and the other half in English or Chinese.

Exams Offered

In addition to the standard French examinations, LFS offers its students the opportunity to prepare for a variety of Chinese, English, Spanish and German certifications, including:

  • Cambridge Young Learners' English Tests for primary school students
  • IGCSE - From troisième (9th grade), advanced English students have the option to prepare for the IGCSE in either English Literature and Language or English as a Second Language.
  • IELTS - Preparation classes are offered to final year students planning to apply to Anglophone universities.
  • HSK - The Hànyǔ Shuǐpíng Kǎoshì (HSK), (Chinese: 汉语水平考试), translated as Chinese Standard Exam, is China's only standardized test of Standard Chinese language proficiency for non-native speakers such as foreign students and overseas Chinese. The test is administered by Hanban, a non-government organization affiliated with the Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China. And the French School of Shanghai is a Hanban centre.

References
  1. "Job Offcer Primary School English Speaking Teacher" (Archive). French International School of Shanghai. Retrieved on May 23, 2014.
  2. "LOCATION." French School of Shanghai. Retrieved on 9 December 2017. "Campus de Pudong 1215 Jinjing Lu, near Jufeng Lu 上海市浦东新区金京路1215号D教学楼邮编 201208" (Map)
  3. "Installations" (Archive). French School of Shanghai. Retrieved on July 31, 2014.
  4. "Home Archived 2014-05-17 at the Wayback Machine." French School of Shanghai. Retrieved on 23 May 2014. "Campus de Pudong : 1555, Jufeng Lu, Pudong District 201208 Shanghai (Chine)"

See also
Other French international schools in the PRC

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