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Tervuren, Belgium · Private
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The Courtyard International School of Tervuren is a bilingual school in Tervuren, east of Brussels, housed in Hof te Oudevoorde, a restored 17th-century Brabant courtyard farm. It teaches children aged 2.5 to 18 and offers all IB programmes: PYP, MYP, Diploma and Career-related. Its defining feature is academic bilingualism in the family's choice of pair: English with French, French with Dutch, or English with Dutch; each class has two native-speaker teachers, and pupils work towards fluency in both languages. The school combines the international curriculum with the Belgian one: pupils may sit the CEB exam at the end of primary. Nature and adventure matter: forest and farm lessons from Early Years, expeditions and The Duke of Edinburgh's International Award. French- and Dutch-speaking children can take a separate English immersion year in Year 6.
Key facts
Tuition
≈ $10 032–27 124 a year
8 880–24 009 EUR
Programmes
IB · PYP, MYP, DP, CP
Admits from
2.5 years · Pre-School
Languages of instruction
English, French, Dutch
Registration fee
≈ $678
600 EUR
About the fees Annual tuition for the 2026-2027 school year, private tariff (for families paying themselves): Pre-School 1 - 8880 euros for 5 mornings or 12210 euros full day, Pre-School 2 14199, Reception 16006, Primary Classes 1-2 19781, Primary Classes 3-5 20600, P6 and MYP 1-2 22752, MYP 3-5 24009, IB DP and CP 24009 euros. The corporate tariff in the same file is labelled for the 2025-2026 school year: from 11867 to 37100 euros.
Admissions "We warmly welcome both local and international children, between the ages of 2.5 -18" into one of three dual language programmes. The steps: registration of interest, a campus tour, an application with documents, then, depending on age, an assessment and a family interview, after which the school makes an offer and the place is secured by paying the enrolment fee. French- and Dutch-speaking children aged 10.5-12 can take an English immersion year. Open days are by appointment.
Stages and year groups Grades Pre-School 1 - IB DP/CP. Pre-School 1 and 2, Reception (ages 4-5), Primary Classes 1-5 under the IB PYP; Year 6 leads into Secondary or is an English immersion year for French- or Dutch-speaking pupils aged 10.5-12, ending with an Attestation de Passage. Secondary: IB MYP (ages 11-16) with MYP eAssessments, then the IB Diploma or IB Career-related Programme (ages 16-18). At the end of primary, pupils may sit the Belgian CEB exam. Teaching is bilingual in one of three pairs: English and French, French and Dutch, or English and Dutch; each class has two teachers, one per language, and the week is split between the languages. On request the school prepares pupils for Common Entrance and scholarship exams for British public schools.
Address Stationsstraat 49a, 3080 Tervuren
Accreditations and programmes verified against official registries
IB · PYP, MYP, DP, CP · authorised programmeThe IB register lists four programmes at the school: the Primary Years, Middle Years, Diploma and Career-related Programmes. Teaching is bilingual, in one of three language pairs: English, French and Dutch.
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), CP (ages 16-19, with a vocational slant). 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. CP is the final stage with a vocational slant, ages 16 to 19: some of the DP subjects plus an applied qualification. It is meant for those heading into a trade or an applied degree rather than an academic one.
Register to check for yourself, and the full guide →Exams and destinations from the school's official website
Exam results The school says all pupils it prepared for Common Entrance and scholarship exams for British public schools have passed, a 100% success rate to date. The school does not publish IB results.
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
Clubs and activities: Sport · Music · Art · Dance · Chess · Drama · LAMDA · Eco clubs · The Duke of Edinburgh's International Award · Junior Duke · Forest to Plate Survival Camp
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
Each class has two teachers, one for each language, both native speakers; pre-school classes also have assistants. In the English immersion year 35-minute lessons are always taught by mother-tongue speakers in small classes.
Safety and wellbeing from the school's official website
The school says nothing on its website about security, medical care or pupil support.
Reviews
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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 data80 Safety and wellbeing (12%) scored on disclosed data55 Accreditation and verifiability (10%)85 Teaching staff (10%) scored on disclosed data55 Facilities (10%) scored on disclosed data55 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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