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Košice, Slovakia · est. 2020 · Private
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Košice International School (KEIS) is the first international school in Eastern Slovakia, opened in September 2020 in the Košice suburb of Košická Nová Ves, ten minutes from the centre. It was founded by the European Educational Agency ELBA of the ELBA group, which runs 13 schools in eastern Slovakia. Officially it is Súkromná spojená škola, Poľná 1, Košice with three units: a kindergarten, the primary school Súkromná základná škola International School and a grammar school. The school is IB-authorised for PYP and MYP and in June 2026 announced its IB Diploma authorisation. Teaching is entirely in English ("vyučovanie prebieha kompletne v angličtine"); Slovak is a separate subject 5 hours a week and Spanish starts in Year 3; children without English are supported by an English as Additional Language programme. Teachers are native or native-level English speakers from the UK, USA, Canada, South Africa, New Zealand, Slovakia and elsewhere; the site lists 30 IB teachers.
Key facts
Tuition
≈ $7 908–21 465 a year
700–1 900 EUR a month
The year is counted as ten payments: the school does not say how many payments it takes.
Programmes
IB · PYP, MYP, DP · Pearson Edexcel
Admits from
3 years · Pre-School
Languages of instruction
English
Languages taught
Slovak, Spanish
Class size
small classes, work in groups that change by topic
Registration fee
≈ $587
520 EUR
About the fees Fees valid from 1 September 2026, per month: kindergarten 700 EUR, grades 1-6 1500 EUR, grades 7-9 1600 EUR, grades 10-11 1700 EUR, IB Diploma 1900 EUR. If the child or at least one parent is a Slovak citizen, the school grants a scholarship: kindergarten 500 EUR, grades 1-6 700-800 EUR, grades 7-9 800-900 EUR, secondary and IB Diploma 650 EUR.
Admissions The school admits children from age 3 all year round. Steps: meeting, application (plus a scholarship application for Slovak families), registration fee, a trial day with a language and maths assessment, an interview of parents and child with the head or coordinator, the agreement. English is tested from Grade 7, and applicants to secondary school (Grade 10 and up) take an English proficiency test. Students from a Slovak gymnasium join the IB Diploma after year 2: grade 1 recommended for HL and grade 2 for SL subjects, English at B2, two teacher references, a test and an interview. The school states: "At KEIS, we welcome children from all different backgrounds - expat, Slovak, and multilingual families"; tuition scholarships are only for families where the child or at least one parent holds Slovak citizenship.
Stages and year groups Kindergarten for ages 3-5 - IB PYP Early Years; primary, grades 1-6 - IB PYP; middle school, grades 7-9 - IB MYP; secondary: grades 10-11 - MYP 4-5, grades 12-13 - IB Diploma (DP1 in 2026-2027, DP2 opens in 2027-2028). In 2025-2026 classes ran from Year 1 to Year 11. DP subjects: English A and Slovak A, Spanish ab initio, English B, geography, business management, chemistry, biology, two mathematics courses.
Address Poľná 1, Košice - Košická Nová Ves
Accreditations and programmes verified against official registries
IB · PYP, MYP, DP · authorised programmePearson · authorised programmeThe IB register lists three programmes at the school: the Primary Years, Middle Years and Diploma Programmes; the Pearson register names it as a Pearson centre (recorded as International School Kocise). Teaching is in English only.
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), MYP (ages 11-16), DP (ages 16-19). 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. MYP is the middle stage, ages 11 to 16. There are no exams here either; at the end an optional electronic assessment of pupils' work is possible. 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.
Register to check for yourself, and the full guide →PearsonPearson Edexcel, a British exam board
It gives a school approved centre status: that means Pearson exams can be sat in the school itself. What is checked is the premises, the equipment, the secure storage of papers and the presence of trained invigilators.
What the badge means for this school. The school can run Pearson exams on its own premises. The status says nothing about teaching, about results or about the school itself: any school able to run an exam securely holds it. The entry stands in the organisation's public register - anyone can check it. Which Pearson qualifications this school is approved for is not stated here.
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 hall
✓Laboratories
·Theatre or assembly hallnot stated on the website
·Librarynot stated on the website
✓Catering
✓School transport
·Boardingnot stated on the website
Also on site: Art studio
Campus: A renovated building in the green suburb of Košická Nová Ves: 20 modern learning spaces, a music room, a science lab, a design and art room, three gyms, a Learning and Media Centre, class iPads and laptops in higher grades, 3D printers, Edison robots and VR headsets. There is a canteen, school buses within Košice and the ELBA forest school in the village of Pusté Pole.
Teaching staff from the school's official website
·Teachers listed by namenot published
·Teacher qualificationsnot stated
✓Number of teachers30
✓Students per teacher or class sizein the key facts above
The site lists 30 IB teachers. Teachers are recruited among native or native-level English speakers with IB experience; besides a teaching degree they take continuous IB training. Primary has specialist teachers for performing arts, PSHE and Slovak.
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 policy
The school has the KEIS Antibullying Policy and a bullying prevention directive.
Reviews
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Criteria breakdown criterion weight in brackets
Academics and programmes (16%)95 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%)90 Teaching staff (10%) scored on disclosed data70 Facilities (10%) scored on disclosed data80 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.
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