← Back to the rankingInternational School of Gdańsk
Gdansk, Poland · est. 2010 · Private
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The International School of Gdańsk (ISG) is a private international school in Gdańsk opened in 2010 by the Gdańsk Educational Foundation, which has run schools in the Tri-City since 1989. It has four units: a nursery for children from 1 to 3, the International Preschool of Gdansk (ages 2.5 to 6, with Grade 0), the Elementary International School of Gdansk (grades 1-8) and the High International School of Gdansk. The language of instruction is English; under Polish law Polish language, history and geography are taught in Polish. In grades 1-5 the elementary school runs the IB Primary Years Programme together with the Polish core curriculum, and Grade 0 and the preschool follow the PYP approach. From grade 6 students move to the British National Curriculum with Pearson Edexcel International Lower Secondary, and in high school they prepare for International GCSE in grades 9-10 and International A Level in grades 11-12; the on-campus high school opened in 2026-2027 with a grade 9 intake. For grades 10-12 the school offers home education under the Polish curriculum in Polish or English. About 45% of students are foreigners, and students and teachers represent more than 30 nationalities. The elementary school has one class per grade, with at most 20 students. From 2027 the school moves to the Śluza 3 building.
Key facts
Programmes
IB · PYP · Cambridge · A-Level · Pearson Edexcel · National programme
Admits from
1 year · Pre-School
Languages of instruction
English
Languages taught
Polish, Spanish
Class size
at most 20 students per class in the elementary school, one class per grade
About the fees The school publishes fees without stating the school year. Elementary school, grades 1-5: 3463 PLN per month for 10 months a year (3290 PLN with on-time payment); the table gives no fee for grades 6-8. Preschool: 2558 PLN per month (2430 with the discount), Grade 0 2469 PLN per month, 10 months. Nursery: 2200 PLN per month, or from 700 PLN with the government Aktywny Rodzic programme. For the first on-campus high school intake in 2026-2027 there is a special offer: 3290 PLN per month with the on-time payment discount for all 4 years and an organisational fee of 1000 PLN instead of 2000; new high school rates will apply from the following year. Home education in grades 10-12 costs 305 to 842 PLN per month depending on path and package. Clubs are included in the fee.
Admissions Admission is open all year. For the elementary school the first step is a meeting with the principal (in person or online), after which the principal decides on admission depending on available places; fluency in English is not a prerequisite, and language requirements vary by grade. Then come the application form, a non-refundable fee, the previous year's report and the contract. Grade 1 admissions start on 29 January for graduates of the school's own preschool and on 19 February for other applicants until places are filled; criteria are the date of application, age (priority for children turning 7 in the year of entry), school readiness, siblings at the foundation's schools, previous preschool at the foundation, parents who are graduates of the foundation's schools, and previous education in an English-speaking kindergarten or abroad. The school reserves the right to refuse admission if it cannot meet the child's academic and behavioural needs. The high school admits graduates of Polish primary schools and international students; graduates of the school's own elementary school are guaranteed a place without exams, and others are invited to an interview with the director and placement tests in English and mathematics (holders of Cambridge C1 Advanced are exempt from the English test). About 45% of students are foreigners; Polish for Foreigners classes are offered.
Stages and year groups Nursery (ages 1-3) with a Pre-PYP approach; preschool and Grade 0 under Ministry of Education requirements and the IB PYP, in English. Elementary school: grades 1-5 - IB Primary Years Programme with the Polish core curriculum (authorised IB PYP school); grades 6-8 - British National Curriculum with Pearson Edexcel International Lower Secondary. High school: grades 9-10 - British curriculum and Pearson Edexcel International GCSE, grades 11-12 - AS and A Level (Pearson Edexcel International A Level), a modular system with three exam sessions a year; on campus in 2026-2027 only grade 9 runs, in 2027-2028 grades 9 and 10. Alongside, grades 10-12 can study at home under the Polish liceum ogólnokształcące curriculum in Polish or English, with classification exams and the option of the Polish matura. The school is a British Council examination centre; grades 7-8 have a Cambridge B2 First preparation club.
Accreditations and programmes verified against official registries
IB · PYP · authorised programmeThe school is listed in the IB register and runs the Primary Years Programme. The school itself names Pearson Edexcel programmes: International Lower Secondary in grades 6-8, International GCSE in grades 9-10 and International A Level in grades 11-12.
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: PYP (ages 3-12). PYP is the primary stage, ages 3 to 12. It is not a set of subjects but a frame for the whole school: learning is built around lines of inquiry, and there are no exams at the end.
Register to check for yourself, and the full guide →CambridgeA-Level
Programmes of the University of Cambridge: the school teaches to Cambridge syllabuses and enters its pupils for exams that Cambridge marks itself. A-Level is the senior years, and their results are what British and many other universities admit on.
What this means for this school. The papers are marked by Cambridge, not by the school, so a leaver's grade does not depend on how strict their own teachers are with them. To enter pupils for these exams a school has to be registered as a Cambridge exam centre; registration as a centre is permission to run exams rather than accreditation of the school, and it says nothing about the quality of teaching. IGCSE is taken at around Year 10 or 11 and A-Level in the final years, and it is the A-Level results that carry a pupil into British and many other universities.
Pearson Edexcel
A British exam board, the second after Cambridge. It issues its own versions of IGCSE and A-Level: the programme is the same in substance, what differs is who sets and marks the exams.
What this means for this school. The exams are set and marked by Pearson, and the school acts as an exam centre. Universities accept IGCSE and A-Level from Pearson on the same footing as the Cambridge ones. One caveat about checking: the Pearson centre search shows only those centres that agreed to be shown, so the absence of a school from it proves nothing.
National programme
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 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
Also on site: Playground
Campus: Two sites in Gdańsk: ul. Biała 1 houses the elementary school (Elementary International School of Gdansk, EISG) and the high school (High International School of Gdansk, HISG) with a two-room library; ul. Juliusza Słowackiego 83 houses the nursery and preschool (International Preschool of Gdansk, IPG) with spacious classrooms and a large outdoor play area. From 2027 Grade 0, the elementary and high school move to the historic Śluza 3 building: 13 classrooms, a library with a reading area, an auditorium and gym, a STEAM room and a cafeteria. Swimming is part of PE at the Stogi pool. The school is open 7:30-17:30 with morning and afternoon daycare. Lunches are provided by a catering company at extra cost. It is a day school with no boarding.
Clubs and activities: STEAM Club · Cooking Club · Volunteering Club · Karate Club · FCE Club · Odyssey of the Mind · Zumba · Gardening · Coding Games · Science Club
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 fluent in English, highly qualified and undergo IB training
The elementary school site names its teachers, the librarian, the psychologist and the speech therapist, the director, the academic coordinator and the PYP coordinator; teachers are recruited both in Poland and abroad. Spanish is taught by native speakers. The high school director is named on the high school site.
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 policy
·Staff trainingnot stated on the website
·Anti-bullying policynot stated on the website
Psychological support for students, parents and teachers in Polish and English is provided by the foundation's Osiek counselling centre: a psychologist, a pedagogical therapist and a speech therapist work at the school on a schedule. The school publishes a child protection policy, procedures for breaks, contacts, student stay, the swimming pool and accidents, and a prevention programme.
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Academics and programmes (16%)84 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 data78 Value for money (6%) scored at the median95 "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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