Short Introducon into the system

European Parliament 28.9.2015

1 Mission statement

• The are official educaonal establishments controlled jointly by the governments of the Member States of the . In all these countries they are legally regarded as public instuons. • The mission of the European Schools is to provide a broad educaon of high quality from nursery level to university entrance, and to offer an opportunity for pupils to stay connected with their mother tongue, whilst being educated in a mullingual and mulcultural environment to become open-minded European cizens. primary and secondary level pupils. Official website: www.eursc.eu 2 14 SCHOOLS IN 7 COUNTRIES

School Country Year First BAC

Luxembourg 1 1953 1959 Brussels 1 1958 1964 Mol Belgium 1960 1966 Varese 1960 1965 Karlsruhe 1962 1968 Bergen The 1963 1971

Brussels 2 Belgium 1974 1982 Munich Germany 1977 1984 Culham 1978 1982 Brussels 3 Belgium 1999 2001 Alicante 2002 2006 Frankfurt Germany 2002 2006 Luxembourg 2 Luxembourg 2004 2013 Brussels 4 Belgium 2007 2017 3 ES LAEKEN

4 ACCREDITED EUROPEAN SCHOOLS

• Based on the recommendation of the European Parliament , the European Schools have opened up their curricula and since 2005 for national Schools. • Accredited European Schools are schools which provide European schooling, of the same type as that currently provided in the European Schools, but within the framework of the Member States’ national schools and hence outside the administrative and financial framework to which the European Schools are subject. • At present there are 12 Accredited European Schools and there are several new schools in pipeline for September 2016.

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6 ACCREDITED EUROPEAN SCHOOLS

Accredited European Schools Country Year Accreditaon First Bac CENTRE FOR EUROPEAN SCHOOLING 2002 2007 DUNSHAUGHLIN SCUOLA PER L'EUROPA DI PARMA Italy 2004 2007 2009 SCHOOL OF EUROPEAN EDUCATION 2005 2008 2015 HERAKLION ECOLE EUROPEENNE DE STRASBOURG 2008 2009 2014 ECOLE INTERNATIONALE DE MANOSQUE France 2007 2011 2013 EUROPEAN SCHOOLING HELSINKI 2008 2009 2013 EUROPESE SCHOOL DEN HAAG Netherlands 2012 2013 EUROPAISCHE SCHULE RHEINMAIN Germany 2012 2013 2016 EUROPEAN SCHOOL 2013 2014 2017 EUROPEAN SCHOOL, COPENHAGEN 2014 UK EUROPA SCHOOL, CULHAM UK 2014 EUROPEAN SCHOOL, BRINDISI Italy 2015 DIFFERDANGE SCHOOL Luxembourg 2016 + many new projects

7 Educaonal principles

• Basic instrucon is given in the official languages of the European Union. This principle allows the primacy of the pupil’s mother tongue (L1) to be safeguarded. • Consequently, each school comprises several language secons. The curricula and syllabuses (except in the case of mother tongue) are the same in all secons. • The conscience and convicons of individuals are respected. Religious educaon or educaon in non-confessional ethics is an integral part of the curriculum. • To foster the unity of the school and encourage genuine mul- cultural educaon, there is a strong emphasis on the learning, understanding and use of foreign languages. This is developed in a variety of ways

8 European School – cycles

Cycle Classes Age Early education 1-2 4 and 5 Primary 1-5 6 -10 Secondary Observation cycle 1-3 11 -13 Pre-orientation cycle 4-5 14-15 Orientation cycle 6-7 16 - 18

9 Languages in the EE system - summary

• All the mother tongues of 28 countries + Maltese and Gaelic are taught • Schools have 3-16 language secons • Students without language secons= SWALS

• 3 vehicular languages: English, French, German – European Hours in primary and – History, Geography, Economy, Art, Music, Sport etc are taught in the vehicular languages in Secondary school cycle • L2 starts at 1st primary • L3 starts at 1st secondary • L4 starts at 4 secondary • L5 = Complementary course 6-7 • + Lan (s2-) and ancient Greek (s4-)

10 LANGUAGE REFERENCE TABLE based on European Framework of Reference for Languages

BASIC PROFIENCY LEVEL IN DIFFERENT CYCLES Early educaon Primary Secondary 3 Secondary 5 Secondary 7 L2 0 A2 B1 B2 C1 L3 0 0 A1+ A2+ B1+ L4 0 0 0 A1 A2+ ONL A 1.1 oral A 1.2 A2 B1 B2

11 European Baccalaureate

• The secondary school course is validated by the European Baccalaureate examinaons at the end of the seventh class. • The cerficate awarded is fully recognised in all the countries of the European Union, as well as in a number of others. Those awarded the cerficate have the same rights and benefits as other holders of school-leaving cerficates in their countries, including the same right as naonals with equivalent qualificaons to seek admission to any university or instuon of higher educaon in the European Union.

12 Tables of equivalences with 28 Ministries of Educaon (see www.eursc.eu >legal basis> General Rules annex)

13 Brussels schools situaon 9/2015

SCHOOL 2012-2013 2013-2014 2014-2015 2015-2016 EEB1 - UCCLE 3 040 3 086 3 277 3 397 EEB2- WOLUWE 3 144 3 088 2 961 3 003 EEB3 - IXELLES 2 892 2 875 2 908 2 998 EEB4 - LAEKEN 1 530 1 928 2 260 2 492 TOTAL 10 606 10 977 11 406 11 890

Full informaon is available on the Schools’ websites: www.eeb1.com www.eeb2.be www.eeb3.eu www.eeb4.be

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16 Language secons in Brussels 2015-2016

EEB1 Nursery & P1 DE DK EN ES FR HU IT PL Berkendael site P2-P3-P4-P5 DE DK EN ES FR HU IT PL Uccle site Secondary DE DK EN ES FR HU IT PL Uccle site

EEB2

Nursery DE EN FI FR IT LT NL PT SV

Primary DE EN FI FR IT LT NL PT SV

Secondary DE EN FI FR IT LT NL PT SV S1

EEB3

Nursery CS DE EL EN ES FR NL

Primary CS DE EL EN ES FR NL

Secondary CS DE EL EN ES FR NL S1 → S5

EEB4 Nursery BG DE EN FR IT NL RO + 1.9.2016 Primary BG DE EN FR IT NL RO P1→P4 P1→P3 Estonian section

Secondary - DE EN FR IT NL - S1 → S6 S1 → S6 S1 → S6 S1 → S6 S1 → S5 17 Summary

• L1 is provided in all the EU languages • Mullingualism – importance of second language • Eqvivalency with all the 28 EU educaon systems • European dimension – e.g European Hours • European Baccalaureate • Respect for individual convicons • Integraon policy - steps are taken to facilitate admission of and provision for pupils with special educaonal needs (Educaonal Support). • Ongoing reform of the secondary cycle

18 United in diversity!

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