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Prague, Czech Republic · Private
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Gymnázium Fostra is a private four-year gymnázium in Prague 3 (Žižkov), part of the Fostra group of schools. Its owners, the school says, have worked in education for over 20 years and previously built EDUA Group and the private university AMBIS. The gymnázium runs five programmes: Inspira (personal development with extended English), Aspira (English-Czech, half of lessons in English, choosing in year two between the Czech Maturita and the IB Diploma), Meda (for future doctors), Alma (for future psychologists) and Nexa (Pre-IB and IB entirely in English). Nexa, the school says, has students "representing 16 nationalities"; years 1-2 give a broad foundation using IB materials, years 3-4 are the IB Diploma Programme. The other programmes are taught in Czech. The school is a Cambridge English Preparation Centre and a member of British Council Advantage; students have a coach and a career counsellor.
Key facts
Programmes
IB · DP · National programme
Languages of instruction
Czech, English
Languages taught
German, Spanish, French, Chinese
Class size
26-28 students per class depending on the programme
About the fees Annual fees by programme, the price list carries no school year: Inspira 92000 koruna (89000 with an average up to 1.5), Aspira 154000 (149000), Meda and Alma 143000 each (139000), Nexa 189000; basic school 6th grade 184000 koruna a year.
Admissions Graduates of any basic school, including state schools, may apply: the unified exam in Czech and maths plus the school's entrance exam with written and oral parts. For Nexa the whole school exam is in English, for Aspira, Meda and Alma in Czech. The school states directly that foreign applicants may study at Fostra: programmes are for Czech and international students, and conditions depend on the programme. Entry to higher years is by transfer. An average of up to 1.5 in grades 8 and 9 earns a fee discount.
Stages and year groups Five four-year programmes: Inspira, Aspira, Meda, Alma lead to the Czech Maturita; in Aspira students may choose the IB Diploma Programme from year two; Nexa has Pre-IB years 1-2 in English and the IB Diploma Programme with TOK, EE and CAS in years 3-4. Separately the group runs a 6th grade of basic school as an alternative to the eight-year gymnázium (Roháčova 63).
Address Havlíčkovo náměstí 300/10, Praha 3 - Žižkov
Accreditations and programmes verified against official registries
IB · DP · authorised programmeThe IB register lists the Diploma Programme at the grammar school (recorded as Gymnazium FOSTRA International). The IB runs in the Nexa programme entirely in English, alongside the school's Czech programmes.
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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: DP (ages 16-19). DP is the final stage, ages 16 to 19: six subjects plus a compulsory core of theory of knowledge, an extended essay and CAS. The diploma is accepted by universities all over the world, and in a number of countries it counts for admission on the same footing as the local leaving certificate.
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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
The school does not describe its premises on its website.
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
An international team: teachers from abroad, native English speakers and an experienced IB team; small-group teaching, and every student has a coach. The school says its teachers keep training and bring experience from other professions.
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 policynot stated on the website
·Staff trainingnot stated on the website
·Anti-bullying policynot stated on the website
A school counselling unit: its head, who is also an educational counsellor and prevention methodologist, another educational counsellor and a special educator; it supports students with special needs and gifted students, prevention of risky behaviour and career guidance.
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Criteria breakdown criterion weight in brackets
Academics and programmes (16%)82 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 data55 Facilities (10%) scored on disclosed data55 Clubs and activities (8%) scored on disclosed data61 Value for money (6%) scored at the median66 "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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