International School of Toulouse
| International School of Toulouse | |
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| Location | |
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Colomiers Haute Garonne 31770 Toulouse, Midi Pyrénées France | |
| Coordinates | 43°36′53″N 1°18′12″E / 43.61484°N 1.3032°E |
| Information | |
| 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 3 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.
History
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 students
The internationally diverse student body comes from all over the globe, including Spain, South Africa, Ireland, France, Germany, the USA, Brazil, UK, Denmark, Canada, Italy, Sweden, Malaysia, Greece, Myanmar, Korea, Russia and many other countries.
The curriculum
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 2013 installed. 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. Every year students are put into teams to compete for a sports day where multiple groups of four teams where they compete against each other in multiple sports, examples are basketball, ultimate frisbee, football, handball and most popular each year edurance, at the end of the day points each team earned from each sports is added up and the top 3 teams are awarded medals.
Tuition and Fees
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.
According to the school's web site, the 2011–2012 school year tuition is:[2]
€6,580 UK: FS1 US: Preschool FR: PS €9,885 UK: FS2, Yrs 1–2 US: Preschool, K, 1 FR: MS, GS, CP €11,260 UK: Yrs 3–6 US: 2–5 FR: CE1 – CM2 €15,600 UK: Yrs 7–9 US: 6–8 FR: 6eme – 4eme €16,015 UK: Yrs 10–11 US: 9–10 FR: 3eme – 2nde €17,410 UK: Yrs 12–13 US: 11–12 FR: 1ere – Terminale
To put these fees in context in the local community, according to France's national statistics agency, INSEE, the average salary in the Midi-Pyrénées region where IST is located is €21,448 (figures from 2006).[3]
A €1,500 (previously €1,000) registration fee must accompany an application and becomes non-refundable upon issuance of a letter of acceptance. There is a non-refundable €3,000 (previously €2,500) capital fee for each enrolling student. A refundable €1,000 security fee is charged to students who are issued a laptop computer.
Holiday schools
During the February, Easter and Summer holidays, the school sometimes 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. Due to lack of interest this programme did not run in 2011 or 2012.
EuroCampus
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).
Controversy
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 win a case for unfair dismissal against the school.[4]
Notes
- ↑ http://92.103.170.189/mod/resource/view.php?id=355 (http://www.intst.eu About Us: Governance and Management)
- ↑ http://www.intst.eu/standard_forms/ist_fees_2011-12.pdf
- ↑ http://www.insee.fr/fr/themes/tableau.asp?reg_id=99&ref_id=CMRSEF04124
- ↑ http://www.ladepeche.fr/article/2010/01/22/760002-International-School-le-calvaire-d-un-prof.html
External links
- Website of the Head of History at the International School of Toulouse
- ICT at the International School of Toulouse
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