Place for student member in French school head abandoned (7)
I believe the answer is:
college
'place for student' is the definition.
'member in french school head abandoned' is the wordplay.
'member' becomes 'leg' (I've seen this before).
'in' is an insertion indicator.
'french school' becomes 'ecole' ('school' in French).
'head abandoned' means to remove the first letter.
'ecole' with its first letter removed is 'cole'.
'leg' placed inside 'cole' is 'COLLEGE'.
(Other definitions for college that I've seen before include "Education institute" , "Institution of learning" , "School" , "Educational or electoral establishment" , "Eg, Magdalen, Balliol" .)