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Ghent, Belgium · est. 2012 · Private
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International School of Ghent (ISG) is a non-profit international day school in Ghent; the school describes its importance for families in East and West Flanders. It opened in September 2012 with ten pupils in a single classroom above a Flemish school, and since 2016 it has occupied a purpose-built facility on De Pintelaan next to Ghent University. Children are admitted from two and a half years old: the Lower and Upper Pre-Primary groups and the Primary school follow the International Primary Curriculum, while the ISG+ Secondary School, opened in 2023, follows the IB Middle Years Programme; it currently covers Years 7-10, and the school plans to add the Diploma Programme in the near future. Teaching is in English, children with little or no English receive extra support, Dutch is taught by specialist teachers, and swimming and music are part of the curriculum. Over 35 nationalities are represented; besides families moving to Flanders for work, "More and more Belgian families are also choosing an international English-language education for their children". Lessons run from 9:00 to 15:30, until 12:00 on Wednesdays.
Key facts
Tuition
≈ $19 318–25 758 a year
17 100–22 800 EUR
Admits from
2.5 years · Pre-School
Languages of instruction
English
About the fees Annual tuition for the 2026-2027 academic year: Pre-Primary 17100 euros, Primary Years 1-4 17600, Years 5-6 18200, ISG+ MYP 2-3 21700, MYP 4-5 22800 euros. Fees include all classroom resources, textbooks, online learning platforms and day trips, as well as Dutch, music, sport and swimming classes. Late enrolment is charged in part: 90% in November or December, 75% in January or February, 55% in March or April, 30% in May or June; short stays of 1-2 months cost 30%, 3-4 months 55%, 5-6 months 75%.
Admissions "We accept new enrolments year-round and there are no prerequisites for admission." The school serves families moving to East or West Flanders for work, Belgian families seeking an English-language education, children building their English skills before a move abroad and families returning from overseas. The steps are: explore the curricula, visit in person or virtually, complete the Enrolment Contract and Pupil Application form, then pay the Registration Fee to secure the place. Children starting with no or a low level of English receive extra learning support, with a learning support teacher and classroom assistants.
Stages and year groups Grades Lower Pre-Primary, Upper Pre-Primary, Primary Years 1-6, ISG+ Years 7-10. Lower Pre-Primary (ages 2.5 to 4) and Upper Pre-Primary (ages 4 to 5.5) follow the Early Years programme of the International Primary Curriculum; Primary for ages 6-12 follows the International Primary Curriculum. The ISG+ Secondary School has followed the IB Middle Years Programme since September 2023 and currently covers Years 7, 8, 9 and 10 (MYP 2-5); the school intends to add the Diploma Programme in the near future, with no date given. The website does not say what qualification students receive after Year 10.
Address 258 De Pintelaan, 9000 Gent
Accreditations and programmes verified against official registries
IB · MYP · authorised programmeThe IB register lists the Middle Years Programme at the school (recorded as International School Ghent vzw). The school currently runs up to Year 10; the Diploma is only planned.
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IBInternational Baccalaureate
A Swiss non-profit, working since 1968. Its programmes are among the most widely recognised school programmes in the world. Authorisation is granted stage by stage, so a school with the final stage does not necessarily run the younger ones; which stages this school holds is set out in the line below.
What the badge means for this school. The school is allowed to run this programme and to award its certificate. This is a confirmation of the programme, not a judgement on the school as a whole. The entry stands in the organisation's public register - anyone can check it. At this school: MYP (ages 11-16). MYP is the middle stage, ages 11 to 16. There are no exams here either; at the end an optional electronic assessment of pupils' work is possible.
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International Primary Curriculum: a British primary school programme for children aged 5 to 11. It teaches through themes that draw subjects together rather than through separate subjects; it is published by the International Curriculum Association, formerly Fieldwork Education.
What this means for this school. This is a programme for the primary stage, not an accreditation of the school: the organisation sells it to schools and trains their teachers, but it does not check the quality of teaching at a particular school and keeps no public register of the schools working to it. There is no outside register to check it against, so the entry comes from the school's own words or from the record of its accrediting organisation. The programme has no leaving certificate: at the end of primary school a child moves on to the middle stage, and it is that stage which decides what they finish with.
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 hall
·Laboratoriesnot stated on the website
✓Theatre or assembly hall
·Librarynot stated on the website
✓Catering
·School transportnot stated on the website
·Boardingnot stated on the website
Also on site: Playground
Clubs and activities: Cooking Club · Multi-Sports Club · Art Club · Yoga Club · Lego Robotics Club · Readers' Theatre Club · Art with AI Club
Teaching staff from the school's official website
·Teachers listed by namenot published
·Teacher qualificationsnot stated
✓Number of teachers21
·Students per teacher or class sizenot stated
The team page lists 21 staff members: leadership, the ISG+ coordinator, pre-primary and primary class teachers, ISG+ subject teachers (English, Dutch, science, mathematics and design), sport and swim, music and Dutch teachers, a learning support teacher, after-school care and office staff. The school mentions small class sizes and teachers with international teaching experience; exact class sizes and qualifications are not given.
Safety and wellbeing from the school's official website
The school says nothing on its website about security, medical care or pupil support.
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 data55 Accreditation and verifiability (10%)85 Teaching staff (10%) scored on disclosed data70 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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