École Montessori Internationale Les Colibris

What École Montessori Internationale Les Colibris offers English speakers in Valbonne

Les Colibris runs a full Montessori path in one place: a Toddler class from age two, Preschool from three to six, two Elementary levels covering six to twelve, and a Middle School up to fifteen. Few schools on the Côte d'Azur carry the method that far. It holds accreditation from Association Montessori France and the Institut Supérieur Maria Montessori, which only a small number of French schools have, and the site sits in Sophia Antipolis at Biot with grounds backing onto the Brague park.

Teaching runs in French and English together rather than treating English as a subject taught apart from everything else, which is the practical difference for a family whose children arrive with no French. The school day runs from early morning until just before six, and a Kids Club covers Wednesdays and school holidays for ages two to twelve. Those are the two gaps that catch new arrivals out: Wednesday is not a full teaching day in most French primary schools, and the holiday breaks are long by the standards of most countries people move here from.