A plain-English guide to the most common international school curricula, what they are, how they work, and which might suit your family best.
Curriculum guide
By Giulia Ceccon · Chief Marketing Officer
The European Baccalaureate is the qualification awarded by the network of European Schools, originally set up for the children of EU institution staff and now offered at Accredited European Schools worldwide. It's multilingual by design (students learn in a "language 1" from home country, plus L2 and often L3), broad, and directly recognised at universities across the EU.
Mother-tongue instruction alongside a second European language from age 6. Focus on multilingualism and European citizenship from the start.
Broad common curriculum. A third language (L3) is added at S3. Students specialise gradually in the final two years.
Final two years leading to the EB exams. Grades out of 100 across compulsory + option subjects. The final EB certificate is directly recognised in all EU member states as a university-entrance qualification.
European Baccalaureate
Students study in their first language, learn a second European language from age 6, and typically a third from age 12. History, geography and economics are usually taught in L2 from S3. The result is graduates who can genuinely operate across two or three European working languages.
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