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Brussels, Belgium · Private
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Bogaerts International School is a family-oriented K-12 international school with two campuses in Brussels. The South Campus, which this card covers, lies in the Domaine Latour de Freins in Uccle, surrounded by 8.8 hectares of woodland; close to 350 students study here. The school says it was the first in Brussels to offer all three IB programmes, PYP, MYP and Diploma; it is also NEASC-accredited and awards a US-style High School Diploma. Teaching is in English, French is taught at all levels and Spanish as a third language. The community counts more than 50 nationalities and 42 languages, both local Belgian families and expatriate families. The campus runs an Eco-Schools programme and received the Green Flag in 2023.
Key facts
Tuition
≈ $14 630–27 678 a year
12 950–24 500 EUR
Programmes
IB · PYP, MYP, DP
Admits from
3 years · Pre-School
Languages of instruction
English
Languages taught
French, Spanish
Registration fee
≈ $1 130
1 000 EUR
About the fees Annual tuition for the 2026-2027 school year, private fees: Early Years 12950 euros, PYP 1-5 17600, MYP 1-5 22200, DP 1-2 24500 euros. Corporate fees, for families whose employer pays: 17750, 22500, 27000 and 29500 euros respectively.
Admissions The school welcomes families from around the globe, both local Belgian families and families from all over the world. The steps are: contact the admissions team, visit during an Open Day or a campus tour, fill in the application form and pay the application fee, and submit two full years of school reports; once these are approved the child is invited for a trial day or an online interview, the school replies within one week and the family confirms within two weeks. Children with special needs must provide a special needs report. Enrolment usually takes place in February for September, but rolling admissions allow children to join during the year if space is available. English is not required: newcomers follow an English Language Acquisition Programme, and a language proficiency test is held at the beginning of the year.
Stages and year groups Grades Early Years - Grade 12 (PYP, MYP, DP). The Early Years Programme (ages 3-5) within the IB PYP framework, then the Primary Years Programme up to PYP 5 (to age 11) with the PYP Exhibition. The IB Middle Years Programme for ages 11-16 (Grades 7-10), the IB Diploma Programme in Grades 11-12. The school says it was authorised by the IB in 2015 for the MYP, in 2016 for the DP and in 2019 for the PYP, and was the first IB Continuum school in Brussels. Students in Grades 9-12 also accumulate credits towards a NEASC-accredited High School Diploma, awarded with the IB Diploma at the end of Grade 12.
Address Rue Engeland 555, 1180 Uccle
Accreditations and programmes verified against official registries
IB · PYP, MYP, DP · authorised programmeNEASC · accreditationThe IB register lists three programmes at the school: the Primary Years, Middle Years and Diploma Programmes. It was accredited by NEASC in 2022, with the latest review in 2026. This is the South Campus in Uccle; the North Campus in Diegem has its own card.
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), MYP (ages 11-16), DP (ages 16-19). 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. MYP is the middle stage, ages 11 to 16. There are no exams here either; at the end an optional electronic assessment of pupils' work is possible. DP is the final stage, ages 16 to 19: six subjects plus a compulsory core of theory of knowledge, an extended essay and CAS. The diploma is accepted by universities all over the world, and in a number of countries it counts for admission on the same footing as the local leaving certificate.
Register to check for yourself, and the full guide →NEASCNew England Association of Schools and Colleges
An American accreditation working since 1885. For international schools it uses an approach where the visitors look first at live lessons rather than at folders of paperwork: the team works in the school for about a week. It is the only one here whose public directory honestly separates accredited schools from candidates.
What the badge means for this school. The school has been through this organisation's accreditation. It was judged as a whole: governance, safeguarding, staff, premises, teaching. The entry stands in the organisation's public register - anyone can check it.
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 hall
·Laboratoriesnot stated on the website
·Theatre or assembly hallnot stated on the website
·Librarynot stated on the website
✓Catering
✓School transport
·Boardingnot stated on the website
Also on site: Sports ground or field
Clubs and activities: STEAM4KIDS · Eco-Schools Committee · Student Council
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 sizein the key facts above
The school keeps around 20 students in each class. The two campuses have 95 staff. The South Campus DP coordinator has 24 years of teaching experience and many years as an IB examiner.
Safety and wellbeing from the school's official website
·CCTVnot stated on the website
·Security staffnot stated on the website
✓Access control
·Nurse or medical roomnot stated on the website
·Counsellornot stated on the website
✓Child protection policy
✓Staff training
·Anti-bullying policynot stated on the website
Safeguarding is led by the Designated Safeguarding Lead together with the safeguarding team and the Head of School; the South Campus has its own safeguarding policy. All staff are trained in safeguarding and vetted: local staff with an extended security check from the Belgian authorities, faculty from abroad with an extended police check from their last country of residence, plus confidential references. The school is gated and the entrance is supervised at all times.
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Criteria breakdown criterion weight in brackets
Academics and programmes (16%)95 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 data75 Accreditation and verifiability (10%)90 Teaching staff (10%) scored on disclosed data55 Facilities (10%) scored on disclosed data70 Clubs and activities (8%) scored on disclosed data67 "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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