The European Schools are official educational establishments controlled jointly by the governments of the Member States of the European Union. In all these countries they are legally regarded as public institutions. The official website is: www.eursc.eu
Originally, they were governed by the Intergovernmental Protocol incorporating the “Statute of the EuropeanSchool”, signed by the six founder Member States in Luxembourg on 12 April 1957 and ratified by the national authorities of the signatory countries. The present Convention defining the Statute of the European Schools, which has replaced the previous agreements, entered into force in October 2002. Following the latest wave of EU enlargement on 1 May 2004, the accession to the Convention of the ten new Member States is in progress.
The mission of the European Schools is to provide a multilingual, multicultural and multidenominational education for nursery, primary and secondary level pupils.
There are currently fourteen Schools (Alicante, Brussels I (Uccle), Brussels II (Woluwé), Brussels III (Ixelles), Brussels IV, Frankfurt am Main, Mol, Bergen, Karlsruhe, Munich, Varese, Culham, Luxembourg I & Luxembourg II), in seven countries (Belgium, Netherlands, Germany, Italy, United Kingdom, Spain and Luxembourg), with a total of approximately 20,000 pupils on roll. Their websites can be accessed via www.eursc.eu
In addition, there is a growing number of accredited schools offering the European Schools curriculum and the European Baccalaureate.
Which schools have already been accredited?
- Scuola per l’Europa, Parma – Italy EFSA (European Food Safety Authority)
- Centre for European Schooling, Dunshaughlin – Ireland. European Food and Veterinary Office (FVO)
- School of European Education, Heraklion – Greece. ENISA (European Network and Information Security)
- European Schooling, Helsinki – Finland. ECHA (European Chemicals Agency)
- European School of Strasbourg – France European institutions: European Parliament and European Ombudsman
- Ecole Internationale Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur, Manosque – France (ITER)
- Europese School Den Haag Rijnlands Lyceum, Den Haag – The Netherlands (Europol, Eurojust, EPO, ESA-ESTEC
- European School RheinMain, Bad Vilbel (Land (State) of Hesse) – Germany
- Tallinn European Schooling – Estonia (EU-LISA)
- European School of Copenhagen –Denmark (European Environment Agency)
- Europa School UK, Culham, United Kingdom
Click here to read the summary report of the annual associated schools network conference (September 2014) AESNConferenceSept2014StrasbourgSummaryReport
Which schools are in the process of accreditation?
- Brindisi – Italy, UN Logistics Base, NATO