ISB vs. St. John's vs. local

4 types of public school in Belgium
1) official language community - in French system you'll see the words "athenee Royal" in the name
2) official communal / provincial - mainly you see "commune" in the name but not always, but the commune's echevins are the governing body or "pouvoir organisateur"
3) free non religious aligned - not too many of these, many are method schools, many charge top-up fees through their AP, eg Decroly, Steiner, Singelijn, des Etoiles, top-up fees are because they are funded less due to their greater freedom so they need to subsidize to pay salaries for example
4) free religious aligned - majority are Catholic, but some are Jewish, Muslim, Protestant, Orthodox

So here is the list of communal secondaries in the region of Brussels. Note the entry with the name Jacqmain. List taken directly from enseignement.be

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Rue et numéro
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ACADEMIE ROYALE DES BEAUX-ARTS DE BRUXELLES
Rue du Poinçon , 28
1000
BRUXELLES
02-2740590

ATHENEE ADOLPHE MAX
Boulevard Clovis , 40
1000
BRUXELLES
02-7402460

ATHENEE LEON LEPAGE
Rue des Riches Claires , 30
1000
BRUXELLES
02-5482710

ATHENEE ROBERT CATTEAU
Rue Ernest Allard , 49
1000
BRUXELLES
02-5007230

INSTITUT BISCHOFFSHEIM
Rue de la Blanchisserie , 52
1000
BRUXELLES
02-2500700

INSTITUT DE MOT-COUVREUR
Pl Nouveau Marché Grains , 24
1000
BRUXELLES
02-5055900

INSTITUT DES ARTS ET METIERS
Boulevard de l'Abattoir , 50
1000
BRUXELLES
02-2795220

INSTITUT DIDEROT
Rue des Capucins , 58
1000
BRUXELLES
02-2896300

LYCEE HENRIETTE DACHSBECK
Rue de la Paille , 24
1000
BRUXELLES
02-5008550

ATHENEE EMILE BOCKSTAEL
Rue Reper-Vreven , 80
1020
BRUXELLES
02-4757300

ATHENEE MARGUERITE YOURCENAR
Rue Claessens , 10
1020
BRUXELLES
02-4214240

INSTITUT PAUL-HENRI SPAAK
Rue Alfred Stevens , 20
1020
BRUXELLES
02-4235700

ATHENEE COMMUNAL FERNAND BLUM
Avenue Ernest Renan , 12
1030
BRUXELLES
02-2431780

INSTITUT COMMUNAL TECHNIQUE FRANS FISCHER
Rue Général Eenens , 66
1030
BRUXELLES
02-2401780

LYCEE COMMUNAL EMILE MAX
Chaussée de Haecht , 235
1030
BRUXELLES
02-2155483

LYCEE EMILE JACQMAIN
Rue Belliard , 135A
1040
BRUXELLES
02-2385250

Centre d'enseignement secondaire d'Etterbeek Ernest Richard
Place Saint-Pierre , 5
1040
ETTERBEEK
02-7342809

ATHENEE COMMUNAL CHARLES JANSSENS
Place de Londres , 5
1050
IXELLES
02-5157564

INSTITUT TECHNIQUE RENE CARTIGNY
Place de la Petite Suisse , 4
1050
IXELLES
02-5157574

Lycée Intégral Roger Lallemand
Rue de la Croix de Pierre , 73
1060
SAINT-GILLES


ATHENEE JOSEPH BRACOPS
Rue de la Procession , 78
1070
BRUXELLES
02-5218095

ECOLE SECONDAIRE THEO LAMBERT
Av Victor et Jules Bertaux , 45
1070
BRUXELLES
02-5219145

INSTITUT COMMUNAL MARIUS RENARD
Rue Georges Moreau , 107
1070
BRUXELLES
02-5294460

ATHENEE DES PAGODES
Rue de Beyseghem , 141
1120
BRUXELLES
02-2661150

Centre scolaire Eddy Merckx
Avenue Salomé , 2
1150
BRUXELLES
02-7731832

LYCEE GUY CUDELL
Rue de Liedekerke , 66
1210
BRUXELLES
02-2202810

List of 19 secondaries in Brussels region organised by the French Language Community.

Etablissements trouvés : 19
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ATHENEE ROYAL GATTI DE GAMOND
Rue du Marais , 65
1000
BRUXELLES
02-2140180

ATHENEE ROYAL DE BRUXELLES II
Rue Marie-Christine , 37
1020
BRUXELLES
02-4251400

ATHENEE ROYAL DE LA RIVE GAUCHE
Rue Marie-Christine , 83
1020
BRUXELLES
02-4279767

ATHENEE ROYAL ALFRED VERWEE
Rue Verwée , 12
1030
BRUXELLES
02-2449191

ATHENEE ROYAL JEAN ABSIL
Avenue Hansen-Soulie , 27
1040
BRUXELLES
02-7365976

ATHENEE ROYAL D'IXELLES
Rue de la Croix , 40
1050
BRUXELLES
02-6269630

ATHENEE ROYAL VICTOR HORTA
Rue de la Rhétorique , 16
1060
BRUXELLES
02-5382742

ATHENEE ROYAL LEONARDO DA VINCI
Rue Chomé-Wyns , 5
1070
BRUXELLES
02-5268383

ATHENEE ROYAL SERGE CREUZ
Avenue du Sippelberg , 2
1080
BRUXELLES
02-4143575

ATHENEE ROYAL DE KOEKELBERG
Rue Omer Lepreux , 15
1081
BRUXELLES
02-4147728

ATHENEE ROYAL DE GANSHOREN
Rue Auguste De Cock , 1
1083
BRUXELLES
02-4268300

ATHENEE ROYAL DE JETTE
Avenue de Levis Mirepoix , 100
1090
BRUXELLES
02-4260529

ATHENEE ROYAL D'EVERE
Avenue Constant Permeke , 2
1140
BRUXELLES
02-7019711

ATHENEE ROYAL CROMMELYNCK
Avenue Orban , 73
1150
BRUXELLES
02-7700620

ATHENEE ROYAL D'AUDERGHEM
Avenue du Parc de Woluwe , 25-27
1160
BRUXELLES
02-6631702

ATHENEE ROYAL D'UCCLE I
Avenue Houzeau , 87
1180
BRUXELLES
02-3740584

ATHENEE ROYAL D'UCCLE II
Avenue des Tilleuls , 24
1180
BRUXELLES
02-3743791

ATHENEE ROYAL ANDREE THOMAS
Avenue Reine Marie-Henriette , 47
1190
BRUXELLES
02-3446977

ATHENEE ROYAL WOLUWE-SAINT-LAMBERT
Rue de l'Athénée Royal , 75-77
1200
BRUXELLES
02-7768260

List of 9 free non religious aligned secondaries in Brussels region.

Etablissements trouvés : 9
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Rue et numéro
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ECOLE SECONDAIRE "SINGELIJN"
Place des Carabiniers , 18A
1030
SCHAERBEEK
02/705.49.25

Institut Reine Fabiola Enseignement professionnel
Rue des Champs , 41
1040
ETTERBEEK
02-6290040

Ecole Secondaire Plurielle Karreveld
Chaussée de Gand , 615
1080
MOLENBEEK-SAINT-JEAN


Ecole Secondaire Plurielle Maritime
Avenue Jean Dubrucq , 175
1080
MOLENBEEK-SAINT-JEAN


COLLEGE DES ETOILES
Avenue de la Métrologie , 5
1130
BRUXELLES
02-2279772

De l'Autre Côté de l'Ecole
Chaussée de Wavre , 1789
1160
AUDERGHEM


ECOLE DECROLY
Drève des Gendarmes , 45
1180
BRUXELLES
02-3741703

L'Ecole Active
Rue de Stalle , 70-82
1180
BRUXELLES


INSTITUT DE RADIOELECTRICITE ET CINEMATOGRAPHIE
Avenue Victor Rousseau , 75
1190
BRUXELLES
02-3401100

List of 57 free religious aligned secondaries in Brussels region. Of these, I think 54 of them are Catholic, 1 protestant, 1 muslim, 1 jewish. The only effective difference between these schools and the schools in the other 3 types of secondaries is the 4 hours of religion per week MUST be Catholic/Jewish/Protestant/Islam and the other schools you can choose any of these religions and morality (within reason, if no Jewish teacher available for example, it won't happen). So the religious aligned only teach their type of religion, the rest you always get Catholic and morality, protestant, jewish, islam, orthodoxy if a teacher is available.

Etablissements trouvés : 57
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INSTITUT DOMINIQUE PIRE
Rue De Lenglentier , 6-14
1000
BRUXELLES
02-5115322

INSTITUT SAINT-LOUIS
Rue du Marais , 113
1000
BRUXELLES
02-2091711

LYCEE LA RETRAITE
Rue des Confédérés , 70
1000
BRUXELLES
02-7369127

COLLEGE LA FRATERNITE
Rue Drootbeek , 2
1020
BRUXELLES
02-4267114

INSTITUT MARIS STELLA
Rue Félix Sterckx , 44
1020
BRUXELLES
02-4786395

INSTITUT NOTRE-DAME DE LOURDES
Rue Edmond Tollenaere , 32
1020
BRUXELLES
02-4240923

LYCEE MARIA ASSUMPTA
Avenue Wannecouter , 76
1020
BRUXELLES
02-2680413

CENTRE SCOLAIRE SAINTE-MARIE - LA SAGESSE
Chaussée de Haecht , 164
1030
BRUXELLES
02-2168167

COLLEGE ROI BAUDOUIN
Avenue Félix Marchal , 62
1030
BRUXELLES
02-7349516

COLLEGE ROI BAUDOUIN ENSEIGNEMENT TECHNIQUE ET PROFESSIONNEL
Avenue Eugène Plasky , 184
1030
BRUXELLES
02-7343885

INSTITUT DE LA SAINTE-FAMILLE D'HELMET
Rue Chaumontel , 9
1030
BRUXELLES
02-2166181

INSTITUT DE LA VIERGE FIDELE
Place de Jamblinne de Meux , 14
1030
BRUXELLES
02-7368497

INSTITUT LA VERTU
Chaussée de Haecht , 138
1030
BRUXELLES
02-2404530

INSTITUT SAINT-DOMINIQUE
Rue Caporal Claes , 38
1030
BRUXELLES
02-2401610

INSTITUT TECHNIQUE CARDINAL MERCIER - NOTRE-DAME DU SACRE-COEUR
Rue Portaels , 81
1030
BRUXELLES
02-2162197

Centre scolaire Saint-Michel
Boulevard Saint-Michel , 24
1040
ETTERBEEK
027393416

INSTITUT DE L'ENFANT-JESUS
Rue Général Leman , 74
1040
ETTERBEEK
02-2304604

INSTITUT SAINT-JOSEPH D'ENSEIGNEMENT TECHNIQUE
Rue Félix Hap , 14
1040
ETTERBEEK
02-7358110

INSTITUT SAINT-STANISLAS
Avenue des Nerviens , 131
1040
ETTERBEEK
02-7355631

CENTRE SCOLAIRE DE MA CAMPAGNE
Rue Africaine , 3
1050
IXELLES
02-5380838

CENTRE SCOLAIRE EPERONNIERS-MERCELIS
Rue Mercelis , 36-38
1050
IXELLES
02-5126098

CENTRE SCOLAIRE SAINT-ADRIEN - VAL DUCHESSE
Schoolgat , 5
1050
IXELLES
02-6723608

Collège Saint-Vincent - Saint-François
Chaussée de Vleurgat , 55
1050
IXELLES
02-6481070

INSTITUT SAINT-ANDRE
Avenue de l'Hippodrome , 180
1050
IXELLES
02-6486288

INSTITUT SAINT-BONIFACE- PARNASSE
Rue du Viaduc , 82
1050
IXELLES
02-5115349

INSTITUT DES FILLES DE MARIE
Rue Théodore Verhaegen , 8
1060
BRUXELLES
02-5377851

INSTITUT SAINT-JEAN-BAPTISTE DE LA SALLE
Rue Moris , 19
1060
BRUXELLES
02-5371243

INSTITUT SAINT-LUC
Rue d'Irlande , 57
1060
BRUXELLES
02-5370870

INSTITUT SAINTE-MARIE
Rue Emile Feron , 5
1060
BRUXELLES
02-5374118

Lycée Soeur Emmanuelle - Degré d'observation autonome
Avenue d'Itterbeek , 498
1070
ANDERLECHT


COLLEGE "LES TOURNESOLS"
Boulevard Maurice Herbette , 24
1070
BRUXELLES
02-5237511

INSTITUT DE LA PROVIDENCE
Rue Haberman , 27
1070
BRUXELLES
02-5230182

INSTITUT MARIE IMMACULEE - MONTJOIE (I.M.M.I.)
Rue des Résédas , 51
1070
BRUXELLES
02-5216325

INSTITUT NOTRE-DAME
Rue de Fiennes , 66
1070
BRUXELLES
02-5221873

Institut des Soeurs de Notre-Dame
Rue de Veeweyde , 40
1070
BRUXELLES
02-5210441

Campus Saint-Jean
Rue de Birmingham , 41
1080
BRUXELLES
02-4120480

INSTITUT DES URSULINES
Rue Jules Debecker , 71
1081
BRUXELLES
02-4141111

CENTRE SCOLAIRE NOTRE-DAME DE LA SAGESSE
Avenue Van Overbeke , 10
1083
BRUXELLES
02-4281127

COLLEGE DU SACRE-COEUR
Rue Louis Delhove , 65
1083
BRUXELLES
02-4258722

COLLEGE SAINT-PIERRE
Rue Jean-Baptiste Verbeyst , 25
1090
BRUXELLES
02-4214330

Centre scolaire du Sacré-Coeur - Section Humanités
Avenue du Sacré-Coeur , 8
1090
BRUXELLES
02-4787190

COLLEGE JEAN XXIII
Boulevard de la Woluwe , 22
1150
BRUXELLES
02-7710178

INSTITUT DON BOSCO
Avenue du Val d'Or , 90 D
1150
BRUXELLES
02-7710102

LYCEE MATER DEI
Avenue de l'Aviation , 72
1150
BRUXELLES
02-7700399

INSTITUT SAINT-JULIEN-PARNASSE
Av de l'Eglise St-Julien , 22
1160
BRUXELLES
02-6726801

COLLEGE SAINT-HUBERT
Avenue Charle-Albert , 9
1170
BRUXELLES
02-6601940

INSTITUT DE L'ASSOMPTION
Avenue Alfred Solvay , 4
1170
BRUXELLES
02-6638290

ATHENEE GANENOU
Rue du Melkriek , 3
1180
BRUXELLES
02-3761176

CENTRE D'ENSEIGNEMENT SECONDAIRE LIBRE NOTRE-DAME DES CHAMPS
Rue Edith Cavell , 143
1180
BRUXELLES
02-3745840

COLLEGE SAINT-PIERRE
Avenue Coghen , 213
1180
BRUXELLES
02-3445058

INSTITUT SAINT-VINCENT DE PAUL
Place Jean Vander Elst , 25
1180
BRUXELLES
02-3454626

INSTITUT SAINTE-URSULE
Avenue des Armures , 39
1190
BRUXELLES
02-3441288

CENTRE SCOLAIRE DU SACRE-COEUR DE LINDTHOUT
Avenue Henri Dietrich , 20
1200
BRUXELLES
02-7360094

COLLEGE DON BOSCO
Chaussée de Stockel , 270
1200
BRUXELLES
02-7719848

INSTITUT DE LA PROVIDENCE
Rue des Déportés , 42
1200
BRUXELLES
02-7700946

INSTITUT DES DAMES DE MARIE
Rue Vergote , 40
1200
BRUXELLES
02-7432790

CENTRE SCOLAIRE DES DAMES DE MARIE-HAECHT-PHILOMENE-LIMITE
Chaussée de Haecht , 68
1210
BRUXELLES
02-2176747

Thank you schoolmum. That is a very extensive list to comb through. We had a very nice conversation with Le Verseau and are hopeful we can place our oldest there. Hopefully we can get in there on the next round of acceptances (May 2nd)

Are you placing her down into 1st?
I ve watched the vacancy lists every year for 7 years since the new procedure started and not once has le verseau filled its 1st year places.

Jacqmain is not an "Ecole Communale"!!! Re: https://instructionpublique.bruxelles.b … e-jacqmain

It belongs to the "Ecole de la ville de Bruxelles" network! Check your fundamentals before spreading misleading information. These and two distinctively managed and administrated type of schools! There is often a possibility to enroll in such a school at any age, it is a matter of availability and sometimes connections. As for historical references Jacqmain did not emtirely comply to the latest "decret" (like many other schools) meant to force some students into their walls and drive others out of the school. They were publically blamed for that but thought the blame was worth it in order to keep the quality of their education.

Hello

you can visit the website of the "Ecole Internationale Montgomery" in Brussels. It is a bilingual school (French/English) with the IB programme



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Hi, I can see everyone has already added their two cents on the topic so well here is mine. All the international schools in Brussels and outside Brussels are ridiculous they are overpriced and lack the demand of high-quality work. I graduated from the European school of Brussels, completing the European baccelaurate. It is a very nice school!

How lucky that a tiny minority of the children living in the EU get to attend European (first type) schools, paid for not by their parents but by tax payers whose children have no right to such an education. This however is irrelevant to the OP's original request and I know her children chose a local French Belgian school.

that depends greatly it is a true misconception that all students of the European school are children of members of parliament or work in the commission. This is simply not true, coming from a Brazilian background and having moved to Belgium when I was 4 years old. I was not even considered European. Fast forward 12 years later and I was a student at the European school when my father is a chemical engineer working in Sao Paulo and my mother is a Journalist, I can say they managed to secure a place for me in the school with nothing expect for resilience, in a matter of a couple months my mother had visited the school 3-4 times to see if she could speak to the administration. Also, I must include that I was very rebellious when I was young and by no means an exemplary student.

There are no students in English or French sections of eebs unconnected with the institutions or cat 2. In the other sections a tiny minority of cat3 students. Student body well changed. Not accessible to the vast majority of tax payers to Belgium and other EU counties at eebs.

The op s kids have no right to eebs.

like I said don't be so naive I am telling you I have no connections to the EU and also a lot of my friends were in the same situation as me. I was in the English section.. It's a misconception that there are only EU children in those schools. Maybe it was like this 10 years ago, but I left school 4 years ago and I can tell you for sure there were a big number ( a small minority) of kids that had no ties to the EU commission.