← Back to homeMeridiano licėjus
Vilnius, Lithuania · est. 2006 · Private
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Meridiano licėjus is a private school in Vilnius, founded in 2006 as a small primary school: by the school's own account, it began with six first-graders. In 2010-2011 a lower-secondary stage and a pre-school group opened, and in 2012 the school became the first in Lithuania to introduce optional Cambridge International Programme classes for grades 5-8; in 2015 the Lithuanian government recognised these classes as non-formal education. In 2018 the school, then named VIMS, was accredited as a Vilnius gymnasium and graduated its first gymnasium-stage students that same year. The school took its current name, Meridiano licėjus, in 2024. Its founder is Saim Sayin, with day-to-day leadership held by coordinator Jolanta Riaukienė and two deputies (for grades 0-8 and 9-12). Over nearly twenty years the school has grown to twelve grades plus a pre-school department. Teaching is in Lithuanian following the national programme, supplemented by the optional Cambridge programme; the school also partners with the College Board (SAT), Erasmus+ and the Duke of Edinburgh personal-development programme. Classes are capped at 20 students. Amenities include renovated chemistry and physics labs, a computer room, a canteen, an outdoor playground, an interactive floor and table tennis in the corridor. The site has no page with exam results, graduates' university destinations, or a total student count.
Key facts
Tuition
≈ $6 041–10 246 a year
5 200–8 820 EUR
Admits from
5 years · Pre-School
Languages of instruction
Lithuanian
About the fees Annual fees vary by stage: the pre-school class is 5200 euro a year, already net of a 1200-euro municipal subsidy (without it the price would be 6400 euro); primary grades (I-IV) are 7400 euro a year; lower-secondary and gymnasium grades (V-XII) are 8820 euro a year at both stages alike. On top of tuition there is a one-off registration fee of 400 euro, an annual accident-insurance fee of 50 euro, and an entrance-test fee of 50 euro (credited toward the total price once an education contract is signed). The school offers discounts to returning families renewing their contract for the next stage, though the amount is not stated.
Admissions Grade 1 admits children from age 7, or from age 6 if the child is deemed ready; the pre-school group takes children aged 5-6. Children coming from outside the school's own pre-school stage must sit tests in Lithuanian, English and mathematics; where demand is high, a competitive selection is run based on prior school results and entrance-test scores. The school states outright that it does not accept children with behavioural problems or failing grades from the previous term. There is no citizenship restriction, but instruction is in Lithuanian.
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Accreditations and programmes verified against official registries
Cambridge · authorised programmeschool 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. Which stages - from the early years programme for three-year-olds up to A-Level - 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 hallnot stated on the website
✓Laboratories
·Theatre or assembly hallnot stated on the website
✓Library
✓Catering
·School transportnot stated on the website
·Boardingnot stated on the website
Also on site: Playground
Teaching staff
There is no data for this section yet.
Safety and wellbeing from the school's official website
✓CCTV
·Security staffnot stated on the website
✓Access control
✓Nurse or medical room
✓Counsellor
·Child protection policynot stated on the website
·Staff trainingnot stated on the website
·Anti-bullying policynot stated on the website
CCTV cameras are installed and entry to the school is by magnetic card. The staff includes a psychologist, a speech therapist and a social pedagogue, and there is medical supervision of children. Parents take part in school life through seminars and meetings with specialists.
Reviews
No reviews yet. The community rating counts towards the score once a school has five verified reviews - until then we do not show a zero, so as not to mislead.
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 data80 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 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.
The score is counted from 8 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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