← Back to the rankingIV Liceum Ogólnokształcące z Oddziałami Dwujęzycznymi im. Stanisława Staszica w Sosnowcu
Sosnowiec, Poland · est. 1894 · State
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IV Liceum Ogólnokształcące im. Stanisława Staszica is a state lyceum in Sosnowiec tracing its history to a real school opened in 1894; it has borne Staszic's name since 1916. It is among the strongest in the region: in the Perspektywy 2026 ranking it is second in Śląskie and 41st in Poland, and it has belonged to the Towarzystwo Szkół Twórczych since 1983. Since 2024 it has run an international section with the IB Diploma Programme: in grades 1-2 students attend a bilingual pre-IB class, and in grades 3-4 they take the IB DP in English, except Polish language and literature and other languages. The other classes - general and bilingual with English (mathematics, biology-chemistry and humanities profiles) - follow the Polish curriculum and sit the Polish matura. In 2026-2027 the first year admits 148 students. The school cooperates with AGH, UJ and the University of Economics in Katowice.
Key facts
Programmes
IB · DP · National programme
Languages of instruction
Polish, English
Languages taught
Spanish, French, German, Italian, Chinese, Russian
About the fees A state lyceum: tuition is free for all. The school foundation Fundacja Szkolna im. Stanisława Staszica supports graduates with prizes and scholarships.
Admissions First-year admission is through the Śląskie electronic system based on egzamin ósmoklasisty results and grades (Polish, mathematics, English and the profile subject). The bilingual classes and the international pre-IB class also require a written English test: part A for bilingual classes, parts A and B for the international class, with a pass mark of 30% in each part; a laureate title in the superintendent's English contest exempts from it. Applications in 2026 ran from 11 May to 2 June. Students move from pre-IB to IB DP (grade 3) on their grade 2 results: at least satisfactory for Standard Level subjects and at least good for Higher Level. For vacancies in the DP the head may admit a student from another lyceum on their grade 2 report or a student returning from abroad. Those who completed a school abroad equivalent to a Polish primary school are admitted on application and their foreign certificate at the head's decision; under the language policy, those who previously did not study Polish may take another Language A as a self-taught option in the IB.
Stages and year groups A four-year liceum ogólnokształcące. First-year classes in 2026-2027: 1a1 mathematics-physics with extended English, 1a2 biology-chemistry-mathematics, 1b1 media-humanities, 1b2 biology-chemistry with extended English, 1c1 mathematics-physics-computing bilingual, 1c2 biology-chemistry bilingual, 1d1 mathematics-geography-business bilingual, 1d2 linguistics-law bilingual and 1e international (24 places). The bilingual classes (oddziały dwujęzyczne) use Polish and English. Class 1e: in grades 1-2 the bilingual class programme (pre-IB) with Theory of Knowledge, Chinese and extra second-language hours; in grades 3-4 the IB Diploma Programme in an oddział międzynarodowy: Polish A Literature; English, French, Spanish or German B; Business Management, economics, ESS, geography, history, philosophy, psychology; biology, chemistry, physics; Mathematics Analysis and Approaches or Applications and Interpretation; a subject from groups 2-4 instead of the arts; TOK, EE, CAS. The other classes finish with the Polish matura (świadectwo dojrzałości).
Address Plac Zillingera 1, 41-206 Sosnowiec
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
✓Laboratories
·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
Clubs and activities: Young Explorer Club · Centre for the Popularisation of Science and Innovation · AGH Year Zero · Student Council · Youth Participatory Budget · Erasmus+ ET CASE
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 of the bilingual classes are qualified for bilingual teaching; many staff hold doctorates, some habilitation degrees.
The website lists the 2026-2027 teaching staff by subject - 74 people, including psychologists, pedagogues and the librarian; the head is Grzegorz Walotek, with two deputies.
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 room
✓Counsellor
·Child protection policynot stated on the website
·Staff trainingnot stated on the website
·Anti-bullying policynot stated on the website
The school has two psychologists, a pedagogue and careers adviser, and a special education teacher with daily office hours; they help with learning difficulties, stress and conflicts and support students with counselling centre opinions and individual programmes. The nurse is available every weekday. Under the inclusion policy, students with special needs receive psychologist and special educator support.
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 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 data76 "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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