← Back to the rankingAkademickie Dwujęzyczne Liceum Oxford Secondary School
Bielsko Biala, Poland · est. 2019 · Private
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Akademickie Dwujęzyczne Liceum Oxford Secondary School is a private bilingual four-year secondary school in Bielsko-Biała, opened on 1 September 2019 in the Oxford Centre educational complex. In May 2020 it became the first school in the Podbeskidzie region to be authorised for the IB Diploma Programme; the first IB class opened in September 2020 and the first examinations took place in May 2022. There are two tracks: the bilingual track (oddział dwujęzyczny) - the Polish curriculum and Polish matura, with at least two subjects taught in Polish and English; and the international track (oddział międzynarodowy) - the Polish curriculum with bilingual English in years 1-2, then the IB Diploma Programme in English in years 3-4, except the mother tongue and second foreign language. English is reinforced by speaking and academic writing classes with native speakers, and each student has a tutor. The school also teaches Marketing & Business and social and emotional learning (SEL) as extra subjects.
Key facts
Programmes
IB · DP · National programme
Languages of instruction
Polish, English
Languages taught
French, Spanish, German, Italian
About the fees Tuition (czesne) is paid monthly or annually, according to the price list on the admissions page (the price list carries no year): years 1-2 of both tracks 1640 PLN per month, years 3-4 of the bilingual track 1450 PLN per month, years 3-4 of the IB Diploma Programme 2150 PLN per month. Graduates of the Oxford primary school (ASP Oxford) pay 1450 PLN in years 1-2. The school does not state the number of monthly payments. The IB DP learning contract states the programme fee and the cost of IB examinations; tuition may be raised once a year with two months' notice. Scholarships are offered for academic and sports achievement.
Admissions Year 1: an interview of the candidate and parents with the head, an application with a copy of the grade 7 report and a form teacher's opinion, a written English test (B1 required; holders of PET, FCE or CAE certificates are exempt), then the school-leaving certificate and the egzamin ósmoklasisty result. Grades in Polish, mathematics, English and one subject for extended study, a certificate with distinction and achievements are taken into account. The test date is set individually; places in higher years depend on availability. The international track can be joined in year 1 or in years 2-3 if the candidate catches up on the curriculum: compulsory tests in Polish, English, mathematics and future IB subjects, an interview with the head and DP coordinator, and B2 English for the IB. The school admits both Polish and foreign students; foreign students who do not take Polish A Literature do not sit the Polish literature test.
Stages and year groups Bilingual track: the Polish curriculum (podstawa programowa) for liceum ogólnokształcące, two or three extended subjects, at least two subjects taught in Polish and English, and the Polish matura in year 4. International track: the Polish curriculum with bilingual English in years 1-2, then the IB Diploma Programme in years 3-4: Polish A Literature, English A Literature, English A Language and Literature, English B, Business Management, History, Geography, Global Politics, Psychology, Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Computer Science, Environmental Systems and Societies, Mathematics (Analysis and Approaches or Applications and Interpretation), Visual Arts, plus TOK, the Extended Essay and CAS. IB students may also sit the Polish matura. The school does not mention Cambridge or Pearson courses.
Address ul. Krakowska 30, 43-300 Bielsko-Biała
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
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
·Laboratoriesnot stated on the website
·Theatre or assembly hallnot stated on the website
✓Library
✓Catering
·School transportnot stated on the website
·Boardingnot stated on the website
Summer programme away from campus: . The school runs no camp of its own on campus
The Oxford Centre complex, which includes the school, organises residential camps and city day camps with language classes, excursions and sport, with round-the-clock care; the site does not name programmes or prices specifically for secondary students.
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 sizein the key facts above
The staff page names 47 people: the head, the deputy head and IB coordinator, teachers of the Polish and international programmes, native speakers of English and Spanish for speaking and academic writing, a school counsellor and special needs teacher, a psychologist, a librarian and the Extended Essay and CAS coordinators; several IB teachers hold doctorates, including a habilitated doctor.
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 policy
·Staff trainingnot stated on the website
✓Anti-bullying policy
The school has child protection standards (updated in February 2026), a policy on preventing violence and bullying and an education and prevention programme; a psychologist, a school counsellor and a special needs teacher work at the school, and each student has a tutor.
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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 data70 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 data55 Value for money (6%) scored at the median89 "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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