School is the setting of your daily life as a GCSE student — and AQA knows it. You will be asked about subjects, teachers, opinions on school, and your future plans in writing, speaking and reading tasks. Master this vocabulary and you will never be stuck for something to say. Your future ambitions are also a natural way to show off past and future tenses in the same paragraph.
This introduction covers L'école et le travail — School, subjects and your future within Education and work for GCSE French. Revise Education and work in Theme 1: People and Lifestyle for GCSE French with 15 exam-style questions and 15 flashcards. This is a high-frequency topic, so it is worth revising until the explanation feels precise and repeatable. It is section 1 of 4 in this topic. Use this introduction to connect the idea to the wider topic before moving on to questions and flashcards.
Practice questions for Education and work
What does 'le collège' mean in English?
A French student says: 'Je fais un stage cette semaine.' What are they doing?
Quick recall flashcards
le stage
work experience / internship — FALSE FRIEND: not 'stage' in English!
le collège
secondary school (ages 11-15) — FALSE FRIEND: not 'college' in English!