The twelve European Schools, the first of which was founded some 50 years ago to cater principally, though not exclusively, for children of employees of (what is now) the European Union, today have a total student population of around 18,000 in the 4-18 age range, with a multilingual curriculum culminating in the European Baccalaureate. This article reviews the development of the European Schools to date, and speculates on some of the challenges facing the schools as the EU itself expands and develops.
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