Lycée Français International Georges Pompidou
Lycée Français International Georges Pompidou
Lycée Français International Georges Pompidou (LFIGP) is a French-curriculum school in Dubai, from Petite Section to Terminale. It is an AEFE partner school, and the AEFE lists all 15 of its levels as homologated by the French Ministry of Education. The school says it has been in Dubai for more than 50 years; KHDA's inspection reports give 1973 as its opening year, while KHDA's directory lists 1998. It is a non-profit school, run as an Emirati association under the Community Development Authority by a board made up mostly of parents. Three schools share two sites: the École Maternelle at Oud Metha (Petite to Grande Section), rated Outstanding by KHDA in 2023-24, and at Dubai Academic City the École Élémentaire (CP to CM2) and the secondary school (6ème to Terminale), which form KHDA's Dubai Branch licence, rated Very Good in 2023-24. French is the language of instruction. From Moyenne Section families choose a French-reinforced or an English-reinforced international section; at the secondary the British international section starts in 6ème, with IGCSEs in Seconde, alongside the European section, Latin, German and Spanish, leading to the Baccalauréat or the bilingual or trilingual Baccalauréat Français International. Arabic is compulsory to the end of collège. In 2025-26 the school had 2,545 pupils of 57 nationalities, and in 2026 every candidate passed the Baccalauréat, 91.2% with honours.
Fees read from the school's published 2026-27 fee schedule; KHDA rating from its 2023-24 inspection report. Last checked 10 October 2026. How Talem verifies →
Fees for 2026/2027, per year group. Excludes registration, uniform, and transport.
Tuition is KHDA's approved fee for 2026-27; KHDA records that the school asked for no increase this year, and its fact sheets, which the school publishes as its own fee schedule, list no mandatory charge on top of tuition. The school runs under two KHDA licences: the École Maternelle at Oud Metha (Petite to Grande Section) and, at Academic City, the École Élémentaire and the secondary school (CP to Terminale). The language and sport sections, transport, meals, activities and trips are charged separately. AEFE scholarships awarded to eligible families are applied to tuition once notified.
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KHDA 2023–2024 inspection
The École Maternelle at Oud Metha teaches the five learning areas of the French programme: language, physical activity, the arts, first mathematical tools and exploring the world. Petite Section is French-reinforced (SIFR) for every class; from Moyenne Section families choose SIFR or the English-reinforced SIAR. English and Arabic are taught in the maternelle, and Muslim pupils have Islamic education from Moyenne Section.
Cycle 2 at the École Élémentaire, Academic City: the cycle of fundamental learning (reading, writing, calculation and problem-solving). Pupils follow the French-reinforced (SIFR) or the English-reinforced (SIAR) international section, and a review at the end of CE2 decides whether a pupil continues in the international section. Arabic is compulsory, and Islamic education is compulsory for Muslim pupils.
Cycle 3, the cycle of consolidation, runs from CM1 and CM2 at the élémentaire to 6ème at the collège, for continuity between primary and secondary. The football and swimming sections start in CM1, and the British international section in 6ème.
Cycle 4 (5ème to 3ème) at the secondary school, Academic City: physics-chemistry and the option of Latin from 5ème, German or Spanish alongside English and Arabic, interdisciplinary projects on sustainable development, the European section (2 extra hours of English) or the British international section, and in 3ème the Diplôme National du Brevet (the DNBi in the British section), with the school as exam centre.
Seconde is the year of orientation, with an observation internship and IGCSEs for the British section. In Première and Terminale pupils take three, then two, specialities from history-geography and geopolitics (HGGSP), humanities-literature-philosophy (HLP), English (LLCER), computer science (NSI), physics-chemistry, economics and social sciences (SES), mathematics, life and earth sciences (SVT) and sport (EPPCS), with Maths complémentaires, Maths expertes and law (DGEMC) as options in Terminale. The French épreuves anticipées in Première, and philosophy and the Grand Oral in Terminale, lead to the Baccalauréat or the bilingual (English) or trilingual (Spanish) Baccalauréat Français International.
Classrooms with IT equipment and interactive boards at the secondary and at the Oud Metha maternelle.
More than 28,000 documents, a cinema room and a 15-computer room for the secondary, open 8:00 to 16:40.
More than 9,000 books; every class has a weekly slot with the librarian.
A swimming pool on the Academic City secondary campus; the swimming section runs from Grade 4 (CM1) to Grade 12.
Gymnasiums at the secondary, and a gymnasium at the élémentaire and at the Oud Metha maternelle.
An auditorium on the Academic City secondary campus.
Performance halls (salles de spectacle) at the secondary, and a performance hall at the élémentaire.
Art workshops and a gallery at the secondary.
Proviseure (Head of School)
Proviseure of the LFIGP. She chairs the Conseil d'établissement, which covers the school's three sites; KHDA's directory lists her as principal of the Dubai Branch licence.
Directrice du secondaire (Head of Secondary)
Directeur adjoint du secondaire (Deputy Head of Secondary)
Directeur de l'école élémentaire (Head of Primary)
Directrice de l'école maternelle (Head of the Oud Metha Maternelle)
Head of Care and Support
Head of Arabic
Head of the Inclusion Unit (Pôle Inclusion)
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Dubai Academic City, Al Ruwayyah, Dubai (CP to Terminale) and Oud Metha, Dubai (École Maternelle)
