← Back to the rankingCambridge School of Constanța
Constanta, Romania · est. 2002 · Private
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Cambridge School of Constanta (officially Liceul Teoretic Educational Center) is a private international school in Constanta for children aged 2 to 18: kindergarten, primary, secondary and high school (grades 9-12). It opened in 2002 under the patronage of the Lebanese Embassy as the Lebanese School. In 2006 it became a subsidiary of Cambridge School of Bucharest, and since 2008 it has had its current name. The Romanian Ministry of Education authorised the school in 2008 and accredited all its levels in 2013. Teaching is in English from kindergarten. In primary and secondary the curriculum combines the Romanian national curriculum and the Cambridge curriculum. In high school pupils take IGCSE and receive the Cambridge ICE certificate at the end of grade 10, and AS and A Level and the Cambridge AICE Diploma at the end of grade 12. The school is a Cambridge examination centre (RO014). In November 2024 the high school passed its first BSO inspection and met all the standards. The school reports 430 pupils from many countries and 95 teachers and administrative staff. The proprietor is the International Educational Center Foundation; according to the BSO report the school has been owned by a local family since its foundation.
Key facts
Tuition
≈ $6 778–9 603 a year
6 000–8 500 EUR
Programmes
Cambridge · Primary, Lower Secondary, IGCSE, A-Level · National programme
Admits from
2 years · Pre-School
Languages of instruction
English
Languages taught
Romanian, French, German, Spanish, Arabic
Registration fee
≈ $1 695
1 500 EUR
About the fees Fees for 2026-2027: Mini Nursery 6000 euro, Nursery, KG1 and KG2 7000 euro, grades 0-4 7500 euro, grades 5-8 8000 euro, grades 9-12 8500 euro per year. Fees may be paid in three parts: an advance and two equal instalments by September 30, 2026 and January 31, 2027. Discounts: 30% for an average of 10 in grades 5-11, 5% for the second sibling and 10% for the third. Cambridge examination fees, extracurricular activities, trips and camps are not included.
Admissions The school admits pupils throughout the year and states that no child is excluded on the basis of nationality, culture or religion. Steps: an enquiry or visit, a meeting with the principal, a free trial day, an application form, observation by teachers on the trial day, an interview with the school counsellor, reports and references from the previous school, the principal's decision, payment of the registration fee and enrolment. Pupils from a non-British curriculum may need a placement test. Applicants to grade 9 sit Checkpoint Secondary in English, Mathematics and Science, and to grade 10 IGCSE tests with at least 40% unless transferring from an IGCSE school. Grade 11 applicants without IGCSE grade C or above in three subjects take a test, and grade 12 accepts only pupils from a British curriculum school, otherwise they enter grade 11. No English is required up to grade 7; beyond that it is desired: intermediate in grade 8, upper-intermediate in grades 9-10, pre-advanced in grades 11-12. New pupils receive additional English support.
Stages and year groups Grades Mini Nursery, Nursery, KG1, KG2, 0-12. Kindergarten: Mini Nursery (age 2-3), Nursery (age 3-4), KG1 (age 4-5), KG2 (age 5-6), all activities exclusively in English. Primary and secondary: the Romanian national curriculum and the Cambridge curriculum with extended English, Mathematics and Science, Cambridge Checkpoint Primary and Secondary; languages are Arabic, English, French, German, Romanian and Spanish. High school: IGCSE and the Cambridge ICE certificate in grades 9-10 (at least seven subjects from five groups), AS and A Level and the Cambridge AICE Diploma in grades 11-12, with the compulsory Global Perspectives & Research course. Equivalence with the Romanian bacalaureat requires at least two A Level subjects.
Address Aleea Capidava nr. 3, 900001 Constanța
Accreditations and programmes verified against official registries
Cambridge · Primary, Lower Secondary, IGCSE, A-Level · authorised programmeBSO · accreditationThe Cambridge register names the school as its centre, and its high school is inspected under the British Schools Overseas scheme. Cambridge programmes from Primary to A Level run alongside the Romanian national 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
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 →BSOBritish government inspection of schools overseas
A scheme of the UK Department for Education: a school abroad is inspected against the standards for independent schools in England, including safeguarding and the standards for boarding. The inspections are done by independent inspectorates approved by the department, and the inspectorates themselves are monitored annually by Ofsted. The reports are published in full on the government website.
What the badge means for this school. The school has been through this organisation's accreditation. It was judged as a whole: governance, safeguarding, staff, premises, teaching. The entry stands in the organisation's public register - anyone can check it.
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
Exam results The 2024 BSO inspection noted that pupils make good progress to IGCSE and A Level, with attainment in line with and often above worldwide averages. The school says all its graduates are admitted to universities, and the BSO report states that around two thirds go abroad each year, recently mainly to the Netherlands and Spain.
Where leavers go: University of Birmingham · University of Liverpool · University of Chester · Coventry University · University of Suffolk · Erasmus University Rotterdam · University of Nottingham · University of Gloucestershire · Kingston University · City University London · London South Bank University · University of Roehampton and others, 14 universities in the school's list in all
Facilities from the school's official website
·Swimming poolnot stated on the website
·Sports hallnot stated on the website
·Laboratoriesnot stated on the website
·Theatre or assembly hallnot stated on the website
✓Library
✓Catering
✓School transport
·Boardingnot stated on the website
Campus: The school's main site is on Aleea Capidava in Constanta: it houses the kindergarten, primary, secondary and part of the high school, with space for outdoor PE and play. About two kilometres away the school has recently acquired a purpose-built building for older pupils, with a social area. Both sites have medical rooms with nurses. The school runs a cafeteria with hot breakfasts and lunches, menus designed by a pediatrician and a nutritionist. Pupils are transported in 9-seat Mercedes and Opel school minibuses. The school has a library. There is no boarding.
Clubs and activities: Art Club · Basketball · Football · Gymnastics · Fitness · Spanish Club · Homework Club · Journalism Club · Business Club · Community Service - Jingle Box and Cambridge Cares
Teaching staff from the school's official website
·Teachers listed by namenot published
·Teacher qualificationsnot stated
·Number of teachersthe school does not say
·Students per teacher or class sizenot stated
The school reports 95 teachers and administrative staff. The BSO inspection noted that teachers have good subject knowledge and maintain high academic standards. All staff undergo identity, employment history, Romanian and overseas criminal record checks, annual medical fitness checks and right-to-work checks in Romania. The school has a school counsellor and a Cambridge examinations officer.
Safety and wellbeing from the school's official website
·CCTVnot stated on the website
·Security staffnot stated on the website
✓Access control
✓Nurse or medical room
✓Counsellor
✓Child protection policy
✓Staff training
✓Anti-bullying policy
The school has a child protection policy based on UK guidance and local requirements. The designated safeguarding lead is the principal, supported by a deputy, both with advanced training. All staff are trained on joining, at the start of each year and through regular updates. The BSO inspection noted that bullying is rare. School policies include anti-bullying, visitor, medical and first aid, health and safety, and fire, earthquake and flood policies. Both sites have nurses and all staff are trained in first aid.
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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 data80 Safety and wellbeing (12%) scored on disclosed data90 Accreditation and verifiability (10%)90 Teaching staff (10%) scored on disclosed data55 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.
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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