Castelnau-le-Lez · Near Montpellier
When school stops respecting a child's own pace, it is their inner resources that go out.
Da Vinci Private School follows another path: a demanding educational environment, built to a human scale, where a child can learn without closing up.
Academic accomplishment begins with emotional security.
The region's only bilingual micro-campus (15 children per class), combining French rigour with Scandinavian pedagogy.
See the programme →A question you may be asking yourself
Is your child bored in an overcrowded classroom?
In a standard class of 30, a child receives on average only 180 seconds — three minutes — of individual attention a day. That ratio guarantees anonymity, and pushes the liveliest children into a silent adjustment in which they learn to think less so as not to disturb. Anonymity is not inevitable: it is a problem of infrastructure, and we have solved it.
Our answer
At Da Vinci, we have done away with anonymity
With 45 children in total, we know every one of them — their pace, their strengths, what makes them grow. That is the Micro-Campus: a deliberately limited setting so that every child stays visible.
Three pillars, one ambition
Micro class sizes
15 children per class, never more — for individual attention that is real, not a sales promise.
Native bilingualism
Two languages in equal measure, taught by native speakers, from the earliest years.
Hygge & well-being
A Scandinavian pedagogy in which emotional security is the condition for accomplishment, not the obstacle to it.
100% of families re-enrol* * excluding house moves, moves up to secondary school (6e) and exclusions.
The founder
Pernille Kongstad
Pernille Kongstad founded Da Vinci school in Castelnau, where she lives with her three daughters and her little boy. By creating a school in the region where she lives, she wishes to offer families around Montpellier a school that is open to the world, supported by experienced professionals in international education.
Read her story →4.2/5 from 6 reviews, claimed profile
“An excellent English school. The activities are playful, lively and expertly led by native English-speaking staff.”
“A bilingual school of real quality. The language is learnt naturally, in a living and playful way — far beyond a simple school exercise.”
“What we particularly appreciate is the human scale of the school, which allows for very personal support.”
Reviews written in French, translated here.
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A strict cap: 15 children per class · 45 children per school.
Ready to discover the Cocon d'Évolution?
The micro-campus welcomes 45 children in total. Take the time to talk with us and see whether the school is right for your child.
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