Recognised in a treaty,[1] it is fully accredited by the French Ministry of Education and offers a bilingual program from Kindergarten to Year 10.

It is also one of two high schools in the ACT to be part of the International Baccalaureate Middle Years Programme, having gained IB membership in 2006.

Students also have classes given in English by Australian staff to complement their French language education.

Students choose between Spanish, Italian, German, Japanese, Indonesian, Mandarin, and French.

Students follow two hours and forty-five minutes of language classes a week.

The EFS has a different timetable and also has its own principal (la proviseure) currently Florence Llopis.