The International French School of Sydney is approved and regulated by French authorities. This approval means that the teaching at the school conforms to French education programs. The school is accredited to prepare students for the French secondary exams (Diplôme National du Brevet and the Baccalauréat). Regular inspections are organised by the AEFE (Agency for French Teaching Abroad). The International French School of Sydney is also a French exam centre for the whole of Australia.

The school is regulated by the French government: this regulation allows the school access to teachers who are wholly or partly financed by the French state. The French School of Sydney belongs to the network of the AEFE (Agency for French Teaching Abroad) which encompasses 429 schools in 125 countries. This network, the largest school network in the world, allows, for example, a student to leave New York halfway through the school year and to join a class in Hong Kong or in Sydney to continue his/her schooling following the same syllabus.

The teaching at the International French School of Sydney is carried out by qualified teachers who are either expatriates, residents, or on local contracts, and encompasses all classes from maternelle (3 years of age) to terminale (18 years of age).

The school population is made up of students from 20 different nationalities and a particular effort is made to integrate non francophone students by providing French as a Foreign Language classes. The International French School of Sydney has put in place an international section, preparing students for the International Baccalaureate (also called the Geneva Baccalaureate). The teaching is carried out entirely in English, from Year 10 to Year 12.

The school is also registered with the NSW government as a specialist school from Preschool to Year 10. The school is not only a public school (by reason of its connection to the AEFE) but also belongs to the Association of Independent Schools (AIS). It does not belong to the NSW Public Education System.

Schooling at the International French School of Sydney

PRESCHOOL (3 to 6 years of age)
Petite and Moyenne Section in the French Australian Preschool: 2 classes at each level
Grande section (Kindergarten): 2 classes

PRIMARY SCHOOL (6 to 11 years of age)
Year 1, Year 2, Year 3, Year 4, Year 5: 2 classes at each level

SECONDARY SCHOOL (11 to 18 years of age)
Lower and Middle Secondary (11 to 15 years of age)
Year 6: 2 classes
Year 7: 2 classes
Year 8: 1 class
Year 9: 1 class

Upper Secondary (15 to 18 years of age)
Year 10: 1 class
Year 11: 1 class
Year 12: 1 class

INTERNATIONAL SECTION (in English)
Year 10 IB: 1 class
Year 11 IB: 1 class
Year 12 IB: 1 class