← Back to the rankingSt. George International School and Preschool
Sofia, Bulgaria · est. 1995 · Private
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St. George International School and Preschool is a private school and preschool in one complex in central Sofia for children aged 2 to 19. The preschool opened in 1995 and the school in 2004 as a private secondary school with bilingual education; since 2016 the complex has been in a new building with pools and sports halls. The school combines the Bulgarian state curriculum with Cambridge programmes: Cambridge Primary in primary school, Cambridge Lower Secondary in Grades 5-7, Cambridge IGCSE in Grades 8-10 and AS and A Level in Grades 11-12; graduates also receive the Bulgarian diploma za sredno obrazovanie after the matura. Some subjects taught under Cambridge are in English, the rest in Bulgarian; the preschool works in an English-language environment following EYFS and Cambridge Primary. There is also a separate half-day programme under Bulgarian standards only, with an intensive foreign language. The school reports 715 students from 36-42 countries and a ratio of 7 students per teacher. The school is a member of COBIS (accredited since 2025) and an exam centre for Cambridge, Pearson Edexcel, College Board and Trinity College London.
Key facts
Tuition
≈ $13 218–21 973 a year
11 700–19 450 EUR
Programmes
Cambridge · Primary, Lower Secondary, IGCSE, A-Level · National programme
Admits from
2 years · Pre-School
Languages of instruction
English, Bulgarian
Languages taught
Russian, French, German, Spanish
Students per teacher
7 students per teacher on average
Registration fee
≈ $565
500 EUR
About the fees Fees for 2026-2027 for new students in the full-day programme with Cambridge, paid in one instalment: Grade 1 15350 euro, Grades 2-3 16250 euro, Grade 4 17250 euro, Grades 5-7 17700 euro, Grades 8-10 13800 euro, Grades 11-12 19450 euro; returning students pay less. Preschool for new children: Pre-Nursery (from age 2) 11900 euro, Nursery and Reception 11700 euro, Year 1 group 13100 euro, Preparatory group 15000 euro for September-May, with July and August charged separately (2 times 1025 euro). Half-day programme for the Bulgarian diploma: Grade 1 7950 euro, Grades 8, 9 and 11 8350 euro. Paying in 2, 3 or 10 instalments adds 3%, 8% and 10%. Discounts: 5% for a second child, 10% for each subsequent child, 15% for one of twins. Meals, uniform, transport, educational resources and exams are paid separately.
Admissions The school welcomes all children regardless of race, religion, nationality, ethnic origin or gender; admission is selective. Children aged 2-5 are admitted to the preschool on the basis of documents, a conversation with parents and availability. For school (ages 6-18) families submit the application form at least 10 days before the exam with the certificate for the completed grade, academic references and recommendations, pay the admission fee and attend an exam day at school from 9:00 to 14:00. Preparatory grade and Grade 1 - a school readiness test in Bulgarian and a combined English test with a Maths module; Grade 2 - Bulgarian and English with Maths; Grades 3-4 - also Science; Grades 5-8 - Bulgarian Language and Literature, Science, English with Maths and an essay. Results come within 10 days, followed by a meeting of parents with the school management. At the start of the year all students take an English test, and the school provides extra language support if needed; children whose native language is not Bulgarian are offered Bulgarian as a foreign language. The school does not say whether foreign children are exempt from the Bulgarian test.
Stages and year groups Preschool (ages 2-7): EYFS and Cambridge Primary with Bulgarian educational standards content. Grades 1-4: Cambridge Primary (English, Mathematics, Science, Digital Literacy, Music, Art, PE) and the Bulgarian state curriculum; in Grade 4 the Cambridge Primary Statement of Achievement and the National External Assessment. Grades 5-7: Cambridge Lower Secondary and the Bulgarian curriculum, with the National External Assessment and Cambridge Checkpoint in Grade 7. Grades 8-10: Cambridge IGCSE (exams in Grades 9 and 10) and the National External Assessment after Grade 10. Grades 11-12: either three subjects at Cambridge AS and A Level (Bulgarian citizens also prepare for the matura and receive the Bulgarian diploma) or the Natural Sciences profile in Bulgarian with intensive English and Mathematics. There is also a half-day programme for the Bulgarian diploma: Grade 1 with intensive Mathematics, Grades 8, 9 and 11 with intensive English, French, German, Russian or Spanish.
Address 47 Nikola Vaptsarov Blvd, Sofia 1407
Accreditations and programmes verified against official registries
Cambridge · Primary, Lower Secondary, IGCSE, A-Level · authorised programmeCOBIS · accreditationThe Cambridge register names the school as its centre, and it is an accredited member of COBIS. The Cambridge programme runs alongside the Bulgarian national programme and matriculation exams.
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 →COBISCouncil of British International Schools
An association of British schools abroad with a quality inspection of its own. It has nine membership categories, and the word "accredited" appears in seven of them, although COBIS does its own inspection in one: in the rest it recognises an accreditation granted by somebody else.
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: Sofia University · Medical University of Sofia · American University in Bulgaria (AUBG) · New Bulgarian University · London School of Economics (LSE) · Durham University · Eindhoven University of Technology · EPFL · Les Roches · Grinnell College · Arizona State University · DePaul University and others, 14 universities in the school's list in all
Facilities from the school's official website
✓Swimming pool
✓Sports hall
✓Laboratories
✓Theatre or assembly hall
✓Library
✓Catering
✓School transport
·Boardingnot stated on the website
Also on site: Sports ground or field · Art studio · Playground
Clubs and activities: Swimming · Basketball · Soccer · Athletics · Squash · Taekwondo · Karate · Architectural workshops · Applied arts · LEGO robotics · Minecraft programming · Cooking club · Ballet · Artistic gymnastics · Modern dance · Folk dance · Chess · Volleyball · Tennis · Logiscool · Musical instruments
Summer programme away from campus: . The school runs no camp of its own on campus
In summer 2026 the school runs a Sports Camp, an English Language Summer Camp with lessons, sports and creative activities, a Grade 7 National Assessment Preparation Camp in Mathematics and Bulgarian and an SAT Preparation Course; the registration form also lists a Summer Camp in Borovets.
Teaching staff from the school's official website
·Teachers listed by namenot published
✓Teacher qualifications
·Number of teachersthe school does not say
✓Students per teacher or class sizein the key facts above
What the listings show: 30% of teachers have experience in other international schools
The website names about 110 teachers, the Head of Preschool and Primary, the Head of Secondary and the Academic Supervisor. The school reports 190 teachers and supporting staff; 30% of teachers have worked in other international schools.
Safety and wellbeing from the school's official website
✓CCTV
·Security staffnot stated on the website
✓Access control
✓Nurse or medical room
✓Counsellor
✓Child protection policy
·Staff trainingnot stated on the website
✓Anti-bullying policy
Entry to the building is controlled by an access system, with video surveillance and thermal cameras at the entrances. There are medical rooms in the school and the preschool and a room for psychologists and a speech therapist. The school publishes a Safeguarding Children Policy, an Anti-Bullying Policy, and policies on secure access to the building, first aid, health and safety, and whistleblowing.
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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 data90 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.
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