Children of staff of the European Institutions are admitted automatically on proof of entitlement. Children of staff of an institution or a firm, which has entered into an agreement with the European Schools, are admitted in accordance with the terms of the agreement. Parents who are not covered by either of the categories mentioned above may make application for their children to be admitted on a fee-paying basis, but the number of places available for such children is very limited and this facility is not available in all the language sections. In principle a child will be admitted to the language section of the Primary school which is the same as his or her language of habitual use . Pupils moving on to the Primary School from the Infant School will continue in the language section, which they have already been attending.
Primary classes are monolingual.
The Board of Governors has ruled that no class should have more than 32 children. If numbers exceed 32, a second class is created. The Primary school, like the Infant School, has 11 language sections reflecting the official languages of the European Union. Although to a certain extent each section retains its own identity and adheres to its own cultural traditions, all operate in accordance with the same principles and they all follow the same curriculum. They are drawn up by the inspectors, the teachers, the Head and Deputy Heads and then approved by the Board of Governors.