Mougins British International School

What Mougins British International School offers English speakers in Mougins

The campus is on avenue Maurice Donat, in woodland between Mougins and Sophia Antipolis, and the school belongs to Globeducate, a group running schools across Europe and beyond, which makes a transfer between its schools simpler than a move between unrelated ones. It is an accredited centre for both Pearson Edexcel and Cambridge examinations, so pupils sit their papers here rather than travelling to a centre. BTEC options sit alongside A Levels in the sixth form and there is a French bilingual pathway for children who will stay in the country. Practical provision counts at this size: an on-site health centre, a LAMDA-certified drama programme, holiday camps, and published bus lines that reach as far as Monaco. Teaching is in English with French throughout, and fees are published on the site.

One rule catches families who arrive with a toddler and assume they have a year or two in hand. Instruction in France is compulsory from the age of three, not six, and has been since 2019. A three-year-old has to be enrolled somewhere, state or private, unless you formally declare that you are teaching at home. State maternelle is free and starts at exactly that age. So the question is not whether to start school but which system to start in, and moving a child between systems later is harder than choosing carefully now.