Education in the Netherlands is characterized by division: education is oriented toward the needs and background of the pupil. Education is divided over schools for different age groups, some of which are divided in streams for different educational levels. Schools are furthermore divided in public, special (religious), and general-special (neutral) schools, although there are also a few private schools. The Dutch grading scale runs from 1 to 10 (outstanding).
Koning Willem II College is a school in Tilburg in the Netherlands. It was established in 1866 and is named after King Willem II. The school was founded in the former royal palace in Tilburg, the present City Hall, of which the construction was commissioned by King William II himself. In 1934 the school moved from the former palace to the new location a new and much bigger building at the Ringbaan Oost in Tilburg. In 1971 the school moved to its present location on the Tatraweg.
Bernardinuscollege is a school in Heerlen, the Netherlands. The school was founded by Franciscan friars in 1903 as a monastery, that was later converted to a Hogere Burgerschool, because of the need for education in the wake of the blooming mining industry. In September 1913 the first students arrived.
The Amstellyceum was a secondary school in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. It got cancelled and the Metis Montessori Lyceum is established there. The school was named after the river Amstel. It teaches, vmbo-tl, havo, and vwo. In 2005, it had 480 students.
The Van der Capellen Scholengemeenschap is a Dutch high school, named after the famous Dutch nobleman Joan van der Capellen tot den Pol. It has locations in the Dutch cities and towns of Zwolle, Elburg, Dedemsvaart and Wijhe:
The Hermann Wesselink College is a secondary school in Amstelveen, The Netherlands.
Bonaventura College Burggravenlaan is one of four secondary schools that make up the Bonaventura College in Leiden, Netherlands. The name "Burggravenlaan" is derived from the street in which the school is based. The school offers education at vmbo-tl, havo and vwo level.
Pre-vocational secondary education is a school track in the Netherlands. It lasts four years, from the age of twelve to sixteen. It combines vocational training with theoretical education in languages, mathematics, history, arts, and sciences. Sixty percent of students nationally are enrolled in VMBO. VMBO has five different levels; in each a different mix of practical vocational training and theoretical education is combined:
H.N. Werkman College is a Dutch High School in the city of Groningen. The school is named after the Dutch artist, typographer and printer Hendrik Nicolaas Werkman. The school is divided over four buildings: Stadslyceum, Dalton, Kluiverboom and Vinkenstraat. In 2006 the school had 1352 students and 130 employees. The current rector of the H.N. Werkmancollege is C. Japenga.
The Sint-Maartenscollege is a state secondary school in Maastricht, the Netherlands. It operates two buildings and offers all streams of the Dutch secondary education system including the VMBO, HAVO and VWO.
The Bataafs Lyceum is a public high school in Hengelo, Netherlands. The Bataafs Lyceum is part of a public school division called the Openbare Scholengemeenschap Hengelo and offers HAVO and VWO level education.
St Stanislas College is a conglomerate of private Catholic secondary schools located in Delft, Pijnacker, and Rijswijk, in the province of South Holland, in the Netherlands.
Lyceum Schöndeln is a secondary school in Roermond, Netherlands. It combines a havo, an atheneum and a gymnasium and incorporates specialisations in both the arts (cultuurprofielschool) and the exact sciences (technasium). The school was formed in 2007 from the merger of the Stedelijk Lyceum and the Bisschoppelijk College Schöndeln.
The Eindexamen or centraal examen (CE) is the matriculation exam in the Netherlands, which takes place in a student's final year of high school education. The exam is regulated by the Dutch Secondary Education Act and the Decree on Central Examination of Secondary Education.
Catholic Comprehensive School, Breul, is a Catholic secondary school for VMBO, HAVO, Atheneum and Gymnasium, near Zeist. It is one of the colleges founded by the Society of Jesus in the Netherlands, in 1831, and has undergone several moves since then.
Maartenscollege, Groningen is a secondary Christian school in the Netherlands. The school was founded by the Society of Jesus in 1946 and is now affiliated with the Carmel College Foundation.
The Zernike College is a Dutch group of secondary schools, consisting of the Harens Lyceum, the Montessori Lyceum Groningen and the Montessori Vaklyceum.
The Bouwens van der Boijecollege is a public high school located in Panningen, the Netherlands. There are four different levels of education enrollment: vmbo, havo, atheneum, gymnasium. The school follows the Dutch national public school system, which is highly centralized in the Netherlands. The government sets standards, evaluates, and provides financial needs to fulfill the educational needs.
The Gerrit Rietveld College is a high school in Utrecht, The Netherlands. Around 1.250 students are educated at the school. The school is named after the Dutch architect Gerrit Rietveld. The following Dutch education levels are offered at the school: Gymnasium, atheneum, havo and mavo.
