Pieter Nieuwland College 3.98

The Pieter Nieuwland College is a secondary school in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, in the district Watergraafsmeer.The school is named after Pieter Nieuwland. It is a school of further education with the directions Gymnasium, VWO and HAVO. There were in 2009, 835 students, 42% in the first two grades. The school is growing. It is a multicultural school with good results. The school is a part of the Zaam Group.From this school a new Gymnasium was started, the Cygnus Gymnasium. The Gymnasium is the same level of education as Atheneum but with an additional focus on ancient languages such as Greek and Latin. See also the Education in the Netherlands for further information on the Dutch education system.General StatisticsVWO There are 241 pupils in the last four classes, approximately eight classes, plus minus two per class. Compared to other VWO schools the results in the first two years are above the national average, 100% of the students doesn't have to repeat any school years until the third grade. 64% of these students proceed to graduate without delay. That is equal to the national average. The examination marks are also within the national average with a 6.4 (out of 10). The results Dutch Language courses are below the national average, other outcomes are above the national average, which is explained by the relatively large number of children who do not have Dutch as their primary language.