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Brussels, Belgium · est. 1999 · State
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The European School Brussels III (EEB3) is a European School in the commune of Ixelles that "opened its doors in 1999" and has recently celebrated its 25th anniversary. Like the other European Schools, it is a public intergovernmental school which, the school says, is primarily intended for the children of staff of the European institutions and takes pupils from nursery to the European Baccalaureate. All cycles share one site. There are seven language sections, including Greek, Spanish and Czech; lessons are taught in the section's language, and from primary year 1 each child learns a second language, used from S3 to teach history and geography. The school defines its mission as a broad, high-quality education preparing responsible European citizens. Students organise TEDxYouth@EEB3 themselves (in 2025 for the 8th year) and run the school's Radio Europa Ixelles; voluntary STEM projects range from designing a Moon base to launching a CanSat, and the primary school takes part in Erasmus+. The school has twice received the Eco School label for its sustainability projects.
Key facts
Tuition
≈ $5 036–9 443 a year
4 457.8–8 358.46 EUR
Programmes
European Baccalaureate
Admits from
4 years · Pre-School
Languages of instruction
French, English, German, Dutch, Spanish, Greek, Czech
About the fees Tuition (minerval) is set by the Board of Governors of the European Schools. Category I pupils, children of staff of the EU institutions, are exempt from school fees; for Category II the fee is set by an agreement with the employer; a family without such a link pays the Category III rate. The Category III rate for the 2026-2027 school year for pupils enrolled from the 2013-2014 school year onwards: nursery 4457.80 euros, primary 6129.55 euros, secondary 8358.46 euros a year. The fee is lower for pupils enrolled in Category III before that date: nursery 3637.56 euros, primary 5001.71, secondary 6820.51 euros.
Admissions The Brussels European Schools, the school writes, "are primarily intended for the children of the European institutions' staff". Pupils are divided into three categories according to their parents' employment. Category I covers children of staff of the EU institutions and assimilated organisations: the schools must admit them and they are exempt from school fees. Category II covers pupils under individual agreements with employers. Category III covers everyone else, admitted only in so far as places are available. Enrolment in all Brussels European Schools is decided by a single body, the Central Enrolment Authority, under an enrolment policy adopted for each school year. The 2026-2027 policy (Article 7.4), "in view of the increase in pupil numbers and of the current overcrowding of the Brussels European Schools", admits category III pupils "solely if they fulfil the following cumulative conditions": the pupil's brother or sister is already enrolled at one of the Brussels European Schools and will continue there; the application is for the school or site attended by that sibling, with a place available in the language section and year group requested; no category III pupil may be admitted to a class which already has 24 pupils; and such applications are considered only in the second or third enrolment phase. Applications are made online through the enrolment portal: the link is available on the intranets of the EU institutions, and otherwise the enrolment secretariat of the chosen school sends it after an eligibility check. Pupils are admitted to the nursery in September of the calendar year in which the child reaches four years of age and to primary year 1 in the year in which the child reaches six. The language section is determined by the Director according to the child's mother tongue or dominant language; where no such section exists, the child is enrolled in one of the English, French or German sections as a pupil without a language section (SWALS). The school notes that pupils in Brussels are allocated to sections and sites under the same policy; enrolment after the start of the school year is governed by its Article 12.
Stages and year groups Grades M1-M2, P1-P5, S1-S7. Three cycles: nursery, primary P1-P5 and secondary S1-S7 in three stages (observation S1-S3, pre-orientation S4-S5 and orientation S6-S7), leading to the European Baccalaureate. Seven language sections in all cycles: French (FR), English (EN), German (DE), Dutch (NL), Spanish (ES), Greek (EL) and Czech (CS). The second language (French, English or German) starts in P1 and from S3 is used for humanities and religion or ethics; a third language is compulsory from S1, a fourth is optional from S4, and Latin from S2. Irish pupils in the English section can take Irish as an Other National Language (ONL). The school prepares students for Cambridge (English B2 and C1), DELF (French B2), Goethe-Zertifikat (German B2) and DELE (Spanish) certificates. There is no IB programme on the school's website.
Address Boulevard du Triomphe 135, 1050 Ixelles, Bruxelles
Accreditations and programmes verified against official registries
European Schools · authorised programmeA Type I European School: the European Union's European Schools system lists it in its register. The school is intergovernmental, teaches in language sections of EU countries and awards the European Baccalaureate. Fees for families not employed by EU institutions (category III) are published by the European Schools system.
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European SchoolsThe European Union's European Schools (Schola Europaea)
An intergovernmental system of European Union schools with its own curriculum and its own certificate, the European Baccalaureate. It runs thirteen schools of its own, and national schools gain the status of Accredited European School after an audit with a visit by inspectors. The certificate is recognised for university entry in every EU country.
What the badge means for this school. The school runs the European Schools curriculum, and this can be checked in the system's lists at eursc.eu. The system's own schools are checked by inspectors from EU countries, accredited schools pass an in-school audit, and accreditation is renewed every three years. Whether the school awards the European Baccalaureate, and whom it admits, is stated on its own page. The entry stands in the organisation's public register - anyone can check it.
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The European Union's European Schools curriculum from nursery to the final year, with the European Baccalaureate as the leaving certificate. Teaching is in language sections, and a second language is compulsory from primary school.
What this means for this school. The curriculum and the certificate are set by the European Schools system, whose Board of Governors is made up of the education ministers of the EU countries. European Baccalaureate papers are marked by the teacher and an external examiner, and the certificate is recognised for university entry in every EU country and in several others. A school may award it only if it is one of the system's own schools or is accredited for the senior years.
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
✓Catering
✓School transport
·Boardingnot stated on the website
Also on site: Playground
Clubs and activities: TEDxYouth@EEB3 · Radio Europa Ixelles · STEM · Moon Camp · Coding and robots · Micro bit · Arduino · CANSAT · European Schools Science Symposium (ESSS) · Pupils' Committee · Mini Eurosport · Eurosport · Cross · Erasmus+ · eTwinning · Sustainology
Teaching staff
The school publishes neither the number of its teachers nor their qualifications.
Safety and wellbeing from the school's official website
·CCTVnot stated on the website
✓Security staff
✓Access control
✓Nurse or medical room
✓Counsellor
✓Child protection policy
·Staff trainingnot stated on the website
✓Anti-bullying policy
The infirmary has five nurses and school doctors and is open on weekdays from 8:00 to 16:45, on Wednesdays until 16:30; medical check-ups take place in M2, P1, P3, P5, S2, S4 and S6. Primary and secondary have their own psychologists, school guards control access to the premises, and there is a Safety and Security Officer. The school runs the KiVa anti-bullying programme and pays particular attention to the risks of ICT misuse. Secondary students may leave the premises only with a colour-coded exit card signed by their parents.
Reviews
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Criteria breakdown criterion weight in brackets
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 data55 Safety and wellbeing (12%) scored on disclosed data90 Accreditation and verifiability (10%)85 Teaching staff (10%) scored on disclosed data55 Facilities (10%) scored on disclosed data70 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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