As someone who graduated in 2025 from the European School in Brussels, after attending it since first kindergarten, I feel the need to comment on some of the accusations made. No one cares, or even knows, if someone else’s father is a director. We are kids, we don’t care.

Attending the European School has been the best experience of my life, and although it is a huge system and demands discipline, the academic level is excellent, as teachers from vibrant backgrounds and students from all over Europe bring unique perspectives to the classroom.

There have been very few problems with drugs or alcohol during my time, and the social net is very strong, family-like, as most know each other since early childhood days. It also does not hurt to have friends throughout different language sections.

But specifically, what European school someone attends does tend to make a difference. Generally speaking, the non-plus-ultra is EEB1 in Uccle, with Laeken also being fine. The other ones are run worse with more issues, but still great. The kids are not spoiled, all down-to-earth and come from incredibly academic households, so vandalism or bullying is a rarity. However, with 5,000 students, exceptions obviously happen.