School Type | Combined school |
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School Sector | Non-government |
Website | http://www.condorcet.com.au |
Total Staff | 56 |
Total Student | 509 (boy:242, girl:267) |
Student Attendance | 97% |
None-English Student | 91% |
Type | Score | Rank |
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Year 3 | 379 | 449 |
Year 5 | 510 | 514 |
Year 7 | 153 | 564 |
Year 9 | 74 | 625 |
ICSEA | 9 | 1215 |
The International French School of Sydney today is the result of much hard work and dedication by the school community - previous school boards and school committees, principals, teachers, staff and the many parents who have worked over the last 41 years to ensure the school's growth and sustainability. Our school was started by French expatriates in 1969 with 20 students. In 2002 we purchased our current premises in Maroubra from the NSW Government. Since that time the number of students has grown rapidly, now stabilising at just under 700. The School is owned and operated by the International French School of Sydney Limited, a company limited by guarantee and incorporated under the Corporations Act. We are licensed by the AEFE (Agence d'Enseignement Francais a l'etranger) to provide the French public school education curriculum adapted to take account of the local requirements of the NSW Board of Studies. The school is also registered by the International Baccalaureate Organisation (IBO) to deliver the International Baccalaureate (IB). The school belongs to the Association of Independent Schools (AIS) in New South Wales. Being approved and regulated by French authorities means that teaching conforms to French education programs from the Preschool to Year 12. The school is accredited to prepare students for French secondary exams (Diplome National du Brevet and the Baccalaureat) and it is also a French exam centre for all of Australia. The AEFE conducts the school's inspections and encompasses 429 schools in 125 countries. This is the largest school network in the world. The school population is comprised of students from 20 different nationalities and every effort is made to integrate non francophone students by providing French as a Foreign Language classes. Underpinning these registrations is a multiplicity of administrative and legal obligations with both the French and Australian Governments. They are the foundation of the partnership which allows us to offer our children a bilingual, bicultural education..