FAQs

The IB programme is designed for children aged 3-19 and more than 3900 schools around the globe have chosen to teach it. The International Baccalaureate diploma (IB) is a school leaving certificate awarded for the successful completion of a two-year educational programme primarily aimed at students aged 16–19. The IB is an internationally accepted qualification for entry into higher education.

The BFI is a school leaving certificate combining the French baccalauréat with extra subjects taught and examined in a foreign language to the same standards at university–entrance level as their country of origin. To obtain the BFI, candidates must pass specific papers in language, literature and history & geography (or mathematics in the case of the Chinese BFI)and Connaissance du Monde …  in addition to their chosen programme of the French baccalauréat.

Click here for more details on the IB and BFI differences.

You can find more information about the BFI in our news section.

The programme is based on the English National Curriculum and is adapted for the needs of bilingual pupils within the French school system.

Yes, we now offer collège weekly classes (6ème, 5ème, 4ème & 3ème) every Wednesday afternoon between 1.15 and 3.45 pm at Collège Victor Hugo. If you are interested please find more information on our secondary page and fill out our inquiry form.

Not at all. English 31 works in very close partnership with its host French schools. Apart from English and history Geography, all subjects are taught in French.

At the end of Collège, English 31 pupils take the Brevet International. Students will take the Cambridge C1/C2 level test in Première. At the end of the final year of the Lycée, they take the new Baccalauréat Français International or BFI.

In integrated primary, the English 31 programme is merged into the French timetable. Students are also given English 31 homework, and this clearly represents additional workload for the student, requiring the full support of the students’ family.

In the weekly programme in primary, the Wednesday afternoons are outside the standard French timetable, but this means students are studying English on Wednesday afternoons instead of doing other, extra-curricular activities.

Yes! The BFI are officially part of the standard Baccalaureate in the French educational system.

Furthermore, the BFI programme is practised in international schools throughout the world and is recognised by all major universities and higher educational institutions.

Our teachers are all fully qualified practitioners with experience in teaching English and History within a bilingual context. Most are British, but we also have American and French colleagues. All are fluent in English and have been especially selected because of their commitment to the teaching of English in an Anglo-French context.

No. English 31 specialises in providing English language, literature, history and geography lessons to children ages 6-18 who attend the French school system.

Yes. Applicants are required to take written tests and/or interviews in order to establish their ability in English.Click here to read more about it.

Not necessarily.

After applicants get tested on their level of English, they have to arrange for their level of French to be tested by Enaf. Call 05.67.52.41.99. This is arranged with Education Nationale.

No, we don’t have a boarding house.

Over 90% of the revenues of the association are directed to give front-line benefits to the students. With over 500 students in English 31, we now have 3 full time and 1 part-time employees managing the administration of the association.