← Back to the rankingDeutsche Internationale Schule Den Haag
The Hague, Netherlands · Private
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Deutsche Internationale Schule Den Haag (DISDH) is a German school abroad (Deutsche Auslandsschule) in the international district of Den Haag, operating for more than 150 years. Under one roof are a bilingual kindergarten from age 2, a pre-school class (Vorschule) from age 5, primary school (years 1-4) and secondary school up to the Deutsches Internationales Abitur (DIA) after year 12. The school says it is the only one in the Netherlands working fully to the German curriculum, so children can move seamlessly to a school in Germany or another German school abroad. Teaching is in German; English from year 1, Dutch from primary school, French from year 6, and from year 8 history is taught bilingually in German and English. After an orientation year 5 students move to the Realschule or Gymnasium track; besides the DIA they can obtain the Mittlerer Schulabschluss and the Fachhochschulreife by distance learning with Deutsche Schule Brüssel. Students of more than 20 nationalities attend. The school is private, founded and owned by a parents' school association (Schulverein), and Germany supports it with teachers and expertise; it holds the Exzellente Deutsche Auslandsschule seal.
Key facts
Tuition
≈ $10 563–13 670 a year
9 350–12 100 EUR
Programmes
German programme
Admits from
2 years · Pre-School
Languages of instruction
German
Languages taught
English, Dutch, French
Registration fee
≈ $730
646 EUR
About the fees Fees for 2026-2027 for families paying themselves without employer support: Vorschule - 9350 EUR, primary school - 11500 EUR, years 5-9 - 11800 EUR, years 10-12 - 12100 EUR; a 3% discount applies for the second and further children. If fees are reimbursed by an employer, the standard rate applies: 11750, 14450, 14950 and 15350 EUR respectively. The kindergarten is charged by the hour (14 EUR per hour): 15960 EUR a year for four days and 19950 EUR for five days, including lunch; a large part can be reimbursed through the Dutch kinderopvangtoeslag. The fee year runs from 1 August to 31 July.
Admissions The school welcomes all students and has children of more than 20 nationalities. There is no deadline; admission is possible all year if places are available, otherwise there is a waiting list. Steps: contact with the new-families coordinator, a tour or consultation, an application form signed by both parents and records of previous schooling (reports), then an in-person or online conversation with the child and a decision on the class based on age, previous education and reports. The language of instruction is German, and German may be tested; depending on age, children without German are also accepted, but secondary school requires a certain level of German. Children whose first language is not German are supported by language coaches and German as a foreign language lessons, paid in secondary school. The kindergarten accepts children from age 2 throughout the year. The 646 EUR enrolment fee is non-refundable.
Stages and year groups Grades Kindergarten, Vorschule, Klassen 1-12. German curriculum: bilingual kindergarten (ages 2-5) with German as the first language and Dutch educators; Vorschule (age 5); primary school (years 1-4) following the Baden-Württemberg curriculum, with English and Dutch two lessons a week each from year 1; Sekundarstufe I (years 5-9 or 10) with an orientation year 5, then the Realschule or Gymnasium track (Hauptschulabschluss for weaker students); year 10 is both the Realschule leaving year and the introductory year of the upper stage; Sekundarstufe II (years 11-12) leading to the Deutsches Internationales Abitur, with German, English and mathematics at higher level and bilingual history. Additionally the Fachhochschulreife (Wirtschaft und Verwaltung or Soziales) by distance learning with Deutsche Schule Brüssel. Language certificates: DSD I and II in German, Cambridge in English (C1 in years 11-12), DELF in French.
Address Van Bleiswijkstraat 125, 2582 LB Den Haag
Accreditations and programmes verified against official registries
ZfA · accreditationPASCH · takes part in the programmeWDA · part of the allianceGraduates sit the German International Abitur (DIA). The Central Agency for German Schools Abroad (ZfA) lists the school as a German school abroad (Deutsche Auslandsschule). The school is part of the PASCH network. The school is a member of the World Association of German Schools Abroad (WDA).
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ZfACentral Agency for German Schools Abroad
A German federal agency. It recognises a school as a German school abroad, funds it and grants the right to award the German leaving certificate. Quality is examined by a state inspection about once every six years, and schools that pass receive the mark of an excellent German school abroad.
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 →PASCHSchools: Partners for the Future, an initiative of the German foreign ministry
More than two thousand schools in about 120 countries. A school cannot apply for itself: participants are chosen by German agencies in agreement with the embassy. Very different schools sit under one mark - full German schools abroad, and ordinary national schools that simply teach German well.
What the badge means for this school. The school belongs to a German support programme. By itself the mark means neither a German curriculum nor the right to award a German certificate: of the two thousand PASCH schools, about seventeen hundred hold no such right. Look for a ZfA status next to it - that is the one that is about this. The entry is confirmed in the organisation's open directory.
Register to check for yourself, and the full guide →WDAWorld Association of German Schools Abroad
An association of the owners of German schools abroad: in essence an industry lobby and a service organisation. It runs no inspections. The condition of admission is a recognised German certificate, but that recognition is granted by the German state, not by WDA.
What the badge means for this school. The school belongs to an association of school owners. There is no inspection of its own behind it: the badge rests on a decision of the German state and adds nothing to it. The entry is confirmed in the organisation's open directory.
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The German school programme. Recognised German schools abroad award the Deutsches Internationales Abitur, the German leaving certificate used for entry to universities in Germany. Behind the recognition stands the federal agency ZfA.
What this means for this school. ZfA recognition comes at levels: a school that takes pupils through to the German leaving certificate is one thing, a school with the DSD language diploma, where German is taught as a subject, is another. Which level this school holds is not stated here.
Exams and destinations from the school's official website
Exam results The school says that in recent years all students in all programmes obtained their qualification (100%), and the average Abitur grade was 2,0, better than the German average.
Facilities from the school's official website
·Swimming poolnot stated on the website
✓Sports hall
✓Laboratories
·Theatre or assembly hallnot stated on the website
✓Library
✓Catering
·School transportnot stated on the website
·Boardingnot stated on the website
Also on site: Playground
Clubs and activities: Choir · Band · Juniorband (junior band) · Rockband · Kammermusik (chamber music) · Model United Nations · Jugend forscht (youth science competition) · Niederländisch-AG (Dutch club)
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
Teachers come from German-speaking countries, and the school describes them as highly qualified; Germany supports the school with teachers and expertise. There are specially trained teachers for children with reading and spelling difficulties and a careers coordinator; in the kindergarten and Vorschule the school stresses a good staff-to-child ratio.
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
✓Counsellor
✓Child protection policy
✓Staff training
·Anti-bullying policynot stated on the website
The school has a child protection concept (Schutzkonzept) that every staff member reviews when starting work. The counselling team combines school social work, a school psychologist, trusted teachers and a school chaplain; social work is a permanent part of the school. The board of the school association is responsible for school security.
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Academics and programmes (16%)72 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 data70 Accreditation and verifiability (10%)85 Teaching staff (10%) scored on disclosed data55 Facilities (10%) scored on disclosed data75 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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