Esclaibes International Schools

A small group of bilingual Montessori schools across Paris (8th, 15th and 16th arrondissements), Clichy and Marseille, taking children from age 2 to 12 under the Esclaibes family's long-running Montessori brand.

The Esclaibes name carries weight in French Montessori circles. Sylvie d'Esclaibes opened her first school in 1991 in Bailly, and Marie Robert and Alexandre d'Esclaibes lead the Paris and Marseille network founded in 2014. Teachers are AMI-trained and the day is bilingual French and English.

Parents who land here tend to stay. They describe small caring teams, materials that are kept fresh, and children who are visibly happy at the school gates. The trade-offs are the usual ones for primary-only Montessori. You will need a plan for collège, and the network does not run its own secondary in Paris, so the family Athena Montessori school in Bailly is the closest in-house continuation. A solid choice for families who want bilingual Montessori delivered by a team with deep roots in the method.

• Parents across the Paris 15e and 16e sites describe small classes, an English-French bilingual day with native-speaker teaching, and a Montessori frame for ages 2 to 11.
• Communication with educators draws consistent praise. One parent said children come home eager to share what they did; another, after a mid-year move, credited a warm welcome and quick integration.
• The wider Esclaibes network includes Clichy, Marseille and Bailly. Parents at Clichy praised a "caring Montessori framework" and activities oriented to world discovery.
• Independent third-party review volume is modest. Most surfaced testimonials sit on school-controlled pages.