Since the foundation of the British School of Amsterdam in 1980, the school has grown in size from a very small primary school of 10 children to a “leading international independent school” for children of all ages, with more than 550 pupils (ISI School Inspection February 2003).
When the school was founded it was housed in a section of a Dutch primary school in South Amsterdam. The whole school moved to Jan van Eijckstraat (which now houses the Junior school) in 1983 when it had enough pupils to exist as a school in its own right. Since then the school has constantly increased its enrolment. Through the eighties to mid-nineties the school steadily grew. By 1994 pupil numbers had risen to 150. Since then the school’s numbers have grown with more pace. By 1998 the school had 230 pupils. It had doubled its size to 460 pupils by 2003 and at the time of writing, now has 650 pupils.
