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Brussels, Belgium · est. 2007 · State
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The European School Brussels IV (EEB4) was inaugurated in 2007 in Berkendael (Uccle) and since 2012 has been based in Laeken, on the historic site of former barracks next to the royal estate; the grammarian Maurice Grevisse once taught here. The European Schools are "public, intergovernmental educational institutions jointly managed by the governments of the EU Member States and the EU institutions"; they provide a multilingual education from nursery to the European Baccalaureate, recognised for access to higher education in all EU Member States. EEB4 has "an approximate number of 3200 pupils" in eight language sections, including Bulgarian, Estonian and Romanian; the secondary has about 1100 students. Lessons are taught in the section's language, pupils learn two to four foreign languages, and Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) is an essential part of the curriculum. The school's values include friendship, creativity, respect, tolerance and honesty. The secondary is rich in projects: a school radio, mini-enterprises, Model United Nations, the PhiloDay philosophy day, the BIA aviation certificate and olympiads.
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
Bulgarian, Dutch, English, Estonian, French, German, Italian, Romanian
Languages taught
Spanish, Latin
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 second child gets a 20% reduction, the third and each further child 40%. Pupils enrolled in Category III before that date pay 6820.51 euros in secondary. Fees for children of NATO and UN staff are given on request.
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 refers Category III families directly to this article of the Policy on Enrolment. Prospective parents can visit the school on two guided tours for nursery and primary, usually in December and in spring.
Stages and year groups Grades M1-M2, P1-P5, S1-S7. Two years of nursery (ages 4-5), primary P1-P5 (ages 6-10) and secondary S1-S7 (ages 11-18) in observation, pre-orientation and orientation cycles, leading to the European Baccalaureate. Eight language sections: Bulgarian (BG), German (DE), English (EN), Estonian (ET), French (FR), Italian (IT), Dutch (NL) and Romanian (RO); pupils without a language section (SWALS) take Estonian in S5-S7 and Croatian. Latin is optional from S2, and in S4-S5 students may take economics, a third foreign language and Ancient Greek. The school prepares students for the Spanish DELE certificate. Under the enrolment policy, pupils of the Italian and Dutch sections will move to EEB5 once it opens. There is no IB programme on the school's website.
Address Drève Sainte-Anne 86, 1020 Laeken, 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
Clubs and activities: 13 Stars - Newspaper Club · Art Club · Book Club · Darts Club · Free-to-be-me · MUN · Radio Europa Laeken · Radio Confetti · Mini-Enterprises · XperiLAB · Brevet d'Initiation Aéronautique · Science Festival · PhiloDay · Philosophy for Children · Pupils' Committee · Eurosport · FAMES · ESSS · Philolympia · Olympiads & Competitions
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 staffnot stated on the website
✓Access control
✓Nurse or medical room
✓Counsellor
✓Child protection policy
·Staff trainingnot stated on the website
✓Anti-bullying policy
Nurses are present in the infirmary all day; medical check-ups take place in M2, P1, P3, P5, S2, S4 and S6, and before enrolment parents complete a medical-educational questionnaire and a consent form for meningitis prevention. School psychologists are members of the Care Team and help pupils with learning, emotional and relationship difficulties. EEB4 is a KiVa anti-bullying school with a KiVa team in primary. Secondary students' entry and exit are controlled with a colour-coded student card.
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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 data55 Safety and wellbeing (12%) scored on disclosed data85 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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