← Back to homeLycée Français Bilingue International - Malte
Pembroke, Malta · est. 2025 · Private
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Lycée Français Bilingue International - Malte (French Bilingual International School - Malta) is a French bilingual school in Pembroke that opened in September 2025; in the 2026-2027 school year it is welcoming its second intake. The school is run by the French non-profit association AFLEC (Association Franco-Libanaise pour l'Éducation et la Culture), which has schools in Lebanon, Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Djerba; the network's bilingual school in Dubai provides teaching expertise. Teaching follows the French national curriculum. In kindergarten and primary the school day is divided equally between French and English, each language taught by a native-speaking teacher with an assistant. From kindergarten children are introduced to the Maltese language and culture; the school's motto is three languages and three cultures: French, English and Maltese. Mathematics is taught with the Singapore method and French reading with the Borel-Maisonny method. In collège (6e-3e, ages 11-14) students follow CNED courses (the French state distance-learning school) with on-site support from the school's teachers, which entitles them to sit the diplôme national du brevet. The school plans a lycée with the Baccalauréat Français International (BFI), American section. Lessons run from 8:00 to 14:30, and after lessons until 16:30 there are activities in French and English with the Alliance française. According to the AEFE, the school is a partner of the AEFE network, and three kindergarten classes are homologated: petite, moyenne and grande section.
Key facts
Tuition
≈ $4 333–12 766 a year
3 835–11 300 EUR
Programmes
French programme
Admits from
3 years · Pre-School
Languages of instruction
French, English
Registration fee
≈ $339
300 EUR
About the fees Annual tuition for the 2026-2027 school year: maternelle (petite, moyenne, grande section) - 9500 euros, élémentaire (CP - CM2) - 11300 euros, collège (6e - 3e, CNED with on-site support) - 3835 euros. Tuition does not include catering, transport, extracurricular activities, uniforms, exams, trips or supervised care; their prices are in a separate annex. A 10% discount for the second and each further child of the same family. Payment by bank transfer in euros only.
Admissions The school sets no nationality requirements and states in its financial regulations that its students of French nationality may apply for an AEFE scholarship through the French Consulate. Children not yet proficient in one of the two languages receive daily intensive language support in small groups. The class is set by age on 31 December: petite section from age 3, CP from age 6, 3e at age 14. The application is submitted online; it is reviewed after the 300 euro fee is paid. Required: identity documents of the child and a parent, a birth certificate in French or English, a photo, the immunisation record, a certificate from the previous school and an exeat (leaving certificate) if the child already attended school, and the signed financial regulations. Enrolment in collège under the CNED programme requires the approval of the cultural counsellor of the French Embassy. The school does not mention entrance tests.
Stages and year groups Grades Petite section - 3e. Maternelle (petite, moyenne and grande section, ages 3-5) and élémentaire (CP - CM2, ages 6-10) - bilingual, French and English equally. Collège (6e - 3e, ages 11-14) - CNED réglementé accompagné: the student is enrolled with the CNED for the full programme and the school provides on-site support; this gives a school certificate, report cards, a guidance recommendation and registration for the diplôme national du brevet. According to the AEFE, only the three maternelle classes are homologated.
Address 35 Triq Giorgio Mitrovich, Pembroke, Malta
Accreditations and programmes verified against official registries
AEFE · accreditationAFLEC · school is part of the networkThe AEFE register gives the school partenaire status. According to AEFE, the French ministry's homologation covers only the three nursery years (petite, moyenne and grande section); primary is not on the AEFE list, and the collège follows CNED distance courses with support in school. The school belongs to the AFLEC network.
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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.
AFLECschool network
AFLEC is the Association Franco-Libanaise pour l'Éducation et la Culture, a non-profit association («association à but non lucratif«) founded in 2000. Its site says it «gère des établissements français homologués« — it runs French schools accredited by the French ministry. School counts differ on the site: the «Qui sommes-nous ?« page gives seven schools in four countries (Lebanon — LFIE Tyr, LFIE Beyrouth, LFIE Bchamoun; UAE — LFI Théodore Monod in Abu Dhabi, LFI Dubaï, ICE Dubaï; Tunisia — LFI Victor Hugo Djerba), while the list on the homepage adds LFBI Malte in Malta, making eight schools and five countries. In the UAE the network has three schools — two in Dubai and one in Abu Dhabi. No student figures are given.
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Exams and destinations from the school's official website
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Facilities
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Teaching staff from the school's official website
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What the listings show: Teachers are "certified professional teachers", and each language is taught by a native speaker.
Each teacher is supported by an assistant who speaks the language of the lesson. The school draws on the expertise of colleagues at the network's bilingual school in Dubai. The school does not give the number of teachers or class sizes.
Safety and wellbeing from the school's official website
The school says nothing on its website about security, medical care or pupil support.
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