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Amersfoort, Netherlands · est. 2023 · State
Amersfoort International School
Amersfoort, Netherlands · est. 2023 · StateIllustration · Amersfoort
69.1#50 in the country
Know this school? Leave a review →Amersfoort International School (AIS) is a small international primary school in Amersfoort for children aged 4 to 12, which opened in the 2023-2024 school year. It is state-funded: formally it is a department of Internationally-Oriented Primary Education (IGBO) linked to the Dutch primary school De Kubus, supervised by the Dutch Inspectorate, so its fees are much lower than those of private international schools. Since September 2025 AIS has been an authorised IB World School offering the Primary Years Programme. Teaching is in English, and Dutch is taught as an additional language from age 4: twice a week, while PE, playtime and some arts lessons are shared with Dutch peers from De Kubus. Classes are mixed-age: PYP 1-2, PYP 3-5 and PYP 6-8. Graduates usually continue at international secondary schools in the region, such as in Utrecht, Hilversum or Almere.
Key facts
Tuition
≈ $5 016 a year
4 440 EUR
Programmes
IB · PYP
Admits from
4 years
Languages of instruction
English
Languages taught
Dutch
School website
Registration fee
≈ $282
250 EUR
Deposit
≈ $565
500 EUR
About the fees The annual school fee for 2026-2027 is 4440 EUR; it can be paid in instalments, at most eight, fully paid by March. Students joining mid-year pay a share of the annual fee: from October 90%, from January 60%, from April 30%, from June 10%. Fees are reviewed annually for indexation and may change with changes in state funding.
Admissions The school is state-funded and admits students under Dutch rules for international schools. A child may qualify if: the child has a non-Dutch nationality (or also a non-Dutch nationality) and one parent is working in the Netherlands or a Dutch border region for a period of time; or the child has Dutch nationality and has lived and attended school abroad for at least two years because a parent was working abroad; or the child has Dutch nationality and the parent the child lives with will be working abroad (supported by a written statement from the parent or employer). Whether the school is appropriate is determined by previous school reports, interviews, details of any Special Educational Needs and contact with previous schools; final admission is confirmed by the Head of School when a place is available. Applications are made online via OpenApply with a 250 EUR fee per family. Places are available in all grades. Children entering PYP 1 must be fully toilet trained.
Stages and year groups Grades PYP 1-8 (groep 1-8). IB Primary Years Programme for ages 4-12, eight years of primary school (PYP 1-8, equivalent to Dutch groep 1-8). Classes are mixed-age: PYP 1-2, PYP 3-5 and PYP 6-8. Subjects: language, mathematics, science, social studies, arts, personal, social and physical education, and Dutch as an additional language. There are no external exams; from PYP 3 students build a portfolio.
Address Noordewierweg 235, 3812 DH Amersfoort
Accreditations and programmes verified against official registries
IB · PYP · authorised programmeThe school is listed in the IB register and runs the Primary Years Programme.
school is in an official registryconfirmed by a school document, by membership or by taking part in a networkclaimed by the school, no confirmation, not counted in the scoreGuide to all organisations →
What stands behind each entry
IBInternational Baccalaureate
A Swiss non-profit, working since 1968. Its programmes are among the most widely recognised school programmes in the world. Authorisation is granted stage by stage, so a school with the final stage does not necessarily run the younger ones; which stages this school holds is set out in the line below.
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: PYP (ages 3-12). PYP is the primary stage, ages 3 to 12. It is not a set of subjects but a frame for the whole school: learning is built around lines of inquiry, and there are no exams at the end.
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
✓Library
·Cateringnot stated on the website
·School transportnot stated on the website
·Boardingnot stated on the website
Also on site: Playground
Campus: The school occupies a light building on Noordewierweg in the Soesterkwartier, west of Amersfoort's historic centre, renovated in summer 2023 for its programme; it shares the building with the upper groups of the Dutch primary school De Kubus. There is a spacious hall, light classrooms, a reimagined library and a large green playground shared with De Kubus. The school does not provide lunch; children bring a packed lunch. After school care until 18:30 and a preschool for ages 2-4 are run by partner Partou in De Kubus' other building on Spaarnestraat. Amersfoort Centraal station is 20 minutes' walk or bus 501. It is a day school.
Clubs and activities: Indian Dance club · Dutch Language Club
Source: amersfoortinternationalschool.nl
Teaching staff from the school's official website
·Teachers listed by namenot published
✓Teacher qualifications
·Number of teachersthe school does not say
·Students per teacher or class sizenot stated
What the listings show: teachers hold teaching qualifications, some with a Bachelor of Education and experience at international schools
The school says all staff are well-qualified professionals with international experience. The team includes the Head of School, a School Business Manager, a SENCo, class teachers (some previously taught in South Africa, Scotland and Australia), a Dutch language teacher and a teaching assistant. The school keeps classes small but does not state an exact class size.
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 room
·Counsellornot stated on the website
✓Child protection policy
✓Staff training
✓Anti-bullying policy
A school nurse and school doctor from the Dutch youth health service (JGZ) serve the school, with health check-ups at ages 5-6 and 10-11. The school has two internal confidential advisors for complaints about bullying, discrimination, intimidation and aggression, as well as external confidential advisors of the school board. There is a safety and fire evacuation plan, trained Emergency Response Officers, collective accident insurance; the school is nut-free because of a student with a severe allergy. Inclusion policy and a SENCo, and cooperation with the regional support network SWV de Eem.
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