← Back to the rankingÉcole française Pierre et Marie Curie
Heidelberg, Germany · est. 1997 · Private
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The École française Pierre et Marie Curie (Französische Vor- und Grundschule Pierre et Marie Curie) is a private Franco-German school in Heidelberg with a kindergarten and a primary school, founded in 1997 as a private initiative. It has an agreement with the AEFE and is accredited by France, and the State of Baden-Württemberg recognises it as an Ersatzschule, equivalent to a local state school. It takes children from age two (the Toute Petite Section) to CM1, i.e. grade 4. Each class is taught by a French and a German teacher, each in their native language; at least a third of teaching is in German, and the share grows each year. Teaching follows the French and Baden-Württemberg curricula so that children can continue in either a French or a German school. English starts in CE2: 45 minutes a week in CE2 and two 45-minute lessons in CM1. German pupils in CM1 are offered the DELF Prim A2 exam. After-school care is run mainly by German-speaking educators, with homework help in both languages. After CM1 children move, on the school's recommendation and the parents' decision, to Gymnasium, Realschule, Werkrealschule or Gemeinschaftsschule in Heidelberg and Mannheim.
Key facts
Tuition
≈ $3 288–3 841 a year
291–340 EUR a month
The year is counted as ten payments: the school does not say how many payments it takes.
Programmes
French programme
Admits from
2 years · Pre-School
Languages of instruction
French, German
Class size
about 20 children per kindergarten group, no more than 25 in primary school
Registration fee
≈ $565
500 EUR
About the fees Fees for 2026-2027, per month: primary school 340 euros (a base fee of 238 euros plus a 102-euro French programme supplement), kindergarten 291 euros, plus 75 euros a month for children in the youngest group born after 31 December 2023. Sibling discounts are 15% for the second child and 25% from the third. On written application with documents, the monthly fee is capped at 5% of net household income. After-school care after 13:10 is charged separately. French families can apply for a consulate scholarship. Association fees are tax-deductible.
Admissions Registration for the next school year opens in February and depends on available places; families receive a letter offering a place, which they must confirm, or the place goes to another child. The school application form is sent by email to the office; it asks for the nationality of the child and parents and why the family chose the school. The youngest group takes children from age two, Petite Section in September of the year the child turns 3 and only if toilet trained, and CP in September of the year the child turns 6. Children arriving after CP without German get individual German support during school hours, but the school also expects effort from the family; non-French-speaking kindergarten children get French as a foreign language sessions. French children registered with the consulate can receive a scholarship from the French consulate general in Munich depending on income. The managing association aims to educate children whose native language is French or German in the spirit of Franco-German friendship.
Stages and year groups Grades TPS-GS, CP-CM1 (1-4). École maternelle: Toute Petite Section (from age 2), Petite, Moyenne and Grande Section in mixed PS/MS and MS/GS groups; two thirds of activities in French under the Education nationale curriculum and one third in German under the Baden-Württemberg kindergarten curriculum. Primary school for 4 years: CP, CE1, CE2, CM1 (grades 1-4 in Baden-Württemberg), under the French and state curricula. There are no IB, Cambridge or Abitur qualifications; the DELF Prim A2 language exam is offered to German pupils in CM1. After CM1 pupils move on to German secondary schools.
Address Wieblinger Weg 9, 69123 Heidelberg
Accreditations and programmes verified against official registries
AEFE · accreditationThe school is an AEFE partner school (conventionné), with its curriculum recognised by the French education ministry.
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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.
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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
✓Library
✓Catering
·School transportnot stated on the website
·Boardingnot stated on the website
Campus: The school with its kindergarten is in western Heidelberg, 30 metres from the Berufsschule tram stop; parents park free at the neighbouring church. There is a library with books in both languages, a computer room, a school garden where pupil groups observe and experiment weekly, and a separate nap room for the youngest. Lunch (soup, main course and dessert) is delivered in thermal containers by the caterer Kidsmeal following German Nutrition Society guidelines, with a choice of three dishes in primary school. Lessons run from 7:50-8:00 to 13:10; after-school care runs until 18:00 (Fridays until 17:00), from 8:00 in the holidays, and closes for no more than 10 days a year. Basketball takes place in the sports hall of the neighbouring church.
Clubs and activities: Danse (dance) · Guitare (guitar) · Piano · Chorale de l'école (school choir) · Éveil musical & Carrousel d'instruments (early music and instrument discovery) · Theatre · Atelier d'écriture en allemand (German writing workshop) · Atelier de français (French workshop) · Atelier d'Allemand (German workshop) · Robotique (robotics) · Basket ball & Jeux de balles (basketball and ball games) · Football Féminin (girls' football) · Rugby
Teaching staff from the school's official website
·Teachers listed by namenot published
✓Teacher qualifications
·Number of teachersthe school does not say
✓Students per teacher or class sizein the key facts above
What the listings show: teachers and educators qualified to French and German standards
Each class is taught by a French and a German teacher, each in their native language; they coordinate lessons weekly and prepare joint projects. The kindergarten has French teachers, German educators and assistants. Teachers and educators are qualified to the standards of both countries. Individual support in language and mathematics is given by a second teacher in class or in small groups. The head is named, but the website gives no teacher numbers or names.
Safety and wellbeing from the school's official website
The school says nothing on its website about security, medical care or pupil support.
Reviews
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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 data55 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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