Headmasters’ Welcome
It is with joy, pride, and great enthusiasm that I join the French-Cypriot School. The 2025/2026 school year opens under the best auspices for our school, driven by steady growth and outstanding academic results.
With a 100% success rate in the Diplôme National du Brevet and a 100% pass rate in the French baccalauréat – including 87% of students receiving honors and one student being awarded the jury’s congratulations – last year will remain the most remarkable in the history of our institution. These achievements reflect the seriousness and commitment of our students and their families, as well as the tireless dedication of our teaching and educational teams.
Our school community continues to expand: 400 students in Nicosia and 65 in Limassol, representing a growth of more than 60% since 2024 for this campus, which this year opens a new grade 4 (CM1 class). In Nicosia, kindergarten is almost full, a clear sign of the vitality and attractiveness of our school. These numbers testify to the renewed trust of families and pave the way for a promising future.
Our ambitious multilingual commitment is more than ever at the heart of our educational project; this September, an English European Section is opening in grade 10 (Seconde), and we are also working towards the forthcoming implementation of the French International Baccalaureate (BFI). This direction reaffirms our commitment to providing every student with a rich, open, and forward-looking education, adapted to the needs of a constantly evolving world. In this spirit, we reaffirm the values that guide us and constitute the strength of our educational culture: humanism, critical thinking, tolerance, and openness to the world. These are the values that enable our students to become enlightened citizens, capable of thriving in a globalized environment.
Our ambitions rely on the unique strength of the AEFE network, which brings together nearly 600 schools in 140 countries and guarantees our students continuous, high-quality education from kindergarten to the baccalauréat, across the globe. This network also provides access to prestigious international programs, such as the ADN mobility program, the Orchestre des lycées français du monde, and many other cultural and sporting initiatives.
Finally, the French-Cypriot School remains firmly rooted in its local environment, strengthening the privileged bilateral relationship between France and Cyprus.
At the beginning of this new school year, I wish to warmly thank the entire educational community – parents, students, staff, partners, and institutions – whose support and commitment contribute so greatly to the success of our school.
On behalf of the French-Cypriot School team, I wish you all an excellent school year, full of discoveries, projects, and successes.
Sincerely,
Eric Szarzynski
The French-Cypriot school figures
Our history
Located in the center of Nicosia, in the Saint Joseph School’s premises on Saint Maron Street, the French School of Nicosia opens its doors.
The school changes its name to Ecole Française Arthur Rimbaud and signs its first agreement with the ‘AEFE’, Agency for French Education Abroad.
The school celebrates its 10th anniversary. Middle and High School classes are created and supervised by the CNED (National Centre for Distance Education).
The school has now been operating for 20 years, and the foundations of the Franco-Cypriot School are emerging.
Inauguration of the EFC.
The EFC is accredited by the ‘AEFE’ up to the Baccalauréat
The Limassol school opens.
Our Assets
The value and strength of the French curriculum
The EFC is accredited by the French Ministry of Education and by the Cypriot Ministry of Youth, Sports, and Education. Pupils follow the French curriculum from Nursery School through High School. They are prepared to take the French standard exams (Diplôme National du Brevet) in Year 10 (3ème) and the Baccalauréat diploma in Year 12 and 13 (première et terminale).
Further studies in France and internationally
Attending a French school provides a privileged pathway for further studies both in France and internationally. The French Baccalauréat is recognized in many countries and is considered one of the most prestigious diplomas around the world. It enables our pupils to pursue their studies not only in France but also in many European countries (such as the United Kingdom, Switzerland, Spain…) or internationally (United States, Canada…).
The ‘AEFE’, the strength of the network
The ‘AEFE’ is the French public agency overseeing and coordinating the network of French educational institutions abroad. The ‘AEFE’ constitutes the world’s largest educational network within which its accredited schools offer educational continuity from Nursery School to the Baccalauréat. Being part of this dynamic, attractive, and open-minded global network allows our schools to provide a particularly enriching education. The stated ambition across the network is educational excellence thus supporting the success of all students. Most graduates from the network subsequently gain admission to prestigious French ‘Grandes Ecoles’ (business and engineering top schools) and leading international universities.
Multilingualism at the core of the educational project
From Nursery School onward, students are immersed in a multicultural and bilingual environment, benefiting from instruction in French and Greek. In primary school, they start learning English as well. Through this curriculum, our pupils are fluent in three languages (French, Greek, and English) by the end of Key Stage 2 (‘Cycle 3’). They reach the Baccalauréat with an excellent linguistic background, a significant asset for their higher education applications and future careers.
Agency for French Education Abroad (‘AEFE’)
Founded in 1990, the ‘AEFE’, the Agency for French Education Abroad is a national public institution under the supervision of the ‘MEAE’, Ministry of European and Foreign Affairs. As the educational operator of the ‘MEAE’, the primary objective of the ‘AEFE’, is to support, promote, and develop a unique school network worldwide. As of the 2025 academic year, this network consists of 612 institutions across 138 countries, providing education to French and international children destined to become enlightened citizens.
138
Countries
612
Schools
>400.000
Students
Our team
Contacts
Nicosie
20 Konstantinou Kavafi street, 2121 Aglantzia, Cyprus
P.O. Box 22091 – 1517 Nicosia
secretariat@efchypre.com
+357 22 66 53 18
Office Hours: 7:45 a.m. to 16:15p.m.
Limassol
Ptolemeon, Limassol 3041
secretariat-lim@efchypre.com
+357 25 35 59 00
Office Hours: 7:45 a.m. to 14:30 p.m.
