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Paterna, Spain · Private
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Lycée Français International de Valencia is a French school in Paterna near Valencia and one of the largest in the country: by its own figures about 2000 pupils in 80 classes with 200 teachers, and by the AEFE registry entry 1868 pupils. It is an école en gestion directe, that is, directly managed by the Agency for French Education Abroad (AEFE), and its curriculum is homologated from petite section to terminale, from age three to the baccalauréat. Teaching is in French; English, Spanish, Valencian and German are taught as subjects, there is a European section in English, and since September 2025 the French international baccalauréat (BFI) in a British section. Fees for 2026-2027 are from 5809 to 7442 euros a year plus 1500 euros on first enrolment. All 148 candidates passed the 2026 baccalauréat, 92 per cent with honours; the 2025 leavers went mainly to Spanish (69 per cent) and French (28 per cent) universities. The school admits foreign pupils: it calls itself the school of Valencia's international families.
Key facts
Tuition
≈ $6 563–8 407 a year
5 809–7 442 EUR
Programmes
French programme
Languages of instruction
French
Languages taught
English, Spanish, German, Catalan
About the fees The school publishes its fees for the 2026-2027 school year (September 2026 to June 2027) on its fees page: from petite section to CM2 - 5809 euros a year, from 6ème to 3ème - 6549 euros, from 2de to terminale - 7442 euros; payment is taken monthly from September to June. Sibling discounts start with the third child, counting from the youngest: 10 per cent for the third, 20 for the fourth, 50 for the fifth, 60 for the sixth and 70 for the seventh. The school warns that fees change from year to year.
Admissions The school admits foreign pupils: it describes itself as the school chosen by international families in Valencia, and helps French families living abroad with AEFE school grants through the consulate. Enrolment goes through the Eduka online system: a new family opens an account there and submits an application with the listed documents; current pupils re-enrol in the same system. The school publishes a table matching French year groups to a child's age and runs guided tours of the lycée for families. On its admission pages the school names no separate requirement of nationality or of French for applicants.
Stages and year groups Grades petite section - terminale, from age 3 to 18. The school runs the French curriculum from nursery to the baccalauréat: maternelle from petite section (age 3), élémentaire up to CM2, collège from 6ème to 3ème and lycée from 2de to terminale. By its own figures there are about 80 classes. From the first year of lycée (1ère), since September 2025, the French international baccalauréat (BFI) has been offered in a British section; collège and lycée have a European section in English.
Address Calle Orenga 20
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.
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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 publishes its results itself. French baccalauréat 2026: 148 candidates, a 100 per cent pass rate, 92 per cent with honours (mention), including 32 with the highest grade, très bien, and 5 with the jury's congratulations. The DNB examination after 3ème in 2026: 155 of 156 pupils passed, that is 99.35 per cent, and 93.5 per cent with honours. Pupils can also take up to five language certificates: DELF and DALF in French, IELTS in English, SIELE in Spanish, the JQCV examination in Valencian and an examination in German.
Where leavers go: Sciences Po
The school gives no named list of universities, but it publishes where its 2025 leavers went: 69 per cent continued their studies in Spain, 28 per cent in France and 3 per cent in other countries; 81 per cent got a place in their first choice. In France it names Sciences Po, preparatory classes (CPGE) and business schools among the destinations, and in Spain health sciences, engineering and double degrees. More than 80 per cent of leavers, the school says, obtained an admission mark of between 10 and 14 for Spanish universities.
Facilities from the school's official website
·Swimming poolnot stated on the website
✓Sports hall
✓Laboratories
✓Theatre or assembly hall
✓Library
✓Catering
·School transportnot stated on the website
·Boardingnot stated on the website
Also on site: Sports ground or field
Campus: The campus in Paterna near Valencia, on Calle Orenga, serves about 2000 pupils in 80 classes. The school lists an auditorium, a gymnasium, sports grounds, a media library for collège and lycée (CDI) and a primary library (BCD), science laboratories, computer rooms and a multimedia room, movement rooms for the youngest children, a dining hall and a cafeteria, and a medical room. Meals are prepared by the company Colevisa following the Valencian government's guidance for school canteens. School buses are run by the operator TRANSVIA.
Clubs and activities (8): School sports club (AS): windsurfing, rugby, athletics, chess, dance, tap, circus arts · School radio · Comics club · Eco committee · Lycée theatre workshop · History and geography club · Collège and lycée student councils (CVC and CVL) · Solidarity committee and the Niger project
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
By the school's own figures it has about 200 teachers. By name it lists its leadership: headteacher (proviseur) Karim Zatar, his deputy Jean-Pascal Dziki, secretary general Gérald Ratouly, primary school directors Florence Casassus and Valérie Zéphir, the head of Spanish studies Manuela Guevara, the pastoral advisers (CPE) Nathalie Prieto and Alexandra Ragazzacci, the school psychologist Maud Kaczmarczyk and the admissions officer Karin Nylund. The school publishes full lists of teachers by subject in its bulletin; there are teachers of English, German, Valencian and Spanish.
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
✓Counsellor
✓Child protection policy
·Staff trainingnot stated on the website
✓Anti-bullying policy
The school publishes an anti-bullying protocol, a protocol for helping a pupil in distress and a protocol for cases of sexual abuse and maltreatment, together with a channel for reporting a problem. The medical room, with two nurses, Aurélie Fargues and Murielle Molina, is open from 8:30 to 18:00; there is a school psychologist. Pupils' life outside lessons is overseen by the pastoral advisers (CPE).
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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 data75 Accreditation and verifiability (10%)85 Teaching staff (10%) scored on disclosed data55 Facilities (10%) scored on disclosed data85 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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