Pillar 1 — A School That Reflects Its Community: Open, Respectful, Multicultural and Caring
LFS is home to an increasingly diverse international community. This pillar aims to ensure that every student and every family, regardless of their language or cultural background, can understand how the French education system works, fully integrate into school life and feel a true sense of belonging.
- Strengthen the linguistic, cultural and social integration of students and families.
- Foster a united and engaged school community that takes pride in its identity.
- Embed environmental and social responsibility sustainably across LFS culture, teaching practices and operations.
Pillar 2 — An Academically Excellent, Innovative and Ambitious School Committed to Every Student’s Success
Academic excellence lies at the heart of the LFS educational vision. This pillar aims to uphold high standards across all subjects while recognising the diversity of student profiles, and to prepare every student for ambitious pathways into higher education in France, Europe and around the world.
- Sustain and strengthen academic excellence across all subjects.
- Develop differentiated and inclusive teaching through a dedicated Inclusion and Student Success Hub serving all students.
- Advance pedagogical innovation and the effective use of digital technologies in education.
- Develop high-quality, personalised and internationally focused university and career guidance pathways.
Pillar 3 — Delivering an Exceptional Standard of Service
A school with high expectations must also provide an exceptional standard of service. This pillar aims to make interactions between the school and families clearer, smoother and more consistent, as part of a continuous improvement approach grounded in listening to students and families.
- Build a service culture based on excellence in relationships and communication.
- Strengthen the quality management system through continuous improvement and measurable performance indicators.
Pillar 4 — Maintaining a Strategy of Carefully Managed Growth
LFS operates in a constantly evolving demographic and economic environment. This pillar aims to manage enrolment growth carefully in order to preserve both the quality of education and the school’s linguistic balance.
- Ensure sustainable and economically viable enrolment growth.
- Expand access to new student and family communities in a carefully managed way, while preserving LFS’s academic excellence and French identity.
Pillar 5 — Expanding LFS Activities and Services
The sports, arts and cultural activities, as well as the services offered by LFS, are not simply an addition to school life: they are an integral extension of its educational mission. This pillar aims to further structure and develop these offerings for the benefit of all students and families.
- Establish activities and services as a structured and recognised extension of the school’s educational mission.
- Develop a diverse range of activities and services that benefits the entire community and strengthens the profile and reach of LFS.
Pillar 6 — Ensuring and Strengthening the Financial Accessibility of LFS
Ensuring that LFS remains financially accessible is a key priority. This pillar aims to manage costs sustainably while maintaining a high standard of educational provision, and to develop additional sources of funding and support mechanisms for families.
- Manage costs sustainably while preserving service quality and educational excellence.
- Develop additional sources of funding and support mechanisms to make LFS more financially accessible to families.
Pillar 7 — Evolving and Strengthening Our Governance Model
LFS is built on a distinctive governance model bringing together parents, school leadership and the AEFE. This pillar aims to clarify and strengthen this model while fostering greater trust among all stakeholders.
- Strengthen a clear, balanced governance model built on trust between parent members, school leadership and the AEFE.
- Encourage broader, sustained and professional parent involvement in the governance and life of LFS.
Pillar 8 — Making Eurocampus a Reality Beyond the Agreement with the AEFE and the ZfA
Eurocampus is a unique asset in Shanghai. This pillar aims to go beyond the existing institutional framework and develop genuine pedagogical, educational, cultural and organisational cooperation with Deutsche Schule Shanghai (DSS).
- Strengthen pedagogical, educational and cultural cooperation between LFS and DSS.
- Develop organisational synergies and shared resources to support the quality and long-term sustainability of the Eurocampus model.
