Jeannine Manuel School
School Profile 2024-2025
Jeannine Manuel School’s mission is to promote international understanding through the bilingual education of a multicultural community of students, and to foster pedagogical innovation by exploring best practices in an ever-changing global environment.
Quick Facts
Bilingual • International • Co-Educational
Sister schools in Paris & Lille
Nursery to Sixth Form (3-18)
700 students in London
International French Baccalaureate (BFI) & International Baccalaureate (IB)
About Us
RANKINGS
#1 French School Abroad
#2 IB School in the UK (500–1000 student category) (small cohort)
About Us
Jeannine Manuel School (previously known as Ecole Jeannine Manuel UK) opened in London in 2015 as the youngest of three Jeannine Manuel schools. Originally founded in Paris in 1954 as the expression of an unwavering belief in education as the key to a better world, our school shares its mission and teaching methods with its French sister schools. With students representing more than 80 nationalities across our campuses in London, Paris and Lille, Jeannine Manuel School is a truly international community where students learn to Think, Dare, Share & Care together. Students follow our ambitious programmes in a nurturing environment, enabling them to develop their agency throughout their educational journey.
Our school's academic excellence matches its diversity. Admission to Jeannine Manuel School is highly competitive: successful applicants have strong academic potential, demonstrated ability or interest in co-curricular areas, and excellence of character.
Curriculum & Baccalaureates
Up to the end of Middle School, we follow the French national curriculum with notable exceptions as half of all lessons are taught in English. The curriculum is enriched at all levels, not only with more advanced English language and literature, but also, for example, with an inquiry-based science curriculum, a unique music programme in the Early Years and Mandarin Chinese language teaching.
Year 11 students choose between two tracks, leading towards the International French Baccalaureate (BFI) or the International Baccalaureate Diploma (IB) in Year 12.
Both tracks have the same common core, including mandatory IGCSEs in English Literature & Language and an optional Mandarin IGCSE, and students taking the track towards the IB can also take IGCSEs in Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry and Biology.
In Year 12, students make a final decision between the International French Baccalaureate (BFI) or the International Baccalaureate Diploma (IB), both of which are recognised as excellent qualifications by the world’s top universities.
2024 Exam Results
International Baccalaureate (IB): 100% success rate with a 38 average (vs. a world average of 30)
International French Baccalaureate (BFI): 100% success rate, all with honours, including 86% Summa Cum Laude (mention Très Bien) and 14% Magna Cum Laude (mention Bien)
Beyond the classroom
Our students are lifelong learners and we are always here to support their projects and ambitions. Each year, our students take part in a huge number of competitions across a variety of fields, including the Kangaroo Maths Competition or the Poetry by Heart Competition which has seen our pupils recite poems in Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre.
We are also very proud of our students’ charitable projects, including the school-wide Run Against Hunger which takes place every year alongside a wide variety of other student-led initiatives.
Did you know?
The vast majority of our Year 11 students take part in the Duke of Edinburgh Programme!
University Matriculations 2022-2024
for all graduates of the classes of 2022, 2023 and 2024
FRANCE
UNITED KINGDOM
Durham University
Goldsmiths, University of London
Imperial College London (2)
King's College London (5)
London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) (2)
Northeastern University (London)
Prince's Trust
Royal Veterinary College
School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS)
University College London (UCL) (8)
University of Bath (4)
University of Bristol
University of Cambridge
University of Exeter (2)
University of Nottingham
University of Oxford (2)
University of St Andrews (2)
University of Warwick (4)
CANADA
HEC Montréal
McGill University (4)
University of Toronto
( ) denotes the number of students to have matriculated at this institution, where this number is greater than one.
Subject Choices
Our students choose to study subjects across a variety of fields. Popular areas include the sciences, business and economics, politics and history, as well as the arts. Dual degrees and interdisciplinary tracks are also very appealing for our well-rounded, multilingual and multicultural student body.
CPGE Lycée Fénelon
CPGE Lycée Henri IV
CPGE Lycée Janson de Sailly
Dauphine-PSL (2)
ISEP
New 3D General Education (NEW3DGE)
Sciences-Po Columbia (2)
Sciences Po
USA
Barnard College
Georgetown University
New York University
Princeton University
Sciences-Po Columbia (2)
The New School
Wellesley College
OTHER
University of Queensland, Australia
Bocconi University, Italy (4)
ESSEC Business School, Singapore
IE University, Spain (2)
EPFL, Switzerland (3)
EHL, Switzerland
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MATRICULATIONS BY REGION, 2022-
2024 Singapore
Spain 3%
Alumni Stories
La philosophie de Jeannine Manuel, qui encourage les élèves à penser par eux-mêmes et à développer un esprit critique, constitue une excellente préparation pour l'avenir.
-- Sixtine, BFI, Class of 2023 -St Andrews, UK
Thank you so much for all the help you have provided throughout all those years...The culture of ‘bienveillance’, positive reinforcement, was crucial in [our son’s] development...You and all professors at Jeannine Manuel embody the spirit of the founder of the school: you made [our son] a better person, a multi cultured citizen ready to live anywhere, respectful of others and other cultures
-- Parents of Pierre, Class of 2023 -NYU Stern, USA [The school] was always there for me throughout my studies. The smaller classes made learning feel so personal, and I loved how easy it was to connect with the teachers. They really took the time to get to know each of us, which made school not just a place to learn, but a place where I felt supported every step of the way.
-- Arié, IB, Class of 2024 -Bocconi, Italy
We feel so fortunate that our children got to grow up at your amazing school...the thing that stands out for me (and is very important to us) is that the school has a very caring culture and the kindness of the teachers fosters mutual respect.
-- Parents of Malia, Class of 2022 & Enzo, Class of 2024 -Prince’s Trust & Durham University, UK
Jeannine Manuel School is accredited by the UK Department for Education, the French Ministry of Education and is a member of the Network of French Schools Abroad (AEFE).
