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Deutsche Schule Prag (DSP) belongs to the worldwide network of 140 German schools abroad and is supported by Germany. Since 2009 it has held the quality seal 'Exzellente Deutsche Auslandsschule' after a federal and state inspection. DSP has a kindergarten, a primary school (grades 1-4) and a Gymnasium (grades 5-12). Since 2001 it has run a German-Czech encounter school (Begegnungsschule): from grade 6 the Gymnasium has two parallel sections, a German one for students from many countries and a Czech one for mainly Czech students, accredited by the Czech Ministry of Education. The school aims for native-level German, English up to C1 and French up to B2. Graduates of both sections take the German International Abitur (DIA), offered since the 2018-2019 school year; students of the Czech section add the Czech maturita in Czech language and literature.
Key facts
Tuition
≈ $7 315–11 314 a year
158 400–245 000 CZK
Programmes
German programme · National programme
Admits from
2.5 years · Pre-School
Languages of instruction
German, Czech
Languages taught
English, French
About the fees Fees for the 2026-2027 school year in CZK per child: kindergarten until 14:30 221450, until 17:00 245000; primary grades 1-4 198000; Gymnasium German programme grades 5-12 198000; Gymnasium Czech programme: current students in grades 7-12 158400, new students from grade 6 198000. Fees exclude learning materials, lunches, trips, clubs, after-school care, tutoring and the summer camp. Fees usually rise by inflation at the start of the school year. Payment in three instalments (40%, 30%, 30%) or ten monthly instalments; social reductions are available on request.
Admissions The German section admits children with German citizenship whose parents live in the Czech Republic, children who attended a German school or kindergarten or have a German-speaking parent, and children with sufficient German who pass an entrance test in German, maths and English. Admission depends on free places, with a six-month probation; applicants submit proof of the child's citizenship, the parents' Czech registration and, for parents from outside the EU, a work permit. Since the 2024-2025 school year grade 1 has taken up to 10 children per year group without German when places are free. The Czech Gymnasium section admits through the national Cermat exam in Czech and maths plus a written school test in German; transfers to higher grades depend on free places. The kindergarten requires a medical certificate, the child's ID, the application form and a vaccination record.
Stages and year groups Grades Kindergarten - 12. Klasse. Kindergarten: four mixed-age groups for children from 2.5 to 6 years, each with at least two educators; a free parent-and-toddler Krabbelgruppe runs for children from about 7 months to 2 years. Primary school (Grundschule) grades 1-4, Gymnasium grades 5-12: Mittelstufe grades 5-10 with a choice of French or Czech, Oberstufe grades 10-12, where grade 10 is the introductory phase and grades 11 and 12 lead to the German International Abitur (Deutsches Internationales Abitur, DIA). The Czech section follows a seven-year plan from grade 6 to grade 12; its students take the Czech maturita in Czech language and literature, and the other parts of the Czech maturita are replaced by the DIA (three written and two oral exams). In grade 9 students take the German Language Diploma DSD I.
Address Schwarzenberská 700/1, 158 00 Praha 5 - Jinonice
Accreditations and programmes verified against official registries
ZfA · accreditationWDA · part of the alliancePASCH · takes part in the programmeZfA lists the school among German schools abroad (Deutsche Auslandsschule). Students graduate with the Deutsches Internationales Abitur; the Czech section also takes the maturita. The school is a member of WDA and a PASCH school.
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
ZfACentral Agency for German Schools Abroad
A German federal agency. It recognises a school as a German school abroad, funds it and grants the right to award the German leaving certificate. Quality is examined by a state inspection about once every six years, and schools that pass receive the mark of an excellent German school abroad.
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 →WDAWorld Association of German Schools Abroad
An association of the owners of German schools abroad: in essence an industry lobby and a service organisation. It runs no inspections. The condition of admission is a recognised German certificate, but that recognition is granted by the German state, not by WDA.
What the badge means for this school. The school belongs to an association of school owners. There is no inspection of its own behind it: the badge rests on a decision of the German state and adds nothing to it. The entry is confirmed in the organisation's open directory.
Register to check for yourself, and the full guide →PASCHSchools: Partners for the Future, an initiative of the German foreign ministry
More than two thousand schools in about 120 countries. A school cannot apply for itself: participants are chosen by German agencies in agreement with the embassy. Very different schools sit under one mark - full German schools abroad, and ordinary national schools that simply teach German well.
What the badge means for this school. The school belongs to a German support programme. By itself the mark means neither a German curriculum nor the right to award a German certificate: of the two thousand PASCH schools, about seventeen hundred hold no such right. Look for a ZfA status next to it - that is the one that is about this. The entry is confirmed in the organisation's open directory.
Register to check for yourself, and the full guide →German programme
The German school programme. Recognised German schools abroad award the Deutsches Internationales Abitur, the German leaving certificate used for entry to universities in Germany. Behind the recognition stands the federal agency ZfA.
What this means for this school. ZfA recognition comes at levels: a school that takes pupils through to the German leaving certificate is one thing, a school with the DSD language diploma, where German is taught as a subject, is another. Which level this school holds is not stated here.
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
·Laboratoriesnot stated on the website
·Theatre or assembly hallnot stated on the website
✓Library
✓Catering
·School transportnot stated on the website
·Boardingnot stated on the website
Also on site: Sports ground or field · Art studio
Clubs and activities: Debattierklub · Theater AG · Roboter AG · Model United Nations · DSP News · Chor · Duke of Edinburgh · DELF · Klub mladých diváků · Kunst AG · Kochen · Mini-Musical · Fußball · Floorball · Frisbee · Leichtathletik · Mädchensport · Knit and crochet in English · Schwimmen · Golf
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 does not state the total number of teachers. Each kindergarten group has at least two educators, supported by interns from German training institutions. Two school social workers, a school psychologist since the 2025-2026 school year, an educational adviser and an external psychologist work with students. The Gymnasium has coordinators for the middle and upper levels and an adviser for gifted students.
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 training
✓Anti-bullying policy
School social work is free and confidential and available in German, English and Czech. Grades 5-12 have prevention lessons on media literacy, bullying, violence, addiction and mental health, and primary pupils are trained as conflict mediators (Konfliktlotsen). The school has a child protection concept and child welfare contacts; before the 2026-2027 school year all staff completed a full-day emergency response training.
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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 data75 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 "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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