← Back to the rankingBritish International School Gdańsk
Gdansk, Poland · est. 2007 · Private
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British International School Gdańsk (BISG) is a private British international school in Gdańsk for children aged 2.5 to 18 on three sites. Its story began around 2007 with a group of business partners; since 2013 the school has been led by Principal Robert Grisdale and Vice Director Katarzyna Lewicka-Grisdale, when it had 50 students, and today it has 493 from 49 countries, about 60% of them international. The language of instruction is English. The preschool follows the British Early Years Foundation Stage together with the Polish national curriculum, grades 1-6 follow the International Primary Curriculum (IPC) and grades 7-8 the International Middle Years Curriculum (IMYC), all combined with the Polish curriculum and the egzamin ósmoklasisty. The secondary school is a four-year bilingual high school: in grades 9-10 the school's own Pre-IB programme (Polish curriculum with IB methodology, most subjects in English, Polish students study Polish, history and geography in Polish), and in grades 11-12 the IB Diploma Programme. All students learn Polish (international students as a foreign language, five times a week) and one of Spanish, French or German. The school has 111 teachers from 15 countries.
Key facts
Tuition
≈ $7 489–11 620 a year
2 900–4 500 PLN a month
The year is counted as ten payments: the school does not say how many payments it takes.
Programmes
IB · DP · IPC · IMYC · National programme
Admits from
2.5 years · Pre-School
Languages of instruction
English
Languages taught
Polish, Spanish, French, German
Class size
Up to 24 students per class in the high school; homeroom teachers in the preschool and early primary have teaching assistants.
Registration fee
≈ $516
2 000 PLN
About the fees Fees for the 2026-2027 school year are paid monthly ten times, September to June: Nursery and Reception 2900 PLN per month, Class 0 3300, grades 1-3 3400, grades 4-6 3600, grades 7-10 4000, IB (grades 11-12) 4500 PLN. A 5% discount applies for the second, third and fourth child, and 5% on tuition and the resource fee when paying for the whole year in advance. IB exams in the final year are paid separately by parents: currently 90 EUR per subject and 120 EUR for the core plus postage. Meals are ordered separately from the caterer.
Admissions The school admits both local and international children: about 60% of students are international and not fluent in Polish, and EAL support is provided for newcomers to English. Steps: a registration form signed by both parents (online or by email), school reports for the previous two years from Class 2, a meeting with the candidate and parents and an informal interview on language skills for primary and secondary applicants; secondary applicants must pass entry tests in English and mathematics. For grades 1-8 a behaviour grade of at least good and a homeroom teacher's opinion are required, in grades 4-8 English sufficient for the grade level (online tests and interview), and in grades 6-8 an interview with the Principal or Vice-Principal. A trial day is compulsory: free up to Class 3, 300 PLN per day from Class 4. After paying the 2000 PLN registration fee the child is placed on the candidate list or waiting list in order of application; places for the next year are confirmed around April and contracts are usually signed by the end of June; siblings of students may get priority. For Pre-IB (grade 9) reports from grades 7-8 are needed, for the IB (grade 11) reports from high school grades 1-2, entrance exams in English and mathematics in English, excellent conduct and an interview for shortlisted candidates; classes have up to 24 students.
Stages and year groups Grades Nursery, Reception, 0-12. Preschool: Nursery (ages 2.5-4.5), Reception (4.5-5.5), Class 0 (5.5-6.5) on the Early Years Foundation Stage and the Polish curriculum. Primary: grades 1-6 on the IPC, grades 7-8 on the IMYC, with the Polish national curriculum and the egzamin ósmoklasisty. Secondary (bilingual high school, 4 years): grades 9-10 (high school grades 1-2) the school's own Pre-IB programme based on the Polish curriculum and IB methodology; grades 11-12 (high school grades 3-4) the IB Diploma Programme: group 1 English Language and Literature, Polish Literature; group 2 English B, French B, German B, Spanish B or ab initio; group 3 History, Business Management, Geography; group 4 Computer Science, Biology, Physics, Chemistry; group 5 Mathematics AA and AI; group 6 Film. Grades 9-10 prepare for Cambridge English exams (FCE, CAE, CPE).
Accreditations and programmes verified against official registries
IB · DP · authorised programmeThe school is listed in the IB register and runs the Diploma Programme.
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 →IPC
International Primary Curriculum: a British primary school programme for children aged 5 to 11. It teaches through themes that draw subjects together rather than through separate subjects; it is published by the International Curriculum Association, formerly Fieldwork Education.
What this means for this school. This is a programme for the primary stage, not an accreditation of the school: the organisation sells it to schools and trains their teachers, but it does not check the quality of teaching at a particular school and keeps no public register of the schools working to it. There is no outside register to check it against, so the entry comes from the school's own words or from the record of its accrediting organisation. The programme has no leaving certificate: at the end of primary school a child moves on to the middle stage, and it is that stage which decides what they finish with.
IMYC
International Middle Years Curriculum: the continuation of IPC for the middle school, ages 11 to 14. The same organisation and the same thematic frame, only for teenagers.
What this means for this school. As with IPC, this is a programme for one stage rather than an accreditation of the school, and the organisation keeps no public register of the schools working to it. The entry comes from the school's own words or from the record of its accrediting organisation. The programme has no leaving certificate of its own: after it the school takes a pupil on to a final stage - IGCSE, A-Level, IB or a national programme - and that is what to look at.
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
Exam results Egzamin ósmoklasisty (latest published results, year not stated in the text): Polish 78.25% for native Polish speakers (national 65.00%, Pomorskie 66.95%); English 96.10% for the school and 98.32% for native Polish speakers (national 73.00%, Pomorskie 75.82%); mathematics 63.27% for the school and 73.68% for native Polish speakers (national 55.00%, Pomorskie 58.32%). The school stresses that 60% of its students are international and the exam instructions are only in Polish.
Facilities from the school's official website
·Swimming poolnot stated on the website
·Sports hallnot stated on the website
✓Laboratories
✓Theatre or assembly hall
✓Library
·Cateringnot stated on the website
·School transportnot stated on the website
·Boardingnot stated on the website
Clubs and activities: Karate · Judo Gymnastics · Football · Basketball Club · Batting Brigade: Cricket · SportXcelerate Club · Yoga · Pilates · Contemporary Dance · School Production Dance Club · Ukulele · Chess · Bridge Buddies · Lego Robotics · Roboplanet · Micro:bit Electro Club · Math Boosters · Math Hoppers Club - Math Kangaroo · Oxford Debate Club · SpeechSpark: Public Speaking Club · BISG Newsletter: The Editorial Board · Creative Canvas Art Club · Escucha y Habla: Spanish Chatterbox Club · DELE A2 Ready · Goethe A1 Champions · Pathway to DELF A1 · English Achievement Hub · Class 8 Polish Exam Prep Club · Homework Club · Model United Nations
Teaching staff from the school's official website
·Teachers listed by namenot published
✓Teacher qualifications
✓Number of teachers111
✓Students per teacher or class sizein the key facts above
What the listings show: The Principal holds an MPhil in Educational Research from Cambridge University, an MA from the Institute of Education, University of London and a PGCE from Bangor University, and was a Council of International Schools inspector; the Vice Director and IB Coordinator holds an MPhil from Cambridge and a PGCE from the Central School of Speech and Drama; teachers include native English speakers from the UK and Canada and teachers of Spanish, French and German, including native speakers.
The home page gives 111 teachers; teachers represent 15 nationalities. The website names 18 teachers: five members of the leadership team (Principal, vice directors for preschool, primary and secondary, education manager) and 13 teachers in the community section.
Safety and wellbeing from the school's official website
✓CCTV
·Security staffnot stated on the website
✓Access control
·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
All three buildings have CCTV and secure doors; the preschool and the senior campus also have fenced grounds and coded gates. Children are collected using QR codes through the Neonki system, which verifies that the person collecting the child is authorised. The SEN department provides individual therapies; in the wellbeing rooms students receive confidential psychological and speech therapy support.
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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 data80 Safety and wellbeing (12%) scored on disclosed data75 Accreditation and verifiability (10%)85 Teaching staff (10%) scored on disclosed data70 Facilities (10%) scored on disclosed data70 Clubs and activities (8%) scored on disclosed data78 "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 8 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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