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Skopje, North Macedonia · est. 1999 · Private
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A French school in Skopje, opened in 1999. It occupies an urban building near the city centre, in the Karposh municipality. The school follows the curriculum of the French Ministry of National Education and is accredited by it for all its classes, from Petite section to 3e; it belongs to the AEFE network. It has 96 pupils in 9 small classes: a kindergarten for children aged 2 to 6, an elementary school for ages 6-11 (CP - CM2) and a middle school with subject teaching for ages 11-15 (6e - 3e). The school motto is "one school, three languages". Lessons are taught in French: the curriculum is French, and the internal regulations name French as the main language of school life. Pupils study English and Macedonian (or Albanian) from kindergarten: 2 hours a week in kindergarten and 3 hours from first grade, and one of the three English hours is used for science and technology taught in English. In its brochure the school says English and Macedonian gradually rise to about 40 percent of teaching time, and each class has three teachers: French, English and Macedonian. Children whose first language is not French are supported by the Passerelle programme - 3 hours of French a week, aiming at independence in less than a year. Pupils include Macedonians, French, Belgians, Swiss, Americans, Italians, Greeks, Spaniards and Ukrainians. Lessons run from 8:30 to 15:30 with a lunch break from 12:00 to 13:30, on Friday until 12:30; children are received from 7:30 and supervised until 18:00. Uniform is compulsory and mobile phones are banned at school.
Key facts
Tuition
≈ $7 179–9 236 a year
6 180–7 950 EUR
Programmes
French programme
Admits from
18 months · Pre-School
Languages of instruction
French
Languages taught
English, Macedonian, Albanian, Spanish
Class size
no more than 20 children per teacher and assistant in kindergarten
About the fees Fees for the 2026-2027 school year: kindergarten 6180 euros, elementary school 7420 euros, middle school 7950 euros a year. The second child gets a 15 percent discount, the third and further children 20 percent. Fees do not cover school projects or uniform.
Admissions The school admits children of all nationalities under the rules that apply to French schools abroad. The kindergarten takes children who do and do not speak French into any group; the kindergarten page says children are accepted from one and a half years, the admissions page and the principal's note say from 2 years. Admission has three steps: an online application with the Fiche de Renseignements form, a pedagogical interview within 5 working days of the application, and a decision by email within 2-3 days. A place is confirmed only after the first enrolment fee is paid, and the fee is non-refundable; the school confirms final enrolment by email within 7 days of payment. The school names no entrance exam and no French language requirement; the Passerelle programme exists for non-French speakers.
Stages and year groups Grades TPS, PS, MS, GS, CP - CM2, 6e - 3e. Kindergarten for children aged 2 to 6 in four groups (youngest, small, middle and upper), each group no larger than 20 children with a teacher and an assistant; elementary school for ages 6-11, cycles 2 and 3, from CP to CM2 (grades 1-5); middle school with subject teaching for ages 11-15, from 6e to 3e (grades 6-9). The French ministry recognises all levels of the school, from Petite section to 3e.
Address Nikola Parapunov 19, 1000 Skopje
Accreditations and programmes verified against official registries
AEFE · accreditationschool 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
The school publishes nothing about where its leavers go: no share going on to university, no exam results, no list of universities.
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
·Librarynot stated on the website
✓Catering
✓School transport
·Boardingnot stated on the website
Campus: The school occupies a building in the urban Karposh district near the centre of Skopje and describes it as well equipped. A school restaurant serves breakfast at 8:00, lunch of salad or soup, a main dish and dessert, and an afternoon snack. School transport is available and charged separately.
Clubs and activities: Capoeira · Chess · Choir · Film club · Latin and contemporary dance · LEGO · Multi-sports · Pétanque · Robotics and programming · Rugby · Theatre · Art · Yoga · Zumba
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 sizein the key facts above
Each class has three teachers: French, English and Macedonian. Teachers take continuous training in French education networks and learn to adapt to children's different paces. The staff list has 16 positions: principal, general secretary, a kindergarten teacher and an assistant, primary class teachers and a separate English teacher, and in the middle school teachers of French, history and geography, science, English, Spanish and mathematics. In the elementary school a bilingual teacher supports children whose first language is not French.
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 roomnot stated on the website
·Counsellornot stated on the website
✓Child protection policy
·Staff trainingnot stated on the website
·Anti-bullying policynot stated on the website
The school's internal regulations ban any violence, shoving and rough games at break, and corporal and collective punishment; no pupil stays in a classroom without an adult, teachers are responsible for pupils during lessons, and parents are called at once in case of injury or illness. Mobile phones are banned at school. The security company Nikob is listed among the school's partners.
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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 data55 Safety and wellbeing (12%) scored on disclosed data60 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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