About Le Petit Cours du Rocher
Founded in 1953 in the heart of the 8th arrondissement of Paris, Le Petit Cours du Rocher, offers an immersive bilingual course (50% French / 50% English) welcoming children from 2 to 11 years old (from the Very Small Section to CM2) from 26 nationalities.
Within a caring environment, the children receive personalised bilingual education provided by dynamic and experienced staff.
Always at hand, the teachers and assistants pay individual attention to the needs of each child throughout the school year, allowing him/her to acquire the basis of the nursery school curriculum while simultaneously developing his/her personality and spontaneity.
The teacher responsible of each class communicates regularly with parents in order to share the learning activities and progress of their child.Bilingualism is at the heart of "Le Petit Cours du Rocher".
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Find Out More >Curriculum
English
Primary Language
English
Ages
2 to 11
Max Class Size
20
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Nous ne recommandons pas Le Petit Cours du Rocher ! La nouvelle directrice, licenciée de l'école catholique de Paris pour semble t il, des faits d agressivités sur son équipe, ne devrait pas avoir la possibilité d exercer à nouveau ce genre de poste. Apparement dans une seule année scolaire, 5 maitresses ont eu des mois d'absences à cause du harcelement de la directrice. Qu'elle drame!
Our experience at the primary school has been quite disappointing. To start, the head doesn’t speak any English, which has been a big problem for us since communication is crucial and we were expecting a bilingual environment. There doesn’t seem to be any fixed curriculum, and I’m always left wondering what my children are learning. Teachers seem to change constantly, which is really unsettling. Just when we get used to one teacher, they're gone and someone new comes in. It feels like there’s no real management keeping things together, and it's all over the place. Communication from the school is virtually non-existent. We rarely get updates or any kind of coherent information about what’s happening. Academically, I’m worried that my kids are falling behind....
Unfortunately this was a terrible choice for our two daughters. We were recommended this school by someone who has since left the school because of the poor management. The head teacher has very poor personnel skills and many teachers and assistants leave suddenly. We spoke to one of the teachers who left who we really liked and discovered there was bullying going on all the time. As the teachers change so often the standard is poor and there is no consistency between years. Moreover the vision of the school is positive discipline but we didn’t find this to be true at all. Children with poor behavior were removed from the class to another class. One child brought knives into the classroom because she didn’t like another child and she was never disciplined. Bullying in another class was allowed to continue. In one year group (the year above my child) two thirds of the students left in one year. I imagine the school will have to shut down if it continues this way!
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UMIT KUCUKCALIK, a month ago
Mila loves her school. This is her 4th and last year…Thanks a lot for everything
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Anthony Curtis, 3 years ago
Our 3 kids loved and learned so much at this school. An exceptional place that is not just ruled by the head but also by the heart. Big thank you to everyone there. If you have the opportunity to send your little one there don't hesitate!
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S MARTIN, 3 years ago
Our daughter has been attended l’école Le Petit Cours du Rocher for last three years and she loved it! The principle languages of instruction are French (50%) and English (50%), with the morning conducted in French and the afternoon in English by experienced native French & English speaking teachers (precisely 8:30pm to 12:20 pm in French and from 12:20pm to 4:30pm in English, including lunch time). I emphasize this, as it is a truly bilingual school. We would like to sincerely thanks all the teachers and Mme Caux for this wonderful experience, which enabled our daughter to grow up in a such special environment full of practical and creative ideas, setting the basis for a bilingual education. Thank you so much to all PCR team!! We highly recommend this school.
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Frank van der Kemp, 10 years ago
Le Petit Cours du Rocher is a great bilingual school (English/French) for very young and young children. My grand son has been there for the past 3 years and it has been a dream and a blessing for him. I would recommend it very highly.
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Sandrine de Brousse, a month ago
My son has just finished his year in very small section and I recommend this school 100%! A school on a human scale and therefore a family atmosphere, teachers very invested in their work and taking to heart the well-being of each child individually, very attentive to parents as well. Beautiful values taught on a daily basis, such as benevolence, sharing, mutual aid, respect for class rules, and of course a very good bilingual school. Thanks to Catarina, Sofia, Joanny, Sylvie, Lauryn and Paula for this wonderful year 2023!
