French speaking schools in Flanders

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The only French schools in Flanders are fondamentale (2.5 - 12) in the communes / gemeenten along the language border designated "facility" communes. To access these schools, you have to sign a document to say your home language is French, so you have to lie to access these schools.

There are 3 fondamentales in Wezembeek-Oppem, la Fermette, Notre Dame de la Trinite and St Georges. There is 1 fondamentale in Kraainem, Diabolo. To access these 4 schools, you must be resident in one of the 6 French facility communes around Brussels, but in reality, you will be resident in Kraainem or Wezembeek to access these 4 schools.

Be aware all 4 schools place a high emphasis and increased classroom time into the learning of Dutch.

Be aware none of the 4 schools is allowed to offer extra help with French, as you have signed a document stating French is your home language .The nearby Brussels fondamentales have such high numbers of non French speakers that in primaire, they can offer help with French, typically 2 to 5 hours a week small group or individual tuition in French for non francophones.


Sterrebeek is a part of the gemeente of Zaventem and this gemeente does not have facility status, so the nearest French schools are in Evere, WSL and WSP.

Thank you for your response. I must not be searching with the correct key words as I have struggled to find this information.

Do you know if you have to live within a certain area to send a child to a school in that area? For example, if we live just within Kraainem, could we send our son to a school in WSP or WSL?

Thanks