Presentación de la Escuela Europea de Alicante

1. European Schools
Mrs. Carmen Carro - Director
Mr. Manuel Bordoy – Deputy Head Secondary
Mr. Karl Dujardin – Deputy Head Nursery and Primary

2. Role and objectives of the European Schools
“Europe is not the negation of one’s country” Robert Schuman
“L’Europe n’est pas la négation de la patrie” Robert Schuman
“European Schools is a system of common education based on harmonized programs
which allow students from different Member States to be educated in their mother
tongue, yet at the same time allows students of different nationality and of different
language to get to know one another and respect one another” Jacques Delors
“Enseignement commun conçu en fonction des programmes harmonisés lesquels
permettent, en même temps, d’assurer aux élèves provenant des différents Pays
Membres, une formation scolaire dans leur langue maternelle et surtout un
apprentissage quotidien des autres. Garçons et filles de différentes langues et
nationalités apprennent à se connaître, à s’estimer, à vivre ensemble dans la
compréhension réciproque, dans le respect et dans la tolérance”. Jacques Delors

3. Background of European Schools
1953: 1st school Luxembourg
2009: 14th schools in 7 lands
Culham Bergen
Frankfurt
Mol
Brussels I,II,III, IV Karlsruhe
Luxembourg I, II
Munich
Varese
Alicante

4. Teaching staff
• SECONDED TEACHERS: teachers seconded for a fixed period by the Member
Countries
• LOCALLY RECRUITED TEACHERS: the Director of the School can recruit
locally teachers to meet some needs:
» Teaching of religion
» The country concerned has not yet seconded a teacher
» Temporary replacement
• SCHOOL YEAR 2008-2009:
» 1347 seconded teachers
» 542 locally recruited teachers
Alicante 2008-2009:
» 75 seconded teachers from 10 countries (BE, DE, FR, GB, IR, IT, LU, PO, SP, SW)
» 46 locally recruited teachers

5. School population
Year 1953 70 pupils
Year 2008 21.649 pupils
2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
European
School of 464 859 950 987 990 1017 1029
Alicante
 62% of school population is in Brussels and Luxembourg
 only 42% of the category I pupils are in European Schools

6. Organisation of studies / Syllabuses
• Nursery school: 2 years from the age of four
• Primary school: 5 years from six years age before the calendar year
• Secondary school: 7 years
SYLLABUSES
• Same syllabuses: in all the language sections (exception of mother
tongue)
• Contents: established by the Members of the Board of Inspectors and
approved by the Board of Governors.

7. European Baccalaureate
• European Baccalaureate examinations: end of the
7th class
• The certificate: recognised in all the countries of the European Union
• The examining board:
 chaired by a University professor
 Examiners from each country of the Union
• Examinations: assesses performance in the subjects. Taught in 6th and
7th class

8. European Baccalaureate
First Baccalaureate in July 1959
Luxembourg I Luxembourg 1953 first Baccalaureate 1959
Brussels I Belgium 1958 first Baccalaureate 1964
Mol/Geel Belgium 1960 first Baccalaureate 1966
Varese Italy 1960 first Baccalaureate 1965
Karlsruhe Germany 1962 first Baccalaureate 1968
Bergen The Netherlands 1963 first Baccalaureate 1971
Brussels II Belgium 1974 first Baccalaureate 1982
Munich Germany 1977 first Baccalaureate 1984
Culham United Kingdom 1978 first Baccalaureate 1982
Brussels III Belgium 1999 first Baccalaureate 2001
Alicante Spain 2002 first Baccalaureate 2006
Frankfurt Germany 2002 first Baccalaureate 2006
Luxembourg II Luxembourg 2004
Brussels IV Belgium 2007

9. European Baccalaureate
Results of Baccalaureate in 2008
Number of candidates Passed
Alicante 46 100%
Bergen 45 95,6%
Brussels I 188 96,8%
Brussels II 217 98,6%
Brussels III 207 95,2%
Culham 43 100%
Frankfurt 36 100%
Karlsruhe 77 96,1%
Luxembourg 263 96,6%
Mol 58 100%
München 89 98,9%
Varese 91 100%
TOTAL 1360 97,51% = 1326

10. Process of reform
 Opening up of the system to accredited schools (type II and
III) Type II:
Parma, Dunshauglin, Heraklion, Helsinki, Strasbourg
 Autonomy of the European Schools (type I)
 Governance
 Financing of the system. Cost sharing amongst the Member
States
Board of Governors Lisbon
April 2007

11. Year 2002
Year 2009
Year 2009