Lycée International Victor Hugo: public French routes in Colomiers

The Lycée général et technologique international Victor Hugo is a public, co-educational day lycée. Its UAI is 0312093G. The address is 33 boulevard Victor Hugo, 31770 Colomiers; the postal address uses BP 317 and 31773 Colomiers Cedex.

The same site also houses Collège Victor Hugo, a separate public school with UAI 0312092F. This profile covers the lycée unit. Families seeking earlier years should use the collège’s own admissions process.

What the school actually offers

Victor Hugo is primarily a French-language state lycée. A student normally enters Seconde, continues through Première and Terminale, and leaves with a French qualification. The usual ages are about 15 to 18, but placement follows the French school record.

Route	Main entry and length	Qualification	Teaching language
General lycée	Seconde, then Première and Terminale	French general Baccalauréat	Mainly French
STI2D	Technological route from Première	French technological Baccalauréat	Mainly French
British international section	International Seconde, then two BFI years	French general Bac with the BFI designation	English for section subjects; French elsewhere
Abibac	Usually three years from Seconde	French Bac and German Abitur	German for the section’s language, literature and history-geography work
Bachibac	Usually three years from Seconde	French Bac and Spanish Bachiller	Spanish for the section’s language, literature and history-geography work
European section	Usually from Seconde	French Bac with a European-section indication	Extra English or Spanish and a non-language subject

The BFI is not the International Baccalaureate Diploma. It remains a French general Baccalauréat. The Ministry defines three additional elements: language and cultural study, connaissance du monde, and a non-language subject taught in the section language.

Victor Hugo’s 2026 dossier states that British-section students take English language and literature plus history-geography in English. Connaissance du monde joins the programme in Première and Terminale. All other subjects are taught in French.

The same dossier gives four weekly hours each for English and history-geography in Seconde and Première. It gives five hours each in Terminale, plus two weekly hours of connaissance du monde in both BFI years.

Onisep also lists eleven general-Bac specialities. They cover mathematics, sciences, engineering, computing, economics, humanities, geopolitics and languages. The site continues beyond Terminale with two two-year BTS programmes: CIEL and CRSA.

The technological offer needs one check before choosing Terminale options. Onisep currently lists three STI2D specialisms, while the school’s admissions page lists four, including énergies et environnement.

General admission is an allocation, not a direct booking

Entry to the ordinary general or technological lycée requires a decision allowing progression into the requested year. The DASEN then makes the public-school allocation. Residence in the lycée’s catchment area is the normal basis.

An out-of-catchment student needs an approved derogation or allocation to a limited-place course. The school says academic results matter for these courses. Families should also place their catchment lycée among their formal choices.

The school’s summer registration pack is not an admissions offer. A family registers after receiving the official allocation notice. The Toulouse school-search guide explains how this public route differs from a private-school application.

British section and BFI entry

The main entry is the British international Seconde. The 2026 form also accepted applications for Première BFI, but warned that places were very rare. English 31 says there is no direct entry into Terminale.

For 2026 entry, the complete application was due 13 February 2026. The written test took place on 18 March, followed by an oral on 1 April for candidates who passed the written stage. Those dates have passed.

The live page still carries a stale banner saying the 2025–26 campaign is open. Its attached form is clearly labelled for 2026–27. No current document states the number of available lycée places.

The live admissions page contains an English line saying 12 February. The attached bilingual application says Friday 13 February in both languages, so 13 February is the stronger source.

The written paper lasts two hours. It covers comprehension, extended writing and translation from English into French. The selection criteria are test results, the school record, motivation and French level.

This is not an English-as-a-foreign-language programme. English 31 expects strong spoken and written English, while the school requires enough French for the rest of the curriculum. A weak French result can prevent British-section admission.

Candidates living abroad or outside the region could ask to sit the 2026 test at their current school. Applicants following a non-French curriculum had to contact the academy’s EANA service for a French assessment.

An accepted British-section student may receive an out-of-catchment allocation. The application warns that a student leaving the section after Seconde may have to return to their catchment lycée.

Abibac, Bachibac and European sections

Abibac and Bachibac are academic recruitment routes with limited places. The 2026 application asked for school reports, language-teacher assessment, motivation, the form tutor’s view and the head’s view. The deadline was 4 May 2026.

The 2026 English and Spanish European-section deadline was 11 May 2026. Their forms assess school reports, language performance, motivation, working habits and teacher references. No entrance examination is listed.

There is an unresolved catchment contradiction. The school’s general admissions page says European sections do not support a derogation and are reserved for catchment pupils. The 2026 forms say catchment pupils receive priority, then out-of-catchment applicants may be considered if capacity remains.

No 2027 calendar was published by the research date. Families should not reuse the 2026 dates. They should also ask whether a German European section is admitting, since Onisep lists one but the school publishes application pages only for English and Spanish.

Costs for 2026–27

The public lycée itself publishes no general tuition, application charge, acceptance charge or enrolment deposit. The British section is different because English 31 employs some of its teachers and charges association fees.

English 31 still marks both 2026–27 scenarios as estimated and to be confirmed. Each family pays one annual membership amount. Each child also pays an annual British-section teaching amount.

2026–27 estimate	QF1	QF2	QF3 standard
Membership per family, with donation	€111	€201	€298
Lycée teaching per child, with donation	€523	€947	€1,404
Membership per family, without donation	€121	€305	€503
Lycée teaching per child, without donation	€572	€1,438	€2,370

QF1 and QF2 are reduced bands based on the family’s CAF evidence. English 31 says most families pay QF3. It advertises a 10% discount for a second and each subsequent child, without defining the discounted component on that page.

The January 2025 internal rules call both charges for payment in June. Membership is due in one payment by the end of June. Teaching fees are also due by then, although the board may approve an instalment schedule for financial reasons.

Non-payment can lead to removal from the association programme. The rules provide a written reminder, followed by automatic loss of membership 30 calendar days after that reminder if payment remains outstanding.

The rules say that mid-year withdrawal ends membership immediately. They do not state whether any amount is refunded or remains payable. Families should obtain that answer in writing before paying.

English 31 can award up to three means-tested bursaries each year. A new pupil must first win a place. The policy covers membership, teaching fees and the regular trip for that year; the 2026 application deadline was 12 June 2026.

School meals are separate. For calendar year 2026, the annual rate is €592 for five days or €473.60 for four days, invoiced by term. The school-year notice does not publish a 2027 rate.

Meal registration is for the year. Changes must normally reach the finance office before the next term. For the first term of 2026–27, changes were allowed until 25 September 2026. Optional Maison des Lycéens membership costs €10 for 2026–27.

Language, health and learning support

The British section increases English-medium academic work; it does not replace the French curriculum. English 31 advises families to consider the bilingual workload carefully when a pupil already has learning difficulties.

The lycée publishes an infirmary service. It does not publish a detailed lycée-wide SEND staffing model or section-specific support limits.

Onisep lists UPE2A and ULIS provision for the separate collège. Families should not assume those services continue automatically in the lycée. Ask how an existing PAP, PPS, PAI or examination accommodation would transfer before accepting a place.

Day school, housing and immigration

Onisep and the school both state that there is no internat. The lycée publishes no host-family, guardianship or childcare service. A place therefore solves neither housing nor adult responsibility for a minor.

France-Visas says that a third-country minor studying for more than 90 days, while their parents remain abroad, may need a long-stay school-going minor visa. The application requires accommodation, financial support, insurance, parental authorisation and a respondent in France.

Children moving with parents use the immigration route that fits the family’s status. The school’s willingness to test a candidate abroad is not a visa or accommodation commitment.

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