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WELCOME MORE STUDENTS Brexit is on the way and London-based companies are preparing to relocate their


employees to other European cities, including Paris. How do schools anticipate this influx and what measures are being implemented? Martina Meinhold, founder and managing director of Management Mobility Consulting offers some advice.


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efore agreeing to work in another country, most families are heavily concerned about their children’s


schooling. Thus, offering a job in a city where an international or bilingual school is available is essential for many employers. Paris is the leading French city in terms


of high quality school supply. It offers international schools, bilingual schools, Montessori schools and French schools with an international section. The city offers options for all needs, and at prices that fit the budget of any family income bracket. In the context of Brexit, the French capital also stands out from other European cities due to its higher school capacity.


Ready to welcome new students For the past few months, Paris schools


have been in the starting blocks to accommodate a growing flow of students. Existing schools are planning to open new classes or build additional sites. Here are just some examples of key


developments being carried out by Parisian schools: • Active bilingual Jeanine Manuel school announced it is now able to accommodate 350 new students per year


• The International School of Paris has grown from 700 to 900 students per year


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• The Open-Sky Bilingual School is setting up the opening of several additional classes over a period of three years


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Suger School now offers a bilingual primary school to cater to more students


New institutions are also emerging.


A bilingual school is opening this year in Courbevoie, close to the headquarters of various major groups. And the EIB school is growing rapidly.


“Over the past two years, we have clearly noticed two rising trends in our schools regarding the demand for education in Paris,” says Jean-Xavier Moreau, EIB director general, a pioneer of bilingual education in France, with over sixty years of experience and six schools in Paris. “There has been a growing demand


from expatriates for our International Baccalaureate


curriculum at the EIB


Victor Hugo School, with a 10% boom in enrolments. [We have also seen] growing interest in a new 50-50 active education, combining both French academic excellence and the Anglo-Saxon state of mind, oriented towards the wellbeing of students.”


Demand for bilingual schools Regardless of the Brexit effect, bilingual


institutions are likely to be more popular in the years to come. “The demand for 50-50


curricula, making the most of both French and Anglo-Saxon educations, is also very strong among the new generation of French parents,” explains Mr Xavier Moreau. “That’s why we launched a new kind of


school next to Paris last year. This brand new bicultural primary school follows the official curricula of the French Ministry of Education, with the same ratio of French and English-speaking classes, taught by native speakers in each language. Our goal is to offer the students the opportunity to pursue their studies either in the French or in the English-speaking education system.” In just a year, the school now welcomes


over a hundred students of more than twenty different nationalities, with a mix of French and foreign families and plans to open junior high grades next September. It is clear that these new options in


bilingual and international education represent a great opportunity, being only a few hours from London. Particularly with the challenge for international mobility teams needing to integrate employees and their families into their new country.


Management Mobility Consulting is a Relocate Global France Country Partner. To find out more about relocating to France. please visit www.relocateglobal.com/france


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