Documents Esprit Schools
Esprit Schools offers students and parents in Amsterdam a choice of 15 schools, each providing a close-knit, trustworthy, respectful and professional learning environment. Our schools connect students with one another and with the wider Amsterdam community, giving them a valuable and inspiring foundation for the future.
This also includes a range of important official documents and policies. On the Esprit Schools website, you can find information on topics such as:
DENISE Documents
GENERAL
- School Guide 2026-2027 (Dutch version)
- School Plan 2025-2028
POLICY DOCUMENTS
- Admissions Policy (toelatingsbeleid) - (in Dutch)
- Assessment Policy (toetsbeleid) - (in English)
- Language Policy (taalbeleid) - (in English)
- School Learning Support - Inclusion - Diversity Policy (ondersteuningsbeleid)
- Academic Integrity Policy - (in English)
- Community Code - (in English)
- Student Absence Policy - (in English)
- Extreme Weather Policiy (in Dutch/English)
SCHOOL PROTOCOLS
- Anti Bullying Protocol - (in English)
- Protocol camerabewaking - (in Dutch)
- Examenreglement (per 1-10-2023)
- Aanvullend Examenreglement - (in Dutch)
- Explanation Report Card (in Dutch & English)
- IB Diploma Program Handbook - (in English)
Social and Emotional Safety and Confidential Counsellors
Everyone at DENISE plays a role in ensuring a safe and supportive social and emotional environment within the school. All parents, students and staff members have a duty to report any concerns or situations that may compromise safety. Based on reports and other signals, we can take appropriate action.
To maintain the quality of education and support we strive for, we are committed to maintaining an ongoing dialogue with students, teachers, parents and partners within the school community about how we organise and deliver our education. We take the enforcement of our ten school rules very seriously.
The designated internal confidential counsellors at DENISE for students and parents are Matthijs van Schie and Pepita Franke.
The Principal works closely with the Anti-Bullying Coordinator, Jeffrey Post (who is also Head of Student Guidance and Educational Support).
For more information about the external confidential counsellors (for parents and staff members), please follow the link.
Our 10 School Rules
At DENISE, we treat one another with respect - students, parents, staff members and everyone visiting our school. We treat others as we would like to be treated ourselves. We do not judge one another; instead, we communicate openly. We ask questions, listen to each other, address issues when necessary and offer one another support.
Together, we are responsible for creating a positive atmosphere at school and for putting DENISE's three core values into practice.
In addition, we expect everyone to follow these ten specific rules. These rules apply to secondary education (VO). Primary education has separate agreements for each class.
- You must be at the designated place when your lesson is scheduled to start. Check your timetable on the school website or in Magister.
- Eating and drinking are not allowed in classrooms. Behave considerately in and around the school premises. Do not gather or hang around in building entrances or doorways.
- Always use respectful language. Bullying is unacceptable. Please refer to our Anti-Bullying Policy.
- You are expected to follow instructions given by school staff members.
- Leave your classroom clean and tidy and take good care of the room and its equipment. Clean up after yourself in the areas where you eat during breaks. Do not touch the window mechanisms.
- Bring a fully charged, working Chromebook and use it during lessons for learning purposes only. Mobile phones are not allowed in the classroom. Upon arrival, phones must be placed in the designated phone storage area (the 'phone hotel') or kept in your bag, not on your person. Teachers may confiscate mobile phones as a preventive measure.
- Do not wear coats in the classroom.
- Homework must be completed and assignments must be handed in by the agreed deadlines.
- Do not take photographs or videos unless you have permission from a teacher. Sharing photographs or recordings of others without permission is not allowed.
- Physical or verbal violence, theft, dealing, possession of weapons, drug use, smoking and alcohol consumption are strictly prohibited, both inside and outside the school. We apply a zero-tolerance policy. This means that a student may be suspended immediately (temporarily excluded from attending school on site), following an opportunity for all parties involved to be heard.