This is a programme which enables ‘A’ level students, who are proficient in the French language, to practice their language skills in the French workplace. Ardmore has close links with the Chambre de Commerce in Evry, Lille and St Malo. We, therefore, have access to a wide variety of businesses and can place students in many different sectors of industry, such as; Tourism, Hotel and Catering,Working with Children, Administration, Retail and the Leisure industry.

Students will stay with a French host family enabling them to enjoy the French way of life and practice their language skills with native French speakers. Students will be placed according to the location of the firm they are working for.

Students will be allocated varying tasks to carry out within the workplace. Due to the length of the stay the students will not be asked to carry out any tasks that are particularly complicated, but will be given work that will give them a taste of life in a French office/workplace.

Students placed in schools and shops may not be working on the Monday or Wednesday.

Groups travelling to Paris and Lille will arrive by Eurostar on Saturday or Sunday afternoon; groups travelling to St Malo will travel on an overnight ferry crossing on Saturday evening to arrive in St Malo on Sunday morning. Students will spend Sunday with host families and start at their work placements on the Monday morning.