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Glyka Nera, Greece · est. 1969 · Private
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Platon School (Εκπαιδευτήρια «Ο Πλάτων») is a private all-through school in Glyka Nera near Athens. It opened in 1969 with a kindergarten and primary school in a neoclassical building in Faros Psychikou, added a gymnasium in 1977 and a lyceum in 1981. The school calls itself "the first Greek school authorized to offer the International Baccalaureate (IB) Continuum": the preschool works with the Reggio Emilia approach together with IB PYP, the primary school with the IB Primary Years Programme, and from the sixth grade of primary to the first grade of lyceum with the IB Middle Years Programme, always on the basis of the Greek state curriculum. Lessons are in Greek, and in bilingual classes half of the teaching hours are in English: the school writes that in the bilingual programme the children are taught half of the daily hours in English, taught only by native speakers. The IB Diploma Programme is taught in English, as the admission requirements show (a Michigan or Cambridge English certificate, an English Language & Literature exam). After the first grade of lyceum a student chooses between the IB Diploma for study abroad and the Supplementary Programme of the Greek lyceum preparing for Greek universities. Besides Greek and English, the school teaches French, German, Russian, Spanish, Arabic and Chinese.
Key facts
Programmes
IB · PYP, MYP, DP · National programme
Admits from
3 years · Pre-School
Languages of instruction
Greek, English
Languages taught
French, German, Russian, Spanish, Chinese
About the fees The school publishes annual fees without naming the school year: nursery 6700 EUR, pre-kindergarten 6700 EUR, kindergarten 6800 EUR, primary school (core programme 08:35-14:50) 7200 EUR, grades 7-9 7900 EUR, first grade of lyceum 8600 EUR, second 9900 EUR, third 10400 EUR, IB1 and IB2 12100 EUR each.
Admissions Admission starts with a personal meeting: the school holds meetings with parents and new students from mid-October of the previous school year. The IB Diploma Programme admits only students who have completed the first grade of lyceum (Grade 10) or an equivalent grade: application and documents, an interview with the heads of the IB DP departments (Humanities, Languages, Mathematics, Sciences), then compulsory entrance exams in English Language & Literature, Mathematics, Sciences and Humanities. Documents include an ID card or passport, grades for grades 9 and 10, an equivalence certificate for the first grade of lyceum from the Directorate of Secondary Education, and a Michigan or Cambridge English certificate. The school does not address foreign nationals separately.
Stages and year groups Grades Pre-K-12. Preschool (nursery, pre-kindergarten, kindergarten, ages 3-6, Reggio Emilia and IB PYP), primary school (grades 1-5, IB PYP), IB MYP from the sixth grade of primary to the first grade of lyceum (ages 11-16), then two paths at ages 16-18: the Supplementary Programme in the second and third grades of the Greek lyceum (Apolytirio and Panhellenic exams) or the IB Diploma Programme (IB1 and IB2). The school writes: «Στα Εκπαιδευτήρια «Ο ΠΛΑΤΩΝ» οι απόφοιτοι της Α' Λυκείου έχουν 2 επιλογές: το IB Diploma, εάν επιθυμούν σπουδές στο Εξωτερικό ή το Ενισχυτικό Πρόγραμμα του Λυκείου μας».
Address El. Venizelou St., 15354, Glyka Nera
Accreditations and programmes verified against official registries
IB · PYP, MYP, DP · authorised programmeInternational Schools Partnership · school is part of the networkThe IB register lists three programmes at the school: the Primary Years, Middle Years and Diploma Programmes. The school is part of International Schools Partnership.
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: PYP (ages 3-12), MYP (ages 11-16), DP (ages 16-19). PYP is the primary stage, ages 3 to 12. It is not a set of subjects but a frame for the whole school: learning is built around lines of inquiry, and there are no exams at the end. MYP is the middle stage, ages 11 to 16. There are no exams here either; at the end an optional electronic assessment of pupils' work is possible. 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.
International Schools Partnershipschool network
A group of private international schools, founded in 2013 by five leaders from international education. The numbers diverge: the home page gives 121 schools in 26 countries and "132,000+" pupils, the "About us" page - 106 schools in 25 countries, the "Who and where we are" page - 121 schools in more than 26 markets and 118,000 pupils. The site writes that schools keep their own character, brand and curriculum when they join ISP, but does not say whether ISP buys the schools, manages them under contract or brings them together by membership.
What this means for this school. The network owns or operates the school. Its accreditation and programme authorisation the school obtains separately, in its own name.
Exams and destinations from the school's official website
Exam results IB Diploma, this year's results as reported by the school: 100% of candidates received their diploma, 39.1% of students scored above 30, 9% above 35.
Facilities from the school's official website
✓Swimming pool
✓Sports hall
·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
Also on site: Sports ground or field · Art studio
Clubs and activities: Swimming Academy · Dance Academy · Basketball Academy · Karate Academy
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
In the bilingual programme, according to the school, English is taught only by native speaker teachers. The school does not publish teacher numbers or qualifications.
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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Criteria breakdown criterion weight in brackets
Academics and programmes (16%)95 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 data70 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.
The score is counted from 7 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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