International School of The Hague
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The International School of the Hague (usually referred to as the ISH) is a well established international school located in The Hague, The Netherlands, currently consisting of a primary school and a secondary school at separate locations. By January 2007, the two schools will have moved into a single building in the vicinity of Kijkduin.
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The school is divided into a primary school (located at the new school site in Wijndaelerduin, Kijkduin) and a secondary school (located 15 minutes away by car, on Theo Mann-Bouwmeesterlaan, Benoordenhout).
The head of the secondary school is Dr. R. A. van Vliet, the head of the primary school is Mr. G. Scott, and the principal is Mr. Ian Forster.
The primary school offers the International Primary Curriculum (IPC) for students between the ages 4 to 11 (Reception to Year 6); and the secondary school offers the International Baccalaureate Organisation Middle Years Programme (MYP) for students between the ages of 11 to 16 (Years 7 - 11) and the International Baccalaureate Organisation Diploma Programme (IB), between the ages of 16 to 18 (Years 12 and 13).
The school is non selective to the age of 16, and is multicultural. Currently it has over 1050 children aged between 4 and 18, over 75 nationalities, and over 50 different native languages.
The school has a brand new campus which the primary section moved into in August 2006, and the secondary section in December 2006. The new site will also house childcare facilities for children aged between 0 - 3, as well as after school care for 4 - 12 year olds, both run by Triodus, a well known education provider in the Netherlands.
ISH is a member of the Rijnlands Lyceum group of schools, a non profit making educational foundation, which has schools in Wassenaar, Oegstgeest, and Sassenheim in the Netherlands. In primary education it works in partnership with the Haagsche Schoolvereeniging (HSV).
ISH is subsidised by the Government because of being a member of a Dutch foundation. This enables the fee structure to be extremely low, making them more affordable for those who fund the tuition fees themselves.
