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Lycée International Montebello is a public general and technological lycée from Seconde through Terminale, at 196 boulevard Montebello, 59000 Lille. It offers British, Spanish and Italian international sections leading to the BFI, and the separate French-Spanish Bachibac route.
Lycée International Montebello is a public general and technological lycée from Seconde through Terminale, at 196 boulevard Montebello, 59000 Lille. It offers British, Spanish and Italian international sections leading to the BFI, and the separate French-Spanish Bachibac route.
The sections page, updated November 2025, describes two British sections from 2008, Spanish and Italian sections from 2018, and Bachibac from September 2006, when the school says it was one of three French pilots.
International Seconde adds six hours weekly in the partner language: four hours of literature and two of history-geography, in addition to French history-geography. Première and Terminale prepare the Baccalauréat Français International (BFI) in the British, Spanish or Italian pathway. A pupil cannot begin BFI in Terminale without having followed it in Première.
Bachibac combines the French baccalaureate and Spanish Bachillerato. In Seconde it adds 4.5 hours of Spanish language and literature and three hours of history-geography in Spanish, alongside the French hours. In Première and Terminale, pupils have four hours of each in Spanish and are exempt from French history-geography, but not civic education (EMC).
The school also offers STMG, the management and business-oriented technological stream. After allocation, the joining page lists options including Chinese, Spanish, Italian, Japanese, Dutch, Polish and Portuguese, as well as Latin and visual arts. These open only with enough demand and remaining places.
Ordinary Seconde uses Affelnet, the school-allocation system. The collège submits choices in the third term. The published instructions allow ten choices, with the final one a public catchment lycée.
Selection for an international section or Bachibac guarantees the place only if the family confirms it among those choices, using 2R-BAC for Bachibac or 2R-INT for international Seconde. The Nord academic director makes the allocation. The school warns that failure to complete registration promptly after notification can mean losing the place.
International and Bachibac applicants submit a file, a motivation letter in the requested language, and take language tests. The published 2026 cycle was:
| Step | Date |
|---|---|
| Open morning | Saturday 24 January 2026 |
| Paper-file deadline | 11 February 2026 |
| British written tests | Wednesday 25 March, afternoon |
| British oral tests | Wednesday 29 April, afternoon |
| Italian, Spanish and Bachibac written tests | Wednesday 18 March, afternoon |
| Italian, Spanish and Bachibac oral tests | Wednesday 1 April, afternoon |
| Registration opportunity for admitted pupils | Wednesday 10 June, afternoon |
For Première BFI in 2026, files were due Wednesday 29 April, with tests Wednesday 6 May; places were described as very limited. The statement about applications staying open until the end of April belongs to that cycle.
A notice dated Tuesday 30 June 2026 provided registration files for pupils already allocated a place. Seconde and Première STMG registration was Wednesday 1 July 2026. These administrative dates are not substitutes for the earlier international selection process. The cited information does not establish a 2027 calendar.
Onisep lists boarding for girls and boys. The existing school pages do not provide a reliable boarding price. Confirm a residential place separately from the academic offer, with the permitted weekly pattern and full charges.
The school is public. Canteen payments use the Region’s HDF card and MyTurboself; the cited information does not establish meal prices. Request the applicable rates rather than importing private-school tuition or boarding figures.
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