Britanica Park School is a private school with The Castle kindergarten at the foot of Vitosha, in the Dragalevtsi district of Sofia. The school follows the Bulgarian state curriculum but teaches bilingually: from primary school in Bulgarian and English, with English taken to C1-C2 and a second language (German or Spanish) to B2. In Grades 11-12 students take the IB Diploma Programme in English while preparing for the Bulgarian matura, so graduates receive both the Bulgarian diploma za sredno obrazovanie and the IB Diploma. The school emphasises mathematics and science (six maths lessons a week in high school), project-based learning and critical thinking. According to the school, all its IB candidates obtained the diploma in 2025 and 2026, with average scores of 35 and 34. The school calls itself an IB World School and a CIS member.
Key facts
Tuition
≈ $12 879–15 138 a year
11 400–13 400 EUR
Programmes
IB · DP · National programme
Admits from
3 years · Pre-School
Languages of instruction
Bulgarian, English
Languages taught
German, Spanish
Registration fee
≈ $271
240 EUR
About the fees Annual fees for 2026/2027 paid in one instalment: Grades 1-4 13400 euro, Grades 5-7 13100 euro, Grades 8-12 11400 euro; payment is also possible in two instalments or a first instalment plus 8 monthly ones. Kindergarten: first and second groups (ages 3-5) 11400 euro, third group (ages 5-6) 11800 euro, preparatory group (ages 6-7) 12900 euro for 9 months, with meals five times a day included. A 5% discount applies for a second child. Paid separately: learning resources (550 euro a year), school meals (monthly), transport, Cambridge, DELE and Goethe exams, activities after 16:30, ski school, camps and trips outside Sofia.
Admissions Admission has six steps: application form and documents, contact from the admissions team, age-appropriate assessment, a family meeting with the school, an offer and the contract. The administrative fee is 240 euro, paid before the exams and non-refundable. Kindergarten: a meeting with parents and trial days; there is no nursery group. Preschool group and Grade 1: a school-readiness and social-skills assessment and an interview. Grades 2-10: tests in English, Bulgarian and Mathematics and an interview on a pre-assigned critical-thinking task; Grades 3-7 also send a project by the child. Grade 11 in the IB Diploma: a motivation letter in English, reports for Grades 8-9 and the first term of Grade 10, exams in Bulgarian Language and Literature, Mathematics and English in the Cambridge C1 format, and an interview; the decision comes within 5 working days. The admissions pages do not say whether the school admits children without Bulgarian or foreign students.
Stages and year groups The Castle kindergarten (ages 3-7): Bulgarian curriculum, daily activities in Bulgarian and English, project-based learning. Grades 1-4: bilingual teaching in Bulgarian and English, English to B1, Cambridge English exams. Grades 5-7: Bulgarian language and literature, English to B2, a second language German or Spanish (six lessons a week), mathematics. Grades 8-10: English to C2, the second language to B2, preparation for the IB; National External Assessments in Grades 4, 7 and 10. Grades 11-12: the IB Diploma Programme in English (Bulgarian Literature and English A, English B, Spanish B, German B, History, Business Management, Environmental Systems and Societies, Psychology, Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Mathematics, Arts) alongside the Bulgarian curriculum; graduates sit the matura and receive the Bulgarian diploma za sredno obrazovanie and the IB Diploma. Language exams: Cambridge, Goethe-Zertifikat and DELE.
Accreditations and programmes verified against official registries
IB · DP · authorised programmeThe IB register lists the Diploma Programme at the school; it is taught in grades 11-12 alongside the Bulgarian national programme and the state matriculation exams.
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 →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
Average IB score
34 (world average 30.88)
Exam results IB Diploma 2026: average score 34 against a world average of 30, 43% of students scored 35 or more, average subject grade 5.35, all candidates received the diploma. IB Diploma 2025: average score 35, 44% scored 35 or more, average subject grade 5.5, all received the diploma. Matura 2026: Bulgarian Language and Literature 5.48 (83.84 points), English 5.59 (86.16 points). National External Assessment 2026: Grade 4 - Bulgarian 5.98, Mathematics 5.73; Grade 7 - 87.44 and 86.49 points; Grade 10 - 73.32 and 69.95 points.
Where leavers go: Modul University Vienna · Istituto Europeo di Design
In its Alumni Club the school presents IB graduates and their universities; it does not publish a full 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 transport
·Boardingnot stated on the website
Also on site: Sports ground or field · Playground
Clubs and activities: Chess · Tennis · Badminton · Rhythmic gymnastics · Art · Basketball · Football · Robotics · Inventor club · Music · Theatre · Science · Creative writing · Volleyball · Mathematics
Teaching staff
The school publishes neither the number of its teachers nor their qualifications.
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
Medical care and annual accident insurance are included in the fee, and Grades 1-4 receive a speech therapist assessment. The school describes a pastoral care system and mentorship programme in which every student is known by name.
Reviews
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