← Back to the rankingIX Liceum Ogólnokształcące im. Tadeusza Nowakowskiego z Oddziałami Dwujęzycznymi w Bydgoszczy
Bydgoszcz, Poland · est. 1991 · State
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IX Liceum Ogólnokształcące im. Tadeusza Nowakowskiego is a state lyceum in Bydgoszcz founded in 1991. In 1995 it opened the region's first bilingual class with English as the language of instruction, in 2006 it gained IB authorisation (9 March 2006), and the first IB cohort sat exams in 2008; a second class leading to the IB opened in 2015. The school calls itself the only state school in Kujawsko-Pomorskie offering both the Polish curriculum and the IB Diploma. In 2026-2027 the lyceum admits class I AB - a bilingual class with English as the language of instruction leading to the IB - and two classes with extended English: the biology-chemistry class I C, cooperating with the Faculty of Pharmacy of Collegium Medicum UMK, and the tourism and regional studies class I D. In grades 1-2 of the bilingual class the Polish curriculum is followed with two subjects in English, and the IB Diploma runs in grades 3-4 in English; a student may move to a parallel class finishing with the Polish matura. The school has borne the name of the émigré writer Tadeusz Nowakowski since 2018.
Key facts
Programmes
IB · DP · National programme
Languages of instruction
Polish, English
Languages taught
German, French, Spanish
About the fees A state lyceum: tuition is free. Parents pay for the IB exams in a single payment to the account given by the school, for the 2027 cohort by 31 October 2026. School lunches are paid separately.
Admissions First-year admission is through the electronic system based on egzamin ósmoklasisty points and grades: Polish, English or another foreign language, mathematics and the best grade among history, geography, biology, chemistry or physics (for I C and I D, among the profile subjects). The bilingual class I AB requires an English test at a general B2 level (16 June in 2026, second date 29 June); winners and finalists of the superintendent's English contests are exempt. The expected English level is B2 for pre-IB and C1 for the IB. Admission to the IB Diploma (grade 3) goes first to the school's own pre-IB students with at least 4 in Higher Level subjects and at least 3 in Standard Level, with satisfactory conduct. Other candidates need the same grade 2 marks, entrance exams in English and mathematics and an interview in English; Polish citizens returning from abroad also take a Polish A exam. Foreign students submit the latest report from their previous school and may take literature in their own language as a self-taught Group 1 option.
Stages and year groups A four-year liceum ogólnokształcące. Intake 2026-2027: I AB - an oddział dwujęzyczny with English as the language of instruction leading to the IB (in grades 1-2 the Polish curriculum, extended Polish, mathematics and English at bilingual level, two subjects from chemistry, biology, mathematics, geography and history in English; the IB Diploma from grade 3); I C biology-chemistry and I D tourism and regional studies with extended English, following the Polish curriculum to the matura. The IB Diploma Programme in grades 3-4 (oddział międzynarodowy): Polish A Literature HL/SL or self-taught literature for foreign students; English B HL, French, German, Spanish ab initio; history, geography, psychology; biology, chemistry, physics; mathematics HL/SL; TOK, EE, CAS. The other classes finish with the Polish matura (świadectwo dojrzałości).
Address ul. Zofii Nałkowskiej 9, 85-866 Bydgoszcz
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
Where leavers go: University of Warsaw · Warsaw University of Technology · Jagiellonian University · SGH Warsaw School of Economics (SGH) · Medical University of Łódź · Poznań University of Medical Sciences · Gdańsk University of Technology · Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń (UMK) · University College London · King's College London · The University of Edinburgh · University of Glasgow
and others, 16 universities in the school's list in allThe alumni page lists foreign and Polish universities entered by graduates in 2011-2019: in the UK, Ireland, Italy, the US, Australia and in Poland - medical universities, technical universities, UW, UJ, SGH and others.
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
✓Catering
·School transportnot stated on the website
·Boardingnot stated on the website
Campus: Since 2002 the lyceum has occupied a building on Zofii Nałkowskiej Street in the Wyżyny district, as part of Zespół Szkół nr 4. The school mentions well-equipped chemistry and physics labs and a library with coursebooks, popular science and fiction in English; there are school lunches, a medical office (a dentist for students at a nearby school) and a virtual tour of the building on the website. It is a day school with no boarding.
Clubs and activities: MC Company · konFRONTacje · Film Club · The Earthwalkers · Theatre Workshops · Psychology Workshops · Sports Clubs · Volunteering · University Young Pharmacists Club · Interact · Rotary Youth Exchange · Erasmus+
Summer programme away from campus: . The school runs no camp of its own on campus
For the tourism and regional studies class the school organises summer camps abroad, winter ski camps and science trips to the Baltic and the Góry Stołowe with the Czech Republic; the biology-chemistry class goes on science camps.
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 a named list of the teaching staff with subjects - 51 people, including a psychologist, a pedagogue and the librarian; the list is dated 2018. The staff include TOK teachers and a CAS coordinator; the head is Beata Kwasigroch.
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 policy
·Staff trainingnot stated on the website
·Anti-bullying policynot stated on the website
The school has a pedagogue, a special education teacher and two psychologists with daily office hours, and a school intervention point on Fridays. The nurse is available Monday to Thursday. The school publishes a description of how it ensures students' safety and runs an anonymous box for parents' concerns.
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 data70 Safety and wellbeing (12%) scored on disclosed data70 Accreditation and verifiability (10%)85 Teaching staff (10%) scored on disclosed data55 Facilities (10%) scored on disclosed data75 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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