Lycée Français Charles Lepierre — French schooling in Lisbon

Lycée Français Charles Lepierre is a useful choice for families who want the French national curriculum in Lisbon itself, from preschool to the Baccalauréat. French is the teaching language. This is not an English-medium IB school or a Portuguese national-curriculum school, so the intended qualification matters as much as the address.

The school is at Avenida Duarte Pacheco 32, 1070-112 Lisboa and has no boarding provision. Its contact page gives opening hours of Monday–Friday, 08:00–17:00, outside school holidays; these are not necessarily pupils’ lesson times.

It is directly managed by AEFE, the French agency for education abroad. Its enrolment page identifies education for French children living overseas as its primary public-service mission. That does not mean other nationalities cannot apply: the fee schedule expressly includes Portuguese, other EU and non-EU pupils.

Ages and educational route

The school reports more than 2,000 pupils and about 280 staff. It covers the following French stages:

• Maternelle, the three preschool years from age 3: Petite, Moyenne and Grande Section. For September 2026, the listed birth years are 2023, 2022 and 2021, respectively.
• Élémentaire, primary education from CP to CM2.
• Collège, lower secondary education from sixième to troisième, leading to the Diplôme National du Brevet.
• Lycée, upper secondary education from seconde to terminale, leading to the French Baccalauréat.

For a child already in the French system, this offers curriculum continuity. For an entrant from another system, ask how prior schooling and French proficiency affect placement. The Baccalauréat is distinct from both the IB Diploma and Portuguese national examinations; check the subject requirements of the intended university course and country.

If you want English-medium schooling, compare the programmes at St. Julian’s in Carcavelos or CAISL in Linhó. Their locations also produce a different daily journey from this Lisbon city school. For a Portuguese national route, São João de Brito is a relevant comparison.

Applying

The enrolment page concerns new pupils. It describes nine online steps, followed by a committee response by email. The outcome may be acceptance, a request for more information or a meeting, a waiting-list place, or refusal. Places are limited; the researched material does not establish the current waiting-list length.

After an offer, families have seven days from notification to pay the first-enrolment charge, complete the file and submit the required documents. If they miss that period, the school may offer the place to another child. The first-enrolment charge is retained if the family subsequently withdraws.

Fees for 2026/27

The published fee table separates French, Portuguese and other EU nationals from other nationalities. Confirm which category applies to the child before budgeting.

Stage	French / Portuguese / other EU nationals, annually	Other nationalities, annually
Maternelle, PS–GS	€6,098	€6,776
Élémentaire, CP–CM2	€6,098	€6,776
Collège, sixième–troisième	€6,384	€7,062
Lycée, seconde–terminale	€7,609	€8,286

Billing is divided into three periods: approximately 40% for September–December, then 30% each for January–March and April–June.

The first-enrolment charge is €2,500. From the second child, it is reduced by €700, to €1,800. Annual tuition has a separate sibling reduction: 10% for the second child, 20% for the third and 30% for subsequent children. Both types of reduction apply across nationalities.

Our calculation for a new lycée pupil in the other-nationalities category, without sibling reductions, is €10,786: €8,286 tuition plus €2,500 first enrolment. This excludes meals, books and trips; the researched table does not provide a complete total for those extras. Request them alongside the applicable nationality and sibling calculations.

Friendly orientation, not an application. Dates, fees, and programme details move. Confirm everything with the school.