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Volos, Greece · est. 1997 · State
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Music School of Volos (Greek: Μουσικό Σχολείο Βόλου) is a state music Gymnasium with Lyceum classes in Volos. The school was founded in 1997 and was one of the first music schools in Greece; in its first year it had a single Grade 7 class. The school says it now has more than 500 students and more than 120 teachers; it works on two axes, general and music education, and is known for themed concerts in Greece and abroad. The school says it is an authorised IB World School offering the IB Diploma Programme; from the 2026-2027 school year the IB class runs in the second and third year of Lyceum alongside the Greek programme. In the IB the school offers: M. Greek A: Language & Literature, English B, Environmental Systems & Societies, Physics, Biology, Computer Science, Mathematics Analysis & Approaches, Music, Visual Arts, plus Theory of Knowledge, Extended Essay and CAS. Lessons in the Greek programme are taught in Greek: all school pages and announcements are in Greek; in the IB class, as the school writes, "Τα μαθήματα γίνονται στην αγγλική γλώσσα". The head of school is Dr Panagiotis Mandrakis.
Key facts
Programmes
IB · DP · National programme
Languages of instruction
Greek, English
Languages taught
French, German
Students
more than 500 students (school history page)
About the fees The school is a state school. It does not state any tuition fee on its pages, neither for the Greek programme nor for the IB class. The Ministry's register of procedures mitos.gov.gr says of enrolment in music schools after selection: "Παρέχεται χωρίς κόστος".
Admissions Grade 1 of the music Gymnasium (Grade 7) admits by entrance tests; the school publishes lists of successful and reserve candidates, who then choose an instrument. According to the Ministry (mitos.gov.gr), the tests cover rhythm, aural ability, voice, timbre discrimination and optionally an instrument, with a pass mark of 50 points. Other grades admit to vacancies by placement exams in September: for the 2026-2027 school year the school announced 3 places in Grade 2 of Gymnasium, 6 places in Grade 3 of Gymnasium and 10 places in each Lyceum grade. For the IB class, the school writes: "Δικαίωμα συμμετοχής έχουν μαθητές που ολοκληρώνουν την Α' Λυκείου σε οποιοδήποτε Λύκειο" and wish to continue in the DP; students from other Lyceums enrol after transferring to the Music School of Volos. The school does not say whether it admits foreign students.
Stages and year groups A music Gymnasium (Grades 7-9) with Lyceum classes (Grades 10-12); graduates receive the Greek Lyceum certificate (Apolytirio) and sit the Panhellenic exams. The school says it is an authorised IB World School offering the IB Diploma Programme; the IB class in the second and third year of Lyceum (Grades 11-12) was established by Ministry decision ΥΑ 26887/Δ6 from the 2026-2027 school year. The school says the IB Diploma "είναι ισότιμο με το ελληνικό Απολυτήριο Λυκείου". The music schools' curriculum is published in ΦΕΚ 2107/2026.
Address 54ou Syntagmatos ELAS (end of street) & Arsinois, 38333 Volos
Accreditations and programmes verified against official registries
IB · DP · authorised programmeThe IB register lists the Diploma Programme at the school. It is a state school: the IB Diploma class is taught in English in the last two years of the lyceum alongside the Greek curriculum; the ministry treats the IB Diploma as equivalent to the Greek school-leaving certificate.
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
Exam results At the Panhellenic exams in June 2026, of the school's 80 candidates 9 applied only to music departments and sat just two subjects; of the remaining 71 candidates 21 scored more than 16000 points, about 28%.
Facilities from the school's official website
·Swimming poolnot stated on the website
·Sports hallnot stated on the website
✓Laboratories
✓Theatre or assembly hall
✓Library
✓Catering
·School transportnot stated on the website
·Boardingnot stated on the website
Also on site: Art studio
Campus: Spacious bright classrooms with projectors and internet access, interactive whiteboards in Gymnasium classrooms, two computer labs with a server and fibre-optic internet, soundproof instrument studios, a recording and music production studio, a library with books and music on discs, a dining hall in the basement, and the Mikis Theodorakis concert and events hall.
Clubs and activities: "Polyphony" ensemble · Traditional music vocal ensemble · "Theatre and Music" ensemble · Bridge
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 says it has more than 120 teachers. The general education page lists 48 teachers by specialty: philologists, mathematicians, physicists, chemists and biologists, teachers of English, French and German, computing, PE, theatre and others; the music education page lists music teachers (PE79.01) and instrument teachers (TE16). The school does not publish class sizes.
Safety and wellbeing from the school's official website
The school says nothing on its website about security, medical care or pupil support.
Reviews
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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 data80 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 data80 Clubs and activities (8%) scored on disclosed data70 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.
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