The four school corridors
- Amsterdam & Amstelveen: the largest cluster — IB world schools, British and American programmes, plus a distinguished Japanese school anchoring Amstelveen’s international community.
- The Hague & Wassenaar: the diplomatic belt — British and American institutions with embassy-family depth and villa neighbourhoods at the gates.
- Rotterdam: IB and international programmes serving the port economy’s global families.
- Eindhoven: the tech corridor’s international campus, grown around the region’s engineering giants.
Fees, waitlists and the calendar
Tuition typically runs €15,000–€30,000 per child per year at the private international schools, with government-subsidised international departments offering strong programmes at a fraction of that. Waitlists concentrate in the famous year groups — start the shortlist a full year ahead, apply to two or three schools, and let the offer set the moving date.
The Dutch option worth knowing
Dutch public education ranks among the world’s strongest and charges essentially zero tuition; bilingual streams ease the transition, and many long-stay families move younger children across after an international first year — keeping the IB track for the university run-up.
Around the school
Homes follow the shortlist — the neighbourhood guide — and the whole family sequence runs on one calendar: the 90-day checklist, with per-country family files from Saudi Arabia to Oman.