← Back to the rankingLycée Français International Jean Giono
Turin, Italy · est. 1971 · Private
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Lycée Français International Jean Giono is a French school in Turin that has operated since 1971, and since 1990 under an agreement with AEFE, the agency for French education abroad; it is accredited by the French Ministry of Education. The school is run by a not-for-profit cooperative managed by elected parents. It has 639 students aged two and a half to 18 from 25 nationalities, from maternelle to terminale, following the French curriculum. Since 2009 teaching has been multilingual from maternelle: French, Italian and English, and since 2024 a British international section with in-depth English across all subjects has run throughout primary. In collège a fourth language is added, Spanish or German. Students sit both French and Italian exams: the brevet and the Italian Terza Media exam, then the baccalauréat, which under a 1996 agreement is recognised as equivalent to the Italian Maturità. In 2026 all graduates passed the baccalauréat and the brevet.
Key facts
Tuition
≈ $7 941–9 134 a year
7 029–8 085 EUR
Programmes
French programme
Admits from
2.5 years · Pre-School
Languages of instruction
French, Italian, English
Languages taught
Spanish, German
Students per teacher
about 11 students per teacher (639 students, 57 teachers)
Registration fee
≈ $904
800 EUR
About the fees Annual tuition for 2026-2027: maternelle 7167 euros, élémentaire 7029 euros, collège 7113 euros, lycée 8085 euros; fees are approved by the general assembly of cooperative members and invoiced three times a year, in September, January and April. Sibling discounts on tuition are 5% for the second child, 20% for the third and 35% for the fourth and subsequent children.
Admissions Families first contact the school and visit by appointment; the child can then spend a few hours in the future class, and in June a week at school before September. Enrolment is online via the Eduka platform after the first meetings. The open day is on 28 November 2026, and a private visit can be booked at other times. Maternelle admits children from two and a half. The school accepts children who do not speak French or Italian: in maternelle they learn the languages by immersion, and from primary through French as a foreign language or Italian for non-Italian speakers with specialist teachers. Children of 25 nationalities attend. AEFE bursaries are only available to French children living abroad with their families.
Stages and year groups Grades Maternelle (TPS/PS - GS), élémentaire CP-CM2, collège 6e-3e, lycée seconde - terminale. French curriculum with enhanced languages, 15 years: maternelle (3 years, from two and a half), élémentaire (5 years, from age 6, British international section from CP to CM2), collège (4 years, from age 11; diplôme national du brevet and the Italian Terza Media exam), lycée général (3 years, from age 15; baccalauréat recognised as equivalent to the Maturità). Lycée specialities: mathematics, economics and social sciences, physics-chemistry, life and earth sciences, history, geography and geopolitics, foreign languages and literature. Language certificates: DELF, DELE, PLIDA, Goethe, Cambridge English (Starters to First), IELTS; the booklet also lists the IGCSE for seconde. About 600 students in some thirty classes.
Accreditations and programmes verified against official registries
AEFE · accreditationThe AEFE register gives the school conventionné status: the curriculum is French and recognised by the French education ministry.
school 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
Exam results Baccalauréat 2026: 100% of graduates passed; 39% obtained the mention très bien (two of them with the jury's congratulations), 39% bien, 16% assez bien. Brevet 2026 - 100%, Brevet d'initiation aéronautique - 100%, Italian Terza Media exam - 95% of students above 8 out of 10, Maturità - a large majority with honours (lode). In the 2025 ranking of French lycées abroad the school was 13th of 147 among medium-sized conventionné schools.
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 transportnot stated on the website
·Boardingnot stated on the website
Also on site: Playground
Clubs and activities: Football · Basketball · Judo · Danse (dance) · Circus · Éveil musical (early music) · Piano · Guitare (guitar) · Percussion · Theatre · Pottery · Arts plastiques (visual arts) · Escape room · Chess · Robotics Workshop · Language Course
Teaching staff from the school's official website
·Teachers listed by namenot published
✓Teacher qualifications
✓Number of teachers57
✓Students per teacher or class sizein the key facts above
What the listings show: Teachers are recognised by the French state; in collège 11 subjects are taught by 11 specialist teachers.
The school states 57 teachers and 639 students; about 600 students study in some thirty classes. Children with special needs receive individual support and adapted protocols.
Safety and wellbeing from the school's official website
·CCTVnot stated on the website
·Security staffnot stated on the website
✓Access control
✓Nurse or medical room
·Counsellornot stated on the website
·Child protection policynot stated on the website
·Staff trainingnot stated on the website
·Anti-bullying policynot stated on the website
Access to the school is by appointment only, and the site is secure. The school has a vie scolaire service and a health centre; children with chronic illnesses, disorders or disabilities have adapted protocols and individual support.
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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 data80 Safety and wellbeing (12%) scored on disclosed data70 Accreditation and verifiability (10%)85 Teaching staff (10%) scored on disclosed data70 Facilities (10%) scored on disclosed data60 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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