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A teacher points to a blackboard that carries a French reading passage on the left and an English reading lesson on the right, while a class of pupils follows from wooden benches.

A bilingual school in Parakou, Benin — since 2009

Raising a Generation of ChampionsLearning Today. Leading Tomorrow.Every Child. Every Beginning. Every Possibility.Learning Beyond the ClassroomBuilding Champions. Shaping Futures.

A bilingual English–French school in Parakou, Benin Republic. Nursery, Primary and College since 2009.

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French and English lessons side by side on the same blackboard.

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Results

The results speak for themselves.

100%
CEP pass rate
2023 · 2025 · 2026
100%
BEPC pass rate
2026
2024
English Challenge
Championship winners
50/50
Bilingual instruction
English and French, equally split
A teacher points to a blackboard that carries a French reading passage on the left and an English reading lesson on the right, while a class of pupils follows from wooden benches.

French and English lessons side by side on the same blackboard.

Our model

Growing Globally: our bilingual academic programme

We balance our instructional time to ensure fluency and academic mastery in both languages.

  1. The 50/50 approach

    Core subjects are split equally between the two languages. A child studies mathematics in French one day and science in English the next.

  2. Native-speaking educators

    All classes are co-taught or led by native speakers of English and French, providing authentic pronunciation and real cultural context.

  3. Translanguaging confidence

    Students learn to switch effortlessly between languages, developing advanced problem-solving and critical-thinking skills.

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Our levels

From Nursery to College

Champions Schools serves learners from Nursery through Primary to College, with boarding facilities.

  • Nursery

    Nursery 1 – 3 · Maternelle 1 au 3

    The three nursery years, and the shortest school day.

    Hours7:30 a.m. – 2:30 p.m.

  • Primary

    Primary 1 – 6 · CI au CM2

    Six years across which the bilingual immersion programme is set out, subject by subject.

    Hours7:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.

  • College

    JSS 1 – SS 1 · 6ème au 3ème

    Four years up to the BEPC, and the longest school day.

    Hours7:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.

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School life

Education does not stop at the classroom wall

Educational excursions, inter-house sports day, academic competitions and clubs: students are encouraged to explore, create, compete, collaborate and discover the world around them.

Our clubs

  • Jet Club
  • Press Club
  • Literary Club
  • Arts and Drama Club
Explore school life
Five boys in school uniform standing arm in arm and posing for the camera in dappled light during an educational excursion.
Students together during an educational excursion.
Four girls in pink, yellow, light-blue and orange house kit running a race on a sand ground, spectators seated against a wall behind them. The photograph carries the school’s Journée Sportive 2026 frame.
Racing in house colours at the school’s Journée Sportive 2026.
Students gathered around a white bird sculpture on a stone fountain during an educational excursion.
Students on an educational excursion.

Leadership

Meet Our Heads

The Directeur Général and the three heads who lead Nursery, Primary and College.

  • M. Houtunde Houngbedji Sylvain, Directeur Général.

    M. Houtunde Houngbedji Sylvain

    Directeur Général

  • Mrs. Afolabi Demilade, Headmistress — Nursery.

    Mrs. Afolabi Demilade

    Headmistress — Nursery

  • Mr. Obaje Joseph, Headmaster — Primary.

    Mr. Obaje Joseph

    Headmaster — Primary

  • Mme Idrissou Djoueratou, Censeur du Collège.

    Mme Idrissou Djoueratou

    Censeur du Collège

Founders’ Message

What parents are saying

My child didn’t just learn French. She mastered it.

One of the things that impressed me most was seeing how well my child eventually performed in the French curriculum. What makes it even more remarkable is that she had been learning both English and French from the beginning. By the time she left Champions, her performance in the French programme was outstanding, even compared with students who had been following a French-only curriculum. It showed me that the bilingual system really works.

Mama Hikmah — parent of a former Champions Schools student

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Building Champions. Shaping Futures.

The future is here

A new campus, under construction

The school is building a new campus in Parakou. The images below are concept representations of that project, not photographs of the buildings as they stand today.

Project currently under construction

Future campus concept: a playground with a climbing frame, slide, swings and a painted hopscotch grid, in front of a two-storey school building.

Future Campus Concept

Outdoor space in the future campus. Concept image of the project now under construction.
Future campus concept: a classroom with rows of desks, a whiteboard and a chalkboard, wall lettering reading Learn Grow Achieve and the school emblem above the bookshelf.

Future Campus Concept

A learning space in the future campus. Concept image of the project now under construction.

See the future campus

To Educate, Equip and Empower

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What to bring

  1. Birth certificate
  2. 2 passport photographs
  3. Transfer certificate
  4. Photocopy of the last report card
Championsschoolpkou22@gmail.comVers rond point la vie, Sinagourou, Parakou, Benin Republic
Pupils in green graduation gowns with red and yellow sashes and mortarboards, standing together with an adult in front of a painted wall.