Founded in 2013, it is an all-through school which offers a multicultural and multilingual education leading to the European Baccalaureate as its secondary leaving qualification.

[4] Tallinn European School (TES) was founded in 2013 by the Innove Foundation,[5] an independent "education competence centre" created by the Estonian Ministry of Finance.

[7] Block A, originally built in 1880 for the "Tallinn Railway Technical School", is listed for conservation under Estonian law.

[7] Originally installed in 1974, a Škoda Works, Kc4-100 model, narrow-gauge steam locomotive, is still displayed on the school grounds commemorating the campus' railway heritage.

[2] The arrangement was made in large part due to the proximity of the EU's agency for the Operational Management of Large-Scale IT Systems in the Area of Freedom, Security and Justice (eu-LISA).