Quick summary of key school information
School details
| Number of students |
450 |
| Number of nationalities represented in the school |
35 |
| Native English, Dutch, and French speaking teachers |
Yes |
| Max. number of students per class |
Around 25 |
| Average number of students per class |
From 15 to 25 |
| Does the school employ teaching assistants? |
Yes |
| Use of technology in the classroom |
Not in classrooms; but in the research center for the pupils of the secondary school |
| Do students practice religion at the school? What religion? |
Catholic |
| External examinations or assessments available |
IB Diploma Programme; Cambridge exams, IDP Flemish exams and official Belgian State exams (CEB, CE1D, CE2D) |
| Results in these examinations |
Above national average |
| Do teachers assign homework to their students? |
Yes |
| Approximate hours of homework given |
10 minutes in P1 to 1 hour in secondary |
| Percentage of students who pursue further education post-graduation |
All |
| Learning support offered |
Inclusion at its best, to the extend possible |
| Entry evaluation for students |
Language tests may be required |
| Waiting list |
Yes, depending on the sections/classes |
| Students can join after academic year begins |
Yes, with prior agreement |
| School start time |
8:30 am |
| School finish time |
3:45 pm |
| Supervised care before/after school |
Agnes School offers after-school supervision (for all pupils) and study (only for pupils of Primary and Secondary classes). The after-school care is open till 6 pm. |
| School bus service available |
No |
| School provided lunches |
Yes |
| Uniform required |
Yes |
| Extracurricular activities or clubs offered |
Agnes School offers a wide variety of Extra Curricular activities during lunchtime and after school. Football, instrumental lessons (piano, flute, violin, guitar, cello, voice), musical awakening, speech and drama, creative workshop, German. |
| Sports activities included |
Sport is of major important to the boys and girls at Agnes. They are taught gym and different sports (individual and in group). Girls and boys have different sport and gym sessions. Specialists in sport and physical education are in charge of this department. Team spirit, competition and self-control are some of the values worked on during these lessons. |
| Sports facilities at the school |
Large playground |
| Qualities and characteristics best defining the school |
Agnes School is a bilingual French/English or French/Dutch school with a catholic ethos for girls and boys. |
| Teaching approach of the school |
The primary focus of Agnes School’s educational philosophy is the development of true freedom that will enable its pupils to live a more complete human life, as opposed to the mere attainment of some technical skills or knowledge. This is understood by a “liberal arts” education; the root of the word “liberal” is the Latin word “liber,” meaning “free.” A liberal arts education increases one’s freedom, understood as the ability to embrace the Good, wherever it is truly recognized. It imparts the freedom necessary to join with the great minds of history, rising above one’s current situation and culture, to appreciate what is deepest in our human condition. Acquiring a liberal arts education is a life-long process; Agnes School strives to form life-long learners who have what the Blessed John Henry Cardinal Newman called a “habit of mind” in pursuit of intellectual excellence and the contemplative life. An education at Agnes School involves the acquisition of excellent study habits which together with an enquiring mind form the basis of a life-long love of learning. |
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