The Learning Journey
Growth Mindset.
Real World Readiness
École des Roches goes beyond exams. We build the resilience, mindset, and global perspective that shapes exceptional people — and exceptional lives.
The most important thing a school can give a child is not a grade, it is the belief that effort creates ability. Every lesson, every challenge, every struggle at École des Roches is designed around that single idea.
At École des Roches, we practise a Growth Mindset, the research-backed understanding that intelligence and ability are not fixed traits. They grow stronger with the right challenges, the right feedback, and the right environment.
This shapes everything: how teachers give feedback, how students approach failure, how we structure every day. Our students leave not just with outstanding results, they leave knowing how to learn anything.
Embrace Challenge
Learn from Feedback
Persist Through Setbacks
Own Your Learning
A flexible route to world-class qualifications
Our pathway accommodates students joining at any stage — with a dedicated Foundation Year for those who need it, leading seamlessly into the full IB Diploma Programme.
Foundation Year
IB Year One
IB Year Two
IB Diploma
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The IB Diploma, taught differently.
Classes of 6 to 12 students
Seminar-style teaching with specialist teachers means students don’t sit and listen — they question, debate, and defend ideas. This intimate model fosters the critical thinking that defines IBDP excellence and mirrors the tutorial culture of Oxbridge and the Ivy League.
Student-led subject choice
Six subjects across all IB groups, balanced between Higher and Standard levels according to each student’s
strengths and university ambitions. Real agency, guided carefully by expert advisors.
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Where the World’s Brightest Futures Begin
Whether you are considering Collège, Lycée, the IB Diploma, or FFL, our admissions team is here to guide you through every stage of the process.
Co-Curricular Programme
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More than French.
A second way of thinking.
True bilingualism is not vocabulary and grammar. It is the ability to inhabit a second culture to think, reason, and feel in another language. That is what we build at École des Roches.
Set in the heart of Normandy, our campus is itself an immersive environment. Students live, eat, and socialise in French not as a classroom exercise, but as daily reality. Intensive training of 25 hours per week is built around drama, music, phonetics, and civilisation workshops.
As students progress, they integrate into mainstream mathematics, sciences, and physical education ensuring no academic ground is lost during the language journey. Students can also sit the internationally recognised DELF certification, accepted by universities and employers worldwide.
Programme durations
The right school changes everything.
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Whether you’re exploring the IB Diploma, a Foundation Year, or a language immersion semester — our admissions team is ready to guide you through every step.
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