Poland, Lublin
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Paderewski International High School is located in Lublin, Poland.
The school operates a Polish bilingual program in its high school (liceum) and offers International Baccalaureate programs including the Middle Years Programme and the Diploma Programme.
Private high school offering international programmes.
Application fees
- General applicants (external candidates): a recruitment fee of PLN 800, payable after signing the contract. Payments connected with the entrance examination are made to the PKO BP account indicated by the school.
- Candidates from Międzynarodowa Szkoła Podstawowa (MSP) Paderewski and from Szkoła Podstawowa Klonowic: an entrance/examination fee of PLN 700 (applies to all candidates) and a recruitment fee of PLN 300 payable only by students admitted to the school. Payments for the entrance exam are to the PKO BP account indicated; recruitment and tuition payments are made to the individual bank account shown in the teaching contract.
Tuition fees by year group (billing unit: per month; annual total shown as 12 × monthly rate)
- Program: Polish bilingual (dwujęzyczna)
- External/general applicants: PLN 1,400 per month (PLN 16,800 per year). Payments are due monthly.
- Candidates from MSP Paderewski / SP Klonowic: PLN 1,500 per month (PLN 18,000 per year).
- Program: International (IB MYP / IB DP)
- External/general applicants: PLN 1,800 per month (PLN 21,600 per year). From class III of IB DP the monthly tuition increases by PLN 200 (i.e., PLN 2,000 per month in those years = PLN 24,000 per year).
- Candidates from MSP Paderewski / SP Klonowic: PLN 1,850 per month (PLN 22,200 per year); the monthly fee is increased by PLN 250 in classes III–IV (i.e., PLN 2,100 per month in those years = PLN 25,200 per year).
Additional programme and examination charges (IB students)
- Annual IB programme participation fee (IB MYP or IB DP): PLN 1,000 per year (applies in years indicated by the school for the relevant programme).
- One‑off IB MYP e‑Assessment charge: PLN 1,000 (one‑off assessment fee as scheduled by the school).
- IB Diploma external examination fee (matura międzynarodowa IB DP): PLN 5,000 (charged at the time of the IB Diploma examination session).
Billing schedule and payment terms
- Regular tuition: billed monthly and payable by the 10th day of each month; fees are collected across 12 months of the year (i.e., charges shown above are multiplied by 12 for the annual total). Parents make tuition and recruitment payments to the individual bank account assigned in the teaching contract.
- Entrance/exam payments: for recruitment/entrance tests, payments are made to the PKO BP account details provided for the recruitment process (or to the individual account indicated for MSP Paderewski candidates). Titles for transfers should include the candidate's name as instructed.
Boarding fees
- Boarding is not applicable to this school; no boarding fees are charged. The school's published materials and admissions information set out tuition and programme fees but do not list boarding or residential charges.
Other costs and typical additional fees
- Programme‑related charges beyond tuition: the IB participation fee, e‑Assessment fee and final IB Diploma examination fee listed above are charged in addition to monthly tuition for IB students.
- Administrative or one‑off items: parents are asked to provide a digital photo for the e‑student ID and to complete other standard enrolment formalities; routine costs for textbooks, stationery, school trips, optional extracurricular activities and personal supplies are borne by families unless otherwise arranged. Payments for specific administrative or programme items are processed to the bank account identified in the contract.
Refunds, cancellations and waivers
- Waivers and scholarships: the school's statutes provide for fee waivers or full exemption in defined circumstances (for example, documented material hardship or participation in certain exchange programmes) and the school operates scholarship/bonification programmes for high academic or competition results. Decisions on fee waivers and scholarships are handled by the school's governing body and the organ indicated in the statute.
- Contractual terms for cancellations/refunds: contractual terms governing cancellation, refunds and the precise conditions for withheld or returned payments are determined in the individual teaching contract between parents and the school; recruitment and tuition payments are tied to the contract and to the payment schedule specified therein.
Fee payment options
- Bank transfer is the stated payment method: entrance/examination payments are requested to the PKO BP account specified in admissions instructions; ongoing tuition and recruitment payments are made to the individual bank account assigned in the teaching contract. There is no published indication of credit‑card payment or other electronic payment methods for regular tuition in the admissions documentation.
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Paderewski International High School in Lublin is a private high school for students aged 14 to 18, offering multiple international programmes alongside the Polish core curriculum. It is the oldest and most innovative private high school in Lublin and hosts IB World School status for the Middle Years Programme (MYP) and the Diploma Programme (DP). In 2019 a bilingual Polish–English diploma was introduced, using CLIL to teach across subjects with six to seven English lessons per week. The IB pathway provides English‑language instruction in most subjects, with a gradual shift to English as the language of instruction in higher years. The Symfoniczna campus includes the Language Centre Paderewski and the Sports Centre Centrum Sportu Akademos. Digital platforms ManageBac and Google Classroom support coursework and communication. The school emphasizes academic, artistic, athletic and social development, and offers extensive extracurriculars, including Olympiads, theatre, choir, journalism, and community service for learners from across Poland.