Bilingual schools in Leuven, Belgium

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Anitha GeorgeNew member14 November 2014 02:10:54

Hi

I am considering a job opportunity in Leuven and would need to travel by around Jan 2015. I have a 7 year old daughter.
Could some one please guide on bilingual schools (with English) in Leuven area. I saw some of the international schools and the fees look very expensive.

Thanks in advance,
Anitha

aneeshBelgium expert14 November 2014 14:11:32

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Hello Anitha,

Welcome to Expat.com.

Bilingual schools is an evergreen topic https://www.expat.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=223567 https://www.expat.com/forum/viewtopic.p … 15#1774011

These threads has all the discussions we previously did in Expat.com on this topic.

If you have specific questions, feel free to ask.

regards
Aneesh

Anitha GeorgeNew member15 November 2014 11:04:25

Thanks for the info Aneesh. If need further details, will get in touch with you...

Regards,
Anitha

geusMember17 November 2014 20:44:18

Hi Anitha
I live in Leuven and as far as I know all schools are unilingual Dutch speaking.
You find some international schools in Brussels. When you google to "international schools Belgium" you will find a lot of information.
Michel

tervurenerSerial expat19 November 2014 17:11:33

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There is one international school in Leuven, in fact it is just a few classes attached to a public Catholic school. It is a bit under 10k per year. There the language of teaching is English, but as part of a Dutch school, they'll hear lots of Dutch in the playground.

Google International School Leuven.

geusMember19 November 2014 19:16:34

Thanks, it is in my own town but I did not knew it.
Michel

Anitha GeorgeNew member20 November 2014 03:40:14

Hi Tervurener

You are talking about the International School of Leuven in Heverlee, right?

Thanks
Anitha

tervurenerSerial expat20 November 2014 06:17:26

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Yes there is one International School in Leuven so yes that school being the only international school in Leuven is the school. It would be up to you to decide whether it is worth 10k per year to be in a class with an English speaking teacher at that school instead of in the same school but with a Dutch speaking teacher for 0k per year.

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