← Back to the rankingLiceum Ogólnokształcące z Oddziałami Dwujęzycznymi w Boguchwale
Boguchwala, Poland · est. 2010 · State
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Liceum Ogólnokształcące z Oddziałami Dwujęzycznymi w Boguchwale (LOB) is a public general secondary school founded by the Boguchwała town council in 2010; it is the first secondary school in the town's history. The liceum is housed in the former palace of the Lubomirski princes. It has three tracks: a traditional track in Polish, a bilingual track in Polish and English (since the 2013-2014 school year) and an international track with the IB Diploma Programme. The school says students in bilingual classes make up about 60% of all students and that no other secondary school in Podkarpackie offers the IB. The IB track has run for five years, and the first class with the international matura graduated in 2024. In grades 1-2 of the international track some subjects are taught in English using CLIL, and from grade 3 the IB DP is taught in English, except Polish, Polish history and geography and the second foreign language. Bilingual students prepare for the bilingual-level English matura and for additional exam papers in English in mathematics, biology, geography, physics, chemistry and history. The liceum supports home education and in 2026 placed 4th in the national ranking of LGBTQ+ friendly schools.
Key facts
Programmes
IB · DP · National programme
Languages of instruction
Polish, English
Languages taught
German, Spanish, French, Russian
About the fees The liceum is public and run by the gmina Boguchwała, so education is free for all students, including the IB class. The website does not mention IB examination fees.
Admissions Admission to grade 1 is through the electronic admission system (nabór elektroniczny) under general Polish rules: grades and the egzamin ósmoklasisty. The bilingual and international classes require a competence test in selected subjects and English. For the 2026-2027 school year admission is open to the traditional, bilingual and international classes, plus supplementary admission to the international track in grades 2 and 3 for current students of the liceum. Admission to the IB DP (grade 3): application, a language test at the school (at least 50% of 100 points, regardless of external certificates), a first-semester grade 2 average of at least 4,00, and a total of at least 120 points including grades in English (at least 5), Polish and mathematics (at least 4) and two higher level subjects; behaviour must be exemplary or very good. An IB class has at most 20 students. International students may also apply to the IB programme: they complete a form and have an interview with the head, an English teacher and the IB coordinator; the head decides. Students transferring from another school with the IB already started are admitted under separate criteria.
Stages and year groups A four-year liceum ogólnokształcące leading to the Polish matura. Three tracks: traditional (taught in Polish, with its own set of extended subjects), bilingual (oddział dwujęzyczny: in grade 1 biology, chemistry, world geography, world history, mathematics and safety education are taught in parallel in Polish and English) and international (oddział międzynarodowy: in grades 1-2 like the bilingual track, effectively Pre-DP, and from grade 3 the IB Diploma Programme in English, except Polish, Polish history and geography and the second foreign language). In the IB DP students take three higher level and three standard level subjects across the groups, plus the Extended Essay, TOK and CAS; subjects include biology, geography, physics, history, chemistry, Spanish, business management and Spanish ab initio. IB students also take the Polish matura. Second foreign language: Spanish or German as a continuation, French or Russian from scratch.
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: Jagiellonian University (UJ) · Rzeszów University of Technology
Graduate stories on the website: a graduate of the first IB class of 2024 studies medicine in English at the Jagiellonian University, a graduate studies aviation and astronautics at the Rzeszów University of Technology, and another completed applied computer science and a master's in computer game informatics at the Jagiellonian University. The school says many graduates take the English matura and choose universities in Poland and abroad.
Facilities from the school's official website
·Swimming poolnot stated on the website
·Sports hallnot stated on the website
·Laboratoriesnot stated on the website
·Theatre or assembly hallnot stated on the website
✓Library
·Cateringnot stated on the website
·School transportnot stated on the website
·Boardingnot stated on the website
Campus: The liceum occupies the former 18th-century palace of the Lubomirski princes in the palace and park complex of Boguchwała, at ul. Suszyckich 11, next to the park. There is a school library. Extended subjects are taught in small groups. From the 2026-2027 school year an academic class runs with the Faculty of Biology of Uniwersytet Rzeszowski, with laboratory sessions at the university. It is a day school with no boarding.
Clubs and activities: Drama Club · School Vocal Group · Ballroom Dance Team · Volunteering · LOBster · Academic Class with the University of Rzeszow
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 have completed international training in CLIL (Content and Language Integrated Learning); the IB track has an IB coordinator, TOK and CAS teachers and IB subject teachers.
The staff page for the 2026-2027 school year names 43 people, including the head (a history teacher and IB teacher), the IB coordinator (mathematics), the secretary, the school psychologist, school and special education counsellors, and teachers of English, German, Spanish, French and Russian; more than 15 teachers are marked as IB teachers.
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
✓Counsellor
·Child protection policynot stated on the website
·Staff trainingnot stated on the website
·Anti-bullying policynot stated on the website
The liceum employs a school psychologist, a school counsellor, a special education teacher and support teachers for students with special needs. In 2026 it placed 4th in Poland in the national ranking of LGBTQ+ friendly schools and calls itself a place friendly to every young person.
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 data60 Accreditation and verifiability (10%)85 Teaching staff (10%) scored on disclosed data55 Facilities (10%) scored on disclosed data65 Clubs and activities (8%) scored on disclosed data76 "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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