Wawel International School is a private bilingual preschool and primary school (niepubliczna szkoła podstawowa) in central Kraków, next to Błonia. The preschool takes children aged 3 to 6: each group has two teachers, one speaking only English and the other only Polish; the oldest group (zerówka) has Cambridge Primary lessons in mathematics, science and English. The primary school combines Cambridge Primary and the Cambridge Global Perspectives project with the Polish core curriculum. The school states that all lessons, aftercare and clubs in the primary school are in English, and only Polish language, Polish history and geography for Polish citizens are taught in Polish; its FAQ also mentions a Polish-curriculum class in which all lessons except English are in Polish. Classes have up to 20 pupils.
Key facts
Tuition
≈ $5 810–9 296 a year
22 500–36 000 PLN
Programmes
Cambridge · Primary · National programme
Admits from
3 years · Pre-School
Languages of instruction
English, Polish
Class size
up to 20 pupils per primary class, up to 25 children per preschool group
Registration fee
≈ $1 085
4 200 PLN
About the fees Fees for the 2026-2027 school year: primary school tuition (czesne) 36000 PLN per year plus an administrative fee of 4200 PLN; preschool younger group 22500 PLN plus a 2200 PLN fee, zerówka 25000 PLN plus a 1700 PLN fee. Tuition is paid in 10 monthly instalments by the 10th of each month. School tuition covers education for the whole school year, aftercare for grades 1-4 from 8:00 to 17:20, Cambridge Primary and Global Perspectives lessons, curriculum trips and workshops 6 times a year. Sibling discounts are 10% for a younger child and 15% for a third child.
Admissions Admission runs all year subject to places, and registration is online: parents fill in the form on the website, the school sends a presentation and asks for the report from the last completed grade (for mid-year entry also the first-semester report); after a positive decision the family fills in two forms, signs the contract and pays the administrative fee. For grade 1 the child has a pedagogical assessment with the school pedagogue, and the preschool provides information on the child using the school's template. Documents must be in Polish or English, others translated. The preschool states it accepts children from all over the world and is prepared for children who speak neither Polish nor English; children in the Cambridge international class do not need Polish and learn it as a foreign language. There is a scholarship programme, enquiries by email.
Stages and year groups Preschool: a younger group (children born 2021-2023) and zerówka; curriculum is the Polish core curriculum and Cambridge Primary, with zerówka corresponding to Cambridge Stage 1. Primary school (szkoła podstawowa, grades 1-8): Cambridge Primary (English, mathematics and science fully in English) and Cambridge Global Perspectives as a separate subject, plus the Polish core curriculum to the extent set for schools with international classes; grade 1 corresponds to Stage 2. Pupils take Cambridge Primary Progression Tests at stages 3-6, marked by teachers, and Cambridge Primary Checkpoint in May or October, marked by external Cambridge examiners. A table on the site maps Polish grades to Cambridge stages up to Lower Secondary and A Level, but the site does not say the school teaches Lower Secondary.
Address ul. Leona Wyczółkowskiego 7, Kraków (Błonia)
Accreditations and programmes verified against official registries
Cambridge · Primary · authorised programmeThe Cambridge register names the school as its centre; it teaches Cambridge Primary.
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). 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.
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
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
·Laboratoriesnot stated on the website
·Theatre or assembly hallnot stated on the website
·Librarynot stated on the website
·Cateringnot stated on the website
·School transportnot stated on the website
·Boardingnot stated on the website
Also on site: Playground
Campus: A small separate building next to Kraków's Błonia, arranged for the preschool and primary school; around it a playground and green area, with Błonia and Jordan Park nearby for walks and activities. Meals come from a caterer with meat and vegetarian options: compulsory in the preschool, optional in the school, where children may bring their own food. Aftercare for grades 1-4 runs from 8:00 to 17:20; older pupils wait for clubs in a quiet aftercare room supervised by the teacher-librarian. No school transport. No boarding.
Clubs and activities: Mindfulness · Chess · Craft Club · Taekwon-do · Ceramics · Robotics · Trampolines · Detective Club · Mathematics Club · Cooking Classes · Theatre Classes · Dance · Gymnastics
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 describes its teachers as professional, experienced educators fluent in the language of instruction and trained internally and externally. Each preschool group has two teachers: one English-speaking and one Polish-speaking. The site does not publish teacher numbers or names.
Safety and wellbeing from the school's official website
·CCTVnot stated on the website
·Security staffnot stated on the website
✓Access control
·Nurse or medical roomnot stated on the website
✓Counsellor
·Child protection policynot stated on the website
·Staff trainingnot stated on the website
·Anti-bullying policynot stated on the website
The school mentions access to psychological support and a careful adaptation period for new children; the adaptation guide for parents was prepared by the school psychologist. Children are released only to parents, guardians or persons authorised in writing, and the teacher checks the collecting person's ID. Phones and smartwatches are not allowed in the preschool.
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 data55 Safety and wellbeing (12%) scored on disclosed data70 Accreditation and verifiability (10%)85 Teaching staff (10%) scored on disclosed data55 Facilities (10%) scored on disclosed data60 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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