← Back to the rankingII Liceum Ogólnokształcące im. Hetmana Jana Tarnowskiego w Tarnowie
Tarnow, Poland · est. 1901 · State
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II Liceum Ogólnokształcące im. Hetmana Jana Tarnowskiego is a free public secondary school in Tarnów, successor to the town's second gymnasium opened in 1901. The school describes itself as the only one in Tarnów and in the whole Małopolska region authorised for two IB programmes: the international class 1c takes the IB MYP with the Personal Project in years 1-2 and the IB Diploma Programme in years 3-4, with most subjects in English. The first international baccalaureate exams were held around 2013. Besides the international class, the school recruits a humanities and geography class, a mathematics and computer science class with technical English, a biology and chemistry class with medical physics, and a bilingual class where mathematics and psychology are taught in English. The school cooperates with the Jagiellonian University, AGH, the Cracow University of Economics and the Tarnów Academy, and has a strong debating club and its own Model United Nations, TarMUN.
Key facts
Programmes
IB · MYP, DP · National programme
Languages of instruction
Polish, English
Languages taught
German, French, Russian, Spanish
About the fees Tuition is free: this is a public school with no tuition, including in the international class. Families pay for IB exams - about 2800 PLN in year 4 by 15 October, textbooks for the chosen subjects, a graphing calculator and a laptop.
Admissions Year 1 admits primary school graduates under the national Polish rules: the eighth-grade exam, certificate grades and achievements; for class 1c (IB MYP) the profile subjects are Polish, mathematics, English and history. All candidates for 1c and for the bilingual class 1f take a written English test at B2 level (grammar and vocabulary, reading, a written task); before the test they submit an admission application and a separate application for the test. Students move into the IB DP in year 3: a higher level subject requires at least a good grade (4) at the end of year 2, a standard level subject at least a satisfactory grade (3). 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: 1A (history, English, geography), 1B (mathematics, computer science, technical English), 1C - the IB MYP international class (extended Polish and mathematics, bilingual-level English), 1E (chemistry, biology, medical physics), 1F - bilingual (oddział dwujęzyczny, mathematics and psychology in English). Class 1C: years 1-2 are the IB MYP with the Personal Project, years 3-4 the IB Diploma Programme (school code 006900). DP subjects: group 1 - Polish A, group 2 - English B HL, German, French, Russian B, group 3 - history, geography, psychology, group 4 - biology, chemistry, physics, group 5 - mathematics AA and AI, instead of group 6 - a second subject from groups 2-4; plus TOK, EE and CAS. HL is 6 hours and SL 4 hours a week; IB exams are in May.
Address ul. Mickiewicza 16, 33-100 Tarnów
Accreditations and programmes verified against official registries
IB · MYP, DP · authorised programmeThe school is listed in the IB register and runs the Middle Years and Diploma programmes. 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: MYP (ages 11-16), DP (ages 16-19). MYP is the middle stage, ages 11 to 16. There are no exams here either; at the end an optional electronic assessment of pupils' work is possible. 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 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
·Cateringnot stated on the website
·School transportnot stated on the website
·Boardingnot stated on the website
Campus: A historic building on ul. Mickiewicza: modernised subject classrooms, a weights room and a fitness room, a library, a relaxation room and a dedicated IB Zone for IB students' free periods, a medical office; the building has external and internal CCTV.
Clubs and activities: #drugiedebatuje School Debate Club · TarMUN · Nomen Omen School Newspaper · Hetmanka Student Cooperative · Management Studies · Hetman Brotherhood · 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 are listed with master's degrees, one with a doctorate; the school has a native English speaker.
The teachers page names the leadership, the IB DP and IB MYP coordinators, subject teachers, TOK and CAS teachers, pedagogues, the psychologist and librarians.
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 room
✓Counsellor
✓Child protection policy
·Staff trainingnot stated on the website
·Anti-bullying policynot stated on the website
The school has a psychologist, a pedagogue and a special educator with office hours and a medical office; the building has external and internal CCTV. It has adopted child protection standards and cyberviolence procedures, and publishes a page of helpline numbers. IB academic integrity, assessment, language and inclusion policies are in place.
Reviews
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Criteria breakdown criterion weight in brackets
Academics and programmes (16%)88 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 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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