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Olomouc, Czech Republic · est. 2007 · Private
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International School Olomouc (iSchool) is a private British school in Olomouc, in its own words established in 2007 and the only school in the city with a British curriculum. It is registered in the UK as a British School Overseas following an ISI inspection, an accredited member of COBIS, a Cambridge International School and a member of the International Primary Curriculum; in the Czech Republic it operates as a foreign school with ministry permission. Preschool from age 2 under the International Early Years Curriculum, primary Year 1-6 under Cambridge Primary and the IPC, lower secondary Year 7-9 under Cambridge Lower Secondary and the National Curriculum for England, and the fee list also includes an IGCSE programme for Year 10-11. Teaching is in English; Czech children follow a compulsory Czech programme, others learn Czech as a second language. The school is non-selective and describes itself as not a commercial venture but a purely academic one.
Key facts
Tuition
≈ $8 428–11 083 a year
18 250–24 000 CZK a month
The year is counted as ten payments: the school does not say how many payments it takes.
Programmes
Cambridge · Primary, Lower Secondary, IGCSE
Admits from
2 years · Pre-School
Languages of instruction
English
Registration fee
≈ $277
6 000 CZK
About the fees Fees for the 2025-2026 school year: primary (Year 1-6) 18250 CZK per month, secondary (Year 7-10) 20400 CZK per month, the IGCSE programme (the final two years, up to five subjects) 24000 CZK per month, each additional IGCSE subject 20000 CZK per year. Preschool: full day 16500 CZK, half day 9900 CZK per month (no year stated on the page). Discounts: 5% for the first sibling, 15% for the second and further siblings, 3% for annual payment. English as a second language 6000 CZK per term, after-school care and clubs are paid separately.
Admissions The school is non-selective and accepts children whose first language is not English, with extra support in the first months. Both EU and non-EU students attend: according to the FAQ, they do not need to register at a local Czech school. Procedure: a meeting and tour, then the form on the website. Czech children must follow the Czech programme and are registered at the partner school ZŠ a MŠ Sluníčko, where they take annual Czech exams.
Stages and year groups Grades Pre-nursery, Nursery, Reception, Year 1-11. Preschool under the International Early Years Curriculum: Little Lions from age two, Happy Hippos, Busy Bees and a preparatory class. Primary Year 1-6: English, Maths and PE under Cambridge Primary, other subjects under the International Primary Curriculum. Lower secondary Year 7-9: English, Maths and Science under Cambridge Lower Secondary, other subjects under the National Curriculum for England. Older pupils prepare for Cambridge IGCSE. Maths is partly taught in Czech in the last two years to ease the move to Czech secondary schools.
Address Sokolovská 76/6, 779 00 Olomouc
Accreditations and programmes verified against official registries
Cambridge · Primary, Lower Secondary, IGCSE · authorised programmeBSO · accreditationCOBIS · accreditationThe Cambridge register names the school as a Cambridge centre. It holds a British Schools Overseas (BSO) inspection, the latest in March 2025, and is an accredited member of COBIS.
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: Primary (ages 5-11), Lower Secondary (ages 11-14), IGCSE (ages 14-16). 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. Lower Secondary is the middle stage, ages 11 to 14, with the same optional Checkpoint test at the end. IGCSE means exams at around Year 10 or 11, the British counterpart of a lower secondary leaving certificate.
Register to check for yourself, and the full guide →BSOBritish government inspection of schools overseas
A scheme of the UK Department for Education: a school abroad is inspected against the standards for independent schools in England, including safeguarding and the standards for boarding. The inspections are done by independent inspectorates approved by the department, and the inspectorates themselves are monitored annually by Ofsted. The reports are published in full on the government website.
What the badge means for this school. The school has been through this organisation's accreditation. It was judged as a whole: governance, safeguarding, staff, premises, teaching. The entry stands in the organisation's public register - anyone can check it.
Register to check for yourself, and the full guide →COBISCouncil of British International Schools
An association of British schools abroad with a quality inspection of its own. It has nine membership categories, and the word "accredited" appears in seven of them, although COBIS does its own inspection in one: in the rest it recognises an accreditation granted by somebody else.
What the badge means for this school. The school has been through this organisation's accreditation. It was judged as a whole: governance, safeguarding, staff, premises, teaching. The entry stands in the organisation's public register - anyone can check it.
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
✓Laboratories
·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
Also on site: Sports ground or field · Playground
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 hold degrees in primary education, English language teaching and the PGCE.
An international teaching team, including teachers with British and European teaching degrees; the head of preschool has worked at the school for almost 20 years and was among its founders.
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 policynot stated on the website
A Designated Safeguarding Lead is appointed among the primary teachers; school policies are available on the intranet, and there is a special educational needs coordinator.
Reviews
No reviews yet. The community rating counts towards the score once a school has five verified reviews - until then we do not show a zero, so as not to mislead.
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 data60 Accreditation and verifiability (10%)95 Teaching staff (10%) scored on disclosed data55 Facilities (10%) scored on disclosed data65 Clubs and activities (8%) scored on disclosed data55 "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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