Our Vision
We believe that every child is capable of independent thought, wonder, creation, and contributing to the world.
We aim to provide each student with more than just an education: a foundational experience that integrates rigor, bilingualism, cultural openness, and nurturing support.
We prepare children to comprehend the world, to navigate it with agility, and to actively participate, equipped with an ethical consciousness and a sharpened critical mind.
Our Values
Explore. Dream. Build.
At 314, every child learns to think freely and to build with purpose.
“We cultivate creativity as an essential competency for understanding, envisioning, and constructing the world of tomorrow.”
“We foster children's innate curiosity, enabling them to explore, inquire, and learn with enthusiasm.”
“We prioritize well-being at the core of the learning process, fostering a secure, respectful, and responsive environment tailored to each child's needs.”
“We integrate the most effective international pedagogies and educational technologies to deliver a curriculum unequivocally oriented towards the future.”
Our Pedagogical Approach
Curiosity and Open-mindedness
We encourage children to ask questions, explore, make mistakes, and iterate. Curiosity fuels the desire for learning and broadens their perspective on the world.
Joyful Rigor
Robust and structured methodologies instill confidence. Demanding standards and enjoyment are synergistic: children learn with earnestness, yet always with enthusiasm.
Cooperation and Flipped Classroom
Collaborative learning, exchange, and practical application: classroom time is dedicated to projects, discussions, and the active implementation of knowledge.
Flexibility and Personalization
A flexible and adaptable classroom environment, with customized learning pathways facilitated by work plans and competency-based progression systems: each student progresses at their own pace, according to their individual needs and strengths.
Bilingualism and the Future World
An innovative bilingual school, deeply integrated with sciences, arts, digital technologies, and artificial intelligence, to prepare children for the challenges of the 21st century.
"All grown-ups
were once children.
But few of them remember it."
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Why 314?
The name 314 serves as a scientific, philosophical, and pedagogical symbol.
It naturally references the number π (pi ≈ 3.14):
a universal, mysterious, infinite constant — much like children's thirst for knowledge.
This digit connects the world of mathematics to the real world, mirroring our school's approach of linking knowledge to life.
It also evokes Albert Einstein, born on March 14 (3/14 in Anglo-Saxon notation), an emblematic figure of curiosity, joyful rigor, and free thought.
Like him, we aim to instill in children the desire to understand, to question, to imagine, and to dare.
Finally, 314 is a signature: discreet, modern, and evocative.
It embodies our ambition for an intelligent, elegant school, oriented towards the future.
At 314,
learning is exploration.
We do not aim to fill minds, but to awaken them.
OUR ROLE IS TO PROVIDE THEM WITH THE MAP, THE COMPASS, AND ABOVE ALL, THE PERMISSION TO LOOK BEYOND.
314 International School
27 Rue Jean Rostand
91400 Orsay