“Union School, an English-French bilingual nursery and primary school near the Bois de Boulogne, opened in 2022 and is already oversubscribed for 2024. Fresh from a meeting with prospective parents who have just arrived in Paris for work in the financial sector, Ian Tysoe, the head teacher, said: “We’ve seen a lot of interest this term. We have more demand for places in the ‘maternelles’ (2 to 4-year-olds) than we can provide.”