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Education Structure

The first year

Mixed classes are also used in the first year. In these, pupils follow the educational programme of the highest level. This means that pupils in a combined (t)vwo/(t)havo class follow the educational programme for (t)vwo. Pupils in the combined (t)havo/mavo class follow the educational programme for (t)havo.

If pupils perform well, they can move on to the next year at a higher level. We believe it is important that after primary school a pupil has sufficient opportunities to develop towards the most suitable level of education.

Once your child has completed the first year, he or she continues with the second year of (t)gymnasium, (t)atheneum, (t)havo or (t)mavo. For most pupils, they continue to follow the school type once they have chosen. Of course, there may be circumstances that make a transfer to another school type necessary. For instance, if your child performs better or worse than expected. In that case, in most cases you will not have to look for another school, but your child will only have to change school type. For the vmbo-basis and vmbo-kader programmes, pupils within our Foundation can attend the Oude Bossche Baan location.

From school year 2025-2026, we will no longer offer the choice bilingual mavo in the bridge class.

The junior grades

By ‘junior grades’ we mean the first two years of (t)mavo and the first three years of (t)havo and (t)vwo. In these years, we want to prepare our pupils well for the senior years. In doing so, we anticipate the differences between pupils; after all, some develop faster than others.

Your child can make choices in his or her learning process and becomes responsible for their own learning results. Of course, the level of learning is monitored, so that pupils are offered a continuous learning line during their school career. To connect with the pupils’ world of experience, we work a lot with projects, both subject-oriented and cross-curricular.

The number of hours worked on each subject per year can be found in the lesson plans in chapter 8. These also indicate the ‘plus hours’ and ‘coach hours’.

Plus hours are hours a pupil spends on individual subject coaching or social-emotional coaching. Coach hours are lessons in which pupils are prepared for the learning and selection process.

Upper secondary (t)mavo

The mavo course consists of theory subjects and more practical subjects such as drawing, music, drama and physical education 2, in which examinations can also be taken.

The examination programme (Programma van Toetsing en Afsluiting, PTA) starts in the third year and ends in the fourth year.

Our mavo programme prepares your child for further education at mbo level and for an independent life in our society. Our examination programme is therefore not only about acquiring knowledge, but also about teaching skills through practical assignments, projects, the profile paper and possibly an internship.

We work with profiles to ensure good progression to further education. At the end of the second year, pupils choose from the profiles Technique, Care & Welfare or Economics.

Mavo exams

The mavo exam starts as early as the third grade. Your child will receive one or more tests from the PTA for each subject. Together with these tests in the fourth year, this results in one mark for the school exam. The average of the school exam and the central exam determines the final grade.

Two subjects are completed at the end of the third year: art subjects 1 and social studies. The grade for social studies counts as the seventh or eighth examination subject. The grade for art subjects 1 must be satisfactory or good. If the grade is insufficient, your child cannot obtain a diploma. The latter also applies to physical education in the fourth year. The assessment must be at least satisfactory.

In the third year, a practical work placement assignment is made for which a mark is given. In the fourth year, a profile examination is made which must be assessed with a pass or good. In case of an unsatisfactory assessment, your child cannot obtain a diploma.

All the tests to be taken from the PTA, the practical assignments and the profile examination are listed in the PTA. The PTA is published before 1 October in the relevant school year.

Upper secondary (t)vwo/(t)havo

Profiles

The subject package consists of a common part, a profile part and a free part. The subjects in the common section are compulsory for all pupils. To this part, we have added the subject career orientation. This subject is also compulsory.

In the profile section, your child can choose from the following four fixed subject packages:

  • Culture and Society;
  • Economy and Society;
  • Nature and Health;
  • Nature and Engineering.

In the free part, your child must choose a subject from a number of new subjects or from the subjects of another profile. If your child wants to take more than one subject for the free part, this will be included as a ‘crammer subject’. This ‘sprokkelvak’ can usually also be examined, but it does not count in a student’s failure or success. However, if the result is satisfactory, the additional subject can be substituted for another subject, provided it fits the chosen profile.