A German school near İzmir, on a campus in Urla. It is an all-day school and the stages run one after another: kindergarten, primary school, secondary stage and an upper stage with the bilingual IB Diploma, which the school calls GIB. In it German, history and at least one of biology or chemistry are taught in German, the rest in English; six subjects are compulsory, among them a foreign language, mathematics and one freely chosen subject. In Germany the IB Diploma is recognised as a general university entrance qualification. The school speaks of a team of more than 30 experienced teachers and of a family atmosphere in which children of all ages learn together. Classes are small: no more than 15 students are taken into a class. The school adopted its first mission statement in 2010 and rewrote it after the campus move and the arrival of the kindergarten and the upper stage.
Key facts
Programmes
IB · DP · German programme
Languages of instruction
German, English
Languages taught
French, Turkish
About the fees The school does not publish tuition on its site: the admissions section lists only the documents and the order of application.
Admissions Admission is limited twice over. First, a class holds no more than 15 places and free places are not always available. Second, for legal reasons the school currently cannot admit Turkish citizens, including dual nationals. An application needs the completed form, a copy of the child's passport, a Mavi Kart or foreign identification number, the child's vaccination record and birth certificate, and copies of the parents' passports. The office takes applications Monday to Friday from 08:00 to 17:00.
Stages and year groups The stages run consecutively: kindergarten, primary school, secondary stage and upper stage. The bilingual IB Diploma is taught in grades 11 and 12, for students aged 16 to 19. A class holds no more than 15 students.
Address Kuşcular Caddesi No: 82, 35430 Urla, İzmir
Accreditations and programmes verified against official registries
IB · DP · authorised programmeZfA · accreditationWDA · part of the allianceThe school holds IB registry record 049477 for the Diploma Programme. The German federal office ZfA lists it as a recognised German school abroad: the school writes of itself anerkannte, vom Bund geförderte Deutsche Auslandsschule, a recognised German school abroad supported by the federal government, and it carries the Exzellente Deutsche Auslandsschule quality seal. The school is also listed among the members of the Weltverband Deutscher Auslandsschulen (WDA), the association of the founding bodies of German schools abroad; it does not inspect schools, and the membership carries no accreditation threshold.
school is in an official registryconfirmed by a school document, by membership or by taking part in a networkclaimed by the school, no confirmation, not counted in the scoreGuide to all organisations → What stands behind each entry
IBInternational Baccalaureate
A Swiss non-profit, working since 1968. Its programmes are among the most widely recognised school programmes in the world. Authorisation is granted stage by stage, so a school with the final stage does not necessarily run the younger ones; which stages this school holds is set out in the line below.
What the badge means for this school. The school is allowed to run this programme and to award its certificate. This is a confirmation of the programme, not a judgement on the school as a whole. The entry stands in the organisation's public register - anyone can check it. At this school: DP (ages 16-19). DP is the final stage, ages 16 to 19: six subjects plus a compulsory core of theory of knowledge, an extended essay and CAS. The diploma is accepted by universities all over the world, and in a number of countries it counts for admission on the same footing as the local leaving certificate.
Register to check for yourself, and the full guide →ZfACentral Agency for German Schools Abroad
A German federal agency. It recognises a school as a German school abroad, funds it and grants the right to award the German leaving certificate. Quality is examined by a state inspection about once every six years, and schools that pass receive the mark of an excellent German school abroad.
What the badge means for this school. The school has been through this organisation's accreditation. It was judged as a whole: governance, safeguarding, staff, premises, teaching. The entry stands in the organisation's public register - anyone can check it.
Register to check for yourself, and the full guide →WDAWorld Association of German Schools Abroad
An association of the owners of German schools abroad: in essence an industry lobby and a service organisation. It runs no inspections. The condition of admission is a recognised German certificate, but that recognition is granted by the German state, not by WDA.
What the badge means for this school. The school belongs to an association of school owners. There is no inspection of its own behind it: the badge rests on a decision of the German state and adds nothing to it. The entry is confirmed in the organisation's open directory.
Register to check for yourself, and the full guide →German programme
The German school programme. Recognised German schools abroad award the Deutsches Internationales Abitur, the German leaving certificate used for entry to universities in Germany. Behind the recognition stands the federal agency ZfA.
What this means for this school. ZfA recognition comes at levels: a school that takes pupils through to the German leaving certificate is one thing, a school with the DSD language diploma, where German is taught as a subject, is another. Which level this school holds is not stated here.
Exams and destinations from the school's official website
The school publishes nothing about where its leavers go: no share going on to university, no exam results, no list of universities.
Facilities from the school's official website
·Swimming poolnot stated on the website
·Sports hallnot stated on the website
·Laboratoriesnot stated on the website
·Theatre or assembly hallnot stated on the website
✓Library
✓Catering
·School transportnot stated on the website
·Boardingnot stated on the website
Campus:
Teaching staff from the school's official website
·Teachers listed by namenot published
·Teacher qualificationsnot stated
·Number of teachersthe school does not say
·Students per teacher or class sizenot stated
The school speaks of a team of more than 30 experienced teachers.
Safety and wellbeing from the school's official website
The school says nothing on its website about security, medical care or pupil support.
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Criteria breakdown criterion weight in brackets
Academics and programmes (16%)84 Community rating (16%)no dataparent reviews are needed: the criterion switches on at the fifth verified one Exams and destinations (12%) scored on disclosed data55 Safety and wellbeing (12%) scored on disclosed data55 Accreditation and verifiability (10%)90 Teaching staff (10%) scored on disclosed data55 Facilities (10%) scored on disclosed data70 Clubs and activities (8%) scored at the median70 Value for money (6%) scored at the median72 "Scored on disclosed data" stands where we count only what the school has written about itself on its own site: exams and destinations, safety and wellbeing, teaching staff, facilities, clubs and activities. A low score here means the school does not write about this, not that the school does not have it: a school with good security and a sparse site will score low. A school can fill in its profile, and the score will be counted again.
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Izmir, Turkey · est. 2008 · Private