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Diplôme National du Brevet, Mention Internationale

The Diplôme national du brevet is a French state qualification taken in Troisième, at the end of compulsory schooling in France. This involves pupils taking written examinations in French, mathematics and history-geography in French. In addition, British Section pupils sit oral examinations in English language and literature and history-geography in English in order to gain the Mention Internationale.

Diplôme National du Brevet results (June 2024)

The International Section students’ pass rate is 100%

  • 100% of IS students got a mention 
  • 71.5% got a mention très bien 
  • 24% got a mention bien
  • 4.5% got a mention assez bien

Baccalauréat Français International (BFI), British version

The Bac Français International (BFI) is the school-leaving qualification taken by British Section students. The British version of the BFI results from a long-standing partnership between the French Ministry of Education and Cambridge International Education (CIE), a division of the University of Cambridge. The unique feature of the BFI is that A-Level standard examinations in English Language and Literature and History/Geography are added to the full syllabus of the traditional French Baccalauréat, and the results of these examinations are factored, with heavy weightings (coéfficients), into the student's overall mark. Results are expressed as a mark out of twenty, with the highest commendation - Mention Très Bien - being awarded to students achieving an average mark of 16/20 and above. Each year, we celebrate our students' success in the BFI at a graduation ceremony: The Bachelier Evening. 


More information about this pioneering bilingual diploma can be found in the brochures (in English or French) produced by Cambridge International Education and ASIBA (Association de Sections Internationales Britanniques et Anglophones).  Over forty schools worldwide offer the British version of the BFI and all are members of ASIBA. 

2024 Results

 

BFI

(59 candidates)

Mention TB

41% (24 students)

Mention B

32% (19 students)

Mention AB

15% (9 students)

Admis sans mention

12% (7 students)

Pass rate

100%

Final grades were based on coursework (an average mark across all 3 terms across the Terminale year) applying the usual coefficients, while last year’s results only included terms 1+2 counted.

 

JUNE 2023

(48 students)

JUNE 2022

(43 candidates)

JUNE 2021

(47 candidates)

JUNE 2020

(46 candidates)

JUNE 2019

(35 candidates)

June 2018

(48 candidates)

June 2017

(37 candidates)

Mention TB

23% 27.91%

44.68% 

38.1%

34%

29%

27%

Mention B

35% 27.91%

29.78% 

30.95%

31%

21%

30%

Mention AB

23% 16.28%

23.4% 

26.19%

28%

25%

27%

Admis

19% 25.58%

2.13% 

4.76%

7%

23%

16%

Pass rate

100% 97.7%

100%

100%

100%

100%

100%