Our School

The Amsterdam International Community School is a Dutch International Primary and Secondary School offering international education in English. The AICS caters for the needs of students of all nationalities who are temporarily living in the Netherlands and are requiring high-quality, accessible, community-based international learning.

We are a school for students who are able and prepared to value and handle differences and diversity. Our education aims to teach our students to become compassionate and wise human beings through knowledge and inquiry.

Belonging

AICS is a place where students, staff and parents feel welcome and at home. They feel they can be themselves and feel seen for who they are. We celebrate diversity and there is room for differences. You can be your unique self and express yourself safely. At the same time, there is a strong collective sense of purpose and community.

Possibility mindset 

At AICS, people think in and create opportunities. A positive mindset that focuses on what is possible and how to achieve this. How can we make this work? This is also a way of seeing students and colleagues: what is their unique beauty? This brings a lightness and positivity: we are always learning together. This also means we are constantly experimenting and innovating together

Learning for life

AICS supports and enables students to become flourishing individuals who care for the world by inviting them to find their own passions, opinions and voice. We value student agency, inquiry and reflection combined with the focus on action and entrepreneurial skills setting, that set students up for success. Students become resilient world citizens who take responsibility for themselves and the world.

We provide education for children and students aged 4 to 19. As an IB World School, we offer the full International Baccalaureate continuum, including the Primary Years Programme (PYP), Middle Years Programme (MYP), Career-related Programme (CP), and Diploma Programme (DP).

The AICS is part of the Esprit Scholengroep, a large group of different schools in Amsterdam.