← Back to the rankingWrocław International School
Wroclaw, Poland · est. 2002 · Private
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Wrocław International School (WIS) is a not-for-profit IB school in Wrocław, founded in 2002 as the first international school in south-western Poland. It offers the IB from Pre-Kindergarten to Grade 10: the Primary Years Programme for ages 4-11 and the Middle Years Programme for ages 11-16; it was authorised for the PYP and MYP in December 2010 and says it was the first school in Poland authorised for both. After Grade 10 students can continue to the IB Diploma at the neighbouring International High School of Wrocław on the same campus. The language of instruction is English; Polish and French are taught as foreign languages, with Mother Tongue support and Academic English for students for whom English is an additional language. Classes have no more than 20 students, and most teachers are IB-trained native English speakers. Clubs, the Wolves athletic programme and after-school care are included in tuition. Under Polish law WIS is a niepubliczna placówka oświatowo-wychowawcza rather than a Polish school: it admits Polish nationals only if they are not subject to Polish Ministry of Education regulations.
Key facts
Admits from
4 years · Pre-School
Languages of instruction
English
Languages taught
Polish, French
Class size
no more than 20 students per class
Admissions Admission is year-round, from Pre-Kindergarten (age 4) to MYP 5 (Grade 10, age 15); the school welcomes children of all nationalities regardless of gender, religion or background. Polish nationals are admitted only if they are not subject to Polish Ministry of Education regulations. Steps: an enquiry form, then after initial approval an application with a recommendation letter from the previous school, records for three years, two samples of current work (for Grade 5 to MYP 5), a passport copy, photo, medical certificate and the application fee; then testing or a placement meeting if needed, registration and the contract. Documents must be in English or with a notarised translation. Placement follows age and previous schooling; MYP 3-5 (Grades 8-10) require appropriate English, and non-native speakers may be asked to take a test. When a class is full there is a waiting list, with priority for enrolled students. The school may not be able to meet needs requiring specialist support.
Stages and year groups Grades Pre-K, K, 1-10. IB Primary Years Programme (Pre-Kindergarten from age 4 to Grade 5; subjects: English and social studies, mathematics, science and technology, visual and performing arts, personal and physical education, Polish) and IB Middle Years Programme (MYP 1-5, Grades 6-10; eight subject groups, Language Acquisition in French and Polish, integrated science, music, visual arts and drama, design, the Personal Project in MYP 5). The school does not itself offer the IB Diploma: MYP graduates move to the International High School of Wrocław. WIS does not follow the Polish curriculum, egzamin ósmoklasisty or matura.
Accreditations and programmes verified against official registries
IB · PYP, MYP · authorised programmeThe school is listed in the IB register and runs the Primary Years and Middle Years programmes.
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
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). 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.
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
✓Laboratories
✓Theatre or assembly hall
✓Library
✓Catering
·School transportnot stated on the website
·Boardingnot stated on the website
Also on site: Sports ground or field
Clubs and activities: Creative Design · Pottery · Dramatic Arts · Coding · Robotics · Chess · Street Dance · Film · Weaving · Rock band · Wolves Athletic Program · Student Council · House System
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: Experienced IB-trained teachers from various countries, most of them native English speakers.
The school leadership - the head, deputy head and PYP and MYP coordinators - is named on the website; the school does not give the number of teachers.
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 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 campus is monitored around the clock, and the building was designed with a strong focus on safety. There is a counselling programme, an inclusion team, Academic English and Mother Tongue support; every middle school student has an advisor acting as a trusted adult and mentor.
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 data80 Clubs and activities (8%) scored on disclosed data78 Value for money (6%) scored at the median95 "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 7 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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