It is one of the colleges founded by the Society of Jesus in the Netherlands, in 1831, and has undergone several moves since then.

In 1928 it moved to The Hague and in 1946 to an estate in Breul, between Zeist and Driebergen.

In 1953 a new building was built which still stands and displays the school's motto Mutua Fides (mutual trust).

The last Jesuits retired from the faculty in the 1980s and since then the school has become more generic Christian.

Based on the results of the second evaluation VLIB pupils provide advice to the rector on whether to grant tenure to the teacher.