← Back to the rankingThe Canadian School of Warsaw
Warsaw, Poland · est. 2000 · Private
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The Canadian School of Warsaw is a private preschool and elementary school (Kanadyjska Szkoła Podstawowa nr 84 w Warszawie) on three sites in Mokotów. It was founded on 14 February 2000 by parents from mixed Polish and North American families and started with five students. Since 6 January 2014 the school has been IB-authorised for the Primary Years Programme. The preschool runs the PYP in English for children aged 3-6, adding the Polish preschool curriculum with daily lessons in Polish in the oldest groups. The elementary school (grades 1-8) combines the Polish national curriculum (podstawa programowa) with the PYP and issues Polish state certificates; under the statute the languages of instruction are Polish and English, and the second compulsory foreign language is French. Students are prepared for Cambridge English exams (PET, FCE, CAE) and subject competitions. There is a speech therapist, a psychologist, a nurse, support in English, Polish and French, Polish as a foreign language and, where possible, mother tongue support for the largest national groups among students.
Key facts
Tuition
≈ $10 884–13 170 a year
42 150–51 000 PLN
Programmes
IB · PYP · National programme
Admits from
3 years · Pre-School
Languages of instruction
English, Polish
Class size
no more than 22 students per class and no fewer than 8 pupils
Registration fee
≈ $775
3 000 PLN
About the fees Fees for the 2026-2027 school year are annual and paid in 10 instalments by the 5th of each month: preschool age 3-4 42150 PLN a year (4215 per month), age 5-6 45250 PLN (4525), grades 1-3 47850 PLN (4785), grades 4-8 51000 PLN (5100). Discounts: 100 PLN for students who have been at the school for more than 3 years and 200 PLN per family when two or more children attend.
Admissions Admission is open: new students are accepted throughout the year when places are available, children aged 6-14 for the elementary school (grades 1-8). For grade 1: an online application, a school readiness diagnosis from preschool, a compulsory open day on a Saturday between January and February when the psychologist, PYP coordinator and teachers observe the child and run individual placement testing; the principal decides based on school readiness, test results, the psychologist's assessment and the ability to communicate in English; priority goes to children from the school's preschool and siblings of current students. For other grades: an application, previous school reports, paid placement testing with language assessment at the principal's discretion and classroom observation. The child must be able to communicate in English, and in grades 7-8 in English and Polish. An ID or passport of the child and parents is required when signing the contract; the application form asks for nationality and native language. A place is guaranteed after payment of the wpisowe, the deposit and the first month's fee.
Stages and year groups Preschool (Smilies, Juniors, Seniors, Seniors Advanced groups) - IB PYP in English, with the Polish preschool curriculum and a school readiness diagnosis in the oldest groups. Szkoła podstawowa, 8 years: the Polish MEN curriculum extended with the IB Primary Years Programme, which the school describes as designed for ages 3-12; the site does not say separately how the PYP works in grades 7-8. Polish state certificates and the egzamin ósmoklasisty under Polish rules. Preparation for Cambridge English (PET, FCE, CAE) - language exams, not a Cambridge International course.
Accreditations and programmes verified against official registries
IB · PYP · authorised programmeThe school is listed in the IB register and runs the Primary Years Programme.
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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: PYP (ages 3-12). PYP is the primary stage, ages 3 to 12. It is not a set of subjects but a frame for the whole school: learning is built around lines of inquiry, and there are no exams at the end.
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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
✓Catering
·School transportnot stated on the website
·Boardingnot stated on the website
Also on site: Art studio · Playground
Campus: Three sites in Mokotów: the preschool at ul. Krasickiego 53 by Park Dreszera and two elementary school sites at ul. Bełska 7 and ul. Olimpijska 11. The preschool has 580 m² with a large fully equipped gym, a library of almost 2500 books, an art room, an interactive whiteboard, a garden and a playground. The elementary school has a lunchroom, gym, laboratories, a library and an after school club (świetlica), paid separately from 17:00 to 18:00; lunches come from a catering company working with the school at the parents' expense, or children bring food from home. At the end of the year preschool children perform on stage at Teatr Kamienica. It is a day school.
Clubs and activities: Karate · Ballet · Dance · Ceramics · Piano · Drums · Chess · Football · Yoga and Mindfulness · Archaeology
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 sizein the key facts above
On its team page the school lists the head, the IB coordinator, homeroom teachers - mostly native English speakers - and subject teachers by first name only. The school recruits native English speakers from the US, the UK, South Africa and Ireland with a bachelor's degree and teaching qualifications, as well as native French speakers; PYP experience is welcome.
Safety and wellbeing from the school's official website
·CCTVnot stated on the website
✓Security staff
·Access controlnot stated on the website
✓Nurse or medical room
✓Counsellor
✓Child protection policy
·Staff trainingnot stated on the website
·Anti-bullying policynot stated on the website
The school publishes child protection standards for 2026-2027: prevention, detection and response to any harm to children, regular staff training and reporting procedures; the rules are binding on staff, volunteers and parents. There is a security guard, a nurse (in the preschool, also a qualified dietician), a psychologist and a speech therapist; a health and safety policy and an educational and preventive programme are published.
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Criteria breakdown criterion weight in brackets
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 data80 Accreditation and verifiability (10%)85 Teaching staff (10%) scored on disclosed data55 Facilities (10%) scored on disclosed data80 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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