Children

Children can be quite expensive. You need to think about schools, childcare, sports, insurances. We have categorised the costs below.

Dutch primary school  

• Primary and secondary schools in the Netherlands do not have tuition fees.  
• Parental (voluntary) contributions may be required to cover activities such as excursions, school trips, swimming lessons etc.
  • Good to know: swimming lessons can be included in the school plan, but a lot of schools do not offer that anymore. So you will need to arrange that yourselves.

International school in the Netherlands  

• State-funded international schools charge between € 4.500 – € 9.000 per year
• Private international schools charge between € 18.000 – € 30.000+ per year

Sports 

This includes membership, clothing, shoes, etc.

• Soccer: around € 458 per year
• Ballet: € 200 per year  
• Hockey: € 300 per year  
• Athletics: € 350 per year  
• Horse riding: € 810 per year  
• Gymnastics: € 235 per year

Child Insurance, Childcare, Childcare and child benefit  

• Insurance: Children under 18 do require Basic Health Insurance but can be registered free of charge under the policy of one of their parents.  
• Childcare costs: € 10 – 14 per hour  
  • You can receive childcare benefit (Kinderopvangtoeslag) up to 2760 hours per year. This is max. 230 hours per month.
  • The childcare benefits depend on the income, the number of children and type of childcare.

• Child benefit: 

  Child's age	Amount (per quarter)
  0-5 years	€ 295,07
  6-11 years	€ 358,30
  12-17 years	€ 421,53