← Back to the rankingLeibniz-Gymnasium Dortmund International School
Dortmund, Germany · State
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Leibniz-Gymnasium in Dortmund is a state grammar school of the City of Dortmund that calls itself Dortmund International School. According to the school's 2016-2017 flyer it has two strands - a bilingual German-English one and a science and technology (MINT) one; bilingual modules start in grade 5, biology, geography and history are taught in two languages in the middle grades, and the Abitur carries a bilingual endorsement. In the upper school it offers the IB Diploma Programme and is certified as an IB World School; it also holds the CertiLingua label for language and international competences. The school helps children, especially from English-speaking countries, integrate into the German school system, takes part in Model United Nations conferences and runs exchanges with France, Ireland and China.
Key facts
Programmes
IB · DP · National programme
Languages of instruction
German, English
Languages taught
French, Latin, Chinese, Spanish
About the fees The school is a state grammar school maintained by the City of Dortmund; education at North Rhine-Westphalia state schools is free.
Stages and year groups Grades 5-13. North Rhine-Westphalia grammar school (grades 5-13) with the Abitur exam. According to the 2016-2017 flyer: a bilingual German-English track (an extra English lesson in grade 5, bilingual modules from grade 5, bilingual biology, geography and history in the middle grades, Abitur with a bilingual endorsement) and a science strand (an extra project lesson in grade 5, extra chemistry in grades 7-9, optional robotics and science courses in grades 8-9). The upper school offers the IB Diploma Programme. The flyer does not explain how the IB and the Abitur are combined or in which language the IB track is taught.
Address Kreuzstraße 163, 44137 Dortmund
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 inside a German Gymnasium: in the upper grades students take the IB Diploma alongside the Abitur.
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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
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Facilities
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Teaching staff
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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 data55 Accreditation and verifiability (10%)85 Teaching staff (10%) scored on disclosed data55 Facilities (10%) scored on disclosed data55 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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