First called The Nursery, then the Bilingual School of Lyon and Multilingual Upper Secondary School of Lyon, Ombrosa was founded in 1971 in Lyon by Pierre and Marie-Claude Vezin. The school is managed by a non-profit association that falls under the jurisdiction of the 1901 law.
Fully integrated to the French school system, the school was born from the wish to develop specific educational tools through and around schooling. These tools aim at stimulating every student’s fulfillment and allowing them to acquire first bilingualism, and then other languages and cultures.
Since then, the school has evolved. It has received support from the ADERLY (Agence pour le Développement Économique de la Région Lyonnaise – Agency for the Economic Growth of Lyon’s Region), along with help from the town council of Lyon. For a long while now, Ombrosa has contributed to welcoming international families and joined its efforts to favour the international development of the agglomeration.
In 1987, our first promotion of Upper Secondary School graduates received their Baccalaureate diploma.
In 2005, the school becomes part of the “IB World School”, and the organisation of the International Baccalaureate allows Ombrosa Upper secondary school to offer the diploma’s curriculum.
Today, the school takes an active part in the diversity of teachings offered to French and international families of the Grand Lyon area.
In addition to its general and human formation, it allows children to have access to the effective and simultaneous practice of foreign languages, to develop as people and to flourish sustainably in the complex world around them.
In Savoie, at the request of parents and with the support of the local authorities, Ombrosa opened a school in Voglans in 1993, in the premises resulting from the relocation of the municipal school. Michèle Vivet then took over the local management and developed the school in close collaboration with the Lyon school.
Following in the footsteps of Jayne Masson, Amanda Legros, the current director, continues the development of the nursery and primary school. Educational continuity in the middle school is now done with the various local international sections. Students who wish to do so can then join the Lycée in Lyon–Caluire, provided that they are cared for locally, with a host family or in a boarding school in Lyon.
