Liceul Internațional Baia Mare (also Școala Internațională Baia Mare) is a private day school in Baia Mare with primary, lower secondary and high school. It combines the Romanian national curriculum with the Cambridge curriculum: on the Romanian line lessons are in Romanian, while English as a Second Language, Maths, Science, Global Perspectives and Business are taught in English following Cambridge; the international line in lower secondary (Year 6-9) follows Cambridge. The high school is bilingual Romanian-English, with Mathematics-Informatics, Social Sciences and Natural Sciences profiles; graduates take the bacalaureat and may prepare for A Levels and the SAT. The school calls itself the only Cambridge high school in Maramureș County. The primary school was accredited in 2021, the lower secondary school authorised in 2019 and the high school in summer 2022. Since 2018 the school has run the Leader in Me programme together with Transylvania College; its founder and manager is Zah Flavia.
Key facts
Tuition
≈ $4 519 a year
400 EUR a month
The year is counted as ten payments: the school does not say how many payments it takes.
Programmes
Cambridge · Primary, Lower Secondary · National programme
Languages of instruction
Romanian, English
Languages taught
French, German
About the fees According to the high school brochure for 2026-2027 the fee is 400 per month, 11 months a year (the brochure gives no currency); it includes supplies, textbooks, workbooks, uniform, lunch and two snacks. The fee page (no year given): 400 euro per month at the BNR rate for September-June plus a one-time annual 400 euro by 1 November for materials and Cambridge exams on the international line. High school students may receive scholarships up to the full fee.
Admissions Admission to the preparatory class follows the Ministry of Education methodology and calendar for 2026-2027: an application, an interview with management and a non-refundable place reservation fee of 500 lei; children turning 6 between 1 September and 31 December need a CJRAE assessment. Lower secondary admission usually happens at the start of the year, and during the year if places are available; students from abroad provide reports for each year in English or translated into Romanian and go through a recognition of studies procedure. High school: a school visit, an assessment day (written Romanian, English and Maths depending on the profile, plus a psycho-pedagogical assessment), then written confirmation; students from abroad take an admission test and interview. Able high school students may receive scholarships up to the full fee.
Stages and year groups Grades 0-12. Primary (grades 0-4, two classes per grade): the Romanian line follows the national curriculum and the international line follows Cambridge (ten subjects including English, Maths and Science). Lower secondary: the Romanian line in grades 5-8 (one class per grade) with the Evaluarea Națională in grade 8, and the international line in Year 6-9 following Cambridge with annual progress tests in English, Maths and Science. The high school is bilingual: Mathematics-Informatics, Social Sciences, Natural Sciences; more than 10 subjects only in English (Global English, Mathematics, Combined Science, Business Studies, French or German, Computer Science, Global Perspectives, US History or Geography); graduation with the bacalaureat, optionally A Levels and the SAT. For 2025-2026 the website lists two grade 9 classes.
Accreditations and programmes verified against official registries
Cambridge · Primary, Lower Secondary · authorised programmeThe Cambridge register names the school as its centre. The Romanian national programme is combined with Cambridge subjects taught in English, and the lower secondary school has an international Cambridge line.
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
CambridgeCambridge International Education
Part of the University of Cambridge. It allows a school to teach the Cambridge programmes and to enter pupils for the exams. There are four stages and they are authorised separately: primary, lower secondary, IGCSE and A Level. If the stages are known they are named in the line below; if that line is missing, the school does not publish them, and the Cambridge registry does not show stages either - it gives only the name of the centre, the country and whether private candidates are accepted. Cambridge calls what it does registration rather than accreditation, and the network holds about ten thousand schools.
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: Primary (ages 5-11), Lower Secondary (ages 11-14). Primary is the primary stage, ages 5 to 11: English, mathematics and science to Cambridge syllabuses. At the end of the stage a school may run the optional Checkpoint test, which is marked in Cambridge. Lower Secondary is the middle stage, ages 11 to 14, with the same optional Checkpoint test at the end.
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 poolnot stated on the website
·Sports hallnot stated on the website
✓Laboratories
·Theatre or assembly hallnot stated on the website
·Librarynot stated on the website
✓Catering
·School transportnot stated on the website
·Boardingnot stated on the website
Campus: The school operates in two buildings in Baia Mare: the primary school on Victor Babeș Street and the lower secondary and high school on Școlii Street. Classrooms have a computer with a projector, and the high school has labs and recreation and reading areas. The yard has an urban community garden from the Creștem Grădinescu project, where children grow vegetables using permaculture. Lunches are provided by licensed catering companies. There is no boarding.
Clubs and activities: Tenis (tennis) · Artă (art) · Schi (skiing) · Ornitologie (ornithology) · Grădinărit (gardening) · Pian (piano) · Teatru și artă oratorică (theatre and public speaking) · Global Leaders Club · Interact Club LIBM · Model United Nations · The Duke of Edinburgh's International Award · Job Shadowing
Summer programme away from campus: . The school runs no camp of its own on campus
The school's summer camp is open to all children aged 5 to 18: themed workshops, Cambridge English lessons, art, sport, a pool day, hikes, gardening and permaculture. In addition, every year the school takes students to language camps abroad; camps have been held in Hungary, France, Malta, Cyprus and England.
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 recognised locally and internationally; the founders taught at universities in the USA and France
The team page lists about 25 educators: primary class teachers, lower secondary and high school subject teachers, four Cambridge English teachers, teachers of piano, art and PE, and a visiting ornithology teacher. All teachers have been trained in The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People as part of Leader in Me. The director is Roatiș Alina.
Safety and wellbeing from the school's official website
·CCTVnot stated on the website
·Security staffnot stated on the website
✓Access control
✓Nurse or medical room
·Counsellornot stated on the website
·Child protection policynot stated on the website
·Staff trainingnot stated on the website
·Anti-bullying policynot stated on the website
The school has two medical assistants. Parents do not enter the building: in the morning and after school children are handed over outside, and a staff member takes them to class; only parents or adults named by parents in writing may collect a child. The high school brochure promises a safe environment at school throughout the day from 8:00 to 16:00.
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 data70 Accreditation and verifiability (10%)85 Teaching staff (10%) scored on disclosed data55 Facilities (10%) scored on disclosed data70 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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Baia Mare, Romania · Private