Agnes School

Catholic international school founded in 2002 by a group of Brussels families, split across two sites: nursery and primary in Etterbeek, secondary in Woluwe-Saint-Pierre. Bilingual French-English or French-Dutch in primary, trilingual at secondary, with the IB Diploma offered in the upper cycle as a candidate school.

Curriculum runs the Belgian programme enriched with Cambridge at primary, with the IB layer added in the final two secondary years. Stated teacher-to-student ratio of one to eight is unusually low for Brussels. Annual fees roughly 8,700 to 12,200 euros place it well below the embassy-circuit international schools.

The school is explicitly Catholic and explicit about it. That is part of the appeal for families who want a values-led environment, and equally the part some families feel limits how welcoming the community is to children from different backgrounds. Track record on academics is strong; the question for an arriving family is fit, both with the religious framing and with the relatively traditional approach to discipline and pastoral care.

• Parent reviews lean strongly positive, anchored on a family-style atmosphere and a real working partnership between school and home. Multiple parents describe genuine warmth between teachers, families, and children.
• Bilingual teaching (French and English) at the maternelle and primary stages is the most cited strength, with one parent praising real expertise in bilingualism.
• Parents flag a school willing to question its own practice and adopt newer pedagogies in kindergarten alongside its conservative Catholic values.
• One parent describes a traumatic experience and accuses the school of protecting its own interests over supporting the family. Worth raising directly with admissions.