The Cape Town French School or the
François Le Vaillant
François () is a French masculine given name and surname, equivalent to the English name Francis.
People with the given name
* François Amoudruz (1926–2020), French resistance fighter
* François-Marie Arouet (better known as Voltaire; ...
French School () is a French international school in
Cape Town
Cape Town is the legislature, legislative capital city, capital of South Africa. It is the country's oldest city and the seat of the Parliament of South Africa. Cape Town is the country's List of municipalities in South Africa, second-largest ...
,
South Africa
South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the Southern Africa, southernmost country in Africa. Its Provinces of South Africa, nine provinces are bounded to the south by of coastline that stretches along the Atlantic O ...
.
It has two campuses, the primary school, within the former primary school building of
Tafelberg Remedial School in
Sea Point
Sea Point (Afrikaans: ''Seepunt'') is an affluent and densely populated suburb of Cape Town, situated in the Western Cape, between Signal Hill and the Atlantic Ocean, a few kilometres to the west of Cape Town's Central Business District (CBD). M ...
,
[McCain, Nicole.]
SEA POINT WELCOMING THE FRENCH
" '' People's Post''. 13 February 2014. Retrieved on 22 January 2015. and the ''Lycée Français du Cap'', which includes senior high school, in
Gardens
A garden is a planned space, usually outdoors, set aside for the cultivation, display, and enjoyment of plants and other forms of nature. The single feature identifying even the wildest wild garden is ''control''. The garden can incorporate bot ...
.
The school was initiated in 1985 by a group of French citizens resident in Cape Town so as to provide a
French Curriculum to their children, it was established in 1987 after securing a location.
The Sea Point campus opened in 2014 after it received an 18 million
South African rand
The South African rand, or simply the rand, (currency sign, sign: R; ISO 4217, code: ZAR) is the official currency of South Africa. It is subdivided into 100 Cent (currency), cents (sign: "c"), and a comma separates the rand and cents.
The Sou ...
renovation.
[
As of 2015 about 41% of the students are not French. Of the overall number of students, 25% are South African.
It directly teaches until ''seconde'' (first year of lycée), then uses CNED for ''première'' (second year of lycée).]
References
External links
Cape Town French School
French
French may refer to:
* Something of, from, or related to France
** French language, which originated in France
** French people, a nation and ethnic group
** French cuisine, cooking traditions and practices
Arts and media
* The French (band), ...
French international schools in South Africa
High schools in South Africa
Educational institutions established in 1987
1987 establishments in South Africa
{{SouthAfrica-school-stub