← Back to homeLycée Français International de Murcia
Molina de Segura, Spain · est. 1987 · Private
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Lycée Français International de Murcia (named after André Malraux) is the only French school in the Murcia region, private, of international character, in the Altorreal estate in Molina de Segura. It opened in 1987, belongs to the Mission laïque française network, its programmes are recognised by the French ministry of education, and the school is recognised by the ministries of education of France and Spain. Children are taken from 2 years and taught up to Terminale, that is to 18 years. The basis is the French state programme and its values, with Spanish subjects added: the language, literature, history and geography of Spain; there are three languages - French, Spanish and English. Pupils sit the French Brevet and Baccalauréat, which also gives equivalence with the Spanish bachillerato, prepare for the Spanish PAU and sit DELF, DELE and Cambridge English exams; the school is an authorised Cambridge centre. By the school's account, in June 2025 everyone passed the Baccalauréat and the Brevet, 97% of graduates get into the university of their first choice, and about a third over the last three years went to study in France. The Averroès ranking placed the school 8th among French lycées abroad of its size, and El Mundo and El Español included it in lists of the best international schools in Spain. In middle and upper school there are exchanges of up to 6 weeks with French- and English-speaking countries. The director is Christophe Gallais.
Key facts
Tuition
≈ $3 265–8 575 a year
289–759 EUR a month
The year is counted as ten payments: the school does not say how many payments it takes.
Admits from
2 years · Pre-School
Languages of instruction
French, Spanish
About the fees The school publishes its fees on its site, monthly: kindergarten mornings only without lunch 289 euros, full day 545, primary school (years 1-5) 632.50, middle school (6th year and ESO 1-3) 713.50, upper school (ESO 4, bachillerato 1-2) 759 euros a month. Payment is by bank debit: in October and May two monthly amounts each, from November to April one each.
Admissions Admission goes in three steps: a questionnaire on the site to book a visit, a personal visit to the school with the head of primary, then an online application. Enrolment is completed with the director's approval after a conversation with the parents and the head of preschool and primary, with a set of documents. Knowledge of French in the family is not required: the school answers that children learn to do homework on their own, and parents can help in Spanish. Free places are confirmed by phone or email.
Stages and year groups Grades TPS (2 years) - Terminale. The French system: Maternelle kindergarten from 2 years (TPS, PS, MS, GS), 26 hours a week, oral English from the 2nd year of kindergarten; primary CP-CM2 with reading and writing at once in French and Spanish; collège from the 6th year to ESO year 3, with the Brevet des Collèges exam and B2 level in French; lycée from ESO year 4, with the Baccalauréat in the Letras y Artes, Ciencias or Economía y Sociales tracks and PAU preparation. Kindergarten and primary pupils study on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays from 9:00 to 16:40, on Wednesdays from 9:00 to 12:00.
Address Avenida del Golf 107, Urbanización Altorreal, 30506 Molina de Segura, Murcia
Accreditations and programmes verified against official registries
AEFE · accreditationMission laïque française · school is part of the networkschool 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.
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Mission laïque française (MLF) is a French non-profit association founded in 1902; its school network is called Réseau mlfmonde. The network gives different figures on its own pages - 108 schools in 38 countries on some, 107 schools in 37 countries on another, with more than 61,000 students in both cases - and we quote both. In Spain the network lists 10 lycées, in Alicante, Murcia, Palma, Reus, Seville, Telde (Gran Canaria), Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Valladolid, Villanueva de la Cañada (Madrid) and Zaragoza. In a notice dated 21 September 2026, MLF writes that since 1 September 2026 the day-to-day management of its Spanish schools has been entrusted to the association AFLEC-GEE under a management mandate, refers to 9 schools, and says the legal transfer of each will be completed by 31 July 2028 at the latest. The notice does not say which of the ten schools is not among the nine. The network's site is mlfmonde.org.
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Exams and destinations from the school's official website
Exam results By the school's account, in June 2025 all its pupils passed the Baccalauréat and the Brevet. The Averroès e-learning ranking, which takes into account Baccalauréat results and the share of "Bien" and "Très Bien" grades, placed the school 8th among French lycées abroad with 500-1000 pupils.
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
✓CateringA canteen with its own kitchen and a department that deals with intolerances, allergies and special diets.
✓School transportA school bus on two lines, Alfa and Beta, in Murcia and suburbs.
·Boardingnot stated on the website
Also on site: Sports ground or field
Campus: A 17530 square metre site, of which 5388 square metres are taken by buildings with new primary and secondary classrooms; the kindergarten playground was renovated with the help of the parents' association.
Clubs and activities: Basketball · Theatre and singing · Climbing · Mini-football · Lycée Web Radio · Lycée TechLab · Exchanges of up to 6 weeks with French- and English-speaking countries
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 writes that some teachers were trained in France and passed the French competitive teaching exam, and that specialised staff, native speakers of French and English, work with children from 2 years. The total number of teachers the school does not give. The director is Christophe Gallais, the deputy Pierre Gimenez.
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 policy
The school publishes internal rules for primary and secondary, financial regulations, school bus rules and protocols: against bullying, on sexual abuse and child maltreatment, on food poisoning and on heavy rain, floods and wind.
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Academics and programmes (16%)60 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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