← Back to the rankingXXXV Liceum Ogólnokształcące z Oddziałami Dwujęzycznymi im. Bolesława Prusa w Warszawie
Warsaw, Poland · est. 1922 · State
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XXXV Liceum Ogólnokształcące with bilingual classes named after Bolesław Prus is a four-year public lyceum run by the City of Warsaw in Saska Kępa. The school traces its history to 1922, when a boys' gimnazjum of the Polish Teachers' Union opened, and celebrated its centenary in 2022; it has been in its current building since 1951. The lyceum has three tracks: international classes (an IB World School), a bilingual class with English as the second language of instruction, and general profiled classes. In the international classes the first two years are a preparatory pre-IB, and in grades 3-4 students take the IB Diploma Programme in English; Polish citizens study Polish language and the Polish parts of history and geography in Polish. The bilingual class is taught in Polish and English, the others in Polish. For the 2026-2027 school year the lyceum plans 7 first-year classes, including 2 international and 1 bilingual. The second foreign language is German, French or Spanish. The lyceum highlights its results: it says all graduates pass the matura, it is the best in the Praga-Południe district in several subjects, and its IB graduates average 38 points.
Key facts
Programmes
IB · DP · National programme
Languages of instruction
Polish, English
Languages taught
German, French, Spanish
About the fees A public lyceum run by the City of Warsaw; education at a public school is free, including in the international IB classes. The website does not mention IB exam fees or parent contributions.
Admissions First-year admission follows the general rekrutacja rules for Warsaw public lyceums: points for the egzamin ósmoklasisty, grades in Polish, mathematics and two subjects, and achievements, up to 200 points. Candidates for the international and bilingual classes take a 95-point written English test shared by a group of Warsaw lyceums; the international class requires at least 57 points (60%), the bilingual class at least 38 (40%). Laureates and finalists of the English Olympiad and laureates of a provincial competition enter the international class without the test. In 2026 the test was held on 29 May and 26 June. To enter the IB Diploma in grade 3, students must complete pre-IB, sign the declaration and the IB regulations, have at least good grades in higher-level subjects and satisfactory in standard-level ones, and agree subject choices with the coordinator; if places are free, pre-IB graduates of other schools and, after an interview, grade 2 students of other lyceums are admitted. Students returning from abroad apply under the rules for non-citizens and those educated abroad; non-citizens in the IB may choose their mother tongue instead of Polish in group 1.
Stages and year groups Grades 1-4 (liceum). Liceum ogólnokształcące, grades 1-4, ending with the matura. International classes: grades 1-2 are preparatory pre-IB, grades 3-4 the IB Diploma Programme in English: six subjects (three higher and three standard level) and the core of TOK, CAS and the Extended Essay, with six exams in May. Subjects per the school's presentation: Polish (group 1), English (group 2), history, global politics, business management, biology, physics, ESS, two mathematics courses, geography and chemistry. The bilingual class (oddział dwujęzyczny) is a social-economic class with English as the second language of instruction; the general classes are geography-mathematics, mathematics-physics, biology-chemistry and humanities.
Address ul. Zwycięzców 7/9, 03-936 Warszawa (Saska Kępa)
Accreditations and programmes verified against official registries
IB · DP · authorised programmeThe school is listed in the IB register and runs the Diploma Programme. The IB track runs in the international classes of a Polish liceum: the Diploma in grades 3-4, alongside the Polish curriculum leading to the matura.
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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: DP (ages 16-19). 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.
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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
Average IB score
38 (world average 30.88)
Exam results According to the school, IB graduates achieved an average of 38 points with an average annual grade of 5,96, and 32% of graduates scored above 40 points; the year is not stated. 100% of graduates pass the matura; the lyceum is the best in the Praga-Południe district in basic mathematics and English and in several extended-level subjects, and in Warsaw it is 3rd in chemistry and 7th in history. In the 2023-2024 and 2024-2025 school years students produced four laureates and three finalists of subject olympiads.
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
·Cateringnot stated on the website
·School transportnot stated on the website
·Boardingnot stated on the website
Also on site: Sports ground or field
Campus: The lyceum occupies a building at ul. Zwycięzców 7/9 in Saska Kępa, where it has been since 1951. There are three gyms and artificial-turf pitches, a library with a reading room, a quiet zone for rest and individual study, soft sofas for breaks, a student café with hot and cold snacks and a cooking corner for making toast or popcorn. The school has a medical office, and the building and grounds are under CCTV. No boarding.
Clubs and activities: European Club · Creative Humanities Meetings · Young Physicist Club · Health-Promoting School · UKS Prus Sports Club · NLC - Chess, Miniatures and TTRPG Club · Board Games Club · Kulturożercy · School Theatre · Zoon Politicon Club · Active Volunteer Club · Prus MUN · Debate League · TEDx Prus HSYouth · Science Festival · Prus Talent
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 sizenot stated
The school describes its teachers as experienced and passionate about their subjects. Staff include a school pedagogue and psychologist; the IB track has its own coordinator and a deputy head for the international matura. 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 room
✓Counsellor
·Child protection policynot stated on the website
·Staff trainingnot stated on the website
·Anti-bullying policynot stated on the website
The building and grounds are under CCTV, the school network filters harmful content, teachers are trained in first aid, and there is an evacuation plan. Psychological and pedagogical support is free and voluntary, provided by the pedagogue, psychologist and school nurse; a student ombudsman (Rzecznik Praw Ucznia) protects students' rights.
Reviews
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Criteria breakdown criterion weight in brackets
Academics and programmes (16%)82 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 data75 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.
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