École Jeannine Manuel
A 3-min walk from the British Museum, École Jeannine Manuel is a co-educational bilingual, international and independent day school. At Sixth Form both the IB diploma and the French baccalaureate are offered.
Ideal student
Linguistically able, adaptable pupils from internationally minded families who will embrace a fully bilingual education and the demands of moving comfortably between cultures as well as languages.
Main sports
Sport is more modest than at larger London schools, but pupils can take part in activities such as football, basketball, volleyball and martial arts, with external facilities used to supplement the central London site.
Stand-out facilities
Three elegant Georgian buildings around Russell Square and Bedford Square, with the British Museum effectively on the school’s doorstep as an extension of the classroom.
Saturday school
No. There are clubs and activities, but the school is not built around a traditional British co-curricular model.
Did you know?
Founded in London in 2015, it is the first Jeannine Manuel school outside France and sits within a wider network rooted in the original Paris school founded in 1954.
Our takeaway
Distinctly international and impressively bilingual, this central London school is best suited to families who value languages and academic rigour and who are comfortable with a less expansive sports and co-curricular offering than at more traditional London independents.
"Thousands of alumni across the world bear witness to the value of our bilingual education."
