At a glance
Curriculum and academics
The Lycee International de Londres Winston Churchill is one of the newer bilingual schools mapped on the London city hub, opened in 2015 to give the capital a second large French stream school after the Lycee in South Kensington. It occupies the restored former Brent Town Hall near Wembley Park, a listed 1930s building that gives the school an unusually grand setting for a young institution. It is accredited by the French Ministry of Education and is authorised as an IB World School.
What sets the school apart is its genuinely dual structure. Families choose between the French national programme, taught largely in French and leading to the Baccalaureat, and an English international programme that follows an internationally minded English curriculum to IGCSE and then the IB Diploma. The French route is built around a roughly seventy thirty split of French and English, and pupils take a third language as well. Both pathways share the same site and ethos, which lets a relocating family settle a child in the language they are strongest in and keep the door open to either qualification later. For families weighing the French route against the English one, our French curriculum guide and our IB pillar explain how each system works and where it leads.
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Lycee International de Londres Winston Churchill fees
Lycee International de Londres Winston Churchill fees sit in the mid band of our London fees guide. As with most schools that run a French stream, the early years and primary fees are more modest and rise into the secondary and Diploma years. The school publishes a current scale that changes year to year, so treat any figure you see elsewhere as a guide and confirm the exact amount with the admissions office.
Beyond tuition, budget for a registration or application charge, lunches, and the usual trips, uniform and after school activities. Because the two pathways are priced and structured differently, ask which costs apply to the French programme and which to the English international one before you commit. To set the school against other London options on cost and curriculum, open our compare tool.
Admissions
Entry is possible at most year groups subject to space, with the main intake each September. The early years and primary classes fill earliest, and demand for the French stream is strong among relocating francophone families. Older applicants joining the English international programme may sit a short assessment and an interview, and the school looks closely at the language a child is strongest in to place them on the right pathway.
Families relocating to London should contact the admissions team well ahead to understand availability in the year group and stream they need. The school accepts applications year round, but mid year places depend on movement in what is a popular and growing roll.
Location and who goes there
The school sits on Forty Lane in Wembley Park in the London Borough of Brent, beside the wider Wembley regeneration and a short walk from the Jubilee and Metropolitan lines, which puts central London within easy reach. The Wembley Park area has changed quickly in the last decade, with new housing drawing younger international families to a part of north west London that historically had few bilingual school options.
The community is a mix of French and francophone families and English speaking international families drawn to the IB route, with pupils commuting in from across north and west London. For how Wembley and Brent compare with other parts of the capital on schools, commute and cost, see the London city hub and the full list of French schools in London.
Lycee International de Londres Winston Churchill reviews
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Frequently asked questions
How much are Lycee International de Londres Winston Churchill fees?
Fees sit in the mid band of London international schools and rise with stage from the maternelle through to the senior years. The school publishes a current scale that changes year to year, so confirm exact figures with the admissions office.
Is Lycee International de Londres Winston Churchill a good school?
It is a well regarded bilingual school accredited by the French Ministry of Education and authorised for the International Baccalaureate, with a strong dual language model in a landmark Wembley building. We do not publish an invented rating.
Does the Lycee International teach in French or English?
Both. Families choose between a French national programme taught largely in French, working towards the Baccalaureat, and an English international programme leading to IGCSE and the IB Diploma. Pupils in the French stream also study a third language.
What ages does the Lycee International take?
The school is coeducational and takes pupils from age 3 in the early years through to age 18 in the final secondary year, across both the French and English pathways on its single Wembley site.
When do Lycee International de Londres applications open?
The school accepts applications year round subject to availability, with the main intake in September. Relocating families should contact admissions early to confirm places in the year group and pathway they need.
