← Back to the rankingII Liceum Ogólnokształcące im. Generałowej Zamoyskiej i Heleny Modrzejewskiej w Poznaniu
Poznan, Poland · est. 1919 · State
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II Liceum Ogólnokształcące im. Generałowej Zamoyskiej i Heleny Modrzejewskiej, known locally as Dwójka, is a state liceum in central Poznań. It grew out of a state girls' liceum founded in 1919, has worked on ul. Matejki since 1920, became coeducational in 1967 and celebrated its centenary in 2019. Since 2001 it has run the IB Diploma Programme: two preparatory pre-IB years in grades 1-2 and the programme itself in grades 3-4. The IB class is taught in English except Polish literature and the other language courses. The other classes follow the Polish curriculum in Polish: law, polytechnic and economics with artificial intelligence, and medical; German DSD has run in cross-class groups for 25 years. In May 2026 three graduates scored the maximum 45 IB points, and the school's average grades are above world averages in every subject. Graduates most often choose medicine, law, economics, languages and political science.
Key facts
Programmes
IB · DP · National programme
Languages of instruction
Polish, English
Languages taught
German, French, Spanish
Registration fee
≈ $31
120 PLN
About the fees It is a public school run by the City of Poznań; tuition is free. IB students buy their own graphing calculator and textbooks and pay for the IB exams.
Admissions Grade 1, including the double pre-IB class with 50 places, admits only through the Poznań NABÓR platform by points for the egzamin ósmoklasisty and grades in Polish, mathematics, a foreign language and chemistry; pre-IB also requires a language competence test. After the second semester of grade 2 pre-IB, students choose six IB subjects. Direct entry to the IB class (grade 3) is open to candidates aged 16-19 educated in schools of other countries' systems: application and subject choices are submitted in May (11-29 May in 2026), and on 2 June they take tests in Advanced level English, Polish, mathematics (for Analysis and Approaches) and Higher Level subjects from groups III and IV; a combined 60% secures admission. The tests cost 120 zloty, non-refundable; families in financial difficulty may request an exemption. The school looks for curiosity, wide reading, interest in the world and tolerance of people of different views, religions and nationalities.
Stages and year groups Grades 1-4 (liceum). A four-year liceum ogólnokształcące with the Polish curriculum and matura. Classes for 2026/2027: 1a pre-IB (two sections), 1b1 and 1b2 law, 1c1 polytechnic AI, 1c2 economics AI, 1d medical; German DSD II in cross-class groups for classes A, C1, D. Each two-year IB class is preceded by a two-year pre-IB preparatory class. IB Diploma Programme since 2001 in grades 3-4: Polish A Literature, English A Language and Literature, English B, German B, French B, French ab initio, Spanish B, Spanish ab initio; Economics, Geography, History; Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Computer Science; Mathematics Analysis and Approaches, Applications and Interpretation; TOK, CAS, Extended Essay. Polish, English and mathematics are compulsory.
Address ul. Matejki 8/10, 60-766 Poznań
Accreditations and programmes verified against official registries
IB · DP · authorised programmePASCH · takes part in the 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. The school is part of the PASCH network.
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.
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.
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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
Exam results IB Diploma, May 2026: the school's average grades exceed world averages in every subject, for example English B HL 6.86 against 5.62 worldwide, Mathematics Analysis and Approaches HL 6.89 against 5.00, Physics HL 6.57 against 4.97, Biology HL 5.88 against 4.49, Chemistry HL 5.93 against 4.95. Three 2026 graduates scored the maximum 45 points, one in 2025; such results came in 7 sessions since 2012.
Where leavers go: University of Oxford · University College London · Long Island University · University of Amsterdam · Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich · Technical University of Berlin · Poznań University of Medical Sciences · Poznań University of Technology · University of Warsaw · Medical University of Warsaw · Jagiellonian University · University of Gdańsk
and others, 14 universities in the school's list in allThe list covers the IB class of 2025; the school publishes such lists for every year since 2004.
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 hallnot stated on the website
✓Library
·Cateringnot stated on the website
·School transportnot stated on the website
·Boardingnot stated on the website
Campus: Since 1920 the school has worked in its building at ul. Matejki 8 in central Poznań. The fully automated library Na Olimpie holds more than 30 thousand books, including a separate International Baccalaureate library, and since 2007 has run a school information centre; the reading room has 15 study places and computers with internet, a printer and a scanner, and access to the Academica platform. There are psychologists' and careers offices, a choir and a drama club with a stage. Corridors and grounds are under video surveillance. It is a day school with no boarding.
Clubs and activities: Robotics Club · German Olympiad Club · Physics and Astronomy Olympiad Club · Mathematics Club · School Choir · Drama Club · Film Club · Book Discussion Club · Psychology Club · School Volunteering Club · Muńcuł School Hiking Club · POZMUN · POZMOOT · TEDx · Breakfasts at Dwójka · Charity Concerts
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 staff page lists the teaching staff by name and subject; a separate page names the IB teachers for each subject and the IB coordinator. The German teachers include a DSD teacher.
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
Three psychologists see students by appointment and without appointment during breaks, working on stress, crises, relationships and careers guidance; they run a psychology club and volunteering. The website has a help page with helpline numbers. The statute provides for video surveillance of corridors and grounds.
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 data80 Safety and wellbeing (12%) scored on disclosed data70 Accreditation and verifiability (10%)85 Teaching staff (10%) scored on disclosed data55 Facilities (10%) scored on disclosed data65 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.
The score is counted from 8 of the 9 criteria.Only those with checkable data count: programmes and accreditations from official registers, the fee from a published price list. Where it says "scored on the median", the school has no data and the middle of the list is put in its place, so that a gap gives no advantage. Admissions, teaching staff and reviews come in as their data arrives.
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