french school in doha

Don Corleone
By Don Corleone

I was wondering if anyone has kids in the french school. i will be moving to doha next month while my family will follow next september. I have a 6 and a 3 years old kids and we are planning to put them in the french school, so i was wondering if anyone can help me with the first steps that i should take, like is there a waiting list and if so for how long, second is it a good school?

By GHADA refaee• 17 Jun 2015 21:14
Rating: 2/5
GHADA refaee

I have 3 kids 6,4,2 years Iam Egyptian I heard about Maghreb international school it is a French school is it a good or bad one plz answer me I don't have other options coz lycée Voltaire refused my kids as there is no places available for them

By Brad_cin_dell• 8 Jul 2013 19:44
Brad_cin_dell

Quelques écoles françaises au Qatar..nous avons besoin de Don Corleone au Qatar ...!!!

By maz11973• 8 Jul 2013 19:01
maz11973

I have three Kids (13, 9, 6) and I'm looking for a good International French school in Doha..as I understood there are only two schools Lycee Voltere and Lycee Bonaparte..I think the second one is the one affiliated to the embassy?? Wouls someone confirm his, also I need an advice from whoever have experience with those schools??

By tonyhanna1• 10 Mar 2013 08:49
tonyhanna1

Currently there is only one French School in Doha, the other, where my son is, Voltaire, is a Francophone Independent School, i.e., no affiliation to the Embassy or any organization in France as samabd said

By elghoul_girl• 22 Jan 2013 15:24
elghoul_girl

SO what is the best french schools in Qatar now?

By samabd• 9 Jan 2013 20:18
samabd

The school's management is quite unstable

They lack vision an leadership they are unsure about program to deliver international baccalaureate or French one

They have changed director two times in the last year

Many teachers are leaving

They also left the mlf network which provides support in terms of teachers training methods organization etc

It is basically not a very promising school for the moment

By roula haddad• 13 May 2011 23:52
Rating: 4/5
roula haddad

My daughter started at lycee voltaire 4 years ago when the school first started. she is in CP now and doing fabulous. My son will also be in Petit section next year. The school is really good. The education level is very high comparable to lycee bonaparte. the advantage is that as the school is still small and growing the administration and teachers put in a lot of effort and attention to the general progress of the child, the class and overall school. Now the premises are not too impressive and activities are limited.

By tonyhanna1• 21 Apr 2011 09:59
tonyhanna1

Hi, Anyone on this page has an update on lycee voltaire? we registered our son, 3 yr old in it for the 2011-2012 academic year. plz let us know

By tonyhanna1• 21 Apr 2011 09:59
tonyhanna1

Hi, Anyone on this page has an update on lycee voltaire? we registered our son, 3 yr old in it for the 2011-2012 academic year. plz let us know

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By samabd• 11 Jan 2010 14:54
samabd

the phone number of lycee voltaire for those interested is:

00974 4128105

By lbman• 3 May 2008 09:56
lbman

Check this http://www.vivreauqatar.com/education.html

By daliaa8• 1 May 2008 10:37
daliaa8

HI

Can any one give me the phone number of the french school please.i'm trying to access the website but it seems imposible.i don't know why.

By moondancer• 1 Oct 2007 15:43
Rating: 5/5
moondancer

there is a second french school called the lycee voltaire that has just opened now in september, they might take on your kids the kindergarten is very good but the other classes are having teething problems which will hopefully be resolved shortly

By Gus• 27 Nov 2006 15:44
Gus

No I meant 2006-2007 when I asked them about 2007-2008 they said it is still too early to know and they cannot give any reply now

By Don Corleone• 27 Nov 2006 10:43
Don Corleone

thanks gus for the effort, but did you mean 2007-2008 coz thats what i need , 2006-2007 is fine with me, i was talking about next september 2007

By Gus• 27 Nov 2006 08:52
Rating: 4/5
Gus

Don, bad news. I spoke to the head of primary education in the school and she didn't think twice before she said no and that's impossible next year (2006-2007).

I say don't give up and try to contact them directly through their website. Your embassy could help also. Good luck

By Don Corleone• 26 Nov 2006 20:03
Don Corleone

Hi gus and thank you for your reply. yes i would really be interested if you can see if canadians are an exception since 2008 as quiet a problem for me. Anyway i am from quebec which is the french speaking part of canada, and my wife is lebanese but french educated and my kids only speak french.

By Gus• 26 Nov 2006 17:08
Rating: 5/5
Gus

I have two kids in the french school (7 & 5 years old). As far as I know they are overbooked till 2008. This year they added new classes because of the number of student.

But there are always exceptions based on nationality (french is the preferred, then the french speaking european countries). I'm not sure if Canada is on the list. I can check and let you know if you are interested.

As for being a good school, for me it is very good on Doha's standard. but the judgement depends on where you are coming from and what level is considered good for you. sometimes they do compromise on the quality of teachers because of the shortage of the qualified french speaking teachers in Doha.

check www.lfdoha.edu.qa

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