Inspira International School is a private not-for-profit school in Craiova. It calls itself the first Cambridge International approved school in the Oltenia region and the only school in Craiova with double authorisation: from the Romanian Ministry of Education for the Romanian system and from Cambridge International for the British system. It currently runs a kindergarten for children aged 3-6 (an early years centre accredited by Cambridge International), a preparatory class following the Romanian national curriculum combined with the British one, and a primary school following Cambridge Primary for children aged 6-11. The school plans to add lower secondary as its pupils grow. Primary lessons are taught in English, while the school describes its teaching as bilingual in English and Romanian. Classes have 15-18 pupils, the day runs from 8:00 to 17:00, with optional activities in the afternoon. The school was founded by Claudia Cochina, an educator with more than 25 years of experience in international education programmes and a board member of the National Coalition for Education.
Key facts
Tuition
≈ $6 195–8 011 a year
29 000–37 500 RON
Programmes
Cambridge · Early Years, Primary
Admits from
3 years · Pre-School
Languages of instruction
English, Romanian
Languages taught
Spanish, German
Class size
15-18 pupils per class
About the fees Fees for 2026-2027 (1 September 2026 to 30 June 2027): preparatory class and Year 1 29000 lei per year, Years 2-6 37500 lei per year. Kindergarten 1900 lei per month for the short day (8:00-13:00) and 2450 lei per month for the long day (8:00-17:30). Fees may also be paid monthly. Meals are extra: 30 lei per day in kindergarten and 35 lei per day in school. The website also has a separate fees page without a school year: 7000 and 7200 euro per year by stage and a registration fee of 300 euro.
Admissions The family fills in an application form and then meets the principal. At the interview the school assesses the child's English and readiness; all children take an English test. Based on the results the school designs an individual timetable to improve English. The school states that knowing English on entry is not compulsory. After the interview the family submits documents, pays a one-time non-refundable administrative fee, signs the contract and pays tuition. The school does not write separately about admitting foreigners.
Stages and year groups Kindergarten for children aged 3-6 under the British system, taught in English and Romanian. A preparatory class (clasa pregatitoare) following the Romanian national curriculum combined with the British one. A primary school for children aged 6-11 following Cambridge Primary, approved by the ministry. Subjects: Mathematics, English (first and second language), Science (Chemistry, Biology, Physics, Earth and Space), ICT, Cambridge Global Perspectives, Music, Art and Design, Physical Education, a second foreign language (Spanish or German) and Romanian. The school plans to open lower secondary gradually as its pupils grow.
Accreditations and programmes verified against official registries
Cambridge · Early Years, Primary · authorised programmeThe Cambridge register names the school as its centre: early years and Cambridge Primary for children aged 3 to 11.
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
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: Early Years (ages 3-6), Primary (ages 5-11). Early Years is the nursery stage, ages 3 to 6. There are no exams at the end: the stage describes what the youngest children are taught and how, and it follows the Cambridge frame rather than a national nursery programme. Primary is the primary stage, ages 5 to 11: English, mathematics and science to Cambridge syllabuses. At the end of the stage a school may run the optional Checkpoint test, which is marked in Cambridge.
Register to check for yourself, and the full guide →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 hallnot stated on the website
·Laboratoriesnot stated on the website
·Theatre or assembly hallnot stated on the website
·Librarynot stated on the website
✓Catering
·School transportnot stated on the website
·Boardingnot stated on the website
Campus: The school has two buildings in Craiova: the school at 14D Principatele Unite Street and the kindergarten at 110A Potelu Street. Fresh lunch is served daily at an extra cost. There is no school bus yet; the school plans to introduce one. There is no boarding.
Clubs and activities: germană (German) · pian (piano) · dans (dance) · robotică (robotics) · teatru (theatre)
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 sizein the key facts above
What the listings show: all teachers are trained to Cambridge International standards and attend regular professional development
The school states that all its teachers are trained to Cambridge International standards and regularly attend professional development courses. The school is led by a board of educators with international experience, and an academic director leads the curriculum. The founder graduated in English and French and holds master's degrees from the University of Bucharest and McGill University.
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
·Counsellornot stated on the website
✓Child protection policy
·Staff trainingnot stated on the website
✓Anti-bullying policy
The school follows the rules of the Romanian system and of Cambridge International. Its documents include a child protection and safeguarding policy, an anti-bullying policy, a health and safety policy, a staff code of conduct, recruitment procedures with candidate checks and rules for safe use of ICT. The website lists these documents but does not publish their texts.
Reviews
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Criteria breakdown criterion weight in brackets
Academics and programmes (16%)72 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 data65 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 data73 "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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