French school system / système éducatif français

http://www.education.gouv.fr/
In-depth information from the French Ministry of Education, in French.


Usual expression:
"I'm in year 7" (British system) = "Je suis en 6e (= sixième)"
"I'm in 6th grade" (US system) = "Je suis en 6e (= sixième)"
"I'm in grade 6" (Canadian system) = "Je suis en 6e (= sixième)"

Diplomas:
"Le brevet" is a national diploma that students take at the end of "le collège", in year 10.
The marks they got during the year are taken into account
& at the end of their year, they have a final exam on 3 subjects:
- French
- Mathematics
- History-Geography

At the end of "le lycée", students take "le baccalauréat", usually colloquially called "le bac".
There are more subjects to study and it can differ according to your section (filière).

Basically here are the subjects studied at school in France:

- le français
- les mathématiques
- l'histoire/géographie
- LV1 = langue vivante 1
- LV2 = langue vivante 2
- SVT (sciences de la vie et de la terre)
- physique-chimie
- technologie
- EPS (éducation physique & sportive)
- arts plastiques
- éducation musicale

Learning a foreign language is compulsory in France.
The huge majority choose English, the teaching of which is supposed to start in year 4 and it could even begin at an earlier age.

Let’s note that it is more common to repeat a year than in England or the US (redoubler).
The opposite is “sauter une classe” (skip a year/grade)


Here is the French system added to the British and American ones with some common subjects.

All corrections and additions are welcomed

 

Equivalence between the French and US school systems / Equivalences USA-France

http://www.ambafrance-us.org/spip.php?article370
Equivalent levels in US vs. French primary and secondary education.
Équivalences entre les systèmes français et américain pour l'école primaire/secondaire.
(Site of the French Embassy in the US, site de l'ambassade de France aux Etats-Unis.)

http://boiling.water.free.fr/spip.php?article55&lang=fr
Short table of equivalent levels in US vs. French primary and secondary education.
Tableau récapitulatif d'équivalences entre les systèmes français et américain pour l'école primaire et secondaire.
Thanks, Oddmania.

http://www.fulbright-france.org/gene/main.php?uni=2&base=523 (Commission franco-américaine/Fulbright Commission, Paris)
Diploma equivalencies between US and French higher education degrees.
Équivalences des diplômes américains et français de l'enseignement supérieur


American school system / système éducatif américain (Wikipedia)
en français / English version
Présentation du système scolaire américain, y compris l'enseignement supérieure.
Article about the US school system, including higher education.

French school system / système éducatif français (Wikipedia)
en français / English version
Présentation du système scolaire français, y compris l'enseignement supérieure.
Articles about edcuation in France, including higher education.

 

British school system

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Education_in_Britain
Wikipedia article in English.

http://www.platine.univ-lorraine.fr...bretagne/conseils/la-candidature-britannique/
Quelques équivalences (approximatives) de diplômes de l'enseingement supérieur France v. Grande-Bretagne.
A few rough equivalence levels between French and British university degrees.

http://www.brackley.org.uk/schoolsystem.htm (link not currently working)
British primary and secondary school system with rough American equivalent, presented in table format.
Systèmes éducatifs anglais et américain pour le primaire et le secondaire.
(merci, DearPrudence!!)

 

Australian School System

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Education_in_Australia
Wikipedia article in English.

http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Système_éducatif_australien
Ébauche (article incomplet) sur Wikipedia en français.

http://www.francaustralia.com/systeme-educ.asp
http://www.ambafrance-au.org/spip.php?rubrique553 (site de l'ambassade de France en Australie)
L'enseignement supérieur en Australie, en français.

http://www.platine.univ-lorraine.fr/etudiants/les-dossiers-pays/australie/conseils/le-cv-australien/
Quelques équivalences (approximatives) de diplômes de l’enseignement supérieur France v.s. Australie. Scroll down the page for a link to a summary table. A few rough equivalence levels between French and Australian university degrees. Descendez un peu sur la page pour un lien vers un tableau récapitulatif.

 

US higher education

http://www.asu.edu/aad/manuals/acd/acd505-03.html
Information from Arizona State University about titles, ranks, categories, etc. for academic professionals in that university system.
Thanks, Monine.