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Lycée Michel Lucius is a state secondary school in the centre of the capital that has taught the Luxembourg curriculum for over fifty years. In 2011 it opened an English-language international stream, and in 2017 an international primary school was added; together they are called International School Michel Lucius (ISML). The lycée has over 1500 students and more than 150 teachers, the international part over 400 students from more than 70 nationalities. The international curriculum is taught entirely in English, following Cambridge: Cambridge Primary, Lower Secondary, IGCSE and AS and A levels; Luxembourgish, French and German are taught as subjects. Alongside, the same lycée runs Luxembourgish enseignement secondaire général classes (7G-1G) leading to the national diploma. The school describes itself as a state school whose mission is to educate students 'regardless of their background'. After-school clubs and school buses are free.
Key facts
Programmes
Cambridge · Primary, Lower Secondary, IGCSE, A-Level · National programme
Languages of instruction
English
Languages taught
Luxembourgish, French, German, Spanish, Chinese
Class size
18-20 students in primary, up to 24 in secondary
About the fees The school is a state school. The school does not state tuition fees on its website: the About Us, Admissions and FAQ sections only say the lycée is state-funded and that clubs and school buses are free.
Admissions The international stream admits by application only, and demand exceeds places. The school looks at the child's educational background, the family's motivation, the student's plans and the length of stay in Luxembourg: it says it 'may be the best option for a child who has just arrived in Luxembourg' without the local school languages, and is less suited to those wanting a focus on French and German. Children without English are accepted, especially younger ones, with immersion and support; from Grade 7 applicants are tested in English and mathematics, for A levels also in the chosen subjects. Luxembourg residents submit a certificat de résidence élargi. Applications for the next school year close in mid-March, with decisions by mid-May. When places are short the school refers children to other public international schools such as EIDD in Differdange. Enrolment in the Luxembourgish 7G-1G classes takes place on the national enrolment days.
Stages and year groups Grades Year 1 - 1IEC; 7G - 1G. International primary school: six years, the first year admits children who are 6 on 1 September, core subjects follow Cambridge Primary. International secondary school in English: 7IEC-5IEC (Cambridge Lower Secondary), 4IEC-3IEC (IGCSE, after which the Ministry grants the Diplôme du cycle moyen 3e ES), 2IEC-1IEC (AS and A levels, which under conditions give an equivalence of the Luxembourg Diplôme de fin d'études secondaires). Luxembourgish enseignement secondaire général: lower cycle 7G-5G, including 7G with an introduction to English, upper cycle with sections in management, engineering, natural sciences, health, social sciences and music production.
Address 157, avenue Pasteur, L-2311 Luxembourg
Accreditations and programmes verified against official registries
Cambridge · Primary, Lower Secondary, IGCSE, A-Level · authorised programmeThe Cambridge register names the lycée as a Cambridge centre. It is a Luxembourg state lycée: its English-language international classes follow Cambridge programmes up to A Level alongside the Luxembourg classes, and the ministry recognises them as equivalent to Luxembourg diplomas.
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
CambridgeCambridge International Education
Part of the University of Cambridge. It allows a school to teach the Cambridge programmes and to enter pupils for the exams. There are four stages and they are authorised separately: primary, lower secondary, IGCSE and A Level. If the stages are known they are named in the line below; if that line is missing, the school does not publish them, and the Cambridge registry does not show stages either - it gives only the name of the centre, the country and whether private candidates are accepted. Cambridge calls what it does registration rather than accreditation, and the network holds about ten thousand schools.
What the badge means for this school. The school is allowed to run this programme and to award its certificate. This is a confirmation of the programme, not a judgement on the school as a whole. The entry stands in the organisation's public register - anyone can check it. At this school: Primary (ages 5-11), Lower Secondary (ages 11-14), IGCSE (ages 14-16), A-Level (ages 16-18). Primary is the primary stage, ages 5 to 11: English, mathematics and science to Cambridge syllabuses. At the end of the stage a school may run the optional Checkpoint test, which is marked in Cambridge. Lower Secondary is the middle stage, ages 11 to 14, with the same optional Checkpoint test at the end. IGCSE means exams at around Year 10 or 11, the British counterpart of a lower secondary leaving certificate. A-Level is the senior years, and their results are what British and many other universities admit on.
Register to check for yourself, and the full guide →National programme
The state school programme of the country the school stands in: it is set by that country's ministry of education, which also licenses the school and awards the leaving certificate. That certificate is used for entry to local universities, and abroad it is matched to the local one.
What this means for this school. This entry does not count towards the score, and that is deliberate. Every lawful school in a country works to the national programme, so on its own it tells one school apart from no other - unlike the French, German or Russian programmes, which are carried abroad and confirmed by the register of their organisation. We show it because a parent needs to know what programme their child is taught and what certificate the child will get. Counting it would lift the whole ranking at once and still tell nobody apart.
Exams and destinations from the school's official website
The school publishes nothing about where its leavers go: no share going on to university, no exam results, no list of universities.
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 transport
·Boardingnot stated on the website
Also on site: Makerspace
Campus: Two buildings in Limpertsberg: the lycée on avenue Pasteur and the international primary school on avenue Joseph Sax. Canteens in primary and secondary, a multipurpose hall, the Jugendtreff youth room with a laser cutter, 3D printer, sewing machine and green screen for video. Free school buses for secondary students from communes across the country.
Clubs and activities: Jugendtreff (youth club) · Mérite Jeunesse (Duke of Edinburgh's International Award)
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 sizein the key facts above
The lycée has more than 150 teachers. Many teachers of the international stream are native English speakers, the others have native-level English, and many trained or worked in English-speaking countries and international schools. There is a SEN specialist.
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
✓Counsellor
·Child protection policynot stated on the website
·Staff trainingnot stated on the website
·Anti-bullying policynot stated on the website
The SePAS psycho-social service: four psychologists and two social workers help with study and career choices and with personal, psychological and social difficulties. The lycée has held the school without racism award since 1997 and has signed a diversity charter.
Reviews
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Criteria breakdown criterion weight in brackets
Academics and programmes (16%)95 Community rating (16%)no dataparent reviews are needed: the criterion switches on at the fifth verified one Exams and destinations (12%) scored on disclosed data55 Safety and wellbeing (12%) scored on disclosed data60 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 data64 Value for money (6%) scored at the median79 "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.
The score is counted from 7 of the 9 criteria.Only those with checkable data count: programmes and accreditations from official registers, the fee from a published price list. Where it says "scored on the median", the school has no data and the middle of the list is put in its place, so that a gap gives no advantage. Admissions, teaching staff and reviews come in as their data arrives.
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