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Naples, Italy · Private
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École française Alexandre-Dumas is a French school in Naples, an annex of the Lycée Chateaubriand de Rome in the AEFE network, accredited by the French Ministry of Education. It was founded in the 1950s by officers of the French mission to NATO and has operated as a French school since 1972. It is housed in the Palazzo Grenoble together with the French Consulate General and the French Institute. Teaching is in French following French Ministry of Education programmes: pre-school from age 2, primary school and collège up to grade 3 of collège (troisième), where students take the brevet; the school says all its students pass it. Students can then continue at the Lycée Chateaubriand in Rome up to the baccalauréat (including ESABAC) or move into the Italian system after the terza media exam. Italian is compulsory from the youngest pre-school group for 3 hours a week with a native teacher, English from pre-school, and Spanish and Latin are added in collège; the school holds the AEFE PARLE language label and prepares students for the Cambridge English KET and PET exams and for DELF. About 200 students of all nationalities attend in 7 primary and 4 secondary classes.
Key facts
Tuition
≈ $8 692–9 603 a year
7 694–8 500 EUR
Programmes
French programme
Admits from
2 years · Pre-School
Languages of instruction
French
Languages taught
Italian, English, Spanish, Latin
Registration fee
≈ $1 695
1 500 EUR
About the fees Annual fees for 2026-2027 are the same for French, Italian and other students: pre-school and primary 7694 EUR, collège 8500 EUR (the lycée in Rome 8890 EUR). Fees are invoiced each term. In 2026-2027 fees in Naples rose by 8-10% depending on the level. Discounts for three or more children enrolled by one parent: 10% for three, 20% for four, 30% for five or more. There is a financial support fund for families.
Admissions Online pre-registration for the current year is always open, for all levels; required documents include a birth certificate, ID for the child and both parents, the child's Italian tax code, bank details, a current school certificate and report cards. The school does not accept students whose parents do not live in Italy during their schooling. The youngest group admits children who are 2 by September, the PS group children who are 3 by 31 December, and grade 1 (CP) children who are 6 by 31 December. Students from French state schools and accredited French schools abroad move up according to their previous school's decision; others, even from French-speaking schools, take a compulsory placement test. Submitting an application is not enrolment: places are limited and a sibling's place is not guaranteed; enrolment is confirmed after the last report card and payment of the first registration fee. Fees are the same for students of any nationality. Children with at least one Italian parent must study Italian language and culture until collège under the 1949 Franco-Italian cultural agreement.
Stages and year groups Grades maternelle (TPS-GS), élémentaire (CP-CM2), collège (6e-3e), 11 classes. Pre-school (ages 2-5) - two mixed-age groups: TPS/PS and MS/GS; the youngest group from age 2 opened in September 2024. Primary (ages 6-11) - CP to CM2 following the French curriculum. Collège (ages 11-14) - 6e to 3e: French, Italian (beginner, foreign language or Italian language and culture), English and Spanish, Latin, mathematics, history and geography, civic education, life sciences, physics and chemistry, technology, visual arts, music, PE; at the end of 3e the French diplôme national du brevet. After 3e students continue at the Lycée Chateaubriand in Rome to the baccalauréat (ESABAC, European section in English); Italian students may take the terza media exam at the scuola secondaria di primo grado Tito Livio after 4e and enter any Italian liceo. There are currently 7 primary and 4 secondary classes.
Address Via Francesco Crispi 86, 80121 Napoli (Palazzo Grenoble)
Accreditations and programmes verified against official registries
AEFE · accreditationAEFE runs the school directly (établissement en gestion directe): the curriculum is French and recognised by the French education ministry.
school is in an official registryconfirmed by a school document, by membership or by taking part in a networkclaimed by the school, no confirmation, not counted in the scoreGuide to all organisations → What stands behind each entry
AEFEAgency for French Education Abroad
It runs the network of French schools worldwide, while the accreditation itself, the homologation, is granted by the French education ministry and inspected by French state inspectors. A leaver from a homologated school moves into a school in France without an entrance examination. Homologation is granted stage by stage, so it sometimes covers only part of the year groups.
What the badge means for this school. The school has been through this organisation's accreditation. It was judged as a whole: governance, safeguarding, staff, premises, teaching. The entry stands in the organisation's public register - anyone can check it.
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The state programme of France. A school is homologated by the French ministry of education, and a leaver may move into a school in France without entrance tests. Homologation is granted stage by stage, so it sometimes covers only part of the year groups.
What this means for this school. Which year groups of this school are covered by homologation - only the primary ones, or all the way to the final year - is not stated here. The difference matters: it decides whether the school takes a child through to the French baccalaureate or hands them on to another school halfway.
Exams and destinations from the school's official website
Exam results The school states that all its students pass the French diplôme national du brevet at the end of 3e and all are admitted to the Italian system after the terza media exam; it says its results in French national assessments in 6e and 4e are above the French average. It does not publish detailed scores.
Facilities from the school's official website
·Swimming poolnot stated on the website
·Sports hallnot stated on the website
·Laboratoriesnot stated on the website
·Theatre or assembly hallnot stated on the website
✓Library
✓Catering
·School transportnot stated on the website
·Boardingnot stated on the website
Campus: The school is in Naples in the Palazzo Grenoble on Via Francesco Crispi, alongside the French Consulate General, the French Institute with its theatre and André Malraux media library, and the Jean Bérard archaeological centre; the French Institute makes its theatre and media library available to students. The school has a library for primary and a documentation centre for secondary, and two dining halls: a small one for children from the youngest group to grade 1 and a large one for older students. Lunch is compulsory for all from pre-school to the final year. PE and sport also take place in the city: a sailing course at Centro Nautico Posillipo, tennis at Tennis Club Napoli 1905, swimming. After-school activities run every day in the school building. It is a day school.
Clubs and activities: Arts plastiques (visual arts) · Happy English club · Chess · Modern Dance · Spanish · Maths Club · Sailing · Tennis
Teaching staff from the school's official website
·Teachers listed by namenot published
·Teacher qualificationsnot stated
·Number of teachersthe school does not say
·Students per teacher or class sizenot stated
The school follows French Ministry of Education programmes with French teachers; Italian is taught by a native-speaking teacher. The school is led by a director under the head of the Lycée Chateaubriand in Rome.
Safety and wellbeing from the school's official website
·CCTVnot stated on the website
·Security staffnot stated on the website
·Access controlnot stated on the website
✓Nurse or medical room
·Counsellornot stated on the website
✓Child protection policy
·Staff trainingnot stated on the website
·Anti-bullying policynot stated on the website
The Lycée Chateaubriand medical team also covers the Naples school: it manages plans for chronically ill children, first aid cabinets and vaccination records required by the Italian ASL, and runs sessions on smoking, addictions, nutrition, sexuality and violence at school. Students with special educational needs are included under the AEFE inclusion policy with individual plans and possible support staff. The school is insured with Allianz for lessons, outings and activities; a medical certificate is required after 3 days of illness.
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Criteria breakdown criterion weight in brackets
Academics and programmes (16%)72 Community rating (16%)no dataparent reviews are needed: the criterion switches on at the fifth verified one Exams and destinations (12%) scored on disclosed data80 Safety and wellbeing (12%) scored on disclosed data65 Accreditation and verifiability (10%)85 Teaching staff (10%) scored on disclosed data55 Facilities (10%) scored on disclosed data70 Clubs and activities (8%) scored on disclosed data78 "Scored on disclosed data" stands where we count only what the school has written about itself on its own site: exams and destinations, safety and wellbeing, teaching staff, facilities, clubs and activities. A low score here means the school does not write about this, not that the school does not have it: a school with good security and a sparse site will score low. A school can fill in its profile, and the score will be counted again.
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