← Back to the rankingSúkromná bulharská základná škola a gymnázium Christa Boteva
Bratislava, Slovakia · est. 1948 · State
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The Hristo Botev Bulgarian Secondary School in Bratislava is a school of the Bulgarian Ministry of Education and Science abroad, a free day school for grades 1 to 12 in Petržalka; its Slovak name is Súkromná bulharská základná škola a gymnázium Christa Boteva. The school dates its history to 1948: on 5 November 1948 the teachers' council discussed opening the first Bulgarian school in Bratislava, classes began on 15 December, and 44 pupils studied in the first year. It started as a primary school and is now a gymnasium with 12 years of study; since 1995 it has been part of the Slovak school network with the status of a private school. Its curriculum is approved by the Bulgarian Ministry of Education and aligned with the Slovak one; the school names Bulgarian, Slovak and English as languages of instruction and includes Bulgarian, Slovak, English and German in its extended language programme. At the end of each year pupils receive Bulgarian and Slovak reports, and in grade 12 two equivalent maturity certificates, Slovak and Bulgarian, valid in both countries. The school says its pupils are of Bulgarian, Slovak, Hungarian, Armenian, Russian and Ukrainian nationality. Next to it is a Bulgarian kindergarten founded in 2008 by the civic association of friends of the school.
Key facts
Programmes
Bulgarian programme
Languages of instruction
Bulgarian, Slovak
Languages taught
English, German
Class size
small classes, the school does not state class size
About the fees Tuition is free: the school states directly that education, textbooks and study aids are free of charge. The school does not state the price of meals in the canteen.
Admissions The school admits children to grade 1 and, according to its second-round admission notices, to other grades where places are available; it names no entrance exams. Parents fill in the application form on the school website and the school then contacts the family; information is available by phone from the principal and secretary. The school says its pupils include children of Bulgarian, Slovak, Hungarian, Armenian, Russian and Ukrainian nationality; the admissions pages set no Bulgarian language requirement, and the school history notes that most of the first pupils could not read or write Bulgarian when they enrolled, and some could not speak it.
Stages and year groups Grades 1-12. Curriculum of the Bulgarian Ministry of Education aligned with the Slovak one: primary school (základná škola) and gymnasium, 12 years in total. For first-stage pupils the school day is full-day with an after-school group. The school holds the Bulgarian national external assessments in grades 4, 7 and 10 and the state matriculation exams in grade 12; graduates receive two equivalent maturity certificates, Slovak (maturitné vysvedčenie) and Bulgarian (diploma za sredno obrazovanie). The school writes that graduates do not yet take a final exam in mathematics. The school describes no programmes other than the Bulgarian national and Slovak ones.
Address Záporožská 8, 851 01 Bratislava
Accreditations and programmes verified against official registries
MONBulgaria's Ministry of Education and Science (MON) lists the school as a Bulgarian school abroad: it follows the ministry's curriculum from grade 1 to grade 12, and graduates receive both Bulgarian and Slovak certificates. In the Slovak school network it is registered as a private school.
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MONBulgaria's Ministry of Education and Science (MON)
A Bulgarian school abroad: the curriculum of Bulgaria's education ministry and Bulgarian qualifications. Under Bulgarian law such schools are state schools.
What the badge means for this school. This is a Bulgarian school abroad: it teaches the curriculum of Bulgaria's education ministry, as confirmed by the state agency for Bulgarians abroad and by the school itself. This is not a quality inspection. The curriculum and the certificate are Bulgarian. Whom the school admits and what it charges are on its own website. The entry stands in the organisation's public register - anyone can check it.
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The Bulgarian school curriculum taught in Bulgarian, with Bulgarian qualifications: state matriculation exams and the diploma of secondary education at the end.
What this means for this school. The curriculum is set by Bulgaria's education ministry. A leaver receives the Bulgarian diploma of secondary education used for entry to Bulgarian universities; Bulgaria keeps separate university places for children of Bulgarians abroad.
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
·Librarynot stated on the website
✓Catering
·School transportnot stated on the website
·Boardingnot stated on the website
Campus: The school describes bright classrooms, IT, physics, chemistry and biology rooms, a spacious gym with sports equipment, a schoolyard and a school canteen with a choice of four dishes. After classes an after-school group runs for the younger grades. The school is easy to reach by city transport from all parts of Bratislava. There is no boarding.
Clubs and activities: Ľudové a populárne bulharské piesne (Bulgarian folk and popular songs) · Umelecké slovo (artistic recitation) · Dielňa snov (dream workshop) · Krúžok etnografie (ethnography club) · Krúžok dramaturgie (drama club) · Krúžok detskej a muzikálnej tvorby (children's and musical creativity club) · Futbal (football) · Hádzaná (handball) · Stolný tenis (table tennis)
Teaching staff from the school's official website
·Teachers listed by namenot published
✓Teacher qualifications
✓Number of teachers17
✓Students per teacher or class sizein the key facts above
What the listings show: higher education; the school says teachers hold attestations and some are authors of textbooks and teaching aids
The staff page lists the principal and 17 teachers: primary and after-school group teachers, teachers of Bulgarian language and literature, mathematics and IT, physics, biology and chemistry, history and geography, Slovak, English and PE. The school calls its teachers highly qualified: they hold attestations, and some are authors of textbooks and teaching aids.
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
·Counsellornot stated on the website
·Child protection policynot stated on the website
·Staff trainingnot stated on the website
✓Anti-bullying policy
The school takes part in the Bulgarian Ministry of Education national programme against aggression for a safe educational environment and in the programme for a modern, safe and accessible educational environment.
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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%)85 Teaching staff (10%) scored on disclosed data70 Facilities (10%) scored on disclosed data75 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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