The English Trust for European Education is a charitable organisation set up to foster the development of multilingual European Education in Britain. What is multilingual European Education? In 1953, when a European Union was not even dreamed of, a number of parents set themselves up to create educational establishments where children of different European backgrounds could be taught side by side in their respective mother tongues, learning from each other while broadening their horizons. This experiment was subsequently taken up by the Commission and its institutions and there are now several schools across Europe based on this concept. Uniquely, European Schools offer a European Baccalaureate, which gives access to all higher education institutions across the European Union.
The philosophy of European Education is best encapsulated in the words of Jean Monnet, regarded by many as the architect of European Union:
"Educated side by side, untroubled from infancy by divisive prejudices, acquainted with all that is great and good in different cultures, it will be borne upon in upon them as they mature that they belong together. Without ceasing to look to their own lands with love and pride, they will become in mind Europeans, schooled and ready to complete and consolidate the work of their fathers...."
.......LATEST NEWS.... November '09 Oxfordshire County Council has now signed the Expression of Interest that will bring the realisation of the new Academy a step closer. The Expression of Interest will now go into Feasibility Study. This should take a few months. In the meantime talks will continue at European level for the appropriate transition into a new school, with all that implies. Additional information can be found in the News section of this web site and eventually in the web site of the newly formed Trust (CLASS - Culham Languages and Science School).
The English Trust for European Education is a member of the National Council for Voluntary Organisations (NCVO), the voice of the voluntary sector in Britain and a charity registered in England and Wales no. 1123847 < >
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