Dutch education system

Freedom of education:• Freedom of

establishment• Freedom of

organisation of teaching

• Freedom of conviction

-public schools

-private schools

Public schools

• Governed by the (municipal) council

• Provide education on behalf of the state

• Sometimes based on specific educational ideas (Montessori, Dalton, Jena)

Private schools

• Not set up by the state but state funded

• Governed by a board of the foundation that set them up

• Base their teaching on religious or ideological beliefs

• Can refuse to admit pupils

• Some schools based on specific educational ideas

Ministry of education

Freedom of education but:• qualitative standards both for

public and private education• prescribed study subjects• attainment targets• content of national

examinations • number of teaching periods

per year• qualifications which teachers

are required to have• equal financial footing

Day to day management of our primary school

Head teacher(renders account to the board; multi school manager)

Coördinator 1 and 2 Coördinator 3,4 and 5 Coördinator 6,7 and 8

teachersteachers teachers

Deputy head secretary

Progress controller

The head teacher is responsible for:

• The general running of the school;• The planning and implementation of

policy with regard to: -teaching-organisation of the school-internal matters;

• Planning and implementation of -the personnel policy

-the financial policy• Maintaining internal and external

contacts regarding above matters• Giving lessons (sometimes)• Other duties arising from the post of

head

Power and responsibilities of the governing body of a private school

• setting up a school;• choosing the teaching materials;• including optional subjects in the timetable;• appointing and dismissing heads, teachers

and support staff;• determing personnel policy;• decidingon the admission and exclusion of

pupils;• determing the internal organisational

structure of the school (f.i. participation of parents);

• determing the nature of out-of-school activities;

• deciding whether the school will participate in educational innovation projects;

• freedom in chosing service of an educational support organisation;

• managing the school’s financial resources and taking care of the administration

• The use of the school by third parties• deciding to close a school

Participation council

• every school must have a participation council;

• parents can influence how the school and teaching at the school are organised;

• two groups of members:- representatives of the parents,- representativers of the staff;• two rights:- of approval- to be consulted