International Montessori Schools - Savoorke vs The Courtyard International School of Tervuren
International Montessori Schools - Savoorke and The Courtyard International School of Tervuren are both in Brussels, about 4 km apart. Both schools offer IB programmes, and International Montessori Schools - Savoorke also offers Montessori. Published annual fees are €14,200 - 36,120 at International Montessori Schools - Savoorke and €12,210 - 23,400 at The Courtyard International School of Tervuren, which puts International Montessori Schools - Savoorke roughly 41% higher. International Montessori Schools - Savoorke takes pupils from 1 to 18, and The Courtyard International School of Tervuren from 2 to 18.
Fees summary (academic year referenced) The figures below are based on the school's published fee schedule for the 2025/2026 academic year and should be treated as the most recent available published schedule when 2026/2027 fees are not yet publicly listed.
Application / registration fees - Registration (one‑time) fee: EUR 600 (payable on first year of enrolment).
Tuition fees by year group (annual amounts) - Nursery 2 (age 2): EUR 12,210 per year. - Kindergarten 1 (age 3): EUR 13,708 per year. - Kindergarten 2 (age 4): EUR 15,540 per year. - Kindergarten 3 (age 5): EUR 19,205 per year. - Grade 1 (age 6): EUR 19,205 per year. - Grade 2 (age 7): EUR 20,000 per year. - Grade 3 (age 8): EUR 20,000 per year. - Grade 4 (age 9): EUR 20,000 per year. - Grade 5 (age 10): EUR 20,000 per year. - Grade 6 (age 11): EUR 22,089 per year. - Grade 7 (age 12): EUR 22,089 per year. - Grade 8 (age 13): EUR 23,310 per year. - Grade 9 (age 14): EUR 23,310 per year. - Grade 10 (age 15): EUR 23,310 per year. - Grade 11 (age 16): EUR 23,400 per year. - Grade 12 (age 17): EUR 23,400 per year.
First‑year invoice example - For a new Nursery 2 enrolment the first‑year total equals the annual tuition (EUR 12,210) plus the one‑time registration fee (EUR 600) = EUR 12,810.
Per‑term amounts (derived example) - The school publishes annual tuition amounts. Where a parent prefers termly budgeting, a simple equal split of the published annual tuition into three termly instalments produces the following illustrative termly amounts (annual ÷ 3): - Nursery 2: EUR 4,070 per term (EUR 12,210 ÷ 3). - Kindergarten 1: EUR 4,569 per term (EUR 13,708 ÷ 3). - Kindergarten 2: EUR 5,180 per term (EUR 15,540 ÷ 3). - Kindergarten 3 / Grade 1: EUR 6,402 per term (EUR 19,205 ÷ 3). - Grades 2–5: EUR 6,667 per term (EUR 20,000 ÷ 3). - Grades 6–7: EUR 7,363 per term (EUR 22,089 ÷ 3). - Grades 8–10: EUR 7,770 per term (EUR 23,310 ÷ 3). - Grades 11–12: EUR 7,800 per term (EUR 23,400 ÷ 3). - Note: those term figures are arithmetic splits of the published annual fees for budgeting purposes; the school's published schedule lists annual fees as shown above.
Sibling discount - Sibling discount: 10% reduction for the second and subsequent siblings on the published tuition amounts.
Other costs and common additional charges - The school runs additional activities and holiday programmes that carry separate charges (example: published week‑long summer/winter holiday activity fees for programmes hosted at the Tervuren site). These event/programme fees and other optional services such as activity camps, after‑school care or extended‑hours care are charged separately from the published tuition. - Typical additional costs commonly billed by international schools (not separately priced in the public fee list consulted) include: school lunches, school bus/transport, uniforms, examination fees (IGCSE/IB where applicable), specific trips and extracurricular programme fees. The published annual tuition figures above do not itemise these extras.
Key points for parents - Annual tuition per grade is listed above; registration is a one‑off EUR 600 charge at first enrolment. - A 10% sibling discount applies to the second and subsequent siblings. - The school does not list boarding provision or separate boarding fees in public fee summaries.
