The Shanghai French School is a private international non-profit school, managed by parents, that welcomes about 1450 students of 45 nationalities, from kindergarten to the French Baccalauréat (from 2 to 18 years old), on its Qingpu and Yangpu campuses.
It offers an education that meets the requirements of the French national curriculum and places multilingualism at the very heart of its educational program.
Today in Shanghai excellence for everyone, Tomorrow in the world success for all.
At the Shanghai French School we have the ambition of excellence for each of our students and we take care of it with kindness, so that they can be actors in a changing world.
Our educational project is revolves around 4 main axes for the years 2021 to 2025.
The challenge of our teaching is to give each student every opportunity to think, communicate and evolve freely in an open and multicultural world.
Sub-axis 1 : Foreign languages, scientific languages to act in today’s world
1.1 : Language streams: coherent, streamlined and individual pathways
1.2 : Language certifications
1.3 : Languages to act in today’s world: coding, science, and oral skills to argue and debate.
Sub-axis 2 : French as a language of instruction
2.1 : A comprehensive curriculum for 2 or 3 years for the best integration into the French system
2.2 : A program of coeducation with the parents
2.3 : A yearly follow up to build strong foundations
Sub-axis 1 : Kindergarten the French way, a unique curriculum
1.1 : Starting school: welcoming and integrating new families for the best understanding of the schooling system
1.2 : Learning to be a student, learning to live in a community
1.3 : Awakening to the diversity of languagues by building on the students own mother tongues
1.4 : Experiment, manipulate, play: a school for the first learning experiences
Sub-axis 2 : Contribute to build self-esteem by encouraging each student’s talents and skills
2.1 : Benevolence, positive assessment and constructive feedback
2.2 : Nurture global citizens – an education path opened onto the world
2.3 : Building an artistic curriculum that helps develop creativity
Sub-axis 3 : Follow each student for a better understanding of his/ner needs and abilities
3.1 : Maintain the existing support systems
3.2 : Special needs students: integrate, follow up, support
3.3 : Facilitate transitions of special needs students to favor a better continuity of their learning curve
Sub-axis 1 : Living the EUROCAMPUS’ life
1.1 : Facilitate common intitiatives in French and German schools
1.2 : Select and enhance important common events
1.3 : Promote a better cooperation
Sub-axis 2 : Maintain and reinforce bonds with the host country
2.1 : Promote and diplay the Chinese culture: participate in local cultural and sports events
2.2 : Develop links and partnerships with local schools and higher education in China
Sub-axis 3 : Mentors, alumni et alumnae, sponsors and companies’ sponsorships
3.1 : Mobilize the community’s diversity and talents to guide students paths and careers
3.2 : Alumni et alumnae, beacons for our students
3.3 : Count on sponsors for a better understanding and knowledge of professional paths
Sub-axis 1 : School environment: values, foundations and acts
1.1 : Follow up and reinforce actions that build the LFS school identity
1.2 : Embrace and promote essentiel values of the French system: secularism, equality and repsect
1.3 : Act as responsible future citizens
Sub-axis 2 : Parents, essential stakeholders for the LFS project
2.1 : Le Bureau Des Activités (BDA), a major player for social links
2.2 : Parents’ representatives: partners and proposal holders in the project
2.3 : Parents-sponsors / Parents-ambassadors: getting engaged to greet and guide new parents
Sub-axis 3 : HR, a leverage for collective and individual progress
3.1 : Encourage continuous development
3.2 : Put forward internal pathways, talents and skills
3.3 : Promote dialogue with staff representatives
More about our 2021-2025
school project
A global network for excellence
The Shanghai French School is part of the Agence pour l’Enseignement du Français à l’Etranger (Agency for French Education Abroad) network, which, with 522 schools in 139 countries, is the largest school network in the world. These schools offer education that meets the requirements of the French National Education programs and allow students to attend school without break, from
kindergarten to baccalaureate. This network allows all our students to continue their schooling at any other French institution without an admission examination and is a real asset for our expatriate families. It also allows our students to benefit each year from numerous exchanges, projects, sports competitions between the different institutions.
Build a school for the success of all students.
The Shanghai French School is a school accredited by AEFE. The certification of the LFS, obtained in 2007, guarantees both the quality of our teaching and its conformity to the French educational model. It allows:
The agreement signed
between the AEFE and the LFS
