← Back to the rankingBritish International School of Wroclaw
Wroclaw, Poland · est. 2006 · Private
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The British International School of Wroclaw (BISC Wroclaw) is a private independent international school in the green Krzyki district of Wrocław for students aged 5 to 18. It opened in 2006 at the invitation of the city hall, building on the success of the British International School of Cracow, which is now individually owned and operated. Teaching is in English on the Cambridge International Curriculum: primary Years 1-6 with the Cambridge Checkpoint in Year 6, Key Stage 3 in Years 7-8, IGCSE in Years 9-11 (exams spread over three years instead of two), then in Years 12-13 a choice of International A-levels or a USA High School Diploma with more than 200 electives - the school calls itself the only one in Wrocław offering this option. Students come from more than 30 countries, classes are small, and English support for newcomers is included in the fees. The school serves both international families and Polish children who want to be taught in English. The head is Phil Hart.
Key facts
Programmes
Cambridge · Primary, Lower Secondary, IGCSE, A-Level
Languages of instruction
English
Class size
Small classes; the school does not give the number of students per class.
Registration fee
≈ $723
2 800 PLN
About the fees Monthly fees: Years 1-9 4700 PLN per month paid over 10 months or 4200 PLN over 12 months; Years 10-13 4800 PLN over 10 months or 4300 PLN over 12 months; the price list carries no year. English support is included in the fees. Exams (GCSE, IGCSE, AS and A-levels), camps, field trips and lunches are not included.
Admissions Admission is non-selective and runs all year, designed also for families relocating to Wrocław from other countries; fluent English is not required before joining. Steps: a Prospective Parent Form to the head (office@bisc.wroclaw.pl), then after approval an application for admission, a medical form, a photo permission form, the child's passport page, previous school reports in English, previous qualifications and English certificates, for non-EU students a visa or residence card covering the period of study, an employer's letter if the employer pays the fees, and a non-refundable enrolment fee of 2800 PLN. Families can book a tour or an individual meeting with the head. The school promises non-discrimination and transparent guidance where a child's needs are beyond its scope.
Stages and year groups Grades Years 1-13. Cambridge Primary in Years 1-6 (ages 5-11): literacy, mathematics, science, Global Perspectives and Wellbeing, with specialist teachers for music, art, PE, modern foreign languages and computing; Cambridge Checkpoint at the end of Year 6. Cambridge Lower Secondary in Years 7-8. Cambridge IGCSE in Years 9-11, with exams spread over three years and early entry for strong students; English as a second language follows the Cambridge IGCSE Second Language curriculum. In Years 12-13 Cambridge International AS and A-levels (3-4 subjects) or a USA High School Diploma (three years, grades A-F, GPA). The site menu lists a Polish Programme, but its page did not load; the website does not name specific foreign languages.
Address al. Akacjowa 10-12, 53-134 Wrocław (Krzyki)
Accreditations and programmes verified against official registries
Cambridge · Primary, Lower Secondary, IGCSE, A-Level · authorised programmeThe Cambridge register names the school as its centre; it teaches Cambridge Primary, Cambridge Lower Secondary, Cambridge IGCSE, AS and A Level.
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
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: Primary (ages 5-11), Lower Secondary (ages 11-14), IGCSE (ages 14-16), A-Level (ages 16-18). Primary is the primary stage, ages 5 to 11: English, mathematics and science to Cambridge syllabuses. At the end of the stage a school may run the optional Checkpoint test, which is marked in Cambridge. Lower Secondary is the middle stage, ages 11 to 14, with the same optional Checkpoint test at the end. IGCSE means exams at around Year 10 or 11, the British counterpart of a lower secondary leaving certificate. A-Level is the senior years, and their results are what British and many other universities admit on.
Register to check for yourself, and the full guide →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
·Cateringnot stated on the website
·School transportnot stated on the website
·Boardingnot stated on the website
Also on site: Sports ground or field · Art studio
Clubs and activities: Football · Basketball · Athletics · Floorball · Swimming · Tennis · Drama Club · Visual Arts Club · Robotics · Coding · Environmental Science · Debate Team · Choir · Orchestra · Jazz Band · Music Academy
Teaching staff from the school's official website
·Teachers listed by namenot published
✓Teacher qualifications
·Number of teachersthe school does not say
✓Students per teacher or class sizein the key facts above
What the listings show: All teachers hold recognised teaching qualifications and have extensive experience; the head, Phil Hart, holds a B.Arts, B.Ed, MSc and MEd and has more than 20 years in education on four continents. Teachers are recruited only through the TES website.
Staff are local and international; only the head is named on the website. The music academy is staffed by professional musicians.
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
The school has a bilingual English-Polish psychologist available to students when needed and a team of wellbeing specialists; mindfulness and social-emotional learning are practised.
Reviews
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Criteria breakdown criterion weight in brackets
Academics and programmes (16%)95 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 data70 Clubs and activities (8%) scored on disclosed data78 Value for money (6%) scored at the median95 "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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