The collège-lycée Jean-Baptiste-Say is a French public school built in 1895, operating as a

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and

lycée In France, secondary education is in two stages: * ''Collèges'' () cater for the first four years of secondary education from the ages of 11 to 15. * ''Lycées'' () provide a three-year course of further secondary education for children between ...

as well as offering preparatory classes. It is located at 11 bis,

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in Paris, in the

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and bears the name of French classical economist

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(1767–1832). It is often known as JBS, and its students as "Sayens". The lycée is served by the Métro stations

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and Église d'Auteuil (Paris Métro). In 2016, it was named best public lycée in France by the newspaper ''

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'' ahead of

Lycée Henri IV In France, secondary education is in two stages: * ''Collèges'' () cater for the first four years of secondary education from the ages of 11 to 15. * ''Lycées'' () provide a three-year course of further secondary education for children between ...

Architecture

Part of the building at 11 bis

is classed as a Monument historique, by decree of 19 October 1928. The protection covers one of the façades of the building, as well as the interior of two rooms.. Since 1954, most of the rooms of the lycée have been named in honour of illustrious people, including alumni who were members of the

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, great scientists, and other famous people. The lycée has three playgrounds and a small square, as well as an amphitheatre, a "courtyard", and an "honour pavilion", as well as classrooms (numbered 1 to 77). In addition, for a number of years there has been a prefabricated building in the centre of one of the courtyards, containing six classrooms (B1 to B6). Image:Lycée J B Say.jpg, Façades Image:Paris 16- Ecole Jean-Baptiste Say -1.JPG, Central pavilion, classed as a historic monument Image:P1240168 Paris XVI rue Chardon-Lagache n8 entree Lycee JB Say rwk.jpg, Entrance, rue Chardon-Lagache

Results

Baccalauréat

In 2015, the lycée was ranked 29th out of 109 at départemental level in terms of teaching quality, and 255th at national level. The ranking was based on three criteria: the level of bac results, the proportion of students who obtain their baccalauréat results having spent the last two years at the establishment, and ''added value'' (calculated based on the social origin of the students, their age, and their national diploma results).

Preparatory classes

The lycée Jean-Baptiste-Say offers three

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, PT, BCPST. In 2017, '' L'Étudiant'' gave the following results for the courses of 2016 :

List of headteachers

* 1875–1880 : M. Marguerin (director) * 1880–1888 : M. Coutant (director) * 1888–1909 : M. Lévêque (director) * 1909–1915 : M. Boitel (director) * 1915–1927 : M. Haudié (director) * 1927–1940 : M. Laudet (director) * 1940–1941 : M. Place (director) * 1941–1944 : M. Béjean (principal) * 1944–1952 : M. Place (principal) * 1952–1954 : M. Place * 1954–1988 : M. Laye * 1988–1994 : Madame Marceau * 1995–2002 : Anny Duchêne – Forestier * 2002–2008 : Gérard Patenotte * 2008–2013 : Jacqueline Marguin-Durand * 2013–2016 : Sylvain Gressot * Since 2016 : Marie-Claude Puigdemont – Proust

Alumni

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, engineer * Thomas Gomart, historian * Pierre Lafue, teacher and writer * Yvon Palamour, Breton cabinetmaker, luthier, musician * Laure Saint-Raymond, mathematician *

Jean-François Revel Jean-François Revel (born Jean-François Ricard; 19 January 192430 April 2006) was a French philosopher, journalist, and author. A prominent public intellectual, Revel was a socialist in his youth but later became a prominent European prop ...

, philosopher and essayist *

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, writer and literary critic

The lycée in cinema and television

* 1978 : ''

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'' * 1994–2006 : ''

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'' * 1980 : '' Au bon beurre'', telefilm by

Édouard Molinaro Édouard Molinaro (13 May 1928 – 7 December 2013) was a French film director and screenwriter. Biography He was born in Bordeaux, Gironde. He is best known for his comedies with Louis de Funès ('' Oscar'', ''Hibernatus''), ''My Uncle Benja ...

(lycée in which Léon Lécuyer teaches after the war) * 1995 : ''Les allumettes suédoises'', trilogy of telefilms, after the eponymous novel by

Robert Sabatier Robert Sabatier (17 August 1923 – 28 June 2012) was a French poet and writer. He wrote numerous novels, essays and books of aphorisms and poems. He was elected to the Académie Goncourt The Société littéraire des Goncourt (Goncourt ...

* 2006 : ''Paris 2011, La Grande Inondation'', docu-fiction by Bruno-Victor Pujebet * 2007 : '' Le Cœur des hommes 2'', film by

Marc Esposito Marc Esposito (born 16 July 1952) is a French film director and screenwriter. Esposito was first a journalist, critic and press manager. He created two movie magazines: "Premiere" with Jean-Pierre Frimbois in 1976, and "Studio Magazine" in 1987. ...

. * 2009 : ''

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'', film by

Lisa Azuelos Lisa Azuelos (born Elise-Anne Bethsabée Azuelos; 6 November 1965 in Neuilly-sur-Seine) is a French director, writer, and producer. She is the daughter of singer Marie Laforêt. Biography Lisa Azuelos is the daughter of French singer and actre ...

. * 2010 : '' The Round Up'', film by Rose Bosch * 2010 to now: ''

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,'' TV series by Joyce Buñuel * 2012 : '' L'Homme de ses rêves,'' telefilm by

Christophe Douchand Christophe may refer to: People * Christophe (given name), list of people with this name * Christophe (singer) (1945–2020), French singer * Cristophe (hairstylist) (born 1958), Belgian hairstylist * Georges Colomb (1856–1945), French comic ...

* 2014 : ''

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, episode 69 : "Double Foyer"''

References

External links

Le site internet du lycée

Le site internet de l'amicale des anciens du lycée
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