← Back to the rankingOBS Anne Frank (Anne Frank Wereldschool)
The Hague, Netherlands · State
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OBS Anne Frank, or Anne Frank Wereldschool, is a public (openbaar) primary school in the Bouwlust district of Den Haag with the motto 'At home in the world'. Besides regular groups 1-8, it has newcomer groups (an international transition class) for children who have just arrived from abroad and do not yet speak Dutch. Teaching is in Dutch; English is taught in all groups from kindergarten, and the school is registered with the Early Bird early English programme. Learning is built around the six international transdisciplinary themes of the Primary Years Programme; the website calls the school an IB school, while the 2026-2027 school guide says the school is working towards PYP authorisation. In 2025-2026 the school had 462 students in two buildings, about 20% of them coming from further away. There is a cultural programme: students in years 6-8 work with the Residentie Orkest and perform with it in the theatre.
Key facts
Programmes
IB · PYP · National programme
Admits from
4 years · Pre-School
Languages of instruction
Dutch
Class size
up to 25 children per group on admission; each year group has 50-70 children in 2-3 classes; small groups in the newcomer class
About the fees Education is free. The voluntary parental contribution is 20 euros a year for one child, 30 euros for two and 40 euros for three children (Sinterklaas, Anne Frank World Day, winter gala). School trips for groups 1-7 and group 9 and the group 8 camp are paid separately and voluntarily. Non-payment does not exclude a child from activities; families with the municipal Ooievaarspas are helped by the Leergeld foundation.
Admissions In Den Haag children are registered for primary school from age 3: in the quarter of the third birthday the family receives a card and registration form from the municipality. The school has a student cap (up to 25 children per group on admission) and registration only in the registration periods; if there are more applications than places, a lottery is held after the priorities: siblings of students, children of staff, children from the JongLeren toddler group. From group 2 registration is possible any day via the administration, after contact with the previous school; there is a waiting list for all groups. Registration requires ID for both parents and the child; without documents a child must still attend school as soon as they live in the Netherlands. Children arriving from abroad (children of refugees, labour migrants, family reunification) are registered for the newcomer group via the municipal Scholenwijzer portal, and the municipality finds a school.
Stages and year groups Dutch primary school (basisschool), groep 1-8 (ages 4-12): groep 1-2 in five mixed groups, then parallel classes of 2-3; two newcomer groups (groep 9) for children of groups 3-8, moving after 1-1.5 years to regular classes or secondary school. The curriculum follows the six international themes of the Primary Years Programme based on the national SLO goals; the 2026-2027 school guide says the school is working towards IB PYP authorisation. English once a week with a specialist teacher from kindergarten, written English from the middle of group 4. In group 8 the doorstroomtoets and a secondary school recommendation.
Accreditations and programmes verified against official registries
IB · PYP · authorised programmeThe school is listed in the IB register and runs the Primary Years Programme. It is a Dutch state primary school.
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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: PYP (ages 3-12). PYP is the primary stage, ages 3 to 12. It is not a set of subjects but a frame for the whole school: learning is built around lines of inquiry, and there are no exams at the end.
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The state school programme of the country the school stands in: it is set by that country's ministry of education, which also licenses the school and awards the leaving certificate. That certificate is used for entry to local universities, and abroad it is matched to the local one.
What this means for this school. This entry does not count towards the score, and that is deliberate. Every lawful school in a country works to the national programme, so on its own it tells one school apart from no other - unlike the French, German or Russian programmes, which are carried abroad and confirmed by the register of their organisation. We show it because a parent needs to know what programme their child is taught and what certificate the child will get. Counting it would lift the whole ranking at once and still tell nobody apart.
Exams and destinations from the school's official website
Exam results Group 8 final test, three-year average: the basic level 1F was reached by 90.1% of students (inspectorate threshold 85%, comparable schools 92.9%), the target level 1S/2F by 32.1% (comparable schools 44.8%). In 2025-2026 63 students moved on to secondary school; recommendations: vwo 14%, havo 10%, vmbo 75%, praktijkonderwijs 1%.
Facilities from the school's official website
·Swimming poolnot stated on the website
✓Sports hall
·Laboratoriesnot stated on the website
✓Theatre or assembly hall
✓Library
·Cateringnot stated on the website
·School transportnot stated on the website
·Boardingnot stated on the website
Also on site: Playground
Campus: Two well-kept buildings with large green outdoor spaces for play and sport. The main building on Beresteinlaan was built in 2001: 17 classrooms, a room for toddlers, a gym, a large play and theatre hall, a library and the PYP unit planning hub. The Laagveen building was built in 1948 and modernised: 14 classrooms, a play hall and a library, and Dutch courses for adults are held there. Both buildings have groups for children from age 2.5. The school day follows a continuous timetable, 8:30 to 14:15; lunch in class is free, and during the lunch break sports games are run by 12 coaches and parent volunteers. School swimming in years 5, 6 and the newcomer group at the Zuiderpark pool. After-school care is provided by partners. There is no boarding.
Clubs and activities: Naschools sportaanbod (after-school sports) · Residentie Orkest (project with the Residentie Orkest for groups 6-8) · Dans (dance) · Muziek (music) · Creatieve workshops (creative workshops)
Teaching staff from the school's official website
·Teachers listed by namenot published
·Teacher qualificationsnot stated
·Number of teachersthe school does not say
✓Students per teacher or class sizein the key facts above
English and PE are taught by specialist teachers; the school has four quality coordinators by stage who help teachers when a child's development causes concern, and an internal coach for teachers. Teachers are trained in the PYP.
Safety and wellbeing from the school's official website
·CCTVnot stated on the website
·Security staffnot stated on the website
·Access controlnot stated on the website
·Nurse or medical roomnot stated on the website
·Counsellornot stated on the website
✓Child protection policy
·Staff trainingnot stated on the website
✓Anti-bullying policy
The school does not tolerate bullying or discrimination; at the start of the year each group sets rules with the teacher. Students of groups 5-9 complete an annual safety questionnaire. The school has an anti-bullying coordinator and a confidential adviser, as well as the independent confidential advisers of the school board. The school is finalising a school safety plan and an anti-bullying protocol.
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 data65 Accreditation and verifiability (10%)85 Teaching staff (10%) scored on disclosed data55 Facilities (10%) scored on disclosed data75 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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