Class / Grade Equivalences
The school year in France begins in September and ends in late June or early July. Students are admitted however according to their birth date in a civil year except where the class/grade they are in in their home country does not correspond directly to this system. In this case they will be tested for the former.
The CSI teaches children from CP through to Terminale. There is no Ecole maternelle (Kindergarten).
The classes/grades corresponding to French classes are as follows:
French School | French Class | U.K. Equivalent | U.S. Equivalent | Students' average age |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Ecole maternelle | Cycle 1, year 1 |
| Pre-K | 3 |
| Cycle 1, year 2 |
| Pre-K | 4 |
| Cycle 2, year 1 | Year 1 | Kindergarten | 5 |
Ecole primaire | CP (Cycle 2, year 2) | Year 2 | Grade 1 | 6 |
| CE 1 (Cycle 2, year 3) | Year 3 | Grade 2 | 7 |
| CE 2 (Cycle 3, year 1) | Year 4 | Grade 3 | 8 |
| CM 1 (Cycle 3, year 2) | Year 5 | Grade 4 | 9 |
| CM 2 (Cycle 3, year 3) | Year 6 | Grade 5 | 10 |
Collège | 6ème | Year 7 | Grade 6 | 11 |
| 5ème | Year 8 | Grade 7 | 12 |
| 4ème | Year 9 | Grade 8 | 13 |
| 3ème | Year 10 | Grade 9 | 14 |
Lycée | 2nd | Year 11 | Grade 10 | 15/16 |
| 1ère | Year 12 | Grade 11 | 16/17 |
| Terminale | Year 13 | Grade 12 | 17/18 |