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Lycée Victor Hugo is a French day school at Palazzo Venturi Ginori, Via della Scala 85, 50123 Firenze, belonging to Mission laïque française (MLF), the French secular education network. It teaches the French curriculum from maternelle through Terminale, leading to the brevet and Baccalauréat. It does not advertise boarding.
Lycée Victor Hugo is a French day school at Palazzo Venturi Ginori, Via della Scala 85, 50123 Firenze, belonging to Mission laïque française (MLF), the French secular education network. It teaches the French curriculum from maternelle through Terminale, leading to the brevet and Baccalauréat. It does not advertise boarding.
The homepage contact is +39 055 029911, contact.florence.hugo@mlfmonde.org. The older 2025–26 financial rules instead give +39 055 266 991 and secretariat.florence.hugo@mlfmonde.org; use the homepage contact to confirm arrangements.
The school describes French and Italian cultural learning, with French, Italian and English from preschool and a fourth language from quatrième. It reports 423 pupils and 50 years of operation; these are school-published snapshots.
The financial rules describe Victor Hugo as self-financed, without a French state subsidy. Fees cover operation and investment, and enrolment requires acceptance of MLF’s secular educational values. It is not described as an AEFE directly managed establishment.
A validated Eduka file and first-registration payment are required to secure enrolment. Pupils transferring from another MLF MONDE school are exempt from the first-registration fee.
The published rule requires re-enrolment for the following year before 30 May. Applied to 2026–27, that deadline fell in May 2026 and has passed. It is a re-enrolment rule, not proof that all new applications are closed. Ask the office about current availability and any late procedure.
Pupils may attend class only after registration or re-registration is complete and all amounts due are paid.
The existing official financial document is labelled 2025–26, updated 26 August 2025. The following are that year’s figures, not a confirmed 2026–27 offer.
First registration is €1,500; annual re-registration is €440. The tuition columns below are annual totals for a single payment or ten monthly instalments. The right-hand figure is not payable every month.
| Stage | Annual: single payment | Annual: ten instalments |
|---|---|---|
| Maternelle | €7,580 | €7,900 |
| Élémentaire | €8,450 | €8,800 |
| Collège | €10,180 | €10,600 |
| Lycée | €11,520 | €12,000 |
The CHAM music-timetable programme is listed at €1,300 / €1,365 under the corresponding payment options. Its charges are separate from ordinary tuition.
Annual lunch costs €1,100 for four meals weekly in primary, €1,200 for four in secondary, €1,300 for five in primary or €1,400 for five in secondary. Lunch is compulsory through Troisième and optional in lycée. An extra meal costs €10. Exceptional late collection of a primary child costs €50.
Tuition excludes brevet, Bac and certification examination charges, CHAM registration, uniform, transport, extras, some trips, books and small supplies. International-mobility administration costs €50 to apply and €100 if the exchange takes place.
Sibling reductions apply only to tuition: 15% for the third child and 20% from the fourth. There is no lunch reduction. Payment is either once by 20 September, or ten monthly payments due on the 15th, with September allowed until the 30th. Any month started is due in full; departures after 30 April receive no refund.
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