Back to school 2025: the changes that will have an impact on all students

A return under the sign of the reformist ambition

The Ministry has acted new programs French and mathematics In cycle 3 (cm1 -cm2 – 6e), published in the official magazine on April 16, 2025 and gradually applicable in September 2025. The goal is to consolidate reading, writing and calculation, with more regular evaluation benchmark. Support resources are made available via ESCULCO.

Side of school life, the generalization of the “portable pause” system In public colleges they begin at the beginning of the school year of 2025 (progressive deployment by the end of the civil year), to make the prohibition of use of smartphones effective in the school fence. The methods (lockers, stuck pocket, etc.) are the appreciation of the factories.

TheExperimentation of a common dress Continues in 2025-2026 in schools and colleges voluntary ; A Assessment controlled by the Depp illuminates the rest, in order to a national decision in 2026.

Finally the “Groups of needs” (French, mathematics) are maintained in the 6th in 5th place in 2025, with a national framework reaffirmed after a 2024 events phase.

Refocalization programs on the fundamentals

From September, cm1, cm2 and 6th students follow new programs in French and mathematics. The goal is clear: to strengthen the reading, writing and calculation control, with more regular evaluation benchmark. For families, this will entail manuals and redesign progressions, emphasizing automatisms and written expression.

If the principle of a return to the fundamentals is widely accepted, Some teachers believe these programs are too dense And leave little room for active educational approaches. The concerns concern the risk of overloading students and teachers, at the expense of creativity and experimentation.

College: level groups under surveillance

The “needy groups”, already underway in some classes since 2024, are generalized in the 6th and 5th for French and mathematics. They must afford More targeted support for students based on their level. In the 4th and 3rd, an hour is scheduled.

In fact, the first returns are conflicting. Where the device is well supervised, it allows students to difficult to progress faster. But several inspections and unions point out that these groups sometimes resemble frozen “level groups”, which dig the deviations rather than reduce them.

Some factories are also struggling to guarantee mobility between groups, due to lack of a sufficient workforce. For families, Ask how the plant intends to organize the follow -up and the evolution of students It is essential.

“Portable on break”: public health and school climate vs. logistics

The ministerial picture underlines the reduction of distractions and cyberbullying; It is part of a context of national recommendations to limit the exhibition of young people to the screens.

Concrete, cell phones It will have to be left at home, ordered in a locker or put in a safe pocket Throughout the day. The goal is to reduce distractions, promote attention and prevent computer diving risks.

If the first experiments show a more peaceful school climate, the questions remain on the practical aspects: which finance the equipment? How to manage cases of loss or theft? And how to keep the link with families in case of emergency?

Common outfit: an experiment that is divided

Finally, the experimentation of the school at continuous school. About 90 volunteer factories Try the establishment of a standardized clothing slutpartially financed by state and local communities. The idea is to reduce visible social inequalities and strengthen the feeling of belonging.

For some parents, the initiative is positive and facilitates daily life avoiding comparisons. But others denounce a symbolic, expensive and without a real impact on academic success. The federations of the most critical parents ask rather about more human and educational resources.

Exams (patent/tank): calendar maintained but regulated

The adjustments of the patents (weights, mentions, separate materials) were the subject of success and back in 2024-2025; The Ministry has maintained the trajectory of an “act II” with the obligation of the patent on a more distant horizon, again contested by the unions.

For the moment, No immediate “cleaver” It is not established for 2025.

Parents of 3rd Students: Fie- You with the texts in force communicated by the College and the Academy for the 2025 session and ask the precise methods (Test, continuous control, mention).