← Back to the rankingIV Liceum Ogólnokształcące im. Emilii Sczanieckiej w Łodzi
Lodz, Poland · est. 1920 · State
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IV Liceum Ogólnokształcące im. Emilii Sczanieckiej is a state general secondary school in central Łódź tracing its history to the city's first girls' gymnasium in 1920. Bilingual classes with English have run since 1999, and the IB Diploma Programme (Matura Międzynarodowa) since 2007: the school was authorised in April 2007 and the first IB exams took place in 2009. In 2026-2027 the lyceum admits five first-year classes: three bilingual pre-IB classes (linguistic, humanities and biology-chemistry), with intensive English and optional preparation for the IB, and two classes with extended English (mathematics-geography and mathematics-biology). The IB Diploma runs in grades 3-4 of the lyceum in an international section (oddział międzynarodowy) and is taught in English, except Polish language and literature; the other classes follow the Polish curriculum in Polish and sit the Polish matura. The 2025-2026 teaching staff numbers 60 teachers.
Key facts
Programmes
IB · DP · National programme
Languages of instruction
Polish, English
Languages taught
Spanish, French, German
About the fees A state lyceum: tuition is free. Under the IB class regulations, parents pay for the IB final exams through the parents' council (Rada Rodziców) account in October of grade 4; the registration fee is paid to the school account by the end of October of the final programme year. Delays with IB formalities incur additional IB charges.
Admissions Admission to the first year is through the city-wide points-based rekrutacja: Polish, mathematics, English and the profile subject (geography, a second foreign language, history, biology or chemistry) count. The bilingual pre-IB classes also require a written English language test at B2 level (on 10 June in 2026); a Cambridge English B2 First certificate or an olympiad laureate title exempts from it. The IB Diploma admits students to grade 3 of the lyceum after online registration and a parents' declaration: pre-IB students of this lyceum need an annual grade of at least good in English, at least satisfactory in mathematics and Polish, attendance of at least 75% and conduct of at least good; students of other classes and other schools need very good in English, the same other conditions and at least 50% in an English test. Students from schools of another country's system are admitted separately: they must complete the stage equivalent to grade 2 of a Polish lyceum and score at least 50% in the English test; the head may exempt those whose first language or previous language of instruction is English, awarding full points.
Stages and year groups A four-year liceum ogólnokształcące. First-year classes in 2026-2027: I A mathematics-geography with English, I B (pre-IB) bilingual linguistic, I C (pre-IB) bilingual humanities, I D (pre-IB) bilingual biology-chemistry, I E mathematics-biology with English. The pre-IB classes are oddziały dwujęzyczne taught in Polish and English and optionally lead to the IB. The IB Diploma Programme runs in grades 3-4 in an oddział międzynarodowy: Polish A Literature, English A Language and Literature, English B, history, geography, economics, psychology, Business Management, physics, biology, chemistry, Sports Exercise and Health Science, mathematics SL and HL, and French, Spanish or German in group 6; a subject opens with 7 students; EE, TOK and CAS are compulsory. The other classes finish with the Polish matura (świadectwo dojrzałości).
Address ul. Pomorska 16, 91-416 Łódź
Accreditations and programmes verified against official registries
IB · DP · authorised 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.
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.
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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 hallnot stated on the website
·Laboratoriesnot stated on the website
✓Theatre or assembly hall
✓Library
·Cateringnot stated on the website
·School transportnot stated on the website
·Boardingnot stated on the website
Campus: The lyceum occupies a historic building on Pomorska Street in central Łódź; the assembly hall reopened after renovation in 2007, the school has a library with a librarian, and in 2025-2026 classrooms are being adapted and re-equipped under the Chcę i potrafię project. Four school pedagogues work at the school. It is a day school with no boarding.
Clubs and activities: Mathematics Club · Geography Club · Biology Club · Chemistry Club · Yoga · Aerobics · LodzMUN · Erasmus+
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 website publishes the 2025-2026 teaching council by subject - 60 teachers, including 12 English teachers and a native Spanish speaker among the Spanish teachers; the head, two deputies (one for the Matura Międzynarodowa), pedagogues and the librarian are listed separately.
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
Child protection standards are published: a policy on protection from harm, a child support plan, rules for safe staff-student relations and protection of students' images. Four school pedagogues hold daily office hours; psychological, pedagogical and therapeutic sessions run under the Chcę i potrafię project.
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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 data55 Safety and wellbeing (12%) scored on disclosed data60 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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