Orientation to general or technological high school

Verified 30 October 2025 - Directorate of Legal and Administrative Information (Prime Minister)

Your child is in high school and you wonder about his orientation? Support, orientation decisions: here is the information you need to know about your child's orientation from the second to the final year.

Second

THEpersonalized support helps your child learn work methods and build their orientation choices.

It takes place over 72 hours per year, i.e 2 hours per week on average.

The pedagogical team (teachers, head teacher) defines, for each student, the organization of personalized support. All teachers can participate.

In the school

Your child can get advice from their senior professor. He will advise him usefully according to his motivations and possibilities.

Your child can also make an appointment with the national education psychologist. He regularly intervenes to give guidance advice in high schools.

Outside the school

Your child can go to a Information and Guidance Center (IOC).

Your child can also go to a youth information and documentation center (CIDJ). This structure welcomes and informs young people free of charge on all subjects of interest to them, in particular on career choices and professional life.

At 2e trimester, you can request the passage of your child in class of 1re specifying the desired series (general or technological). You can also request repetition.

The class council responds on an interim basis.

If you are not satisfied with the answer, a dialog is initiated between you and the principal teacher.

At 3e Quarter, you make definite wishes for direction.

The class council responds by taking into account your child's balance sheet. Two types of decisions can be made:

  • The board agrees with your request. The proposal is then yours notified.
  • The board disagrees with your request. An interview with the head of the establishment is then offered. If this interview does not lead to an agreement, the head teacher will notify you of his decision, giving the reasons. You have 3 working days to appeal this decision to an appeal board.

The appeal board shall be chaired by Dasen: titleContent and includes school leaders, teachers, parents, and education and guidance staff.

You and your child can ask to be heard by the commission.

The decision of the appeal board is valid final guidance decision.

The repetition may be pronounced when a pedagogical support device has not made it possible to put an end to the significant learning difficulties of a student.

A repetition must be accompanied by specific pedagogical measures for the student (implementation of a personalized educational success program for example).

Please note

The school head may exceptionally advise your child to move towards professional route. This Council should be accompanied by a proposal for a series of 1re general or technological. Your child's career path is decided if you do so request in writing.

First

Personalized support

Personalized support allows your child to adapt to the path of training they have chosen. It also allows him to build his post-bac project.

It takes place over 72 hours per year, i.e 2 hours per week on average.

The pedagogical team (teachers, head teacher) defines, for each student, the organization of personalized support. All teachers can participate.

Personalized orientation interview

One personalized orientation interview is organized by the senior professor.

It allows your child to learn about the possible outlets depending on the specialty in which he is (higher education or integration for example). This interview also allows him to determine the steps to be taken and the upcoming schedule.

FYI  

Your child may change direction in progress or at the end of the year. You (or your child if he or she is of legal age) must then send a written request to the head teacher, after consulting the class council.

In the school

Your child can get advice from their senior professor. He will advise him usefully according to his motivations and possibilities.

Your child can also make an appointment with the national education psychologist. He regularly intervenes to give guidance advice in high schools.

Outside the school

Your child can go to a Information and Guidance Center (IOC).

Your child can also go to a youth information and documentation center (CIDJ). This structure welcomes and informs young people free of charge on all subjects of interest to them, in particular on career choices and professional life.

At 2e trimester, you ask for your child's transition to senior class. You can also request repetition.

The class council responds on an interim basis. If you are not satisfied with the answer, a dialog is initiated between you and the principal teacher.

FYI  

Your child may change direction during or at the end of the year. You (or your child if he or she is of age) must then address a written request to the head of the school, after consulting the class council.

At 3e Quarter, you make definite wishes for direction.

The class council responds by taking into account your child's balance sheet. Two types of decisions can be made:

  • The board agrees with your request. The proposal is then yours notified.
  • The board disagrees with your request. An interview with the head of the establishment is then offered. If this interview does not lead to an agreement, the head teacher will notify you of his decision, giving the reasons. You have 3 working days to appeal this decision to an appeal board.

The appeal board shall be chaired by Dasen: titleContent and includes school leaders, teachers, parents, and education and guidance staff.

You and your child can ask to be heard by the commission.

The decision of the appeal board is a final policy decision.

The repetition may be pronounced when a pedagogical support device has not made it possible to put an end to the significant learning difficulties of a student.

A repetition must be accompanied by specific pedagogical measures for the student (implementation of a personalized educational success program for example).

Terminal

Personalized support

THEpersonalized support helps your child finalize their orientation project. It also allows him to prepare himself for the methods of higher education.

The personalized support takes place over 72 hours per year, i.e 2 hours per week on average.

The pedagogical team (teachers, head teacher) defines, for each student, the organization of personalized support. All teachers can participate.

Personalized orientation interview

One personalized orientation interview is organized by the senior professor.

It helps your child to determine his or her choice of orientation. The interview also allows him to determine the steps to be taken and the schedule to come.

The interview allows to prepare the class council of the 1er quarter devoted to orientation.

Before 1er senior class council, your child completes a dialog sheet to indicate its draft guidelines.

The class council of 1er trimester gives an opinion on the direction your child is going.

The class council decides on the student's wish to continue his studies in higher education. The superintendent must give an opinion on each of these wishes.

Teachers and the head teacher fill out an online future card which includes advice on the guidance requested by your child. The record is automatically transmitted to higher education institutions via the platform Parcoursup.

FYI  

If your child has failed the baccalaureate, they are allowed to re-enroll in their school. At the time of re-enrollment, he may ask to keep the marks equal to or greater than 10 out of 20, during the 5 following sessions. In this case, he does not repeat the relevant tests.

Your child wants to enter higher education. At 2e trimester of terminal, He must then register on the site Parcoursup.

Parcoursup allows the following steps to be taken:

  • Obtain information on the characteristics of the training courses, in particular the expected skills, the content and organization of the courses, the amount of tuition fees, the success rates, the opportunities
  • Know the institutions offering these courses and their capacity
  • Get guidance on orientation
  • Make wishes for further education
  • Create and track the application file.

Warning  

The procedure Parcoursup takes place in several phases, according to a timetable that must be respected.

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