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Ostrava, Czech Republic · Private
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1st International School of Ostrava is a private Czech grammar school (s.r.o.) in central Ostrava with eight-year and four-year programmes and, since April 2021, an IB World School offering the Diploma Programme. It belongs to the Ministry of Education's network of Czech schools and holds a permit to teach some subjects in English: in the eight-year programme mathematics, physics, chemistry, biology, social sciences, IT, the arts and physical education are taught in English, plus history and geography from year five. Students take the Czech maturita and sit the profile exams of English-taught subjects in English; in the last two years of the eight-year programme they can add the IB Diploma. Classes have no more than 20 students, with extra English (EAL) lessons, an adaptation course before the school year and after-school clubs. The head of school is Ivo Helebrant.
Key facts
Tuition
≈ $4 987–6 604 a year
108 000–143 000 CZK
Programmes
IB · DP · National programme
Languages of instruction
Czech, English
Languages taught
German, French, Spanish
Class size
no more than 20 students per class
About the fees Fees for the 2026-2027 school year, valid from June: 108000 CZK per year in the four-year programme and in the first four years of the eight-year programme, kvinta and sexta 122000 CZK, septima and oktáva with IB DP 143000 CZK per year. Sibling discounts of 10% for the first sibling and 15% for the second; one talent scholarship each year.
Admissions The school states that it offers education to everyone regardless of nationality, native language or religion; its subjects include Czech for foreigners. Admission follows Czech secondary school rules: the director's criteria with entrance tests in mathematics and English; the third round uses a paper application and a school exam. Transfers from other secondary schools are possible at any time of the school year by the director's decision. Applicants can spend a trial day at the school.
Stages and year groups An eight-year and a four-year grammar school under the Czech curriculum, with some subjects in English. In the four-year programme social sciences, history, geography, biology, IT, aesthetic education, physical education and humanities seminars are in English. The IB Diploma Programme runs in septima and oktáva of the eight-year programme: six subjects, the Extended Essay, TOK and CAS. The Czech maturita is compulsory; the ministry permit to take the profile part in English is valid until 30 September 2026.
Address Gregorova 2582/3, 702 00 Ostrava
Accreditations and programmes verified against official registries
IB · DP · authorised programmeThe IB register lists the Diploma Programme at the grammar school. It is a Czech gymnázium: the IB Diploma class is taught in English in the final years alongside the Czech curriculum and the maturita.
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.
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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 hallnot stated on the website
✓Laboratories
·Theatre or assembly hallnot stated on the website
✓Library
✓Catering
·School transportnot stated on the website
·Boardingnot stated on the website
Also on site: Art studio
Campus: A building in central Ostrava with home classrooms, science laboratories, art and music rooms, the Václav Havel library with an online catalogue and a study room, and a canteen.
Clubs and activities: DofE · ISOMUN · Active Citizens · Bulldogs · Nothing · Junior Achievement
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 sizein the key facts above
The teacher list has more than 20 names, including native English speakers and teachers from other countries; there is a maturita coordinator, a TOK teacher and a teacher of Czech for foreigners.
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
✓Counsellor
·Child protection policynot stated on the website
·Staff trainingnot stated on the website
·Anti-bullying policynot stated on the website
A school counselling centre: a school psychologist, an educational and career counsellor, a prevention specialist and a teaching assistant; consultations are free.
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Criteria breakdown criterion weight in brackets
Academics and programmes (16%)82 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%)85 Teaching staff (10%) scored on disclosed data55 Facilities (10%) scored on disclosed data75 Clubs and activities (8%) scored on disclosed data76 "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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