1. Background Information

About the school

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1.2 1.3 1.4 The British School in the Netherlands (BSN) is a co-educational day school based on five campuses in and near the Hague. It comprises three junior schools: Vlaskamp, Diamanthorst, Leidschenveen; two senior schools: Voorschoten and Leidschenveen, which has newly opened; an International Leadership Academy and a Language Centre, both situated in the centre of the city. The school was originally founded in The Hague in 1931 and is now governed by an association which elects a board of governors to monitor the leadership and management of the organisation. Since the previous inspection, synthetic sports pitches have been provided, studios for physical education (PE) and dance have been installed at Voorschoten, and learning spaces and classrooms

What the school seeks to do

have been refurbished on all the campuses. The school’s mission is to deliver academic excellence and create inspiring places for children and young people to learn and grow into confident individuals. The BSN aims to build on the proven quality

About the pupils

of the British curriculum whilst fostering an international perspective. The BSN pupil population comprises 87 nationalities. The school serves a largely professional group of parents who work for multi-national companies, European organisations and the diplomatic service. Pupils come from a wide range of educational backgrounds and are not selected on previous academic performance, and their ability is broadly above average compared to UK norms. A high proportion of the students have English as an additional language (EAL) and there is a small minority who are identified as having additional educational needs (AEN). Many students are supported through the curriculum with specialist EAL and AEN provision. In the junior schools, 201 pupils receive discrete AEN support and 145 have specialist support for EAL. In the senior schools, 67 students are in receipt of AEN support and 64 have specialist EAL provision. The needs of the most able pupils are met by their class teachers.