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Tirana, Albania · est. 1995 · Private
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A private full-day nine-year school in Tirana, grades I-IX. The school gives 1995 as its opening year, while the group's site dates the Tirana nine-year school to 1993. Since February 2020 it has been a Cambridge International School and runs Checkpoint exams in English in grades V and IX; students receive Cambridge certificates. The programme is approved by the Albanian Ministry of Education. In grades I-V lessons are in Albanian; from grade VI mathematics, physics, biology and chemistry are taught in English. English is taught daily from grade I, German from grade III for two hours a week, Turkish from grade VII for two hours a week. There are 1427 students according to the about page, more than 1500 according to the home page. The school prepares students for national and international olympiads outside lessons; for grades I to VII an after-school programme runs from 14:15 to 16:00, where children do homework supervised by teachers.
Key facts
Programmes
Cambridge · Primary, Lower Secondary
Languages of instruction
Albanian, English
Languages taught
German, Turkish
Class size
no more than 24 pupils
Admissions Grade I admission follows an interview on preschool knowledge: Albanian, mathematics, the world around us. Other grades require a written test in Albanian, mathematics and English; the decision depends on the result. Grade I registration needs a kindergarten or preparatory class certificate, other grades a report card and a transfer form. The school does not say whether it admits foreign citizens.
Stages and year groups Grades I-IX. Primary cycle grades I-V, in Albanian; from grade VI sciences and mathematics in English. Grades I-VII in buildings A-C, grades VIII-IX in a separate building on Pavarësia Street. Cambridge Checkpoint exams in grades V and IX.
Address Rruga Bernardin Palja, Ndërtesa 15, Hyrja 1, Njësia Bashkiake nr. 6, Tiranë
Accreditations and programmes verified against official registries
Cambridge · Primary, Lower Secondary · 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
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 →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
✓Laboratories
·Theatre or assembly hallnot stated on the website
·Librarynot stated on the website
·Cateringnot stated on the website
✓School transport
·Boardingnot stated on the website
Also on site: Art studio
Campus: Five buildings: grades I-VII in buildings A-C on Bernardin Palja Street, grades VIII-IX in a building on Pavarësia Street, Kashar. Laboratories, computer rooms, a 3D cinema, art and robotics rooms.
Clubs and activities: Robotics · Singing · Piano · Painting · Dance · Acting · Photography · Science · Chess · Football · Volleyball · Basketball · Handball · Taekwondo · Web design
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
Subjects are taught by specialist teachers; staff are trained by Albanian and international educators. Psychologists, counsellors and a paediatrician work at the school.
Safety and wellbeing from the school's official website
✓CCTV
·Security staffnot stated on the website
·Access controlnot stated on the website
✓Nurse or medical room
✓Counsellor
·Child protection policynot stated on the website
·Staff trainingnot stated on the website
✓Anti-bullying policy
The psycho-social service runs individual counselling and group sessions on stress and conflict, and psychologists draw up support plans for children with special needs. The school paediatrician monitors children's health and gives first aid. The site publishes an anti-bullying document and iPad use rules; the group has a video surveillance policy.
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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 data55 Safety and wellbeing (12%) scored on disclosed data80 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 Value for money (6%) scored at the median68 "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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