For parents
Two hours a week to think deeply and belong.
English-language enrichment for gifted students aged 8–11 and 12–14, combining meaningful challenge, ambitious projects and intellectual peers.
What is Limitless After-School?
A place to think deeply and belong.
Limitless After-School brings gifted and high-potential students aged 8–14 together for meaningful challenge, ambitious projects and connection with intellectual peers.
In a small English-language group, students have two protected hours each week to explore difficult questions, create boldly and work at the edge of their ability.
Why it matters
Doing well is not the same as being appropriately challenged.
Gifted and high-potential children can achieve good results while remaining underchallenged, disconnected or dependent on work they already know how to do.
Limitless gives them a place where deep thinking is expected, difficult work is welcomed and unusual ideas do not need to be explained away.
For some children, two hours a week with intellectual peers can change more than their learning. It can change how they feel about themselves and about school.
Challenge matters. Belonging can change everything.
Explore the curriculumEligibility
Who can join Limitless?
Limitless is designed for students who need a level of challenge and intellectual peer connection that is not always available in a regular classroom. It is a selective program, but a private IQ assessment is not the only route.
A student needs only one of these three routes to be eligible.
Formal identification
A qualified professional has administered an age-appropriate, standardised cognitive assessment, with an overall or relevant index score of 130 or above.
Conclusive school recommendation
The student’s teacher and another relevant school professional jointly conclude that the student needs substantially greater challenge.
The recommendation should describe learning needs and observed indicators. A general statement that a student is bright, hardworking or achieving good grades is not sufficient.
Previous gifted-program admission
The student has previously been formally admitted to a comparable selective gifted or high-potential program.
Participation in a general after-school activity, tutoring course or non-selective enrichment club does not automatically meet this criterion.
Parents are welcome to explain why they believe Limitless may be right for their child. However, parent nomination alone does not confirm eligibility.
Giftedness does not always look like high achievement.
Some gifted students underperform, mask their ability, learn in more than one language or have an additional learning difference such as ADHD, autism or dyslexia. These factors do not exclude a student from Limitless.
Where a full-scale score does not represent the student’s complete cognitive profile, relevant index scores and the professional interpretation of the assessment may be considered.
Program fit: Meeting an eligibility criterion does not automatically guarantee a place. Limitless also considers the student’s age, learning needs, ability to participate in an English-language group and the balance of the cohort.
Meet your facilitator
Get to know Lihi.
Lihi Engelsman created Limitless after seeing how easily gifted students can be overlooked when schools focus only on visible achievement.
She brings specialist knowledge, extensive experience with international schools and a warm, practical approach to every Limitless group.
Limitless After-School at a glance
2 hrs
of protected challenge each week
8–14
years old, in two age groups
8–12
students in each carefully selected group
3
locations: Amsterdam, Hilversum and The Hague
The commitment
Why is Limitless a full-year program?
Belonging, confidence and meaningful growth do not develop in one afternoon. Students need time to understand the program, trust the group, become comfortable with genuine challenge and develop projects that matter to them.
Families therefore register for the complete school year. Limitless does not offer one-off introductory lessons or drop-in participation.
See what students explore each weekA full year of Limitless
Weekly sessions to think deeply, create boldly and belong.
Two hours each week in a small group of gifted and high-potential peers, with the time and freedom to explore ambitious ideas, take on meaningful challenges and build something of their own.
- Weekly sessions
- Two hours each week
- Small, carefully selected groups
- Standard learning and project materials included
Annual place
€1,650
per student
€55 per two-hour session
Pay in full
One payment of €1,650
Pay in three instalments
Three scheduled payments of €550
Time to make sure it feels right
The first 10 sessions are a suitability period, covered by the first payment of €550. This payment applies to the complete 10-session period. After session 10, if Limitless is not the right fit, you may withdraw without paying for the remaining sessions. Families who paid in full will receive a pro-rata refund.
Filling out this waiting list form does not confirm registration or reserve a place. We will contact you within five business days to confirm your child’s position on the waiting list and explain the next steps.
Amsterdam · Hilversum · The Hague
Join a local waiting list
Share the essentials now. We will only discuss supporting evidence if a suitable group becomes available; complete psychological reports are not collected here.
New locations
Are you a parent who wants to start Limitless in your area?
If there is no local group near you, tell us where you are. Parent interest can help us understand where a new After-School location may be needed.