← Back to the rankingLycée français René-Cassin d'Oslo
Oslo, Norway · est. 1961 · Private
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The Lycée français René-Cassin d'Oslo (LFO) is a French school in Oslo, founded in 1961; it teaches more than 650 children from preschool to the final year of lycée, with more than 50 nationalities represented. The school operates under an agreement with the AEFE, the agency for French education abroad; the curriculum is the official French one: maternelle (preschool), primary school (CP to CM2), collège with the Diplôme national du brevet and lycée with the general baccalauréat. Teaching is in French; Norwegian is taught from preschool, English is added in primary school, and Spanish or German from 5e. The school is approved by the Norwegian Ministry of Education and is managed by parents through the ALFO association. Preschool and the younger grades are at Skovveien near the Royal Palace, the lycée since 2021 at Vulkan; by 2028 the school plans to move to a new building in Fornebu. In 2026 all graduates passed the baccalauréat in the first round, 91% with honours.
Key facts
Tuition
≈ $5 004–18 716 a year
48 158–180 134 NOK
Programmes
French programme
Admits from
3 years · Pre-School
Languages of instruction
French
Languages taught
Norwegian, English, Spanish, German
Registration fee
≈ $312
3 000 NOK
About the fees Fees for the 2026-2027 school year for a family paying itself, first child: primary school 48158 NOK per year, collège from 52422 to 54502 NOK, lycée from 179094 to 180134 NOK. There is a 15% discount for the second child and 30% for the third and subsequent children. If the employer pays, different rates apply: primary 96310 NOK, collège 119190 NOK, lycée 253350 NOK. Families with taxable income in Norway can receive a Lånekassen grant that partly covers lycée fees; with the Lånekassen grant the lycée fee falls to about 63873-64913 NOK. Preschool costs the same as a regular Norwegian barnehage at the maximum rate set by the Storting - 1200 NOK per month, with Oslo municipality discounts. Students with French nationality may receive a French government grant.
Admissions Primary and secondary levels (collège and lycée) are open to all students with the motivation and the level of French required to follow instruction in it; primary applicants take a language proficiency test. Registration for the next school year is open from 2 February to 1 March on the Eduka platform, with a non-refundable 3000 NOK application fee from CP to Terminale. Students are also admitted during the year if the family arrives in Norway outside the school calendar. The preschool accepts potty-trained children from age three of any language background, including those living outside Oslo; French is not required, and children learn it within a few months. Enrolment means accepting the internal and financial regulations and paying fees on time. The school is approved under the Education Act, but its students are not entitled to PPT educational-psychological services or school transport.
Stages and year groups The official French curriculum of the AEFE network: maternelle (preschool, LFO Maternelle AS, from age 3), primary school - CP, CE1, CE2, CM1, CM2 (ages 6-11), collège - 6e, 5e, 4e, 3e with the Diplôme national du brevet, lycée - 2nde, 1re, Terminale with the general baccalauréat following the 2019 reform. The lycée offers six specialties: history-geography and political science (HGGSP), English language and culture (LLCE AMC), mathematics, life and earth sciences (SVT), economic and social sciences (SES), physics-chemistry; students choose three in 1re and keep two in Terminale. Students take the Norwegian national tests in grades 5, 8 and 9. Under a France-Norway agreement students can continue their studies at any Norwegian school. The school does not offer IB or Cambridge programmes.
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
Exam results Baccalauréat 2026: 100% of graduates passed in the first round, 91% with honours. 2025: 100%, 13 graduates with highest distinction, 4 with jury congratulations; 2024: all 24 graduates passed with honours, 7 of them (38%) with highest distinction, 5 with jury congratulations. Diplôme national du brevet 2025: 95% passed, 45% with highest distinction; 2024: 100%. Norwegian national tests (school score against the national average): grade 5 English - 57 in 2024-2025 and 55 in 2023-2024 against 50; grade 8 English - 58 and 57 against 51; grade 8 mathematics - 55 and 52 against 49; grade 9 Norwegian - 53 and 53 against 53; grade 9 mathematics - 58 and 58 against 52.
Where leavers go: Sciences Po (Le Havre campus) · Jean Moulin University Lyon 3 · Preparatory classes, Lycée Louis-le-Grand · Preparatory classes, Lycée Sainte-Geneviève · Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) · University of Oslo, Faculty of Medicine · Oslo School of Architecture and Design (AHO) · Imperial College London · McGill University · University of Barcelona · Eindhoven University of Technology
Facilities from the school's official website
·Swimming poolnot stated on the website
✓Sports hall
·Laboratoriesnot stated on the website
·Theatre or assembly hallnot stated on the website
✓Library
·Cateringnot stated on the website
·School transportnot stated on the website
·Boardingnot stated on the website
Clubs and activities: Fencing · Kickboxing · Chess · Rugby · Chorale (choir) · Theatre · Atelier percussions (percussion) · Association sportive (school sports association (UNSS)) · Escalade (climbing) · Volley-ball (volleyball) · Basket-ball (basketball) · Tennis de table (table tennis) · Raid multisport (multisport raid) · Reportage sportif (sports reporting) · Éco-délégués (eco-delegates)
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 sizenot stated
What the listings show: All teachers have professional teacher training.
The school says all its teachers are professionally trained; preschool teachers are highly qualified and speak French and Norwegian or English. Some teachers are French educators seconded through the AEFE.
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 runs a well-being, health and guidance centre: a well-being coordinator, a guidance counsellor and psychologist, a speech therapist and the French school nurse; a nurse from the Oslo municipality health service is also present on site. There is an anti-bullying team with a dedicated address for reports, every case is investigated, and staff must report suspicions; the school has an annual school climate action plan. The school follows Norwegian and French safety rules and holds regular drills: fire drills twice a year, containment and intrusion drills once a year.
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 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 data65 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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