Bogaerts International School

Bogaerts is the small, family-run IB continuum school in Brussels, owned and operated by the Bogaerts family rather than a network. Two campuses, a south site at Domaine Latour de Freins in Uccle and a north campus.

Bogaerts Education was founded by Rodolphe Bogaerts in 1970, and the school grew from there. It promotes itself as the first fully accredited IB continuum world school in Brussels, running PYP, MYP and DP. The IB framing is real, and it is one of the genuinely small alternatives to ISB and BSB.

Parent voice is positive on teacher engagement, IB delivery, and university destinations. The Uccle campus is in a green setting on the city edge and parents like that. Around 50 nationalities, a Culture School programme for languages, music and drama, and decent sports facilities for the size.

The school is still smaller than its main rivals, which means choice at Diploma level and depth of extracurriculars cannot match a 1,000-plus campus. Ask what the cohort looks like in your child's exact year before committing.

• Independent commentary describes Bogaerts as a small, fully accredited IB continuum school with two campuses in and around Brussels and a community drawn from over 50 nationalities. The South campus in Uccle and the North campus near NATO are positioned as practical options for international and EU-adjacent families.
• Parent reviews on the international school directories are consistently positive. Recurring themes are committed and accessible teachers, a professional administrative team, and strong IB outcomes. One parent said the IB results their child achieved exceeded what they had thought possible. Another said staff were professional and helpful with all their questions.
• The pool is small and the international-schools directories show high average scores. Treat as a small but consistently positive review pool, with limited critical signal.
• Practical talking points on community discussions centre on positioning. Bogaerts comes up as a more affordable IB option than ISB or BSB, with one parent describing it as a small school with big ambitions and well run. Bilingual French and English exposure in primary years is highlighted.