← Back to the rankingLiceul Teoretic Școala Mea
Bucharest, Romania · est. 1999 · Private
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Liceul Teoretic Școala Mea (LTSM) is a private day school in Bucharest for children aged 2 to 18. It opened in 1999 as the Grădinița Mea kindergarten, added primary in 2003, lower secondary in 2007 and a high school in 2013; since 2018 it has been a Cambridge International School (centre RO070). The school runs two curricula. The mixed one is the Romanian national curriculum with Cambridge subjects in English: Cambridge Primary in primary (11-12 hours of English a week), Cambridge Lower Secondary in lower secondary, IGCSE and AS and A Level in the national high school alongside the bacalaureat. The international pathway LTSM International for ages 14-18 has followed a fully British curriculum since 2024 (Year 10-13, IGCSE and A Level): in 2025 it entered the ARACIP special register of schools following a foreign system and was accredited as a British School Overseas after a Penta International inspection. The second foreign language is French, German or Spanish; students prepare for Cambridge English, DELF, Goethe, IELTS and SAT exams. Every year all students take the CAT4 cognitive abilities test.
Key facts
Tuition
≈ $14 686–15 251 a year
13 000–13 500 EUR
Programmes
Cambridge · Primary, Lower Secondary, IGCSE, A-Level · National programme
Admits from
2 years · Pre-School
Languages of instruction
Romanian, English
Languages taught
French, German, Spanish
Class size
kindergarten groups of 6 to 10 children
Registration fee
≈ $452
400 EUR
About the fees Fees for 2026-2027 in the international pathway: Year 10-11 13000 euro, Year 12-13 13500 euro a year, plus a materials fund of 600 and 500 euro; 3% off for annual payment and 5% for siblings. Cambridge exams, uniform, lunch (2000 euro a year plus VAT), transport, trips and camps are extra. Other fees have no year stated: kindergarten from 5800 to 7100 euro a year depending on age and day length, primary 9000 euro, lower secondary 9100 euro, national high school 9000 euro a year (10 instalments); on top come a materials fund (300 euro in kindergarten, 800 euro in school), an administrative fee (1000 euro a year in school, 820 euro one-off in kindergarten) and meals.
Admissions Admission involves a visit, an assessment (400 euro) and an interview. Primary applicants sit tests in Romanian, Mathematics and English and a psychological assessment; lower secondary applicants have an interview with a counsellor and tests in Romanian, Mathematics and English with at least 7 in each (English can be replaced by a Cambridge certificate). Grade 9 of the national high school admits by an Evaluarea Națională average of 9.00 or above with an interview and CAT4, or by written tests; the minimum admission average is 8 and the conduct grade must be 10. The international pathway requires, for Year 10-11, 5.00 at Checkpoint or an Evaluarea Națională average above 9, a CAT4 score above 100 and an English test or a PET certificate; for Year 12-13, IGCSE grades of at least B in continuing subjects, CAT4 and an interview with the director. The international pathway accepts applications all year and promises equal treatment regardless of nationality; enrolment requires the child's and parents' passport or ID, a medical letter with vaccinations, school reports and references from the previous school. Children without the minimum vaccination schedule are not admitted.
Stages and year groups Grădinița Mea kindergarten: national curriculum with British EYFS themes. Primary (clasa pregătitoare and grades 1-4): national curriculum plus Cambridge Primary in mathematics, science and humanities, and Global Perspectives; lower secondary (grades 5-8): national curriculum plus Cambridge Lower Secondary in biology, chemistry, physics, Global Perspectives and Creative Writing, with the Evaluarea Națională and Lower Secondary Checkpoint after grade 8. National high school (grades 9-12, Științele Naturii science profile and Științe Sociale humanities profile with intensive English): IGCSE in grades 9-10 (up to 3 certificates), AS and A Level in grades 11-12 (1-3 A Level certificates), IELTS, SAT, ECDL and the bacalaureat. International pathway LTSM International (Year 10-13): 8 IGCSE exams in Year 10-11, then 3-4 AS subjects and 3 A Level subjects in Year 12-13; Romanian and PE remain compulsory.
Accreditations and programmes verified against official registries
Cambridge · Primary, Lower Secondary, IGCSE, A-Level · authorised programmeBSO · accreditationThe Cambridge register names the school as its centre, and since March 2025 its international line has been inspected under the British Schools Overseas scheme. Cambridge programmes from Primary to A Level run alongside the Romanian national programme.
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
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. At this school: Primary (ages 5-11), Lower Secondary (ages 11-14), IGCSE (ages 14-16), A-Level (ages 16-18). Primary is the primary stage, ages 5 to 11: English, mathematics and science to Cambridge syllabuses. At the end of the stage a school may run the optional Checkpoint test, which is marked in Cambridge. Lower Secondary is the middle stage, ages 11 to 14, with the same optional Checkpoint test at the end. IGCSE means exams at around Year 10 or 11, the British counterpart of a lower secondary leaving certificate. A-Level is the senior years, and their results are what British and many other universities admit on.
Register to check for yourself, and the full guide →BSOBritish government inspection of schools overseas
A scheme of the UK Department for Education: a school abroad is inspected against the standards for independent schools in England, including safeguarding and the standards for boarding. The inspections are done by independent inspectorates approved by the department, and the inspectorates themselves are monitored annually by Ofsted. The reports are published in full on the government website.
What the badge means for this school. The school has been through this organisation's accreditation. It was judged as a whole: governance, safeguarding, staff, premises, teaching. The entry stands in the organisation's public register - anyone can check it.
Register to check for yourself, and the full guide →National programme
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: Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy · University of Bucharest · Ion Mincu University of Architecture and Urbanism · Bucharest University of Economic Studies (ASE) · National University of Political Studies and Public Administration (SNSPA) · Politehnica University of Bucharest · University of Pitești · Falmouth University · University for the Creative Arts, Canterbury · University of Leeds · Northeastern University · Radboud University and others, 18 universities in the school's list in all
Facilities from the school's official website
·Swimming poolnot stated on the website
✓Sports hall
✓Laboratories
✓Theatre or assembly hall
✓Library
✓Catering
✓School transport
·Boardingnot stated on the website
Also on site: Art studio · Playground · Makerspace
Campus: The school has 37 classrooms, 3 physics, 3 chemistry and 3 biology labs, 2 computer labs, 2 Cambridge exam rooms, 2 counselling offices and 2 medical offices, an art workshop, a 3D printing room, a school band room, 2 libraries, 2 gyms with changing rooms and 2 sports domes, 2 dining rooms and an assembly hall for about 300 people; all classrooms have interactive boards. The Grădinița Mea kindergarten has 8 group rooms, 2 dormitories, 2 dining rooms, its own kitchen, a medical office and 2 play areas. The school runs its own fleet of 10 minibuses door to door across Bucharest and the suburbs (Pipera, Corbeanca, Otopeni, Mogoșoaia, Chitila). There is no boarding.
Clubs and activities: Math Club · Science Club · Public Speaking · RadioMea (school radio) · Peer Mentoring · Consiliul Elevilor (student council) · Drama Week · Future Job Experiences
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
According to the school, 76.92% of teachers have more than 4 years of experience, 11.2% are native English speakers, 4.61% hold a doctorate, 21.53% have the highest teaching grade (gradul I), 16.58% the second (gradul II) and 29.23% tenure (definitivat). In kindergarten the 2-3 group has 2 teachers and an assistant for 10 children, older groups a teacher and an assistant for 6-9 children. The school director is Carmen Jacqueline Dan.
Safety and wellbeing from the school's official website
✓CCTV
✓Security staff
·Access controlnot stated on the website
✓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
Round-the-clock monitoring is provided by the security company Force One; kindergarten and school entrances are permanently guarded by guards and video cameras, while corridors, courtyards, dormitories and the sports field are supervised by duty teachers and cameras. A doctor and nurses work at the school and every student has regular preventive check-ups; the psycho-pedagogical office counsels students, parents and teachers. School staff accompany children on the buses.
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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 data70 Safety and wellbeing (12%) scored on disclosed data80 Accreditation and verifiability (10%)90 Teaching staff (10%) scored on disclosed data55 Facilities (10%) scored on disclosed data90 Clubs and activities (8%) scored on disclosed data78 "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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