← Back to the rankingSeven Hills International School
Iasi, Romania · est. 2014 · Private
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Seven Hills International School is a private school in Iasi. It was founded in 2014 and calls itself the first international school in north-eastern Romania. All subjects are taught exclusively in English. The school follows the Cambridge pathway: Cambridge Primary from age 5, Cambridge Lower Secondary from age 11, IGCSE and the Cambridge ICE certificate from age 14. The school was recently approved to offer AS and A Level from age 16. In primary and lower secondary Romanian is a fourth core subject, designed for both native and non-native speakers. Subjects also include Christian Education and the Character First programme.
Key facts
Programmes
Cambridge · Primary, Lower Secondary, IGCSE, A-Level
Languages of instruction
English
Languages taught
Romanian, German
Registration fee
≈ $214
1 000 RON
About the fees The fees page lists 5100 euro per year for primary and lower secondary and 6000 euro per year for IGCSE and A Level. Higher on the same page there is a line stating tuition of 4200 euro per year. The price list does not state a year. The high school admission fee is 1000 lei.
Admissions Primary admission is open throughout the academic year, subject to places. Children are placed by age and previous learning, and parents provide documents verifying the child's age. The steps are a school visit, a talk between the parents and the headmaster, evaluation tests and further interviews if needed, then signing the agreement and an introduction to the school rules. Enrolment requires the birth certificate, the parents' marriage certificate, the parents' identity cards, the vaccination certificate and a psycho-pedagogical report from the kindergarten. High school admission takes place in June in two sessions, first for the school's own pupils and then for others, with interviews. The admission fee is 1000 lei and is non-refundable. The school states that it admits children regardless of gender, race, culture or religion, provided the family shares its philosophy. The school does not write separately about admitting foreigners.
Stages and year groups Grades 1-12. Cambridge Pathway programmes. Cambridge Primary (from age 5): English, Mathematics, Science and Romanian as core subjects, plus Cambridge Arts and Design, Computing, Music, Physical Education, Social Science (History and Geography) and Christian Education. Cambridge Lower Secondary (from age 11): the same core subjects taught by subject teachers, plus Character First. Cambridge Upper Secondary (from age 14): a two-year IGCSE programme leading to the Cambridge ICE certificate across five areas. Cambridge Advanced (from age 16): AS and A Level, a newly approved programme. The 2026-2027 enquiry form lists grades 1 to 12.
Address Bulevardul Chimiei nr. 1A (Campus Tudor Vladimirescu), 700259 Iași
Accreditations and programmes verified against official registries
Cambridge · Primary, Lower Secondary, IGCSE, A-Level · authorised programmeThe Cambridge register names the school as its centre: it teaches Cambridge programmes, including IGCSE and a recently approved AS and A Level pathway.
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 →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
·Cateringnot stated on the website
·School transportnot stated on the website
·Boardingnot stated on the website
Campus: The school is located on the Tudor Vladimirescu campus on Chimiei Boulevard in Iasi. The school does not describe its buildings, laboratories or sports grounds on its website. Its staff includes a librarian, and a robotics club runs in the primary school. The opening ceremony of the 2026-2027 school year was held in the auditorium of Richard Wurmbrand College at 13 Smardan Street.
Clubs and activities: Robotics
Teaching staff from the school's official website
·Teachers listed by namenot published
·Teacher qualificationsnot stated
✓Number of teachers15
·Students per teacher or class sizenot stated
The teachers page names 15 teachers: English, German, Romanian, Mathematics, Science, Computer Science, Arts and Design, Physical Education, Christian Education and a primary class teacher, plus a librarian. In primary each stage is led by one or two class teachers, and Science, Mathematics, Music or Computing may be taught by specialist teachers. In lower secondary each subject has its own teacher.
Safety and wellbeing from the school's official website
The school says nothing on its website about security, medical care or pupil support.
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%)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 data55 Safety and wellbeing (12%) scored on disclosed data55 Accreditation and verifiability (10%)85 Teaching staff (10%) scored on disclosed data70 Facilities (10%) scored on disclosed data65 Clubs and activities (8%) scored on disclosed data61 Value for money (6%) scored at the median70 "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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