| International School of Toulouse | |
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| Colomiers Haute Garonne 31770 Toulouse, Midi Pyrénées, France |
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| School type | Private - International |
| Established | 1999 |
| Age | 4 to 18 |
| Enrollment | c. 300 |
| Colour(s) | Red Navy |
| Website | www.intst.eu |
The International School of Toulouse is a private, international day school for boys and girls aged 4 to 18.
It was founded in 1999 by Airbus Mobility, a wholly owned subsidiary of Airbus SAS, with the aim to facilitate the global mobility of the company’s workforce. The school also admits students whose parents are not sponsored by the Airbus Mobility program, subject to the payment of an annual tuition fee.[1]
It is located in Colomiers, near Toulouse, in the Haute Garonne department of France.
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The school was founded in 1999 after the aeronautics industry in nearby Blagnac expanded. The school is sponsored by Airbus, with the aim of facilitating the mobility of their employees from all over the world.
The internationally diverse student body comes from all over the globe, including Spain, South Africa, Ireland, France, Germany, the USA, Brazil, UK, Poland, Denmark and many other countries.
With the exception of sport, French, Spanish and German lessons, the teaching is mostly in English. The school is noted for its use of information technology in teaching and learning, with every student from age 9 onwards having the loan of their own laptop computer with windows 2010 intalled. The Primary school follows the International Primary Curriculum (IPC), while the Secondary school offers students the GCSE and IGCSE to the 14-16 age range, and the International Baccalaureate in the sixth form for those after the age of 16.
Although the school is intended principally to serve the educational needs of children of sponsored Airbus employees who transfer to Toulouse, other children may be accepted to the school on a tuition-paying basis, subject to available space and evaluation of their suitability. The tuition scale below compares with France's national statistics agency INSEE's figure for the average salary in Midi-Pyrénées of €21,448 (latest figures from 2006).[2]
The 2009-2010 school year tuition is:[3]
€ 6,200 UK: FS1 US: Preschool FR: PS € 9,315 UK: FS2, Yrs 1-2 US: Preschool, K, 1 FR: MS, GS, CP €10,610 UK: Yrs 3-6 US: 2-5 FR: CE1 - CM2 €14,990 UK: Yrs 7-9 US: 6-8 FR: 6eme - 4eme €15,390 UK: Yrs 10-11 US: 9-10 FR: 3eme - 2nde €17,065 UK: Yrs 12-13 US: 11-12 FR: 1ere - Terminale
A €1,000 registration fee must accompany an application and becomes non-refundable upon issuance of a letter of acceptance. There is a non-refundable €2,500 capital fee for each enrolling student. A refundable €1,000 security fee is charged to students who are issued a laptop computer.
During the February, Easter and Summer holidays, the school runs an ‘English School’ programme for local non-native speakers of English. For a total of five weeks in the year, a variety of courses in English, Drama, Music, ICT, Science, Art, Film Making and Sport are available.
There is also an Arsenal Soccer School in the holidays for boys and girls aged between 6 and 14.
As of 2009, as part of the euroCampus project, new facilities (including a sports hall) now allow the ISt to share the site with the Deutsche Schule Toulouse (DST).
On 23 December 2006, Richard Jones-Nerzic, a former teacher at IST was dismissed. This decision raised concern that it had been taken to remove a union representative from the staff, since some other SUNDEP members were previously dismissed. His dismissal from the IST, in connection with the dismissal of another teacher, sparked adverse comment from teachers internationally, students, ex-students and parents. In January 2010, Richard Jones-Nerzic became the fourth teacher to successfully win a case for unfair dismissal against the school.[4]