All the staff of Petite École de Reigate is DBS checked and trained on a Safeguarding course with the Surrey Skills Academy.
The school administration
Manal & Pascale
Co-founders
Lucile
Head teacher & Year 6 Teacher
Of Lebanese origin, I was educated in the French system in Lebanon. Before founding the Petite École, I was looking for educational support that was both fun and structured for my two children. I quickly realized that there were other Francophone families around Reigate who shared the same aspirations. I am temporarily based abroad but I continue to support the school from afar. In my absence, I passed my role as administrative manager to Maha who is a trained accountant, and who now takes care of the organization and accounting of the school.
I am French, an engineer by training, and I have lived in England for more than 20 years. At the Petite École, I developed the pedagogical programs with the teachers for the different levels and I took care of the recruitment and training of the teaching staff. You will now see me at the Petite École on Saturday afternoon to welcome you and discuss!
French and engineer by training, I lived and worked in the paper industry for about ten years in Manchester and Lucca, Italy. Back in the United Kingdom in Reigate, I spent 2 years working full time as a "mother" to my two boys before starting teaching French, and since 2018, I have been a teacher in the fourth grade class where I have been able to develop myself by sharing my culture and mother tongue while having fun. In 2019, I was pleased to succed to Pascale as the School Director! I'm still loving to teach and will have the pleasure to be in CM2 this year!
The teachers
Gaëlle
Maternelle PS
(Pre-school)
Anne-Caroline
Maternelle GS
(Reception)
Anne-Luce
CP1
(Year 1)
Laurence
CP2
(Year 2)
Céline
CE1
(Year 3)
Katia
CE2
(Year 4)
Sarah
CM1
(Year 5)
Caroline
Collège
(Year 7-8)
Nadia
Secondary class
(DELF B1 & B2)
Mum of twin girls coming from bilingual parents, it was very important for me to share my French values and traditions with them. "La Petite École de Reigate'' was strongly recommended to us. Their start in reception has helped all of us tremendously to speak French at home, as well as with family members in France. I started to share my enthusiasm with the other children at "La Petite École de Reigate" by volunteering in the reading sessions. I jumped at the chance to fill in as a teaching assistant and now as a teacher of the entry level pre-school class. Engineer in biology, I have more than 20 years experience in the pharmaceutical industry. I have recently decided to spend more quality time with my family and embrace my passion for the arts & crafts.
I’m French and the mother of a little girl who has been attending the Petite École since she was three. It's important to me to share not only the French language but also the French culture. My love for sharing and teaching (I also teach karate to children in my spare time) led me to join the team at the Petite École. In my day job, I work in the field of International Mobility, which I’m passionate about, and I’ve lived in Spain, Belgium, Ireland, and, since 2018, in England. I’m very familiar with the challenges faced by expatriate families, and I hope to bring a bit of France to the children on Saturday afternoons.
A strong supporter of the Petite École de Reigate for the past four years, I am the mother of a little boy who practices his French every Saturday. For the past four years, I have supported the reading workshop, then I was an assistant and finally a teacher in the CP1 class, my profession during the week is consumer marketing, but it is always with pleasure that I meet my students and the whole team every Saturday.
I am French. As a qualified trainer, I have been teaching English and French for several years, from preschool to high school. It is a vocation that continues; all the more rewarding at La Petite École because it now allows me to help French-speaking children educated in England to flourish in their culture and their knowledge of their mother tongue.
Originally from Lille in northern France, I’ve been living in England for 27 years and am the proud mother of a French bilingual young adult. My passion for languages and culture led me to study Applied Foreign Languages (LEA) and work in the tourism industry, where I loved sharing my enthusiasm and knowledge with others. French has always played a central role in my professional life. During my free time, I volunteer at a local theatre, helping to design and decorate sets. I also enjoy spending time outdoors, especially cycling through the countryside. I’m thrilled to be joining Petite École de Reigate in the Year 3 class.
I’ve been living in London for 25 years and raising my three sons here. From the start, it mattered to me that they realised they weren’t the only ones growing up between two cultures. That’s why I joined the young mothers’ group at Londres Accueil, where I later had the chance to serve as chair for several years. I went on to create a French after-school club, Les Petits Molière and today I support GCSE and A level students at my youngest son’s school. On Saturday mornings, I also teach the Reception class in a "Petite école" in Wimbledon. I’m passionate about helping children connect with French culture and, above all, learn to communicate with all the richness and subtleties of the language. Even if they don’t always see its value right away, I believe this experience gives them a broader outlook and makes learning other languages easier.
A French national, mum to a 6-year-old girl who's fully bilingual, I have always been passionate about languages and about teaching! While my 'day' job is Director in a brand and marketing consultancy, I always reminisced about the 2 years I spent studying and working as a French Language Lecturer at Trinity College in Dublin in my early 20's. Now, and since having my daughter, who's a student at the Petite Ecole de Reigate, my passion for teaching has been reignited and I am looking forward to passing on my love of the French language and our culture to my students.
I have been teaching fifth grade since the beginning of the 2018 school year. I am French and have been living in West Sussex since 2010. With a literary background and a BTS in communications, I became interested in language teaching by giving private French lessons to adults and children. Recently, I became the manager of a franchise "La Jolie Ronde" which allows me to work regularly with young children, a work that I am passionate about, and I find it very rewarding to pass on the knowledge of French and Francophone culture to the bilingual children of La Petite École and to help them develop their own culture. Passionate about the arts and theatre, these are two subjects that I try to transmit during my lessons.
Mother of two children at Petite École de Reigate, I am French and have lived in England for more than 20 years. I started teaching French by giving private lessons. I worked for a French club while continuing to give private lessons at all levels. My thirst for learning is never satisfied and I have never stopped studying. Among a myriad of diplomas I have collected, I have acquired a teaching diploma. I have taught English as a foreign language in several professional organizations, teaching in classes of all ages, nationalities and levels. I have also been a tour guide in London for classes from France. I also taught French in a professional setting.