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The European School Mol is a European School in Flanders, set on a 20-hectare forest campus near the town of Mol. Unlike the Brussels schools, it states plainly that it "welcomes ALL students": its pupils come from local families as well as from European and overseas families living and working in Belgium and the Netherlands. According to the school, it has 680 students of 53 nationalities, 22 languages and 130 staff members; it is smaller than most European and international schools and keeps a family feel, where students and staff know each other personally. There are three language sections, Dutch, English and French, and the nursery takes children from age three. The European Schools curriculum is designed so that a child can return to a national system at any stage, and secondary ends with the European Baccalaureate. Students enjoy a green setting with a pool, labs and a play forest, take part in project weeks, ski and cultural trips, and do a week of work experience in Year 5. Among its alumni the school names KBC Belgium CEO Daniel Falque and the singer Viktor Lazlo.
Key facts
Tuition
≈ $5 036–9 443 a year
4 457.8–8 358.46 EUR
Programmes
European Baccalaureate
Admits from
3 years · Pre-School
Languages of instruction
Dutch, English, French
Languages taught
German, Spanish, Italian, Latin
About the fees Fees are set by the Board of Governors of the European Schools: children of staff of the European institutions (Category I) are exempt. Category III families pay for the 2026-2027 school year, for students enrolled after 01/09/2013: nursery 4457.80 euros, primary 6129.55 euros, secondary 8358.46 euros a year. The second child gets a 20% reduction, the third and further children 40%.
Admissions The school "welcomes all children". Pupils belong to three categories: Category I covers children of staff of a European institution or an accredited organisation with a contract of at least one year, exempt from school fees; Category II covers pupils under individual agreements, with fees paid by a parent, company or organisation; for Category III "parents pay the school fee", and these children "can be admitted if places are available and if they meet the admission requirements". Priority goes to Category I, then II, then III, and siblings already at the school are also considered. Applicants (except for nursery) present previous school reports, which are used to place them in the right year group via the equivalence tables. The school encourages choosing the mother-tongue section; a secondary applicant fluent in English but not a native speaker takes a language level assessment. A child who speaks only one language may enter Years 1 and 2 if that is the section language and the child is motivated to catch up; from Year 3 some subjects are taught in the second language, which makes entry with one language very challenging. Families can come to an Open Day or book a visit through the school secretary.
Stages and year groups Grades M1-M3, P1-P5, S1-S7. A three-year nursery for children aged 3-6 (Early Education Curriculum), a five-year primary from age 6 and a seven-year secondary for ages 11-18 in observation (S1-S3), pre-orientation (S4-S5) and orientation (S6-S7) cycles, leading to the European Baccalaureate. Three language sections in all cycles: Dutch (NL), English (EN) and French (FR); pupils without a language section (SWALS) have 150 minutes a week of mother-tongue lessons already in nursery. The second language (English, French or German) starts in P1, the third (Dutch, English, French, German, Spanish, Italian or another European language) in S1, the fourth in S4 and the fifth in S6; Latin starts in S2. In secondary, art, music and PE are taught in English, and history and geography from S3 in the second language. The school offers DELF, DELE and Cambridge English certificates. There is no IB programme on the school's website.
Address Europawijk 100, 2400 Mol
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 pool
✓Sports hall
✓Laboratories
✓Theatre or assembly hall
✓Library
✓Catering
✓School transport
·Boardingnot stated on the website
Also on site: Sports ground or field · Playground
Clubs and activities: Project week · Sports day · European School Science Symposium (ESSS) · United Nations International School conference (UNIS) · Eurosport · FAMES · Model European Council (MEC) · Model United Nations (MUN) · Challenge project · Student exchange · Kangoeroe
Teaching staff from the school's official website
·Teachers listed by namenot published
✓Teacher qualifications
·Number of teachersthe school does not say
·Students per teacher or class sizenot stated
What the listings show: Languages 1 and 2 are taught by native speakers or teachers with equivalent command
The school counts 130 dedicated, multilingual staff members and says students in each section are taught mainly by mother-tongue speakers; classes, it says, "are smaller than average-sized classes" and tailored to students' needs. The school gives no exact class size or student-teacher ratio.
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 medical centre has a full-time nurse; medical examinations take place in nursery, P1, P4, S2 and S4, and the school monitors vaccinations and administers them with parental permission according to the Flemish schedule. An external security company provides 24-hour surveillance: parents enter with a car sticker, and visitors are not admitted without prior notice. There is a school psychologist and a counsellor and a Care Team, class teachers in S1-S3 meet their class every week, and the school runs the KiVa anti-bullying programme and has an educational support policy.
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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 data90 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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