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Luxembourg, Luxembourg · est. 1953 · State
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European School Luxembourg I is the first official European School: it opened in Luxembourg in 1953 on the initiative of officials of the European Coal and Steel Community and has been on the Kirchberg plateau since 1973-1974. The school reports 3350 pupils in ten language sections; three more languages (Bulgarian, Estonian, Latvian) are taught as mother tongues to pupils without a section (SWALS). Schooling runs from nursery to the European Baccalaureate, and the first exam for this diploma was held here in 1959. Lessons are taught in the pupil's section language: the school writes that "The spoken language in the nursery classes corresponds to each language section of the school", and from primary a second language (English, French or German) is added. Only category III families, not linked to the EU institutions, pay fees. Catering is run by Sodexo, buses from outside the city by the ATSEE association.
Key facts
Tuition
≈ $4 858–9 110 a year
4 300.47–8 063.46 EUR
Programmes
European Baccalaureate
Admits from
4 years · Pre-School
Languages of instruction
Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Lithuanian, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish
About the fees Fees for the 2026-2027 school year for category III pupils enrolled from 2013-2014 onwards: nursery 4300.47 EUR, primary 5913.21 EUR, secondary 8063.46 EUR. Earlier, lower rates apply to pupils enrolled before. Category I (children of EU staff) are exempt, category II fees are paid by the employer, and children of NAMSA staff pay a separate, higher rate. Reduction of 20% for the second child and 40% from the third; the amount is indexed by 2% each year.
Admissions The school admits three categories of pupils. Category I: children of staff of the EU institutions and related bodies employed for at least one year; they are exempt from fees. Category II: children of staff of organisations with an agreement paying the full cost of schooling. Category III: everyone else, including families with no EU link: under the admission rules such pupils "can be admitted provided that places are available within the limits laid down by the regulations". Admission is decided case by case, undersubscribed language sections have priority, and no category III pupil is admitted into a class that already has 27 or more pupils. Children are allocated between Luxembourg I and Luxembourg II by mother tongue. Applications for the next school year are taken during the spring enrolment period, for the current year through the enrolment secretariats.
Stages and year groups Grades M1-S7. Nursery (children aged four and five are taught in mixed groups), primary P1-P5 and secondary S1-S7 leading to the European Baccalaureate. Ten language sections: Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Lithuanian, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish and Swedish. Pupils with Bulgarian, Estonian and Latvian as mother tongue (SWALS) join one of the sections and receive mother-tongue lessons. In primary, children from Finland and Sweden, and from Ireland and Malta, are taught the other national language of their country.
Address 23 Boulevard Konrad Adenauer, L-1115 Luxembourg
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 and awards the European Baccalaureate. Fees for families not employed by EU institutions (category III) are published on the school's website.
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
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
Exam results Average European Baccalaureate score in the table published by the school: 73.4 in 2018, 74.3 in 2019, 74.6 in 2020, 75.9 in 2021, 76.7 in 2022 and 77.7 in 2023. No more recent results on the site.
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: Radio Konrad · CAAP · Erasmus+ · Fairtrade School · Peer mediation
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 policynot stated on the website
·Staff trainingnot stated on the website
✓Anti-bullying policy
Security guards at the entrance: secondary pupils show their pupil card, visitors are admitted by appointment only, guards may check bags. Infirmaries for nursery, primary and secondary and a social and psychological service; the school takes part in the KiVa anti-bullying programme, and secondary has peer mediation.
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 data80 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 data73 "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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