Architecture

Centre scolaire La Xavière

Lyon

Centre scolaire La Xavière is a school complex in Lyon that groups seven private establishments under contract with the State. It provides education from kindergarten through high school. The complex includes three colleges, located in Chaponnay, Vénissieux, and Manissieux in Saint-Priest, as well as a lycée. The colleges at Chaponnay and Vénissieux offer classes from sixth to third year, with six or seven classes per level. The Chaponnay college, founded in 1985 at 1 rue des Fontaines, occupies four buildings. In Vénissieux, the college is located at 10 rue Pierre Brossolette and shares a common courtyard with the primary school. A new college opened at 39 rue Clemenceau in Saint-Priest in 2017/2018. The lycée opened at the site of Saint-Jean de Dieu in 1990 and includes three levels from seconde to terminale. It also offers a European English section with Physics-Chemistry courses taught in English.

Map showing the location of Centre scolaire La Xavière in Lyon
Location of Centre scolaire La Xavière in Lyon

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Centre scolaire La Xaviere in Lyon

The centre scolaire La Xaviere is located in Lyon and brings together seven private establishments operating under contracts with the State. It provides education across a continuous range from kindergarten to high school. The grouping of these institutions gives the centre a broad educational scope within the city, covering the full school pathway from early childhood through secondary education.

The La Xaviere School Complex

The centre scolaire La Xaviere comprises three distinct colleges located in Chaponnay, Vennissieux, and Manissieux in Saint-Priest. The Chaponnay college was founded in 1985 and is located at 1 rue des Fontaines, Chaponnay. It consists of four buildings and has six or seven classes per level. Its current director is M. Frances.

The Vennissieux college is at 10, rue Pierre Brossolette. It also has six or seven classes per level, from sixieme to troisieme, and shares a common courtyard with the primary school. Its current director is M. Chevallier.

A new college opened at 39 rue Clemenceau in Saint-Priest in 2017/2018. This site has two classes at each level from cinquieme to troisieme, and three classes in sixieme, with the third class opening in 2021/2022. Its current director is Mme Comte-Hoerner.

In 2018, the colleges at Chaponnay and Vennissieux achieved 98 percent and 100 percent success at the brevet des colleges, and more than 91.9 percent of students received a mention. Most students from these colleges choose a general orientation at lycee La Xaviere de Lyon after troisieme.

The Lyccee at Saint-Jean de Dieu

Centre scolaire La Xaviere, referred to here as the Lycee, opened on the Saint-Jean de Dieu site in 1990. It is located at 252 route de Vienne in Lyon and is accessible through the TCL network by tramway line T6 at the Moulin a Vent stop, bus line C12 at the Ludovic Bonin stop, and bus line 34 near the Moulin a Vent stop.

The Lycee is organized across three levels, from seconde to terminale, for an approximate student body. Its structure includes five classes of seconde with options in SES or LV3 Russian, four classes of premiere, and four classes of terminale, including one L-ES, one ES, and two S classes. The school also offers a European English section, with Physics-Chemistry courses taught in English; this section was reported at 100 percent in 2019.

After the baccalaureate, students from the Lycee go on to preparatory classes, engineering schools, and management schools. The current director is Madame Mauron-Boudevin, who is also an English professor. She succeeded Mohamed Hariza in 2013.