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Ljubljana, Slovenia · Private
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Ljubljana International School is a private school on two campuses in Ljubljana: the younger classes, from the pre-school group to Grade 2, are based at Rakovniška 5, while Grades 3 to 12 study at Selanova 20. The school calls itself the only one in Slovenia that runs the full International Baccalaureate line - PYP, MYP and the diploma - and alongside it awards an American high school diploma and the AP Capstone diploma; it is also an accredited AP and SAT examination centre. All core subjects are taught in English, English itself is supported by separate ESL and English B courses, and the mother tongue is maintained through a programme that includes Russian, Ukrainian, Slovene, German and Spanish. In September 2026 a nursery from the age of one opened on the Rakovniška campus, so the path within a single school now runs from the age of one to graduation. The school has 205 students and 49 teachers, 35 nationalities and 2863 square metres of teaching space. The school does not state the cost of tuition on its website: only the registration fee is published and the invoice arrives after enrolment; the school publishes neither a list of graduate universities nor examination results.
Key facts
Programmes
IB · PYP, MYP, DP · AP · American programme
Admits from
1 year · Pre-School
Languages of instruction
English
Languages taught
Russian, Ukrainian, Slovene, German, Spanish, French
Registration fee
≈ $1 220
1 050 EUR
About the fees The school does not publish its tuition fees. The website names only a one-off non-refundable registration fee of 1050 euros, while the cost itself arrives as an invoice: the school sends the letter of enrolment together with the contract and an invoice for the first instalment. The intensive English programme and additional learning support are paid for separately, and their amounts are not named either. Only the prices of the extracurricular activities and of the creative academy are named.
Admissions Admission runs in four steps: the student application form, documents, the registration fee, then a placement test and an interview with the administration. Documents: a photograph, copies of the passport and of the residence permit, vaccinations (for the Pre-K group filled in by a paediatrician), for ages 5-10 the reports for the current and the previous year, for ages 11-15 for three years, and for high school official transcripts of grades. The level is determined by the adaptive NWEA MAP test in reading, mathematics and language from the age of six, and from the age of eight a written piece is added. Fluent English is not required on entry: "LIS does not require English fluency to enroll; however, the older the student is, the more proficiency in English is required". From the age of twelve the decision also depends on the level of English, and if the test has shown a shortfall the child is placed in the intensive English programme for a separate fee. It is possible to come into a class for a day or two before the decision.
Stages and year groups Grades Nursery (ages 1-3), Pre-K, Kindergarten, Grades 1-12. Two campuses of one school. Rakovniška 5: a nursery from the age of one, Pre-K, kindergarten and classes up to Grade 2. Selanova 20: Grades 3 to 12. PYP is kindergarten and Grades 1-5, then comes the MYP, then high school with an American diploma, the IB diploma and AP Capstone to choose from. The school speaks about the MYP in different ways: the programmes page says "Middle Years Program Grade 6-8", while the text on that same page says "The MYP is for students aged 11-16 (grades 6-10, or MYP 1-5)", and the subject grid is set out for Grades 6 to 10.
Address Selanova 20, 1000 Ljubljana
Accreditations and programmes verified against official registries
IB · PYP, MYP, DP · authorised programmeMSA · accreditationCollege Board · authorised programmeschool 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: PYP (ages 3-12), MYP (ages 11-16), DP (ages 16-19). PYP is the primary stage, ages 3 to 12. It is not a set of subjects but a frame for the whole school: learning is built around lines of inquiry, and there are no exams at the end. MYP is the middle stage, ages 11 to 16. There are no exams here either; at the end an optional electronic assessment of pupils' work is possible. 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 →MSAMiddle States Association of Colleges and Schools
One of the oldest American accreditations, working since 1887 in more than a hundred countries and linked to the Office of Overseas Schools of the US State Department. It judges the school as an institution across twelve areas, including finances, governance, premises and student support.
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 →College BoardCollege Board, the AP programme
An American organisation that allows a school to put the letters AP on a pupil's transcript. The permission is granted course by course and tied to a particular teacher, it has to be renewed every year, and College Board reads the course syllabus before granting it.
What the badge means for this school. The school is allowed to run advanced AP courses - not the school as a whole, but one by one: by subject and by teacher. Governance, safeguarding and the primary years are not part of that check. Which subjects are actually approved is visible in the ledger. The entry stands in the organisation's public register - anyone can check it.
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Advanced Placement: American advanced courses for the senior years. The exam for a course is set and marked by the College Board, not by the school. A good result is counted by American universities as a first-year course already passed, which saves a student time and money.
What this means for this school. A school does not get to call a course AP automatically: the College Board reads the course syllabus and approves it separately for every subject and every teacher, and the permission has to be renewed each year. Every approved school in the world is listed in the open AP Course Ledger, and this school's entry there stands as a line in the accreditation block above. How many courses a school is approved for, and in which subjects, the ledger does not show in its general listing. AP has no leaving certificate of its own: it sits on top of the school's main programme rather than being a separate system.
American programme
The American school programme, with the High School Diploma at the end. It usually comes together with AP courses, which the College Board stands behind, and with an American accreditation - MSA, NEASC or Cognia.
What this means for this school. The diploma is written out by the school itself: the American programme has no common leaving exam, and the content of the senior years is set by the school. Outside checking therefore rests on two things here - the accreditation of the school, and the AP exams if the school runs them.
Exams and destinations from the school's official website
Exam results The school works as an accredited AP and SAT examination centre and runs AP courses from Pre-Calculus and Calculus I-II to English language, physics, psychology, comparative politics, two-dimensional art, AP Seminar and AP Research. The school publishes no examination results of its own, neither for the IB diploma nor for AP.
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
·Librarynot stated on the website
·Cateringnot stated on the website
·School transportnot stated on the website
·Boardingnot stated on the website
Campus: Two campuses in Ljubljana: Rakovniška ulica 5 (nursery, Pre-K, kindergarten and Grades 1-2) and Selanova ulica 20 (Grades 3-12). The school names 2863 square metres of teaching space and "two fully equipped campuses". There is no room-by-room list: a virtual tour page exists, it carries only two markers, R5 and S20, and the tour itself does not open. Of the equipment, interactive whiteboards, laptops and a "bring your own device" policy for the older students are named. Library, music, physical education and STEAM are in the timetable as separate subjects, but the school does not describe the rooms for them.
Clubs and activities: Minecraft · Robotics · Spanish club · Racketlon · Football · Flag football · Basketball · Volleyball · Tennis · Judo · Swimming · Skiing · Gymnastics · Yoga · Dance · Cycling club · Board games · Ceramics · Construction · Zumbini · Herbalism · Invention workshop · Lifesaving · Ukrainian · Girl Scouts · Chess · Orchestra · Drama club · Drawing and handicrafts · Piano · Singing · Guitar · Flute · Drums · Public speaking
Teaching staff from the school's official website
✓Teachers listed by name31 names
·Teacher qualificationsnot stated
✓Number of teachers49
·Students per teacher or class sizenot stated
The school names 49 teachers and lists 31 people by name with their posts and degrees: the director, the PYP, MYP, diploma, TOK and CAS coordinators, the departments of languages (English, German, Spanish, French, Russian, Slovene), mathematics, design and global studies, class teachers, a special needs teacher and EAL teachers. The school gives no numerical ratio to students, writing only "a very low student-teacher ratio".
Safety and wellbeing from the school's official website
·CCTVnot stated on the website
·Security staffnot stated on the website
·Access controlnot stated on the website
·Nurse or medical roomnot stated on the website
·Counsellornot stated on the website
✓Child protection policyThe school has a Child Protection Statement on its about page and a Child Protection Policy of its own, which the statement refers to: "All employees of LIS must report suspected incidences of child abuse or neglect". The school abides by the CEESA statement on child protection, but the text of that statement is not posted on the page - a layout placeholder stands in its place.
·Staff trainingnot stated on the website
✓Anti-bullying policyThe school states outright that any bullying is prohibited.
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