← Back to the rankingPrinses Julianaschool
Brussels, Belgium · est. 1901 · Private
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Prinses Julianaschool is the oldest Dutch-language school in Brussels: the association was founded in 1899, the school opened on 1 September 1901, and since 1923 it has been in a mansion on d'Oultremontstraat in Etterbeek. It is a Flemish-Dutch full-time primary school with an open Protestant-Christian character and an international outlook: the language of instruction is Dutch, the curriculum is based on the official Flemish curricula aligned with the Dutch core objectives; world orientation, technology and ICT follow the International Primary Curriculum (IPC), and the pastoral approach is The Leader in Me. French is taught from the first steps and English from group 5. Up to group 3 children learn in half-year steps (stappen) rather than year groups, then in groups 4-8. The school is affiliated with Stichting NOB and inspected by both the Dutch and the Flemish inspectorates; since the 1997-1998 school year it has been funded by the Flemish Department of Education. About 170 children from very different countries attend, many from expat families.
Key facts
Programmes
National programme
Admits from
2.5 years · Pre-School
Languages of instruction
Dutch
Languages taught
French, English
About the fees The school names no tuition fee: since the 1997-1998 school year it has been funded by the Flemish Department of Education, and textbooks, exercise books and materials are free for students. Parents are asked for a voluntary contribution to the association of parents and friends of the school; the family chooses the amount, which is confidential. Compulsory lunchtime supervision, after-school care, activities and multi-day trips are paid separately.
Admissions The school admits children from 2.5 years to the end of primary (age 12); enrolment follows the procedure set for Dutch-language schools in Brussels (Lokaal Overleg Platform Brussel, inschrijveninbrussel.be). Siblings of current students are registered via the August form and are always given a place; new families can visit in the first semester, and the head sends invitations for final enrolment in November. Conditions: parents accept the educational project, the school's Protestant-Christian character, the school guide and rules; the child is 2.5 years old and toilet trained. The school keeps numbers at about 165-175 students, spread evenly across groups, and may contact the child's previous school. Official communication is in Dutch; parents who do not speak it are asked to bring an interpreter. The school does not name citizenship as an admission condition; students come from very different countries.
Stages and year groups Grades stap 0-8, groep 4-8. Flemish-Dutch primary school: the pre-school years and grade 1 (from the reception class to groep 3) are divided into half-year steps (stap 0 from 2.5, stap 1-2 toddlers, stap 3-5 kindergarten, stap 6 the last half-year of kindergarten, stap 7-8 groep 3), then groep 4-8. The basis is the Flemish OVSG curricula aligned with the Dutch core objectives; world orientation, technology and ICT follow the International Primary Curriculum (IPC) since 2020; French from the first steps, English from group 5; in group 8 the Dutch exit test (Route 8, from now Leerling in beeld) and the Flemish OVSG test. Hours: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday 8:30-15:15, Wednesday 8:30-12:15.
Address d'Oultremontstraat 19, 1040 Brussel (Etterbeek), België
Accreditations and programmes verified against official registries
NOBThe curriculum is that of a Flemish (Belgian) primary school taught in Dutch; the school is funded by Flanders. The school is affiliated to the Dutch NOB foundation, and the Dutch Education Inspectorate checks it as a Dutch full-day school abroad.
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NOBDutch Education Abroad Foundation (Stichting NOB) and the Dutch Education Inspectorate
A Dutch full-day school abroad: affiliated to the NOB foundation, subsidised by the Dutch education ministry and inspected by the Dutch Education Inspectorate.
What the badge means for this school. This is a Dutch full-day school abroad: it is affiliated to the NOB foundation, and the Dutch Education Inspectorate checks its teaching - this can be seen in the Inspectorate's documents. The entry is not a quality inspection against international standards. Whom the school admits and what it charges are on its own website. The entry stands in the organisation's public register - anyone can check it.
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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 Dutch group 8 exit test: Cito in 2022-2023, average 539.7 against a Dutch average of 534.9 (14 students); Route 8 in 2023-2024, 211 against 200 for schools in the Netherlands (19 students), and in 2024-2025, 203 against 203 (16 students). Flemish OVSG test 2023-2024: mathematics 68% against 65% in Flanders, language 72% against 71%, world orientation 73% against 72%, French 78% against 77%.
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
·Cateringnot stated on the website
·School transportnot stated on the website
·Boardingnot stated on the website
Campus: Since 1923 the school has occupied the former mansion of the d'Oultremont de Wégimont family in Etterbeek, bought with the help of the Dutch State; the building has been rebuilt several times, and a major renovation was completed in the 2022-2023 school year. The gate is open from 8:00 to 18:00. There is a school library, which parents help run, school swimming, and PE with a PE teacher in a school sports kit. Lunchtime supervision is compulsory for everyone; after school the school runs its own after-school care: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday 15:15 to 18:00, Wednesday 12:15 to 17:00. It is a day school with no boarding.
Clubs and activities: Sports · Drawing · Computing · Yoga · Judo · Music lessons · Kinderunie (children's council) · Klimaatraad (climate council)
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 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 policynot stated on the website
The school has a confidential counsellor for students, parents and staff, a code of conduct that forbids any form of discrimination, and a social media and internet protocol. There is a first aid officer and a first aid room by the office. Student support is led by an internal support specialist and coordinator, meeting monthly with the student guidance centre (CLB); if a child has not arrived by 9:30 without notice, the school calls the parents.
Reviews
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Criteria breakdown criterion weight in brackets
Academics and programmes (16%)60 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 data60 Accreditation and verifiability (10%)85 Teaching staff (10%) scored on disclosed data55 Facilities (10%) scored on disclosed data65 Clubs and activities (8%) scored on disclosed data78 Value for money (6%) scored at the median79 "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.
The score is counted from 7 of the 9 criteria.Only those with checkable data count: programmes and accreditations from official registers, the fee from a published price list. Where it says "scored on the median", the school has no data and the middle of the list is put in its place, so that a gap gives no advantage. Admissions, teaching staff and reviews come in as their data arrives.
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