Paris Investigators Probe Non-Teaching Staff Abuse At 84 Kindergartens And 20 Primary Schools

Paris investigators are looking into allegations that non-teaching staff recruited by the city mistreated or abused children at 84 kindergartens and around 20 primary schools, according to a prosecutor speaking as the probes continued.

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The scope of the investigations was described by the city’s top prosecutor Laure Beccuau on RTL as involving "84 preschools, around 20 primary schools, and about 10 daycare centres," and she said five people have been summoned to court.

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France 24 said Paris’s new mayor, Emmanuel Gregoire, a Socialist who says he suffered sexual abuse himself during an after-school swimming programme in primary, has announced dozens of suspensions and pledged to stamp out such violence.

NDTV reported that Paris in the first three months of 2026 suspended 78 aides, including 31 suspected of sexual abuse, as parents accused supervisors in charge of children outside the classroom of mistreating or abusing pupils.

Separate cases in Parisian schools also led to arrests, with La Croix reporting that three men, two of whom were activity leaders, were arrested on charges of sexual assaults committed against 12 children aged 3 to 9 at three Parisian schools.

Le Monde.fr, citing AFP, said the incidents concerned a school in the 15th arrondissement, Vigée-Lebrun, a preschool in the 20th arrondissement, Grands-Champs, and a school in the 10th arrondissement where a 5-year-old girl was assaulted by an activity leader.

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Le Monde.fr added that in the same 10th-arrondissement establishment, Aqueduc preschool, a teacher was arrested and placed in custody for sexual assaults on six children aged 3 and 4 but was not brought before a judge.

In parallel, Radio France reported that on February 12, 2026, 73 parents filed a complaint against X to obtain guarantees that their children are safe within the public school system, and a week later 242 parents signed a letter to address Emmanuel Macron.

As the investigations expand, the city says it is changing recruitment and oversight, with El Mundo reporting that Emmanuel Grégoire said the recruitment procedures for monitors have been changed, frequent inspections are being carried out, and a citizen convention on children's rights has been launched.

“The Paris public prosecutor, Lor Pico, announced on RTL radio on Sunday the scope of the investigations underway into violence in after-school programs in Paris”

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El Mundo also quoted Barka Zerouadi, cofounder of #MeTooécole, warning that "We cannot allow our children to be raped in the schools of the Republic," and said affected parents want a nationwide-scale investigation.

The same El Mundo account said the SOS Périscolaire association has drawn up a map with 437 recent cases of alleged abuse of minors in after-school centers across France, and it described incidents including a monitor dismissed on April 17 in Tours suspected of raping a three-year-old girl.

Meanwhile, ENTREVUE.FR said since January, 78 staff members working in schools have been suspended, and it described the judge’s view of the case as an extremely urgent matter for the Office of the Public Prosecutor as families wait for preventive measures.