I applied to the school on 26 November 2024. On 6 December I cancelled the application for my daughter at the school for several reasons. My daughter had just been offered a place in another school but also EJM had wrongly informed me about children coming from a purely British education system rather than an international one being welcome but I later found out this was not the case so EJM was no longer a viable option. The fee was paid 7 working days earlier. It had not been used to assess my daughter's application as the assessment was scheduled to take place a few months later. On 6 December the member of staff I spoke to told me that she could not see why I would not be refunded as it had only been 7 working days and no one had looked at the application. She also went on to explain why the school sometimes refunded families (job relocation, hardship etc..) and was very reassuring. The finance lady I had to deal with however refused. She is absolutely awful. She totally denied what her colleague had said. She could not see that the school should never have accepted my daughter's application in the first place as she had not followed an international education. SO PLEASE BE AWARE: The school is inconsistent and unprofessional. They say one thing and the opposite and do not feel any kind of conscience about it. They just want to keep the application fee and they don't care about wasting your time. They are inconsistent and immoral. read more

We are new to EJM. My 10 year old son is in Adaptation program which is designed for non-French speaking children to gently be introduced to French. All children in the class (mixed 4th/5th - 18 kids total) speak basic English, although they come from many different countries. The courses are all taught in French (math, PE, art, etc) except for English. English literacy is required for entrance into EJM, French is not. My son has had a very easy transition, as have his peers (as I've asked the kids and their parents if they were happy and all uniformly said they loved the school). He says he prefers this to his previous school in the US. There are kids from Korea, Spain, England, China, Russia, Japan and the US in his class. Probably more but I am not sure. The school does a nice job of outreach to various groups who speak different languages and have translators in about 20 languages for parents (not in classroom). They will spend time visiting various museums, à pâtisserie, chocolaterie and taking a boat trip down the Seine for their field trips. What could be better? And our primary teacher is really great and very kind. My only complaint is that the math level is extremely easy for their year, as is the vocabulary and spelling (English). Of course, this is because many kids are still learning English, but it's frustrating for me. I believe they would like the children to have a relatively easy transition and then the following years they become quite rigorous. This school is known for its academic rigor, but for the Adaptation, it's quite easy. Additionally, it's quite hard to integrate with the local French families as the Adaptation class is largely segregated for this first year. Once they complete the year, they enter the main school which is filled with French kids who are learning English. I will say that a friend with a younger child (5 years) IS having a bit more of a challenge in transitioning to an all French language class. But I'm sure he will be fine in a few weeks. It's still quite early and immersion is the only way to learn a language. I find the staff, parents and teachers all to be quite pleasant and welcoming. At this point, I would recommend the school to anyone moving to Paris with their kids. read more

Excellent school with a great mission: promoting international understanding through a bilingual education.

Our year at EJM in the adaptation program was extremely upsetting to our children and stressful for the entire family. We were told that EJM had "a special program to meet the needs of these students, for whom the social and emotional challenges of relocation are often as great as its academic demands." That simply wasn't the case. Instead we found a larger class size than promised, combined grades, and very little basic French instruction. There was no transition period. Children were expected to immediately learn in at-grade French. The teachers lecture rather than engage and many are mean-spirited and will humiliate children. Students are expected to come home each night and spend hours reviewing, rewriting and memorizing all the day's lessons. Families find the need to hire tutors. The program director is disorganized and unhelpful. The Parents Association did what they could to keep us sane. Please carefully evaluate whether your family is up for this challenge. read more

Very bad attitude toward new comers. Pushed us to pay online registration fee without meeting us face to face and after paying - said they have no place and a long waiting list!!! could say it before and save us the money! read more