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Nafpaktos, Greece · Private
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Kotronis Schools (Sygchrona Ekpaideftiria Kotroni in Greek) is a private Greek school in Paleopanagia near Nafpaktos, from kindergarten to lyceum with a unified programme across all levels. The core programme is the Greek national curriculum and the lyceum prepares for the Panhellenic exams; the language of instruction is Greek: the school calls itself "a Greek private school" and the website is mainly in Greek. In partnership with Pearson the school teaches part of the British curriculum in English (iPrimary, iLowerSecondary, International GCSE, International A Level) and states that it is the only official Pearson Edexcel examination centre in Western Greece. The school also offers the Diploma in IT Skills (with Vellum), partners with Microsoft and takes part in Erasmus+. The core school day is 08:15 to 14:05, with an extended programme until 16:05; school buses bring pupils from Patras and other towns of Western Greece.
Key facts
Programmes
Pearson Edexcel · IGCSE · National programme
Admits from
4 years · Pre-School
Languages of instruction
Greek
Languages taught
English, French, German
Admissions The school invites families to visit; applications are made via the website form or by phone. Enrolment requires an application, a pupil health record, a dermatologist's certificate for swimming and vaccination records; pupils entering the third grade or above choose a second foreign language (French or German). Pupils from schools abroad follow a separate procedure: birth certificate with official translation, passport copy, school records and grades for two years with apostille and translation into Greek. The school states it has experience supporting pupils who come from different educational systems or return from abroad.
Stages and year groups Grades kindergarten - lyceum. Kindergarten (pre-kindergarten and kindergarten, ages 4-6), primary school (Dimotiko), gymnasium (Gymnasio) and lyceum (Geniko Lykeio) following the Greek national curriculum; the lyceum prepares for the Panhellenic exams. Alongside, British Pearson modules taught in English: iPrimary in primary school, iLowerSecondary in the first two gymnasium years, International GCSE in the last gymnasium year and the first lyceum year, International A Level in the last two lyceum years; on the same page the school says it hopes to start International A Level soon. Exams are taken at the school as a Pearson centre. No IB.
Address Paleopanagia, 303 00 Nafpaktos
Accreditations and programmes verified against official registries
Pearson · IGCSE · authorised programmeThe Pearson register names the school as a Pearson centre. It is a Greek private school: Pearson modules in English, from iPrimary to International GCSE, run alongside the state curriculum.
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
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. At this school: IGCSE (ages 14-16). 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 →National programme
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 poolschool swimming pool
✓Sports hallindoor gymnasium
✓Laboratorieschemistry, physics and biology labs, computer labs
·Theatre or assembly hallnot stated on the website
✓Librarylibrary with reading room and internet-connected computers
✓Cateringkiosk and dining hall, meals by APIKO Catering
✓School transportschool buses from Nafpaktos, Patras, Messolonghi and Aigio
·Boardingnot stated on the website
Also on site: Sports ground or field · Art studio
Campus: 28 classrooms in the green Paleopanagia area
Clubs and activities: Handball · Swimming · Artistic gymnastics · Robotics · Music and rhythm · Horse riding · Archery · Athlopaideies (sports games) · Journalism group · Environmental group
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 school speaks of experienced staff and small classes; teachers regularly attend seminars on teaching, psychology, new technologies and first aid and take part in exchanges within European programmes. The heads of kindergarten, primary, gymnasium and lyceum are named on the website. The school does not publish the number of teachers or class sizes.
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
✓Counsellorthe school works with a school psychologist
·Child protection policynot stated on the website
✓Staff trainingstaff attend first aid and emergency response seminars
·Anti-bullying policynot stated on the website
The primary school has a learning support unit for pupils with learning difficulties. The website does not describe a child protection policy, security or medical staff.
Reviews
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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 data65 Accreditation and verifiability (10%)85 Teaching staff (10%) scored on disclosed data55 Facilities (10%) scored on disclosed data90 Clubs and activities (8%) scored on disclosed data78 Value for money (6%) scored at the median73 "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 7 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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