Sibiu International School (Școala Internațională Sibiu) is a private school in Sibiu with a kindergarten, an international line and the Romanian national curriculum. The school states that it is a candidate IB World School for the Diploma Programme in grades 11-12 (ages 16-19) and stresses that candidate status gives no guarantee of authorisation. It describes its international primary and middle school programmes as globally minded, with literacy in English central; the language of instruction in high school is not named directly, and English-medium teaching is inferred from the programme descriptions and the English main version of the website. The national programme for children aged 6-12 is taught in Romanian or in German as mother tongue. The national line preparatory class includes a supplementary fine arts programme. The school says international teachers make up over 70% of its staff. Besides lessons it runs an after-school programme, modular language courses and a summer school. Lessons run from 8:30 to 15:00.
Key facts
Programmes
IB · DP · National programme
Admits from
3 years · Pre-School
Languages of instruction
English, Romanian, German
Class size
at most 22 students in the preparatory class with the fine arts programme
About the fees The latest published price list is for 2024-2025, prices starting from: Romanian curriculum 7500 euro per year, grades 1-3 8500 euro, grades 4-6 9500 euro, grades 7-8 10500 euro, grades 9-10 12500 euro, the DP preparatory year and Diploma Programme grades 11-12 13500 euro per year. Discounts: 5% for the second sibling, 7% for the third, 5% for full payment, 3% for payment in 2 instalments; discounts are not cumulative.
Stages and year groups Kindergarten; international line: primary and middle school, and high school with a preparatory year and the Diploma Programme in grades 11-12 (the school is an IB candidate for the Diploma Programme). The national programme (Romanian or German as language of instruction) for children aged 6-12, with a supplementary fine arts programme in the preparatory class. Age ranges on the website are inconsistent: primary is given as ages 3-6, middle school as ages 6-12, high school as ages 16-19, while the price list shows grades 1-10, a preparatory year and grades 11-12.
Accreditations and programmes verified against official registries
IB · DP · candidateThe school appears in the IB register; on its own website it describes itself as a candidate school for the Diploma Programme in grades 11-12. The Romanian national programme runs alongside, taught in Romanian or German.
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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 a candidate for the right to run one of this organisation's programmes: the application has been made and accepted for consideration, and authorisation has not been granted yet. This is a status for one particular stage, not for the whole school, and it does not rule out the school already being authorised for other stages. The organisation itself requires candidates to say that candidacy does not guarantee authorisation. The candidacy is confirmed in the organisation's open directory. 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
The school does not describe its premises on its website.
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 school says that international teachers with global experience make up over 70% of its staff. The team page presents only the founder and Head of School, Bianca Borcan.
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%)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 data55 Accreditation and verifiability (10%)65 Teaching staff (10%) scored on disclosed data55 Facilities (10%) scored on disclosed data55 Clubs and activities (8%) scored on disclosed data70 Value for money (6%) scored at the median87 "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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