International French School Amsterdam

The school day starts at 8am in primary. In secondary, the school day can start at 8am or later, depending on student's individual schedules.

In primary, the school day ends at 3.30pm except on Wednesdays when school finishes at 12pm. In secondary, it again depends on the student's schedule.

Yes, after the school day and on Wednesdays.

Yes we do use technology in the classroom by integrating Edtech(which is Technology for Education) to our pedagogical approach. Indeed, we truly believe that, with the right education technology, we can enhance teacher-led learning in classrooms and improve learners education outcomes. In addition, we actively take part in AI and robotics projects launched by Globeducate.

Thanks to our Edtech approach, we were and are still ready to use virtual classroom technologies whenever it is needed and/or relevant.

90% international students (mostly French, then American, Turkish, Spanish, Irish etc.), Dutch students represent a small percentage of the student body. A majority of international families are planning to stay in the Netherlands for the foreseable future.

We do offer a variety of extracurricular activities in French, English and Dutch

We follow the French curriculum in terms of content and the curriculum is quite rich in terms of physical activities and sports from kindergarten to high school. Our primary campus has a dedicated motor skills room, and our secondary campus has a full gym.

Our students have the opportunity to take part in sports challenges accross the Globeducate network.

Both our campuses have libraries that are open to students during the school day. Our primary campus houses a Fab-Lab where students can experiment with various disciplines: robotics, coding, sciences... The secondary campus also features a designated science lab.

We use a combination of our own school facilities and external sport facilities to achieve our sports programme. As mentioned above, we have a motor skills room on the primary campus, and a gym on the secondary campus.

Dutch from early years onwards, then in secondary students can take Spanish as a third language.

In the French system, and therefore in our school, there are different arrangements to support pupils with special educational needs. Our dedicated school nurse meets with the families individually to establish the support we could put in place.

Individualised Welcome Project/Personalised Support Plan/Personalised Programme for Educational Success/Personalised Schooling Project/ School assistants...

The same way we support children with special learning needs, we can support children that are very talented by challenging them more and encouraging them to fully express their potential. It is part of what we can in our pedagogy differentiated teaching