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Tirana, Albania · Private
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A private full-day school on the outskirts of Tirana, in Kashar, with a preschool, primary school, nine-year school and gymnasium. The school day runs from 8:00 to 14:30, with no more than 16 students per class. The school follows programmes approved by the Albanian Ministry of Education and adds its own subjects and hours; lessons are taught in Albanian, as the structure of the programmes and the language of all site pages show. English is taught four times a week from preschool using Cambridge methods; French is added from grade 3, and in the upper grades students choose French or German as a second foreign language. Alongside this the school runs a Cambridge programme: Cambridge Lower Secondary in grades VI-VIII, a two-year GCSE course in grades IX-X and A Level in grades XI-XII, where students sit Cambridge exams and, optionally, the Albanian State Matura. GCSE and A Level subjects: English, mathematics, physics, chemistry, biology, computer science, French, German, plus economics and sociology at A Level. The school says it has topped the national ranking of schools by Matura results for several years.
Key facts
Tuition
≈ $5 274 a year
430 000 ALL
Programmes
Cambridge · Lower Secondary, IGCSE, A-Level
Languages of instruction
Albanian
Languages taught
English, French, German
Class size
no more than 16 pupils
About the fees Tuition is the same for all levels, from preschool to grade XII: 430000 lek a year.
Admissions Children enter the preschool group and grade 1 after a conversation with teachers and the school psychologist; grades II-IV after a test in Albanian and mathematics; grades V-IX after a 1.5-hour test in Albanian, mathematics and science. Gymnasium places are competitive, and the top scorers receive full or partial scholarships. Students with disciplinary problems at previous schools are not admitted. The school does not say whether it admits foreign citizens.
Stages and year groups Grades Parashkollor, I-XII. Preschool - two groups of 16 children; primary - grades I-V; nine-year school - grades VI-IX; gymnasium - grades X-XII. Cambridge: Cambridge Lower Secondary in grades VI-VIII, GCSE in IX-X, A Level in XI-XII.
Address Rruga Dardania, nr. 25, Katund i Ri, Kashar, Tiranë
Accreditations and programmes verified against official registries
Cambridge · Lower Secondary, IGCSE, A-Level · authorised programmeschool 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: Lower Secondary (ages 11-14), IGCSE (ages 14-16), A-Level (ages 16-18). 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 →Exams and destinations from the school's official website
Exam results In the graduating class the school wrote about in 2022, 9 graduates, one in five, received gold medals; the school calls itself first in Albania by number of gold medals and says it has topped the national Matura ranking for several years. The school does not publish Cambridge exam results.
Where leavers go: University of Cambridge · Sorbonne · University College London · Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf · Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin · Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien · Università Bocconi · Maastricht University · New York University · NYU Shanghai · Universiteti i Mjekësisë Tiranë · Modul University Vienna
and others, 13 universities in the school's list in allFrom grade XI the school gives separate counselling to students applying to universities abroad and prepares them for international English exams. Graduates, the school says, study at Cambridge, the Sorbonne, University College London, at universities in Germany, Austria, Italy, the Netherlands and the USA, and at the University of Medicine in Tirana.
Facilities from the school's official website
·Swimming poolnot stated on the website
·Sports hallnot stated on the website
✓Laboratories
·Theatre or assembly hallnot stated on the website
·Librarynot stated on the website
✓Catering
✓School transport
·Boardingnot stated on the website
Campus: A plot of about 5400 sq m with about 4500 sq m of teaching space; laboratories, sports facilities, a school restaurant priced at cost, and school minibuses running to the lesson timetable.
Clubs and activities: Art · Dance · Theatre · Sport
Summer programme away from campus: . The school runs no camp of its own on campus
In summer 2022 the school ran a camp in Cerzeto, in an Arbëresh community in Italy: Arbëresh language, culture, cuisine and traditions, plus beach, games and mountain walks.
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
The school gives a staff-to-student ratio of one to eight. The site lists heads of department for natural sciences, social sciences, foreign languages, the lower cycle, computer science and physical education; a psychologist works at the school.
Safety and wellbeing from the school's official website
✓CCTV
·Security staffnot stated on the website
·Access controlnot stated on the website
·Nurse or medical roomnot stated on the website
✓Counsellor
·Child protection policynot stated on the website
·Staff trainingnot stated on the website
·Anti-bullying policynot stated on the website
The school has a separate regulation on its CCTV system, internal rules for students and a regulation on personal data protection. The school psychologist supports children's wellbeing and social adjustment.
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