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Estonia, Tallinn
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The school enforces a dress code rather than a formal uniform. The guidelines require skirts, skorts and shorts to extend below fingertip length, shoulders to be covered, hats not to be worn inside, indoor shoes, and outerwear to be stored in the cloakroom; secondary pupils store backpacks in the cloakroom or lockers.
The canteen is operated by Baltic Restaurants Estonia AS and serves breakfast and lunch at a self-service counter. Breakfast options include porridges, eggs and omelettes, soft cheese pudding with jam, mini pancakes, and bread with spreads; lunch offers hot main dishes with three hot sides and at least three salads, with a daily vegetarian option; Afterschool Activity Packs are available; the school participates in the EU school fruit, vegetables and milk scheme.
Tallinn European School is owned by Sihtasutus Euroopa Kool (European School Foundation), established in 2018; it is the only Accredited European School in Estonia. The founder is the Republic of Estonia, with the Ministry of Education and Research exercising founder rights. Governance is provided by the foundation's board and a management team, and the school operates under the European Schools framework.
Tallinn European School provides education for ages 4 to 18 within European School framework. The curriculum follows the European Schools model and leads to the European Baccalaureate, a qualification recognized by universities across the EU and beyond. The school operates two language sections, English and French, with instruction in the respective languages and a structured L1/L2/L3 language program. L2 is compulsory from Primary 1 to Secondary 7 and L3 from Secondary 1 to Secondary 5. Founded in 2013 by the Estonian Ministry of Education and Research, it is Baltics' only Accredited European School, owned by the European School Foundation. In 2018 the campus moved to Tehnika 18, a renovated 7,200-square-metre site in central Tallinn with four floors, Blocks A-C, a library, a canteen and a gym and around 40 classrooms. Extracurricular options span sports, arts and STEM, including Young Engineers Bricks Challenge and Play & Speak – French vocabulary for students.
