The Lycée Français d’Irlande secondary school (both Collège and Lycée) is located in Clonskeagh on a shared campus with St Kilian’s German School; the Eurocampus.  The Eurocampus integration project unites both schools and covers 1st, 2nd and 3rd Year classes.  It is a bilingual teaching programme based on the integration of these classes into the Irish educational system thus offering pupils greater proficiency in English.

Junior Cycle (Collège)

In the French system, 6th Class is part of the secondary school. This year is an important preparation year for pupils for the Eurocampus integration programme in 1st Year and a natural progression to the foundation work carried out in the primary school.  In 6th Class pupils take 3 subjects in English (Music, Art and Sport) and the history curriculum is divided between English and French (4 classes per week in French with the remaining 1 class in English).

Pupils of the junior cycle (“Collège”) from 1st to 3rd Year are part of the bilingual programme with St Kilian’s combining the French and Irish national syllabi. This programme consists of 50% of classes undertaken in English and 50% in French. Pupils are integrated into the three existing Irish class groups (A, B, and C) and remain in these groups for the three remaining years of Collège. Both curricula have been combined so that they are both fully covered by the programme. Pupils have the opportunity to sit both the French Diplôme National du Brevet and the Irish Junior Certificate.

Senior Cycle (Lycée)

For the final cycle of the secondary school (“Lycée”), pupils prepare for the Baccalaureate (the French equivalent of the Leaving Certificate). 3 Baccalaureate options are available: Literary, Scientific or Economic.  Languages offered include: English, German, Spanish, Italian and Latin.  Specialist options include Economics, English, Physics, Mathematics and Biology.

An additional two hours of history, taught through English, is in place from 4th Year to prepare pupils for an eventual Baccalaureate with a European Option.

Alternatively, the option is also available for pupils to study for and sit the Leaving Certificate by choosing to follow the Irish curriculum with St Kilian’s.  Currently pupils do not prepare for both terminal exams.

However, it should be noted that the Baccalaureate is officially recognised by Irish universities (Trinity College, UCD, DCU, DIT….).  Students have the option of applying to Irish universities through the CAO system.