In 1984, creating an international school in Provence was a truly visionary idea. At a time when bilingual education was still rare and international openness had not yet taken the place it holds today, Mr and Mrs Pecnard founded a different kind of school in Aix-en-Provence, one that looked outward to languages, cultures and the wider world. This was the beginning of CIPEC, built on a clear ambition: to offer children a demanding, open-minded and deeply human educational environment.