Address: Vrouw Avenweg 640 (Admissions Office - School Sites at various locations) |Address2: 2493 WZ |City: Den Haag |Country: Netherlands |Phone: +31 (0)70 315 4077 (Admissions) |Fax: +31 (0)70 315 4078 (Admissions) |Email: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it |School Web Site: http://www.britishschool.nl/ |
Description
The British School in The Netherlands (BSN) was founded in 1931. Since then, it has grown into a school of over 2000 pupils from Foundation 1 (age 3) to Year 13 (age 18). All schools are based in or around The Hague,Although just under half the pupils are of British origin, the school truly serves the international expatriate community with children from over 80 other nations.
The BSN is an independent co-educational day school, constituted as a legal association and managed by a Board of Governors.
Admission is granted throughout the year. There is no entry test, but to assist placement, previous school reports are required. Great care is taken to ensure the academic and social integration of every child.
A Learning Support Department exists to provide assistance for children who have learning difficulties - the department is also responsible for assisting with the school's 'Talented & Gifted' programme.
For those with little or no English there is an extensive English as an Additional Language (EAL) department, which provides help and support for all age groups.
Academic & Personal Achievement:
As a non-selective school we pride ourselves on providing for the individual, mindful of both academic abilities and personal limitations. We believe that all children have the potential for personal academic success – it is quite simply our job to tap into and develop this ability to as high a level as the individual child can achieve. With many children joining the school for relatively short periods of time, we do our utmost to ensure all children gain as much as possible from our curriculum. To assist us in this endeavour, we make use of regular formal and informal assessments to gain an insight into the individual progress and needs of every child. The BSN has an outstanding record of academic achievement within all year groups.
The ratio of teachers to students is good and class sizes are comparatively small, especially in senior years. We take care to ensure that all classes are well balanced across the sexes and have an appropriate ratio of children for whom English is a second language. Classes in the Foundation and Junior Schools benefit from a generous ratio of adults to children, with Classroom Assistants to help and support the work of the Class Teacher. Learning Support Assistants, by arrangement, and other specialist staff are available to help individual children when required.
Outstanding Resources:
As the BSN has grown over the years a 'family' of schools has slowly been established, providing the advantages of both smaller welcoming sites with those of a larger, excellently resourced organisation. Each school has its own head teacher and senior management team, but the individual schools and teachers work closely with each other, making use of the unique opportunity to share good practice and care for your child's happy transition through the age ranges. All schools operate under the same organisational aims and objectives.
We recruit teachers and support staff of the highest quality with experience in delivering the UK National Curriculum. Many teachers have taught in international schools before, whilst others bring with them knowledge from inside the system in the UK. Whilst each school site is unique in its own right, all possess equally high standards of facilities and resources suited to the relevant age group. Considerable investment is made every year to update learning and teaching resources to ensure that the BSN remains at the forefront of educational thinking.
The BSN has a well-managed network of support services for Information Systems, Human Resources, Finance, Marketing and Admissions. A number of these support functions, together with the Heads of School join together with the Principal to form the BSN's Board of Management. This Board of Management is responsible for the management and running of all the sites and reports in turn to the school's Board of Governors.
Junior School Vlaskamp (3-11 years)
Vlaskamp 19, 2592 AA, Den Haag
Tel: 31 70 333 8111 Fax: 31 70 333 8100
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Head: Anthony Berwick
Junior School Diamanthorst (3-11 years)
Diamanthorst 16, 2592 GH, Den Haag
Tel: 31 70 315 7620 Fax: 31 70 315 7621
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Head: Paul Ellis
Junior School Leidschenveen(3-11 years)
Vrouw Avenweg 640, 2493 WZ, Den Haag
Tel: 31 70 315 4040 Fax: 31 70 315 4054
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Head: David Porritt
Senior School (11-18 years)
Jan van Hooflaan 3, 2252 BG, Voorschoten
Tel: 31 71 560 2222 Fax: 31 71 5602200
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Head: Peter Simpson
The Senior School covers Years 7 to 13 of a child's academic life – students join the Senior School at age 11, completing their education at 16 or 18. The academic programme at the Senior School is based on Key Stages 3 & 4 of the British National Curriculum, culminating in the internationally recognised qualifications of GCSEs and A Levels or the IB Diploma.
Both staff and students at the Senior School have considerable experience in helping those who transfer into the school to feel part of the community. We have wide ranging knowledge of the issues associated with moving schools and countries and are able to help newcomers quickly feel secure and settled.
All students are allocated a Tutor Group with a form tutor whom they see on a daily basis. This regular contact enables close relationships to be established individually, collectively and between home and school. The Senior School also operates a close partnership with parents in order to help maintain its high standards.
The school has a long and proud record of success in these examinations with the majority of pupils entering universities all over the world.
