🇳🇱 Amsterdam
Best International Schools in Amsterdam
The top-rated international schools in Amsterdam include Amity International School Amsterdam, Amsterdam International Community School, DENISE (De Nieuwe Internationale School van Esprit). BrightKey has independently rated 5 schools on verifiable public data — ordered by inspection & accreditation tier, with no payments from any school.
What “best” means here
This is not a paid ranking — no school can buy a position. Order follows our transparent tier: in markets with a graded public inspectorate (e.g. Dubai's KHDA), by the verifiable inspection band; where there is none, by accreditation depth and curriculum authorisation, capped at A. Within a tier, schools are listed alphabetically. School-reported university placement is always flagged and never tiered.
Read the full tiering methodology.
A young but fully credentialed IB World School near Amsterdam, offering the complete IB continuum (PYP/MYP/DP) in English for ages 3-18, with strong EAL provision for an internationally mobile, day-only community.
A government-subsidised, fully IB-continuum international school in Amsterdam that delivers a CIS-accredited international education at a fraction of private international school fees.
A publicly funded, bilingual Dutch-international school in Amsterdam built around access and newcomer integration, offering the IB Diploma in place of Dutch VWO.
A historic, full-continuum IB World School in the Amsterdam area, day-only, with deep CIS/NEASC/IB accreditation depth but no graded-band inspection regime.
A long-established, parent-founded British day school in central Amsterdam, ISI-inspected against the British Schools Overseas standards (all standards met, February 2026), offering an all-through English National Curriculum, IGCSE and A-Level pathway with strong exam outcomes.
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