Arches School is centrally located at the heart of Lausanne. Teaching is in french.
Since its inception in 1985, Arches School has kept to a steady philosophy : fostering autonomy, personnal development and competence for its students. This is made easier thanks to our small groups of about 15 students and our constant attention to care and communication. Moreover, tools have been adapted for each specific line of studies and we grow our methods along our students age.
Arches School has choosen Maria Montessori's pedagogy for the youngest pupils (age 3-6 and 6-12). We foster autonomy, perseverance and learning to interact positively with other people along with a individualized curriculum.
With 'Projet Dumas' we propose a pedagogy drawing from Montessori's principles but adapted to the special spirit of young students aged from 13 to 16 years, also individualized.
For older students we prepare to admission exams allowing access to public schools . We also offer the Swiss Maturity curriculum and for students interested in IT studies, we offer two different swiss CFC (Federal Certificate of Capacity) in computer studies.