European School
School Country Founded/Opened in
European School , Luxembourg I ( Kirchberg ) Luxembourg 1953
European School , Brussels I ( Uccle/Ukkel ) Belgium 1958
European School , Mol Belgium 1960
European School , Varese Italy 1960
European School , Karlsruhe Germany 1962
European School , Bergen Netherlands 1963
European School , Brussels II ( Woluwe ) Belgium 1974
European School , Munich Germany 1977
European School , Brussels III ( Ixelles/Elsene ) Belgium 2000
European School , Frankfurt am Main Germany 2002
European School , Alicante Spain 2002
European School , Luxembourg II ( Bertrange/Mamer ) Luxembourg 2004
European School , Brussels IV ( Laeken/Laken ) Belgium 2006
European School , Brussels V Belgium originally due in 2019 , delayed until 2021
Locations
There are thirteen European Schools , ( sometimes designated as `` Type 1 '' European Schools in official documents ) found in eight municipalities , across six EU countries , in close proximity to EU institutions , or in the case of the European School , Munich , the European Patent Organisation . There are currently five European Schools in Belgium ( four in Brussels and one in Mol ) and discussions are currently being held about building a fifth school in Brussels at an undetermined future date .
A European School ( Latin : Schola Europaea ) is a type of international school emphasising a multilingual and multicultural pedagogical approach to the teaching of nursery, primary and secondary students, leading to the European Baccalaureate as their secondary leaving qualification . Each European School is set up, financed, and operated by the international organisation, the European Schools , controlled jointly by the member states of the European Union and the European Commission. The schools prioritise, for enrolment purposes, the children of EU staff. The first European School, founded in Luxembourg , in 1953, had the objective of providing an education to the children of employees of the institutions of the European Coal and Steel Community - a forerunner of today's European Union . Originally, a private initiative of employees of the ECSC, the concept attracted the attention of EU founding father, Jean Monnet as capturing the spirit of the post- war effort to reconcile and integrate Europe . As of September 2020, there are thirteen European Schools located in six EU member states in close proximity to European institutions. Since 2005, upon a recommendation of the European Parliament , the title of an Accredited European School has been available for schools under national jurisdiction and financing, which have been approved, by the Board of Governors of the European Schools, to offer the European Schools' curriculum and the European Baccalaureate.