The ranking holds 27 schools with an international accreditation or an authorised programme. International Baccalaureate programmes are taught at 18 of them. The British Cambridge route, IGCSE and A-Level, at 12. A year of school costs from $6 766 to $46 198. A swimming pool on site is confirmed at 1.
3 schools publish a monthly fee rather than a yearly one and do not say how many payments they charge over a school year. We count such a year as ten payments: that is the number charged by the schools that do state it, and that is how long the school year runs in most countries of the ranking.
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| Cheapest | $6 766 a year | 2 Społeczne Liceum Ogólnokształcące z Oddziałami Międzynarodowymi im. Pawła Jasienicy STO |
| Median | $18 748 a year | top of the fee range at 15 schools with a published fee |
| Most expensive | $46 198 a year | Akademeia High School |
| Free | 4 schools | XXXIII Liceum Ogólnokształcące Dwujęzyczne im. Mikołaja Kopernika w Warszawie, XXXV Liceum Ogólnokształcące z Oddziałami Dwujęzycznymi im. Bolesława Prusa w Warszawie, II Liceum Ogólnokształcące im. Stefana Batorego w Warszawie, Liceum Ogólnokształcące z Oddziałami Dwujęzycznymi im. Adama Mickiewicza w Piastowie |
Figures are converted to dollars at a weekly rate; schools publish their fees in their own currency. One-off charges, meals, transport and uniform are not included unless the school says otherwise. Fees for schools in Warsaw are taken from published price lists, not from what third parties say.
23 of the 27 schools in the ranking are private. The other 4 are state schools, set out below. The type of school does not affect the score: private and state schools sit in one list and are scored by the same formula, and only verifiable data moves the number.
4 schools in Warsaw teach an international programme with no tuition fee: XXXIII Liceum Ogólnokształcące Dwujęzyczne im. Mikołaja Kopernika w Warszawie, XXXV Liceum Ogólnokształcące z Oddziałami Dwujęzycznymi im. Bolesława Prusa w Warszawie, II Liceum Ogólnokształcące im. Stefana Batorego w Warszawie, Liceum Ogólnokształcące z Oddziałami Dwujęzycznymi im. Adama Mickiewicza w Piastowie. On value for money such schools get the top score, because they sit outside the price range altogether.
4 schools with an international accreditation are funded by the state: XXXIII Liceum Ogólnokształcące Dwujęzyczne im. Mikołaja Kopernika w Warszawie, XXXV Liceum Ogólnokształcące z Oddziałami Dwujęzycznymi im. Bolesława Prusa w Warszawie, II Liceum Ogólnokształcące im. Stefana Batorego w Warszawie, Liceum Ogólnokształcące z Oddziałami Dwujęzycznymi im. Adama Mickiewicza w Piastowie. Admission to these schools is usually competitive, and tuition is free or markedly cheaper than at a private school. In the ranking they stand alongside private schools and are scored on the same nine criteria.
Schools in Warsaw with an IB programme (18): XXXIII Liceum Ogólnokształcące Dwujęzyczne im. Mikołaja Kopernika w Warszawie, Thames British School Warsaw, XXXV Liceum Ogólnokształcące z Oddziałami Dwujęzycznymi im. Bolesława Prusa w Warszawie, II Liceum Ogólnokształcące im. Stefana Batorego w Warszawie, The British School Warsaw, 2 Społeczne Liceum Ogólnokształcące z Oddziałami Międzynarodowymi im. Pawła Jasienicy STO, International American School of Warsaw, I Społeczne Liceum Ogólnokształcące z Oddziałami Międzynarodowymi im. Maharadży Jam Saheba Digvijay Sinhji w Warszawie, Monnet International School, Liceum Ogólnokształcące z Oddziałami Dwujęzycznymi TE Vizja, International European School Warsaw, The Canadian School of Warsaw, Niepubliczna Szkoła Podstawowa nr 97 w Warszawie, Warsaw Montessori High School, Prywatne Liceum Ogólnokształcące Sióstr Nazaretanek z Oddziałami Międzynarodowymi, Katolickie Liceum Ogólnokształcące im. św. Pawła z Tarsu, Liceum Ogólnokształcące z Oddziałami Dwujęzycznymi im. Adama Mickiewicza w Piastowie, American School of Warsaw. 2 of them run the full three-stage cycle: PYP, MYP and DP. Authorisation is confirmed against the International Baccalaureate register.
The British Cambridge programme - IGCSE and A-Level - is taught at 12 schools in Warsaw: Thames British School Warsaw, Akademeia High School, The British School Warsaw, 2 Społeczne Liceum Ogólnokształcące z Oddziałami Międzynarodowymi im. Pawła Jasienicy STO, British Primary School of Wilanow, Dwujęzyczna Szkoła Podstawowa nr 1 - Cambridge International School, Liceum Ogólnokształcące z Oddziałami Dwujęzycznymi TE Vizja, International European School Warsaw, Edison International School, International Trilingual School of Warsaw, Atelier 21 International Primary School of the Future, Nova Study.
These schools stand in the suburbs, up to 21 km from the centre of Warsaw. Each card names the school's own town; they are gathered here because a family in Warsaw chooses between them as between districts of one place.
A facility counts only when the school names it outright on its own site: a modern campus is not a swimming pool. Swimming pool: 1 school · Boarding: 2 schools · School transport: 7 schools.
Comparing schools on a single feature is useless: the most expensive is not the best, and a famous name says nothing about what is backed by documents. The score is therefore built from nine criteria with different weights - from academic programmes and accreditation to facilities, clubs and fees relative to other schools in the country.
A criterion counts towards the score only when there is verifiable data behind it. That is why every score says how many of the nine criteria were counted: at schools in Warsaw that is 7.7 out of 9 on average. A school with a detailed site and a school with no site cannot earn an equally reliable score, and that is shown rather than hidden.
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Published fees run from $6 766 to $46 198 for a school year. The cheapest is 2 Społeczne Liceum Ogólnokształcące z Oddziałami Międzynarodowymi im. Pawła Jasienicy STO, the most expensive Akademeia High School. The median for the senior stage is $18 748 a year. Tuition is free at 4 schools: XXXIII Liceum Ogólnokształcące Dwujęzyczne im. Mikołaja Kopernika w Warszawie, XXXV Liceum Ogólnokształcące z Oddziałami Dwujęzycznymi im. Bolesława Prusa w Warszawie, II Liceum Ogólnokształcące im. Stefana Batorego w Warszawie, Liceum Ogólnokształcące z Oddziałami Dwujęzycznymi im. Adama Mickiewicza w Piastowie. Fees are converted into dollars at a weekly rate; schools publish them in their own currency. 3 schools publish a monthly fee rather than a yearly one and do not say how many payments they charge over a school year. We count such a year as ten payments: that is the number charged by the schools that do state it, and that is how long the school year runs in most countries of the ranking.
American School of Warsaw comes first with 82.4 points out of 100, counted from 7 of the 9 criteria. Next come XXXIII Liceum Ogólnokształcące Dwujęzyczne im. Mikołaja Kopernika w Warszawie (81.8) and Thames British School Warsaw (80.9). The score is built from data anyone can check: accreditations found in official registers, programmes, facilities and published fees. A place in the ranking is not for sale.
The ranking holds 27 schools: 23 private and 4 state (XXXIII Liceum Ogólnokształcące Dwujęzyczne im. Mikołaja Kopernika w Warszawie, XXXV Liceum Ogólnokształcące z Oddziałami Dwujęzycznymi im. Bolesława Prusa w Warszawie, II Liceum Ogólnokształcące im. Stefana Batorego w Warszawie, Liceum Ogólnokształcące z Oddziałami Dwujęzycznymi im. Adama Mickiewicza w Piastowie). Private and state schools go into the ranking on equal terms.
International Baccalaureate programmes are taught at 18 schools: XXXIII Liceum Ogólnokształcące Dwujęzyczne im. Mikołaja Kopernika w Warszawie, Thames British School Warsaw, XXXV Liceum Ogólnokształcące z Oddziałami Dwujęzycznymi im. Bolesława Prusa w Warszawie, II Liceum Ogólnokształcące im. Stefana Batorego w Warszawie, The British School Warsaw, 2 Społeczne Liceum Ogólnokształcące z Oddziałami Międzynarodowymi im. Pawła Jasienicy STO, International American School of Warsaw, I Społeczne Liceum Ogólnokształcące z Oddziałami Międzynarodowymi im. Maharadży Jam Saheba Digvijay Sinhji w Warszawie, Monnet International School, Liceum Ogólnokształcące z Oddziałami Dwujęzycznymi TE Vizja, International European School Warsaw, The Canadian School of Warsaw, Niepubliczna Szkoła Podstawowa nr 97 w Warszawie, Warsaw Montessori High School, Prywatne Liceum Ogólnokształcące Sióstr Nazaretanek z Oddziałami Międzynarodowymi, Katolickie Liceum Ogólnokształcące im. św. Pawła z Tarsu, Liceum Ogólnokształcące z Oddziałami Dwujęzycznymi im. Adama Mickiewicza w Piastowie, American School of Warsaw. 2 of them run the full three-stage cycle: PYP, MYP and DP.
IGCSE and A-Level are offered by 12 schools: Thames British School Warsaw, Akademeia High School, The British School Warsaw, 2 Społeczne Liceum Ogólnokształcące z Oddziałami Międzynarodowymi im. Pawła Jasienicy STO, British Primary School of Wilanow, Dwujęzyczna Szkoła Podstawowa nr 1 - Cambridge International School, Liceum Ogólnokształcące z Oddziałami Dwujęzycznymi TE Vizja, International European School Warsaw, Edison International School, International Trilingual School of Warsaw, Atelier 21 International Primary School of the Future, Nova Study.
The earliest intake starts at 1 year old. 11 schools have a preschool section.
The score of every school adds up from nine criteria with different weights: academic programmes, accreditation, facilities, clubs, the fee against other schools in the country, reviews, university destinations, safety and teachers. A criterion counts only when there is data behind it that can be checked, so every score says how many of the nine were counted. Right now that is 7.7 out of 9 on average. We do not use reviews from maps or directories.