← Back to the rankingProf. Dr. Mümtaz Turhan Sosyal Bilimler Lisesi
Istanbul, Turkey · est. 2003 · State
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A state social sciences high school in the Bahcelievler district of Istanbul, opened in 2003. The school writes of itself that it is the first social sciences high school in Turkey and the first and only state school in the country to award the IB diploma, which it describes as valid in 144 countries. The Cambridge IGCSE line came later, and the school says plainly that it was introduced to support the IB diploma. By its own count there are 595 students and 43 teachers. Four foreign languages are taught: English, French, Arabic and German. The school is one of the ministry's project schools. It puts university placement at around 100 per cent and points to a steady run of awards at TUBITAK project competitions.
Key facts
Programmes
IB · DP · Cambridge · IGCSE · National programme
Languages of instruction
Turkish
Languages taught
English, French, Arabic, German
About the fees This is a state high school of the Ministry of National Education and the site announces no tuition. The school runs no bus service at all, says so plainly, and points families to the metro and the metrobus instead.
Admissions Entry is through the national LGS examination, which is how a social sciences high school selects. For the IB diploma the school keeps a separate written admission policy. The page about the school gives no cut-off scores of its own.
Stages and year groups Grades 9-12. A social sciences high school: grades nine to twelve, a full day from 08:30 to 15:30. The school has a boarding house with its own telephone line and its own section on the site.
Address Yenibosna Fevzi Çakmak Mahallesi, Fatih Caddesi No 2, 34197 Bahçelievler, İstanbul
Accreditations and programmes verified against official registries
IB · DP · authorised programmeCambridge · IGCSE · authorised programmeInternational programmes have a section of their own, labelled in both languages, and inside it two lines are kept apart: the IB diploma, with its own admission policy and separate files on what the IBDP is and which courses are taught, and the Cambridge IGCSE line. About IGCSE the school is explicit: the programme was introduced to support the IB diploma. About itself it writes that it is the first and only state school in the country awarding the IB diploma.
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 →CambridgeCambridge International Education
Part of the University of Cambridge. It allows a school to teach the Cambridge programmes and to enter pupils for the exams. There are four stages and they are authorised separately: primary, lower secondary, IGCSE and A Level. If the stages are known they are named in the line below; if that line is missing, the school does not publish them, and the Cambridge registry does not show stages either - it gives only the name of the centre, the country and whether private candidates are accepted. Cambridge calls what it does registration rather than accreditation, and the network holds about ten thousand schools.
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: IGCSE (ages 14-16). IGCSE means exams at around Year 10 or 11, the British counterpart of a lower secondary leaving certificate.
Register to check for yourself, and the full guide →National programme
The state school programme of the country the school stands in: it is set by that country's ministry of education, which also licenses the school and awards the leaving certificate. That certificate is used for entry to local universities, and abroad it is matched to the local one.
What this means for this school. This entry does not count towards the score, and that is deliberate. Every lawful school in a country works to the national programme, so on its own it tells one school apart from no other - unlike the French, German or Russian programmes, which are carried abroad and confirmed by the register of their organisation. We show it because a parent needs to know what programme their child is taught and what certificate the child will get. Counting it would lift the whole ranking at once and still tell nobody apart.
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 hall
✓Laboratories
·Theatre or assembly hallnot stated on the website
✓Library
✓Catering
·School transportnot stated on the website
✓Boarding
Also on site: Art studio
Campus: A campus in Yenibosna beside the E5 road: 28 classrooms, a workshop, a conference hall and two multi-purpose halls, five minutes on foot from the metro and metrobus stop.
Teaching staff
There is no data for this section yet.
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 room
·Counsellornot stated on the website
·Child protection policynot stated on the website
·Staff trainingnot stated on the website
·Anti-bullying policynot stated on the website
Reviews
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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 data60 Accreditation and verifiability (10%)90 Teaching staff (10%)no datathe criterion switches on once there is data about the teachers Facilities (10%) scored on disclosed data85 Clubs and activities (8%) scored on disclosed data55 Value for money (6%) scored at the median65 "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.
The score is counted from 6 of the 9 criteria.Only those with checkable data count: programmes and accreditations from official registers, the fee from a published price list. Where it says "scored on the median", the school has no data and the middle of the list is put in its place, so that a gap gives no advantage. Admissions, teaching staff and reviews come in as their data arrives.
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