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Jean Giono is a French national-curriculum day school on Corso Casale. It runs through Terminale and offers French, Italian and English pathways. Its live 2026–27 fee pages disagree by €20 on collège tuition, so families should obtain a written quote.
Lycée Français International Jean Giono is a non-profit, co-educational day school at Corso Casale 324 in Turin. A parent cooperative manages its finances. Parents become cooperative members when they enrol a child.
The school is conventionné with the AEFE, the French state agency for education abroad. The AEFE directory confirms that all 15 levels from Petite Section through Terminale are homologated by the French education ministry.
In plain language, Jean Giono is a French national school abroad, not an international school using a self-designed French-style curriculum. Its closest local alternative is the English-medium International School of Turin in Chieri.
Jean Giono is a strong option for a child who needs continuity with France or another AEFE school. It is also useful for a multilingual family that wants to keep routes into both French and Italian education.
It is less suitable for a secondary pupil who is beginning French from scratch. The school provides language help, but its current welcome booklet says new secondary pupils need a solid prior level of French.
The school has no boarding house. Families living outside Turin should test the Corso Casale journey and any after-school collection plan before applying.
The school’s public age information is not perfectly consistent. Its current welcome booklet describes maternelle from 2½ to five, while the main website describes the school as serving ages three to 18.
The AEFE directory begins its homologated sequence at Petite Section, normally the year a child turns three. Families seeking a younger Toute Petite Section place should ask about the exact birth-date rule and whether that class is within the homologated sequence.
French, Italian and English begin in maternelle. From CP through CM2, the welcome booklet says pupils follow the British international section. This is an enhanced bilingual and bicultural stream within the French system, not a British national curriculum.
The school introduces a fourth modern language from 5ème, the second year of French collège. Available qualifications shown in the booklet include Cambridge English, DELF/DALF French, PLIDA Italian, DELE Spanish and Goethe German certificates.
Collège runs from 6ème through 3ème and prepares pupils for the French Diplôme national du brevet, or DNB. The DNB is the French lower-secondary qualification; it is not the Baccalauréat.
Jean Giono also prepares eligible pupils for the Italian Terza Media examination. This can make a later transfer into an Italian liceo more straightforward.
Lycée comprises Seconde, Première and Terminale and leads to the French general Baccalauréat. Current specialities include mathematics, physics and chemistry, life sciences, economics, geopolitics and foreign languages.
The school describes an equipollenza della Maturità route for Italian pupils. Equipollenza means official recognition of equivalence; it does not mean that the pupil receives a separate Italian Maturità certificate. Ask which subject and examination conditions apply to the individual student.
The school says most pupils are not French. In maternelle, beginners learn through immersion with teachers and classroom assistants. From primary age, the school can provide French as a foreign language, known as FLE, or Italian support for non-Italian speakers.
The position changes in secondary school. The welcome booklet says a pupil may join after showing a solid preparation in French, followed by advice from the school team. A family should not assume that FLE can replace working French throughout collège or lycée.
For pupils with disabilities or additional educational needs, the booklet refers to adapted protocols and individual support. The public sources do not state staffing levels, capacity, eligibility limits or additional charges.
The school asks new families to make contact and visit first. A child can then spend several hours in the likely class. The school may also arrange a June immersion week before a September start.
After those discussions, the formal application is made through Eduka. The website does not publish one universal application deadline or a current list of spaces by class.
Mid-year entry may be possible after one of the two-week school holidays. In secondary school, the preferred point can be the end of a term. Treat this as an arrangement requiring approval, not an automatic rolling-admission promise.
French nationals living abroad may be eligible for means-tested French school bursaries. The school directs families to the French Consulate General in Milan for the applicable timetable and documents.
The first-enrolment fee is €800 at every level. Annual re-enrolment is €290 from maternelle through collège and €390 in lycée.
The French and Italian versions of the live fee page show:
| Level | Annual tuition |
|---|---|
| Maternelle | €7,167 |
| Élémentaire | €7,029 |
| Collège | €7,113 in French; €7,133 in Italian |
| Lycée | €8,085 |
The €20 collège discrepancy appears on two current pages of the same school website. Request a written fee quotation before paying rather than choosing one figure silently.
Tuition is invoiced in September, January and April. The published page does not say that the first-enrolment or re-enrolment fee is refundable. It also does not publish withdrawal notice, late-payment or mid-year fee rules.
No separate deposit appears on the public fee page.
Sibling discounts apply to tuition. The second child receives 5%, the third 20%, and the fourth or later child 35%. The third child’s re-enrolment fee is reduced by 50%, and it is waived from the fourth child.
Textbooks are lent by the school and the hire charge appears on an October invoice. Primary supplies are distributed by the school. Secondary families buy their own supplies, Italian textbooks and any reading titles requested during the year.
Meals are cooked on site, and special diets can be requested. The fee page does not publish meal prices. It also does not publish current prices for after-school activities or childcare.
Childcare and activities can run until 18:00. Some activities are in English. Ask for the current catalogue, age limits, days and full term cost.
The practical page does not advertise a school-bus service. Ask whether transport is available for your address or plan the daily journey independently.
The campus is a single site in the Sassi area, near the Turin hillside. The welcome booklet shows sports courts, green space, gardens and separate areas for younger children.
School admission does not itself grant permission to live in Italy. Non-EU families should use the Italian government’s visa portal and consult the responsible Italian consulate before relying on an offer.
Jean Giono is a day school and does not advertise accommodation or residential guardianship. A minor moving without a parent may need a legally accepted guardian and documented accommodation. Confirm those requirements independently and tell the school before enrolment.
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