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🇳🇱 International Schools in Amsterdam

5 schools, profiled on verifiable public data.

Amsterdam offers an unusually varied international-school market with a distinctive Dutch twist: alongside premium private internationals it has government-subsidised international schools that deliver a full IB or bilingual education at a fraction of private fees. The cluster spans the historic International School of Amsterdam (the world's first full-IB-continuum school), the British School of Amsterdam (British curriculum, BSO-inspected), a young IB World School (Amity), and two Dutch-subsidised low-fee options (AICS, DENISE). The Netherlands has no Ofsted-style graded inspectorate for international schools, so quality is anchored on international accreditation — CIS, NEASC, the IB — rather than a state rating band.

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SchoolCurriculaAgesFees (SGD)
Amity International School AmsterdamIB3-18EUR 20,950-26,905/year (2026-2027)
Amsterdam International Community SchoolIB4-18~EUR 6,025-6,309/yr primary; EUR 7,178-9,168/yr secondary (2025/26); EUR 200 registration + EUR 500 deposit
DENISE (De Nieuwe Internationale School van Esprit)IB / National / Blended4-18EUR 0 (publicly funded; no tuition, 2026/2027)
International School of AmsterdamIB2-18EUR 21,940-31,495/year (2025-26)
The British School of AmsterdamIndependent Schools Inspectorate (ISI), under the British Schools Overseas (BSO) scheme: Meets all the BSO Standards (2026)British3-18EUR 9,497-22,976/year (2026-27): Early Years Nursery from EUR 9,497 (5 sessions), Reception/Year 1 EUR 20,461, Junior (Years 2-6) EUR 21,077, Senior (Years 7-9) EUR 22,583, Years 10-13 incl. Sixth Form EUR 22,976

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