← Back to the rankingII Liceum Ogólnokształcące im. Mikołaja Kopernika z Oddziałami Dwujęzycznymi i Międzynarodowymi w Lesznie
Leszno, Poland · est. 1967 · State
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II Liceum Ogólnokształcące im. Mikołaja Kopernika in Leszno, known locally as Kopernik, is a free public secondary school opened in 1967; since 1984 it has occupied the building on ul. Bolesława Prusa. The school describes itself as the only one in the region with English bilingual classes, and it has been an IB World School since 2009. Class 1b prepares for the international baccalaureate: in years 1-2 (pre-IB) students follow the Polish curriculum and the school's own programmes, with lessons gradually moving to English; in years 3-4 they take the IB Diploma Programme entirely in English. IB study is free. The school cooperates with Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, SGH, the Poznań University of Medical Sciences and Wrocław University of Science and Technology, and its students do well in economics, statistics and linguistics olympiads and in debating.
Key facts
Programmes
IB · DP · National programme
Languages of instruction
Polish, English
Languages taught
German, Spanish
About the fees Tuition is free: this is a public school, and the school states directly that the IB programme is free. The website says nothing about a separate IB exam fee; the parents' council collects contributions into separate accounts (contributions, security, photocopying) without stating amounts.
Admissions Year 1 admits primary school graduates through Leszno's electronic admissions system under the national Polish rules. For the pre-IB class (1b) and the bilingual classes, documents (the application from the system, a CV with interests and achievements, and a photo) were submitted from 11 to 29 May 2026; an English language test was held on 9 June 2026 (second date 30 June). Holders of certificates at B1 Preliminary or above, IELTS or TOEFL, and laureates and finalists of the regional English competition, the junior English olympiad and some other competitions are exempt and receive the maximum score. Copies of the certificate and eighth-grade exam results are then submitted from 3 to 7 July. According to the coordinator, the pre-IB class requires good English; the first two years provide intensive language preparation. The school does not write separately about admitting foreign students.
Stages and year groups A four-year general secondary school (liceum ogólnokształcące) with the Polish curriculum and the matura; in 2026-2027 five classes are recruited, including bilingual classes (oddziały dwujęzyczne: lessons in Polish with English terminology introduced in 2-3 profile subjects) and the IB preparatory class 1b. Class 1b: years 1-2 are pre-IB, with the Polish curriculum and the school's own programmes, English 6 hours a week in groups, a second language of choice (German or Spanish), and new subjects in robotics and smart technologies; years 3-4 are the IB Diploma Programme in English. DP subjects: group 1 - Polish (compulsory), group 2 - English (compulsory), Spanish, German, group 3 - economics, geography, history, group 4 - biology, chemistry, physics, group 5 - mathematics (compulsory), group 6 - another subject from groups 2-4; plus TOK, CAS and the Extended Essay. The school is a British Council centre for Cambridge English exams (FCE, CAE); these are language exams, not a Cambridge International programme.
Address ul. Bolesława Prusa 33, 64-100 Leszno
Accreditations and programmes verified against official registries
IB · DP · authorised programmeThe school is listed in the IB register and runs the Diploma Programme. The IB track runs in the international classes of a Polish liceum: the Diploma in grades 3-4, alongside the Polish curriculum leading to the matura.
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
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
Where leavers go: University of Warsaw (UW) · Jagiellonian University (UJ) · University of Wrocław · University of Gdańsk · Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań (UAM) · Poznań University of Technology · Wrocław University of Science and Technology · Warsaw University of Technology (PW) · SGH Warsaw School of Economics (SGH) · AGH University of Krakow (AGH) · University of Copenhagen · Maastricht University
and others, 19 universities in the school's list in allThe page about IB graduates lists fields from medicine and engineering to law, philology and economics, and universities in Poland, Denmark, the Netherlands, the UK, the US and South Korea; the list also includes the medical universities of Warsaw, Poznań, Wrocław, Lublin, Łódź and Katowice, SGGW and the Military University of Technology.
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 hall
✓Library
·Cateringnot stated on the website
·School transportnot stated on the website
·Boardingnot stated on the website
Campus: The building on ul. Bolesława Prusa, home to the school since 1984: an assembly hall, a library, subject classrooms (one classroom hosts an air quality station whose data is used in IB geography), and a quiet room for the special educator. The school is a British Council exam centre for Cambridge English exams.
Clubs and activities: Aureus Archaeology Science Club · Humanities Debate Club · Civics and Law Science Club · Literary Analysis Club · Gifted Student Club · Mediation Centre · Volunteering · Student Council
Teaching staff from the school's official website
·Teachers listed by namenot published
✓Teacher qualifications
·Number of teachersthe school does not say
·Students per teacher or class sizenot stated
What the listings show: Teachers of the bilingual classes are subject specialists and examiners for the Polish and bilingual matura; in the pre-IB class English is taught by experienced English teachers, and the IB programme by a bilingual teaching team.
The teachers page names the leadership, the IB DP coordinator, pedagogues, the psychologist and subject teachers, including the CAS coordinator.
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
The school has a school pedagogue, two special educators (one working from a quiet room) and a psychologist with daily office hours; it runs a school mediation centre and holds a week against peer violence.
Reviews
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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 data70 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 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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