← Back to the rankingAdamant International School
Campina, Romania · est. 2020 · Private
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Adamant International is a private Christian school in Câmpina for children from age 3 to grade 12, taught in English. Its founder, Larisa Monster McKenna from the Netherlands, worked from 2000 with street children and orphans in Romania, opened a first education centre using the Accelerated Christian Education (A.C.E) curriculum in 2013, and in 2020 opened Adamant International as a full-time school; its first student graduated in 2021. The programme is based on A.C.E: students work at their own pace through PACE workbooks and move on only after mastering each concept, with teacher-guided classes in key subjects complementing independent work. Levels: early years (Pre-K1, Pre-K2 and Kindergarten, ages 3-5), primary and lower secondary (ABC to Level 7), and high school (Levels 8-12) with the International Certificate of Christian Education (ICCE). The school is a candidate for ACSI and MSA-CESS accreditation, receives no government funding and is supported by member families' contributions. Since 2025 a second campus has operated in Arad as a franchise.
Key facts
Programmes
American programme
Admits from
3 years · Pre-School
Languages of instruction
English
About the fees Member contributions (the fee list gives no year; enrolment is open for 2026-2027): educational programme contribution 3180 euro per year in early years, 3300 euro in primary, 3360 euro in lower secondary, 3420 euro in high school; books and materials 450, 525, 585 and 645 euro per year respectively; annual membership 100 euro. The school may offer financing or discounts but does not guarantee them. The school day ends at 13:30 or 15:30; afterschool costs 200 lei per month for each extra hour.
Admissions The family first reads about the school's curriculum, then books an interview and tour, fills in the enrolment and membership forms and sends documents (birth certificate, medical certificates, a sports medical certificate, previous school records). The school decides based on available places, the teacher-child ratio, whether it can meet a child's special needs and the older child's character; for children from non-active Christian homes the 20/80 rule applies: at least 80% of the class must come from Christian homes. The school says every child is welcome but the child and parents must respect its biblical norms. After enrolment the child (except ages 3-4) takes a diagnostic test in mathematics, English, reading comprehension and spelling, and is placed by knowledge rather than age. Children can join at any time of the year. The school says nothing specific about foreigners.
Stages and year groups Grades Pre-K1 - Kindergarten, ABC, Level 1-12. Early years: Pre-K1 (age 3), Pre-K2 (age 4), Kindergarten (age 5, called Class 0 in the Romanian system). Primary and lower secondary: ABC (age 6) and Levels 1-7 under A.C.E with a separate Speaking English programme. High school: Levels 8-12 under A.C.E with the ICCE: General Certificate (Levels 8-9), Intermediate (Level 10), Advanced and Advanced Higher (Levels 11-12), plus non-academic certificates for students with special needs and a vocational certificate. The school writes that many Romanian and foreign universities accept foreign high school diplomas, and that children returning to public school were admitted on their transcript or after testing.
Address Str. Bucegi nr. 9 Bis, 105600 Câmpina, jud. Prahova
Accreditations and programmes verified against official registries
MSA · candidateThe school is listed as a candidate in the MSA (Middle States Association) directory. It follows the American Christian programme Accelerated Christian Education (ACE), with the ICCE certificate in the upper grades.
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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 is a candidate for accreditation by this organisation: the route has been started but not completed. Candidacy speaks of an application made and a file accepted for consideration, not of the outcome of an inspection, and the organisations themselves usually require schools to say that it does not guarantee accreditation. The candidacy is confirmed in the organisation's open directory.
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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
The school publishes nothing about where its leavers go: no share going on to university, no exam results, no list of universities.
Facilities
The school does not describe its premises on its website.
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 Câmpina campus team has 11 people from the Netherlands, Romania, South Africa, Kenya and Ukraine: founder and principal Larisa Monster McKenna, junior and senior academic heads, supervisors and monitors (in the A.C.E model teachers guide students as supervisors), a medical assistant and administrative staff.
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
The campus team includes a medical assistant; the school has a non-discrimination policy for staff and students. The website describes no other child protection measures.
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Academics and programmes (16%)72 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%)65 Teaching staff (10%) scored on disclosed data55 Facilities (10%) scored on disclosed data55 Clubs and activities (8%) scored on disclosed data78 Value for money (6%) scored at the median70 "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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