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Tallinn, Estonia · est. 1940 · State
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Tallinna Inglise Kolledž is a municipal school in Tallinn with a history going back to September 1940; since 1960 it has specialised in the in-depth study of English language and culture and calls itself the oldest such school in Estonia. Since 1996 it has occupied the building at Estonia pst 10 (formerly a trade gymnasium building). The college combines three stages - primary (grades 1-4), basic school (5-9) and gymnasium (10-12) - and has held IB World School status since 6 May 2009, being the first municipal institution in Estonia with this accreditation; the IB Diploma Programme launched on 1 September 2009, and the school also describes itself as running IB MYP and IB PYP at other age levels. Since September 2020 the gymnasium stage has split into two tracks: an Estonian-medium track following the state curriculum and ending in the state exam, and an English-medium track where grade 10 is a preparatory year before the Diploma and grades 11-12 follow the IB Diploma Programme with IBO exams. The school also runs a fee-paying music department (teaching guitar, drums, piano, flute and recorder in Estonian and English) and has its own sports building, described on a separate site, tiksport.ee. The school library is open on weekdays from 8:00 to 16:00 and has had a mascot, Tikster, since 2011. Since 2010 the school has taken part in the national anti-bullying programme 'Kiusamisest vabaks!' (run by Lastekaitse Liit), as well as in Erasmus+ projects.
Key facts
Programmes
IB · PYP, MYP, DP
Admits from
6 years · Pre-School
Languages of instruction
Estonian, English
About the fees As a public school, core tuition is free. Separately fee-paying: the eelkool preparatory group for 6-7-year-olds costs 84 euros a month regardless of attendance, with registration for 2026/2027 opening on 4 May (15 Estonian-language groups, 3 English-language groups, up to 16 children per group); and the music department, priced under a schedule approved by decisions of the city of Tallinn for the 2025/2026 school year, with exact amounts not stated on the site.
Admissions Admission to grade 1 is a choice between the Estonian-language programme and the English-language TIK IB PYP programme. Admission to grade 10 is decided by joint entrance exams of four Tallinn schools - set for 16 May in 2026 - written in Estonian, mathematics, physics and English. Grades 9 and 12 do not admit new students, while free places in grades 2-8 and 11 are filled once a year, in August. The site does not separately state an Estonian-language requirement for the English-medium track.
Stages and year groups Grades 1-12. Three stages: primary (1-4), basic school (5-9), gymnasium (10-12). Since September 2020 the gymnasium stage has split into an Estonian track (state curriculum, ending in the state exam) and an English track (grade 10 preparing for the Diploma, grades 11-12 the IB Diploma Programme).
Accreditations and programmes verified against official registries
IB · PYP, MYP, DP · authorised programmeschool 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
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 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: PYP (ages 3-12), MYP (ages 11-16), DP (ages 16-19). PYP is the primary stage, ages 3 to 12. It is not a set of subjects but a frame for the whole school: learning is built around lines of inquiry, and there are no exams at the end. MYP is the middle stage, ages 11 to 16. There are no exams here either; at the end an optional electronic assessment of pupils' work is possible. 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.
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 hall
·Laboratoriesnot stated on the website
·Theatre or assembly hallnot stated on the website
✓Library
✓Catering
·School transportnot stated on the website
·Boardingnot stated on the website
Campus: The college's sports building (Inglise Kolledži spordihoone) is described on a separate site, tiksport.ee.
Teaching staff
The school publishes neither the number of its teachers nor their qualifications.
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 room
·Counsellornot stated on the website
·Child protection policynot stated on the website
·Staff trainingnot stated on the website
✓Anti-bullying policy
Since 2010 the school has taken part in the national anti-bullying programme 'Kiusamisest vabaks!' (run by Lastekaitse Liit; values of tolerance, respect, care and courage), covering students, parents and teachers. The staff includes a special-needs teacher and a social pedagogue, and a school nurse works on site; the psychologist's post is listed as vacant.
Reviews
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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 data65 Accreditation and verifiability (10%)85 Teaching staff (10%) scored on disclosed data55 Facilities (10%) scored on disclosed data75 Clubs and activities (8%) scored on disclosed data55 "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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