Who was Jean Chaptal ?

 A man of science and great servant of the nation : Originally trained as a doctor in Montpellier, France and as an engineer in Paris Polytechnics school, the bright man is famous for having applied purely theoretical approaches to both medicine and agriculture. He built several factories and invented many remarkable devices (lye free glass, industrial production of sulfuric acid….). Jean Chaptal helped devise and develop black canon powder. J. Chaptal escaped the savagery of the French Revolution and became an acclaimed Minister of the Interior. He presided over the destiny of Instruction, Commerce and Industry in France, founding  the National school of Midwives (Port Royal)  and a world renowned Mental Institution (Salpétrière, Paris – one of the 6 best in Europe at the time).

Historical buildings

 The buildings were built in the second part of the 17th century as a convent. Later on, in 1902, a 15th Century cloister was put in (originally taken apart stone by stone from the nearby town of Pont Labbé and rebuilt on site in our school). All the original buildings around the Cloister were refurbished in the 1980’s and the main roof section fully replaced in 2011.

Amenities

 The Campus has a large conference hall, a spacious Council room and a large number of classrooms most of which are fitted with computers. We can also count on a state of the art language laboratory, which makes our school a prominent establishment in the city of Quimper.

Staff

 Almost 200 persons work in the two schools present within the compound, roughly laid out as follows: 129 teachers 16 administrative staff members (direction + administration) 30 maintenance personnel employed by the Britany Region administration.(cooks, maintenance personnel, receptionists…)

Management team

 The headmaster’s team has 4 members : Mr. Serge Kerbiquet (Headmaster) / Mrs Anne-Françoise Bihan-Poudec: (First Assistant to the Headmaster) / Mr Yvonick Lequitte: (Chief Accountant) / Mrs Frédérique Dorso  (Technical Assitant to the headmaster for technical and vocational affairs).