← Back to the rankingBritish International School of the University of Łódź
Lodz, Poland · est. 2013 · Private
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The British International School of the University of Łódź (BISUL) is a private British international school in central Łódź for children aged 3 to 19. It was conceived in 2013 by two local businessmen together with the Mayor's Office and the University of Łódź for the children of foreign specialists; it started with 13 students and now has 201 from 27 countries. Teaching is entirely in English on Cambridge programmes based on the English National Curriculum: preschool (Nursery and Reception), primary Years 1-6 with the Cambridge Primary Checkpoint in Year 6, secondary with Cambridge Lower Secondary and the Checkpoint in Year 9 and IGCSE in Years 10-11, then the IB Diploma Programme in Years 12-13. The school is also recognised by the Polish Ministry of Education: all students study Polish and receive a Polish school certificate alongside the British one. Spanish is taught as a foreign language from primary school. The school stresses small classes (up to 20) and a ratio of about 4 students per teacher; students use the university's grounds, labs and gym.
Key facts
Tuition
≈ $10 329–17 043 a year
40 000–66 000 PLN
Programmes
IB · DP · Cambridge · Primary, Lower Secondary, IGCSE · National programme
Admits from
3 years · Pre-School
Languages of instruction
English
Languages taught
Polish, Spanish
Students per teacher
About 4 students per teacher across the school, about 3 in the secondary school
Class size
Up to 20 students per class in the secondary school; preschool groups are smaller than in state institutions, with two teachers per group.
Registration fee
≈ $258
1 000 PLN
About the fees Fees for the 2026-2027 school year (from 1 September 2026, inflation adjustment): preschool 40000 PLN per year or 4000 PLN per month in ten instalments; Years 1-2 44000 or 4400; Years 3-6 48000 or 4800; Years 7-9 54000 or 5400; IGCSE (Years 10-11) 66000 or 6600; IB Diploma (Years 12-13) 66000 or 6600. Parents choose the payment method. Sibling discount 10% for the second younger child and 20% for the third. In 2025-2026 fees ranged from 37950 to 63365 PLN. IB courses on the Pamoja online platform, EAL classes, individual language preparation and summer and winter programmes for younger children are charged separately.
Admissions The school is open to students of all nationalities, ethnicities and religions and accepts applications all year subject to places: the year group is set by date of birth (UK cut-off 1 September) and previous schooling, with the Polish school certificate taking precedence except for entry to Year 11 and Year 13. Steps: documents (application form, signed fee sheet, previous school report, birth certificate or passport, fee payment), a diagnostic meeting, from Year 5 the CAT4 test plus an oral interview and written assessment in English, a meeting with the Head of Section, and the Head of School's decision. No prior English is required for Nursery, Reception and Year 1; from Year 2 age-appropriate English is needed, B2 in Years 7-9 and B2 for IGCSE and IB; students with insufficient English are admitted on condition of compulsory paid EAL classes. From Year 2 a behaviour grade of at least good is required. No admission to Year 11 or Year 13. For the IB Diploma: English at least B2, grades B in Higher Level and C in Standard Level subjects (4 and 3 from a Polish school), CAT4, a motivation letter, an interview and a school reference. Children with special educational needs are admitted only if the school can support them.
Stages and year groups Grades Nursery, Reception, Years 1-13. Preschool: Nursery 1 (age 3), Nursery 2 (ages 3-4), Reception (ages 4-5), two teachers per group. Primary Years 1-6 on Cambridge Primary: English, mathematics, science, geography, history, Spanish, Polish, ICT, art, music, PE; Cambridge Primary Progression Tests in Years 3-5 and the compulsory Cambridge Primary Checkpoint in Year 6 in English, mathematics and science. Secondary: Cambridge Lower Secondary in Years 7-9 with internal Progression Tests and an external Checkpoint at the end of Year 9; Cambridge IGCSE in Years 10-11 with exams at the end of Year 11; the IB Diploma Programme in Years 12-13 (the school is an authorised IB World School). In parallel all students study Polish and receive a Polish school certificate (the Polish programme is recognised by the Ministry).
Address ul. Fabryczna 4, 90-325 Łódź
Accreditations and programmes verified against official registries
IB · DP · authorised programmeCambridge · Primary, Lower Secondary, IGCSE · authorised programmeCOBIS · membershipThe school is listed in the IB register and runs the Diploma Programme. The Cambridge register names the school as its centre; it teaches Cambridge Primary, Cambridge Lower Secondary, Cambridge IGCSE. The school is a member of COBIS.
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 →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). 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.
Register to check for yourself, and the full guide →COBISCouncil of British International Schools
An association of British schools abroad with a quality inspection of its own. It has nine membership categories, and the word "accredited" appears in seven of them, although COBIS does its own inspection in one: in the rest it recognises an accreditation granted by somebody else.
What the badge means for this school. The school belongs to this organisation but has not been through its accreditation. The difference matters: membership is usually paid for and has no external inspection behind it. The entry is confirmed in the organisation's open directory.
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
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
Clubs and activities: Art & Design · Basketball · Robotics · Chess · Dance · Sport Mix · Mental Arithmetic · Drama · Judo · Football · French/Italian · Choir · Band · Astronomy · Journalism · Model United Nations
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: The school describes its teachers as highly qualified and international; in the secondary school all teaching in English is by qualified staff from different countries. Hiring requires enhanced criminal record checks (UK DBS or equivalent), verification of qualifications and employment history, and two references.
The staff page names 58 people: the head of school and heads of the preschool, primary and secondary sections, the support team (SEN specialist, psychologist, educational therapist, speech therapist, support teachers) and teachers, assistants and coordinators, including the IB Diploma, CAS, exams and careers coordinators.
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 policy
·Staff trainingnot stated on the website
·Anti-bullying policynot stated on the website
The school calls children's welfare the heart of its work: all new staff undergo enhanced criminal record checks (DBS or the equivalent in their country), identity, qualification and employment checks and provide two references. The school has a psychologist, a speech therapist, an educational therapist and a SEN specialist, and primary pupils in Years 2-4 take social skills training.
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Academics and programmes (16%)84 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 data65 Accreditation and verifiability (10%)90 Teaching staff (10%) scored on disclosed data55 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.
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