The School of European Education Heraklion was founded in 2005 (Law 3376/2005, A΄ 191) and is an Accredited European School, the only one of its kind in Greece, to date.

As a school unit of Primary and Secondary Education of the Greek State, it is supervised by the Regional Directorate of Primary and Secondary Education of Crete. As an Accredited European School, it abides by the General Rules, the European School Curriculum and the Language Policy of the European Schools.

The School of European Education Heraklion is organised in the primary and secondary cycle of studies, offering two language sections, a Greek-speaking and an English-speaking. At the end of the studies, the only qualification awarded by the School of European Education Heraklion is the European Baccalaureate.

The Primary cycle of the School includes 2 years of attendance at Kindergarten and 5 years of attendance at Primary School. In Primary School, lessons are taught in the first language (L1) of the school, while the learning of a first foreign language starts already in class p1. Pupils from both sections participate in European Hours, where they work and learn together.

The Secondary cycle of the School consists of 7 classes, s1-s7 and is structured in three sub-cycles of study: s1-s3 - Observation cycle / s4-s5 - Pre-Orientation cycle / s6-s7 - Orientation cycle.