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Schools and colleges where Dutch is taught in the UK
These schools and colleges offer every conceivable grade, from nursery to Ph.D. Few -if any- cater to beginning ‘Dutch as a foreign language’ students. Please make sure that the course is suitable for your needs and ability! More about the study of Dutch can be found on www.anglo-dutch.org.uk in the ‘Study Dutch’ section, which also lists some teach yourself material.
First, a general link for Dutch people with children of school age who are moving abroad. Stichting Nederlands Onderwijs in het Buitenland have a section aimed at parents, at www.stichtingnob.nl
International Baccalaureate. Follow this link to learn more: www.ibo.org. Not all schools offering IB are listed, and there may be accredited schools that are not marked as such yet. Please make it a point to use the e-mail link at the bottom of this page to let me know of anything that should be changed or could be included.
American Community Schools Ltd - are now know as “International Schools”.
Chester - reputedly - Double Dutch School: with Merton House School, Downswood, West Bank, off Abbott's Park, Chester CH1 4BD, UK. W: www.doubledutchschool.co.uk Old contact information: A.M. Dumoulin @ hotmail.com
Dutch School - De Zeven Eiken (The Seven Oaks) is a Dutch school in Kent, which started in September 2005 with lessons about the Dutch language and cultural aspects. Children ranging from 4 up until 11 years can be enrolled for the lessons, provided by qualified teachers. The children will be allocated a class according to age and ability. Dutch teaching materials are used. The initiative is subsidised by the Netherlands government, who inspect on an annual basis. Location: Sevenoaks, Mondays: 16.15-18.15. Contact: Pauline Zijdenbos via informatie@zeveneiken.co.uk or 01732-742432. W: www.zeveneiken.co.uk Information updated May 2008, based on an e-mail from Pauline Zijdenbos.
European School, Thame Lane, Culham, Abingdon, Oxon. OX14 3DZ. T: 01235 522 621, www.esculham.net. Parents council: www.cespa.org.uk updated 2006-10-09 with information provided by Mrs Karin van Vrede.
International School of London, Dutch Department 139 Gunnersbury Avenue, London W3. T: 020 8992 5823 W: www.islondon.com E: islondon@dial.pipex.com Dutch language teachers: Mrs L. Achten, Lic. and Mrs A Cooper
International Schools - (formerly American Community Schools Ltd) - offer the International Baccalaureate and Dutch as a first or second language at each of their three locations, ACS Cobham, ACS Egham and ACS Hillingdon. The name change reflects that now only half the students are American nationals. Contacts: E: atoornstra@acs-england.co.uk W: www.acs-england.co.uk T: 01784 430 611 F: 01784 430 626 P: ‘Woodlee’, London Road (=A30) Egham, Surrey TW20 0HS
Prins Willem Alexander school. Old Woking Road, Woking, Surrey GU22 8HY T: 01483 750 409 F: 01483 730 962 Full time Dutch “basisschool” (primary) education for children whose parents work in the UK for a number of years. W: prinswillem-alexander.surrey.sch.uk E: pwas@prinswillem-alexander.surrey.sch.uk
Regenboog School 13 Woodchurch Road, West Hampstead, London NW6 3PL. There are two school websites which list this street address, one a Montessori school, the other one, on Saturdays from 10am to 1pm, aims to ensure that Dutch children do not fall behind in learning their native tongue. W: for the Dutch Saturday school: www.regenboogschool.org.uk and www.rainbowmontessori.co.uk for - you guessed it - the Montessori school. With thanks to Rene van Velzen for clarifying this point, in May 2008.
Rijnlands Lyceum operates four schools in the Netherlands (Wassenaar, Oegstgeest, Sassenheim and The Hague), two (three? - PWAS is included on some webpages) in the UK (Cobham and Aberdeen), and one in Oman (Muscat). Contact details for all seven (eight?) schools can be found at: www.rlschoolsabroad.nl/rl_contact.htm.
The UK schools are: c/o Reed's School, Sandy Lane, Cobham, Surrey KT11 2ES. Contact: Johanneke Dijkshoorn, T: 01932 860 680 F: 01932 860 680 E: rlc@reeds.surrey.sch.uk and: c/o Cults Academy, Hillview Drive, Aberdeen AB15 9SA. Contact: Bill de Koning, T: 01224 862 255 F: 01224 869 865 E: rijnlyab@clara.net . Older and other websites include:www.rijnlandslyceum.nl, www.xs4all.nl/~rijnlw for the Wassenaar school, and www.rlo.nl for the Oegstgeest school.
Sevenoaks School, Sevenoaks, Kent TN13 1HU T: 01732 455 133 internationaal baccalaureaat, teacher: Mrs J. Tucker-Hargreaves
St Clare’s Oxford, 139 Banbury Road, Oxford OX2 7AL T: 01865 552 031 W: www.stclares.ac.uk E: admission@stclares.ac.uk internationaal baccalaureaat, teacher: mr J Vos
University College London, Department of Dutch: Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT T: 020 7387 7050 also: T: 020 7679 3113 E: e.braeken@ucl.ac.uk W: ucl.ac.uk/dutch
University of North London, SELS: The Learning Centre. 236-250 Holloway Road, London N7 6PP. Department of Dutch: T: 020 7753 5106 or 020 7753 3207
Educational matters at the Royal Netherlands Embassy: P: 38 Hyde Park Gate, London SW7 5DP T: 020 7590 3200 W: www.netherlands-embassy.org.uk
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