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If you're researching international schools in Australia offering French Curriculum, this page lists every school we know of and lets you sort, filter and compare them — without school marketing in the way. The most common curriculum is International Baccalaureate, taught by 8 of the schools below. Annual tuition spans roughly 265–16,200 AUD, with the average sitting around 7,931. Schools range from new openings to long-established names like Telopea Park School - Lycee Franco-Australien de Canberra (opened 1923).
Compare 11 French Curriculum international schools in Australia. Filter by curriculum, fees (average AUD 7,931), location, and more to find the right international school now.
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The Montessori School in Kingsley, Perth, is Australia's longest-running Montessori school and the first in the world to offer the IB Diploma Programme. Serving ages 3 to 18 with mixed-age classrooms, the school also offers the IB Career-related Programme alongside Montessori methodology.
Treetops Montessori School is an independent Montessori and IB school in Darlington, Perth, Western Australia, offering Montessori-based education from early childhood through secondary with IB programmes.
The Riverina Anglican College (TRAC) is an independent Anglican co-educational school in Wagga Wagga, NSW. The school offers the IB Diploma Programme and HSC, with the OnTRAC Teaching and Learning Framework, alongside music, sport, and a strong focus on student wellbeing.
Lycee Condorcet The International French School of Sydney is an independent AEFE affiliate serving students aged 3 to 18. The curriculum blends AEFE French education with English-medium subjects to support bilingual proficiency, offering the French Baccalaureate, the French International Baccalaureate (BFI), and the International Baccalaureate (IB). English Language and Literature and History and Geography are taught in English as part of the bilingual programmes. The school operates in Sydney's Maroubra district and benefits from the AEFE network and NSW authorities. Facilities include science laboratories, technology rooms, an indoor multipurpose court, a theatre, two libraries, and a café area at the entrance. A recently opened primary wing provides modern teaching spaces, redesigned classrooms, and an expanded playground. Extracurriculars include robotics, dancing, choir and instrumental workshops, and the French Schools Abroad Orchestra. The school promotes citizenship, plurilingualism, cultural exchange, and sustainable practices, supported by a wellbeing framework and guidance services for students.
Hunter Valley Grammar School (HVGS) is an independent, non-selective, co-educational IB World School in Ashtonfield, NSW, serving Preschool to Year 12. The school emphasises that every student is known, nurtured, and safe, with green open spaces, STEM/Robotics, outdoor education, and an Elite Athlete Programme.
Narrabundah College is a senior secondary college in Canberra offering three pathways for students aged 16–18: the Australian Senior Secondary Certificate with ATAR, the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme (IB DP) for Years 11–12, and a French Baccalaureat pathway delivered in a French-language stream. The college educates about 1,000 Year 11–12 students and provides a curriculum anchored in the Australian framework while offering IB and French-language routes to broaden university options. The IB Diploma is a two-year program with six subjects (three Higher Level and three Standard Level) plus core components—Extended Essay, CAS, and Theory of Knowledge. In Year 12, ATAR and IB assessment tasks are integrated within timetabled courses. The French Baccalaureat pathway is taught in French as part of the French-stream pathway. A new Design, Arts, Technology and Science building (DATS), valued at about $31.9 million, is under construction with completion planned for 2027 and a subsequent move-in for staff and students. Seven languages are taught, and the school hosts students from more than 60 countries.
Telopea Park School, Lycée Franco-Australien de Canberra, is a binational school for ages 5 to 16 offering a bilingual English–French program with Australian Curriculum, IB Middle Years Programme (MYP) and the French Curriculum. Opened in 1923, it is Canberra's oldest operating school and a member of the AEFE network under a bi-national agreement. In Kindergarten to Year 2 the program runs 80:20 French to English (four days French, one English), shifting to 50:50 from Year 3. Secondary students follow IB MYP; Brevet is taken in Year 9 and Baccalauréat in Year 12 through Narrabundah College link. The school provides Chromebooks for Years 7–11 and hosts a Gifted & Talented program (GILP). Extras include music activities with a choir and events such as the Primary Disco and Fête de la Musique. The Parents' Association, School Board and Alumni network support community life; Positive Behaviours for Learning supports wellbeing across year groups.
Roma Mitchell Secondary College is one of South Australia's largest secondary schools, serving Years 7-12 across three distinct campuses in Gepps Cross, northern Adelaide. The school includes a co-educational campus, a Girls' Campus (one of only two girls-only public schools in SA), and a purpose-built Special Education campus for students with intellectual disabilities. It offers the IB programme, SACE, VET pathways, and strong STEM programmes. Specialist academies include cricket, AFLW, and soccer through the Roma Mitchell Sports Academy. Principal Toni Carellas leads the school.
Al Zahra College is an IB World School in Arncliffe, Sydney, offering the full IB continuum from ages 3 to 18. Led by Dr Ken Darvall, the school provides the Primary Years, Middle Years and Diploma Programmes within an Islamic educational framework emphasising holistic student development including intellectual, spiritual, emotional and physical growth.
Calamvale Community College is a large multicultural P-12 state school in the southern suburbs of Brisbane, founded in 2002. With over 2,600 students representing 66 countries on a single campus, it is one of Brisbane's most diverse schools. The Prep to Year 6 programme is an IB World School offering the Primary Years Programme (PYP). The school has separate tailored areas for Prep, Junior (Years 1-6), Junior Secondary (Years 7-9), and Senior Secondary (Years 10-12). Executive Principal is Lisa Starmer. Activities include sports, instrumental music, performing arts (CAST), computer programmes, and religious instruction.
Good Shepherd Lutheran College is an IB World School in the Northern Territory with three campuses: Howard Springs, Palmerston, and Leanyer. The school offers Early Learning through Senior Years with German language (DSD), a house system, bus service, and outside school hours care.
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