Paris Primary school following UK curriculum

[whysea]

Hello,
I am going to Paris next year, and I am looking at schools. My DC are 3 & 7. Clearly the younger one will go to a regular maternelle, but the older one should go somewhere compatible with the UK curriculum. Suggestions ? I have contacted EJM, they are quite positive, but it freaks me out that they ask for a WISC-IV test for 7 year olds : last thing I want is my daughter to start worrying about being smart enough. I am considering Kingsworth, and looking at earlier posts it seems ok, but has anyone actually been there?

I had a meeting yesterday with someone I’ve known for a long time who works in the education area in French speaking countries and who had some quite worrying insider info about hors contrat (non accredited) French nursery schools (maternelles) being sued by parents for misrepresentation, racketing etc. It really is pretty much the Far West in terms of oversight in the hors contrat sector.

Hi Joanna, we are moving to Paris in August and are thinking of enrolling our 5 year old Daughter who doesn't speak French in Kingsworth. My ONLY concern is that I don't see a playground on the school. Is there One? How do kids this age spend their breaks?
Thanks

When it comes to M Bertrand, for the headmaster to ask to vet him would be like asking your business partner for a DBS check. It is not that it is uncomfortable, but that it would not come to mind as you would trust them. I think Kingsworth handled it the best way that was possible. I think the school that is at fault is Victor Hugo. M Bertrand worked there and was fired for inappropriate behavior. The head said to the papers that he could not have spoken publicly about it without threat of legal action. My question is why he would feel the need to do this publicly, and why he would put legal action ahead of keeping children safe. To me, this was an incredibly immoral and selfish decision. Surely he would have heard of Kingsworth being set up before it was official, and therefore was not yet one of their competitors, which is the reason he gives for not speaking out. Moreover, they are more to blame than Kingsworth for not doing a DBS check as when he set up Kingsworth he was friends with his partners, again, hence why they would not even think to check. Why did Victor Hugo not check, and have they increased their vetting process since? Kingsworth now has admitted how awful what happened was and have done incredibly detailed checks on the teachers. It makes me question how good the safe guarding the other schools are, if they are allowing teachers like him to enter the international 'circle' in the first place. Why did the headmaster feel no moral obligation to say anything? Why does he put legal action over moral responsibility to children, whether they were at the school or not.