← Back to the rankingDwujęzyczna Szkoła Podstawowa nr 1 - Cambridge International School
Warsaw, Poland · est. 2009 · Private
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Dwujęzyczna Szkoła Podstawowa nr 1 is a private bilingual primary school (szkoła podstawowa, grades 1-8) in the Wesoła district of Warsaw, operating since 2009; it is run by the Fundacja Edukacji Dwujęzycznej Amaltea foundation, which also runs the abc bilingual kindergarten. The school has the rights of a public school and follows the full Polish curriculum, and all classes are bilingual: some subjects are taught in Polish and English. Since 2016 the school has been accredited by Cambridge as a Cambridge International School: grades 1-5 follow Cambridge Primary and grades 6-8 Cambridge Lower Secondary; these lessons (mathematics, English as a second language, science, from grade 7 biology, chemistry and physics, ICT) are taught only in English and end with the Checkpoint examination in grade 8. The second foreign language is Spanish or French from grade 1. All students prepare for Cambridge English examinations, and the school is an accredited preparation centre. In the 2024/2025 egzamin ósmoklasisty the school ranked 5th in Warsaw and 20th in Poland.
Key facts
Tuition
≈ $6 817 a year
26 400 PLN
Programmes
Cambridge · Primary, Lower Secondary · National programme
Languages of instruction
Polish, English
Languages taught
Spanish, French
Class size
a class is split into groups when it has more than 9 students
Registration fee
≈ $77
300 PLN
About the fees Tuition (czesne) for the 2025/2026 school year is 26400 PLN. Lunch costs 15 PLN per day. Winter and green school trips, excursions, theatre visits, external exams, optional competitions, textbooks not covered by the subsidy and accident insurance are paid separately.
Admissions Admission runs all year subject to places; siblings of students and graduates of the abc kindergarten have priority, then applications are taken in order. Grade 1: an application and a 300 PLN fee, a school-readiness and English test, a group session with the psychologist or counsellor, a meeting of the head with the parents, and documents confirming school readiness. Grades 2-8: an application and fee, a positive interview in Polish, English and mathematics, at least two days of lessons with the class, and documents on promotion and grades. The decision follows within 14 days; then a contract and the registration fee within 14 days.
Stages and year groups Polish szkoła podstawowa curriculum (podstawa programowa, egzamin ósmoklasisty) with the rights of a public school, all classes bilingual (Polish and English). Cambridge International: Cambridge Primary in grades 1-5 and Cambridge Lower Secondary in grades 6-8 - compulsory lessons in English in Mathematics, English as a Second Language, Science (grades 1-6), Biology, Chemistry, Physics (from grade 7) and ICT; Art & Design is a club for grades 4-8. In grade 8 students sit the Cambridge Checkpoint in Science, Mathematics and English as a Second Language. In addition, students prepare for Cambridge English examinations (from Starters to First, some take C1).
Address ul. Wspólna 55, 05-075 Warszawa (Wesoła)
Accreditations and programmes verified against official registries
Cambridge · Primary, Lower Secondary · authorised programmeThe Cambridge register names the school as its centre; it teaches Cambridge Primary, Cambridge Lower Secondary.
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). 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.
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
Exam results Egzamin ósmoklasisty: in 2024/2025 the school ranked 5th in Warsaw, 20th in Poland and best in the Wesoła district; in 2018/2019 it was 1st in the district and 11th in Warsaw. Students gain Cambridge English certificates from pre-A1 to B2, some C1.
Facilities from the school's official website
·Swimming poolnot stated on the website
✓Sports hall
·Laboratoriesnot stated on the website
·Theatre or assembly hallnot stated on the website
·Librarynot stated on the website
✓Catering
·School transportnot stated on the website
·Boardingnot stated on the website
Also on site: Sports ground or field · Playground
Campus: The school, in the green Wesoła district in eastern Warsaw, is open from 7:30 to 17:30, with lessons from 8:30 to about 15:00. There is a school canteen (lunches from a catering company, ordered electronically, 15 PLN per day), after-school care (świetlica), a sports hall, a school field and a playground. Swimming is part of the eight-year PE programme - from basics up to lifeguard levels; older grades also train in a gym. It is a day school.
Clubs and activities: Art & Craft and Works of Art · Explorers · Cooking Club · Meetings with Books · English for Fun · Needle and Thread and Embroidery Workshops · Creative Workshops · Art & Design · Chess · Swimming Team · Let's Move · Volunteering
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
About 90% of teachers are fluent in English and teach subject lessons fully or largely in English; early-years teachers are qualified to teach English. PE teachers are licensed coaches and instructors. The school does not state the number of teachers.
Safety and wellbeing from the school's official website
·CCTVnot stated on the website
·Security staffnot stated on the website
·Access controlnot stated on the website
·Nurse or medical roomnot stated on the website
✓Counsellor
✓Child protection policy
·Staff trainingnot stated on the website
·Anti-bullying policynot stated on the website
The school provides a school counsellor and a psychologist who observe and run workshops for students and teachers and consult parents. Child protection standards and the 2025/2026 education and prevention programme are published.
Reviews
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Criteria breakdown criterion weight in brackets
Academics and programmes (16%)72 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 data65 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 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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