About European School The Hague (ESH)
The European School in The Hague (ESH) was primarily founded to meet the educational needs of children of employees of Eurojust, Europol, EPO and ESA-ESTECA. Limited places are also available for pupils who qualify for an international education according to the Dutch regulations. ESH is an officially Accredited European School providing an education to more than 1100 pupils from the Early Years to the Secondary school (Year 6) with an education that can take them further to higher education anywhere in Europe or beyond.
From the moment of enrolment at European School in The Hague, we take care to ensure that all children are placed in the most suitable language section for their situation. Besides this we offer mother tongue classes for certain languages and can offer dedicated learning and language support if needed.
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European Baccalaureate
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English
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4 to 18
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My son is at the European school and we are getting him out. The school is very disorganised, the periods are too short to learn properly, teachers as an alternative give a ton of hands-out to kids which makes their writing skills drop. Good luck understanding what they are actually learning. Teachers absenteism very high. Also big turn over during the year which is confusing. If science teacher is absent, Math or Geography teacher will substitute ! Total lack of training with IT interfaces. You get a computer with free access to internet but no training no information about the dangers of internet. Freestyle, sort it out yourself. Teachers use several interfaces (for homework and tests) at their convenience without consensus. No actual books ! Scoring system is messy (if you have As and Bs everywhere but 2 Es in language and music you don't pass) Communication with the school is not relaxed. We gave up. The list is very long.
We have 3 children in the ESH. All 3 went through Primary and now attend Secondary. We have been there since day 1, when the Primary school first opened. While there were teething problems, and finding and retaining brilliant teachers remains a challenge, we are very happy overall with the experience. All 3 of our kids love the school and have made very solid friendships, not only with their class mates but also with kids from other language sections. Some of the teachers are so committed and inspiring and others a bit less, like all schools. At the heart of the school is a really good management and administrative team, as well as the teachers. The facilities are amazing, the library is really great and the music rooms and science labs are impressive. The interior of the school has been modernised but some of the original details have been kept. I keep telling my kids they don't know how lucky they are!
We had 2 kids at ESH for 2 years and neither my kids nor ourselves enjoyed it. The class was unruly, mis-behaved, teachers had no control over classes, one of my children spent her day outside as the teacher was unable to create a learning environment. Management involvement is zero. Go elsewhere when hitting The Hague and have other options.
Good school I like very fun
The secondary school is well located within a fully refurbished centenary building. The curriculum follows the European Baccalaureate and is fully recognized as a scholae Europea diploma. The level achievement when getting Y7 level is bilingual and provide a wide range of possibility to apply in european universities including French ones.
Great school. My son loves it. The teachers are great.
I was continuously bullied, neglected, discriminated against and socially outcast by both teachers and students. My mentor knew about my unfortunate social circumstances and continued to blame me for it. Eventually after three years the secondary supervisor advised me that it would be best if I switched to another school. The best decision I’ve ever made was leaving there.
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Esther van Rijswijk, 2 years ago
They serve lunch for only 5 Euro I've heard...really like 2go
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Max Balshoi, a year ago
Beware that it is not a real European School. In fact it is more like a Dutch School which managed to get some financing by the Dutch state and the international organizations by trying to appear as European: what I mean: Teachers are mostly with Dutch passport and selected by the School management so they are not assigned according to European criteria. School holidays are exactly like Dutch school holidays, not even a week of difference, so prepare yourself to pay expensive tickets when you then fly home in Europe and face long queues if you travel by car. If your child is sick they ask you several proofs, worst than your employer! Heard also stories of children who were not allowed to go to the toilet during lesson.
