Ecole Oasis Internationale

The first school in the world authorised to offer all four IB programmes in French, on a Maadi campus open since 1989. Trilingual French, English and Arabic. Around 1,900 students.

Run by Groupe Scolaire Oasis, this is the senior of two related Oasis schools and the natural choice for francophone families in Cairo who want a full PYP-MYP-DP-CP continuum without leaving French. IB results have tracked above the world average for years, and the school feeds graduates into French and Egyptian universities and an international spread beyond.

The school adopted Positive Discipline as its behaviour framework from 2015/16, which lines up with what families say about the atmosphere: structured but not punitive. Class sizes average around 25. Families wanting a primarily English-medium school will find this is genuinely a French school first, with English and Arabic supporting rather than driving instruction.

• Parents praise the IB continuum in French and the academic ambition; one called it "a perfect school".
• The workload draws repeat complaints, including holiday homework and what one parent described as a lot of irrelevant work.
• Some parents and ex-staff flag rude or unprofessional teachers and a school they read as fee-driven.
• Neighbours and parents have grumbled about traffic at drop-off and a building expansion that took out part of the playground.
• Fees sit at the top of the Cairo private market and several reviewers feel the experience does not match the price.