← Back to homeACE of Brussels International School
Brussels, Belgium · est. 2016 · Private
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ACE of Brussels is a small not-for-profit international day school in Le Château in Auderghem, south-east Brussels, for students aged 3 to 19. It was opened in September 2016 by a group of people who wanted to relieve students of the pressure of intense, percentage-driven education; two of the founders, Chalks Corriette and Jackie Daire, are still directors. The school's motto is "Happiness first, excellence follows!". ACE is a registered Cambridge International school: from Early Years through Cambridge Primary and Lower Secondary to IGCSE and AS/A Level. Teaching is in English, with French as part of the curriculum. The school emphasises inclusion and individual plans: separate small classes ACE Rising and ACE Plus for children who struggle in a mainstream class, provision for gifted students and online ACE Ascend lessons in less common subjects. The school has a support dog, Bonkers.
Key facts
Tuition
≈ $15 251–26 261 a year
13 500–23 245 EUR
Programmes
Cambridge · Lower Secondary, IGCSE, A-Level
Admits from
3 years · Pre-School
Languages of instruction
English
Registration fee
≈ $960
850 EUR
About the fees Annual tuition for the 2026-2027 academic year, full and reduced fees: ACE Start (N1, N2) 28860 and 13500 euros; Juniors (Reception-Year 6) 35345 and 18675; Seniors 37725 and 23245 euros. Individual-plan classes: ACE Rising 53125 euros, ACE Plus 55795 euros.
Admissions Under the Admissions Policy, race, religion and beliefs, cultural and linguistic background, gender, SEN and disability do not form part of the selection process; "The only restriction we place on entry is that of number." If applications exceed places, the school follows its set procedure; a child's level of ability or special needs also play some part, because "Children need to be able to cope within the mainstream environment of the school." Children can enter ACE Start from the term they are 3 and join the school at any time after that. Applications are processed only after the application fee is paid; the school has no obligation to admit a student or to justify a refusal, and an offer of a place is valid for 28 days. Year groups follow the academic year from 1 September to 31 August.
Stages and year groups Grades ACE Start, Reception, Years 1-13. ACE Start (ages 3-4) is a registered Cambridge Early Years Centre. ACE Juniors (Reception-Year 6, ages 5-11) follow the topic-based Cambridge Primary curriculum. ACE Seniors: Years 7-9 follow Cambridge Lower Secondary with Progression Tests in Years 7-8 and Checkpoint tests at the end of Year 9 (English, Mathematics, Science, Global Perspectives); Years 10-11 Cambridge IGCSE, with all subjects kept on the timetable until the end of Year 11; Years 12-13 Cambridge AS and A Level, typically three subjects (Mathematics, English Language, Global Perspectives, History, Geography, French, Biology, Physics, Art & Design). The school also offers accredited ASDAN courses. ACE Rising for Reception-Year 6 and ACE Plus for Senior students are separate classes with Individual Education Plans led by the Head of Inclusion. ACE Ascend is ACE's registered Cambridge International online school for subjects not offered on the timetable. The school is also a Cambridge examination centre for external candidates.
Address Le Château, Drève du Prieuré 19, 1160 Auderghem
Accreditations and programmes verified against official registries
Cambridge · Lower Secondary, IGCSE, A-Level · authorised programmeThe Cambridge register names the school as a Cambridge centre. A small full-day school for ages 3 to 19; its online branch, ACE Ascend, runs separately.
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CambridgeCambridge International Education
Part of the University of Cambridge. It allows a school to teach the Cambridge programmes and to enter pupils for the exams. There are four stages and they are authorised separately: primary, lower secondary, IGCSE and A Level. If the stages are known they are named in the line below; if that line is missing, the school does not publish them, and the Cambridge registry does not show stages either - it gives only the name of the centre, the country and whether private candidates are accepted. Cambridge calls what it does registration rather than accreditation, and the network holds about ten thousand schools.
What the badge means for this school. The school is allowed to run this programme and to award its certificate. This is a confirmation of the programme, not a judgement on the school as a whole. The entry stands in the organisation's public register - anyone can check it. At this school: Lower Secondary (ages 11-14), IGCSE (ages 14-16), A-Level (ages 16-18). Lower Secondary is the middle stage, ages 11 to 14, with the same optional Checkpoint test at the end. IGCSE means exams at around Year 10 or 11, the British counterpart of a lower secondary leaving certificate. A-Level is the senior years, and their results are what British and many other universities admit on.
Register to check for yourself, and the full guide →Exams and destinations from the school's official website
The school publishes nothing about where its leavers go: no share going on to university, no exam results, no list of universities.
Facilities from the school's official website
·Swimming poolnot stated on the website
·Sports hallnot stated on the website
·Laboratoriesnot stated on the website
·Theatre or assembly hallnot stated on the website
·Librarynot stated on the website
·Cateringnot stated on the website
·School transportnot stated on the website
·Boardingnot stated on the website
Campus: The school occupies Le Château on Drève du Prieuré in the Municipality of Auderghem; the Junior and Senior Schools have separate buildings. Learning spaces can be configured for individual and collaborative study; the ACE Rising and ACE Plus classrooms are designed to eliminate the sensory overload that a mainstream class inevitably creates.
Clubs and activities: Rock School · Boys Football Club · Running Club · Computer Club · Girls Football Academy · Dungeons and Dragons · Piano
Teaching staff from the school's official website
·Teachers listed by namenot published
·Teacher qualificationsnot stated
·Number of teachersthe school does not say
·Students per teacher or class sizenot stated
On the Our ACE Team page the school lists 12 teachers, the Heads of the Junior and Senior Schools, the Head of Inclusion and the Head of Pastoral Care, five teaching assistants, six case managers, two occupational therapists, a speech therapist and a life coach. The school speaks of highly qualified and experienced staff and calls itself intentionally small. In ACE Rising the ratio is 2 adults to 3 children. The school does not publish teacher qualifications or general class sizes.
Safety and wellbeing from the school's official website
·CCTVnot stated on the website
·Security staffnot stated on the website
·Access controlnot stated on the website
·Nurse or medical roomnot stated on the website
·Counsellornot stated on the website
✓Child protection policy
·Staff trainingnot stated on the website
·Anti-bullying policynot stated on the website
The website lists the school's policies: Admissions, Behaviour Management, Child Protection, Health & Safety, Intimate Care, ICT for Students, Inclusion and others. There is a Head of Pastoral Care and an inclusion team with case managers, occupational therapists, a speech therapist and a life coach; the school also has a support dog, Bonkers.
Reviews
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Criteria breakdown criterion weight in brackets
Academics and programmes (16%)88 Community rating (16%)no dataparent reviews are needed: the criterion switches on at the fifth verified one Exams and destinations (12%) scored on disclosed data55 Safety and wellbeing (12%) scored on disclosed data60 Accreditation and verifiability (10%)85 Teaching staff (10%) scored on disclosed data55 Facilities (10%) scored on disclosed data60 Clubs and activities (8%) scored on disclosed data78 "Scored on disclosed data" stands where we count only what the school has written about itself on its own site: exams and destinations, safety and wellbeing, teaching staff, facilities, clubs and activities. A low score here means the school does not write about this, not that the school does not have it: a school with good security and a sparse site will score low. A school can fill in its profile, and the score will be counted again.
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