British Junior Academy of Brussels

In Brief

BJAB is the right call for families in Etterbeek, the EU quarter, or central Brussels who want a small British-curriculum school with reasonable fees and a personal community feel. The IGCSE offering is solid; check the IB Diploma timeline with admissions if your child will reach Year 12 soon, as the programme launches in August 2026.

BJAB operates from two campuses on the Boulevard Saint Michel and Boulevard Louis Schmidt in Etterbeek - a few minutes from the EU institutions, Montgomery metro, and the eastern residential areas of Brussels. The school runs the British National Curriculum from Reception through to Year 11 IGCSE, with around 300 students and a strong emphasis on small class sizes and individual attention. It is one of the few internationally accredited British-curriculum schools in Brussels proper, and fees - EUR 17,800 (Kindergarten) to EUR 28,322 (IGCSE years) - are meaningfully lower than BSB or ISB for broadly comparable British-framework education.

BJAB became an IB candidate school and will offer the IB Diploma from August 2026, adding a post-16 academic pathway it did not previously have. For families arriving in 2026 with children in Year 10 or 11, this is important context: the first Diploma cohort will be new, and you should ask admissions about subject availability, staffing, and expected IB class sizes before assuming the sixth form will be immediately as established as the IGCSE years. Round Square membership and the Duke of Edinburgh Award scheme (from Year 9) add an internationalist co-curricular dimension beyond the classroom.

Fees include books, IT equipment to Year 9, sports, swimming, and day visits - which reduces the surprise costs that some Brussels schools push onto families separately. An independent school advisor review from January 2026 described BJAB as a solid, well-run school, particularly for families new to Brussels, with professional and approachable staff. No IGCSE grade distributions are published on the website; ask the school directly for recent results before enrolling, and enquire about the percentage of students progressing to competitive universities.