Grade 6 (6e) : The last grade in Cycle 3, which is the consolidation cycle, must give students the skills to adapt to the organization of and life in middle school as well as to continue learning more deeply the topics they have been studying for the first two years of Cycle 3.

Grades 7, 8, 9 (5e, 4e and 3e) : The objective of Cycle 4, the deepening cycle, is to enable students to develop their skills in various disciplines and in multidirectional courses. Special attention is given to the development of their future career. (Parcours Avenir) Artistic and cultural education and citizenship education enable students to build confidence in their essential capacity to face the abundant new knowledge and new technologies in the world.

At the end of the 9th grade, students take the Diplôme National du Brevet (DNB) exam.