280

Over 20

Polish, British, Ukrainian, American, Moldovan, Bulgarian, Swedish, Vietnamese, Korean

Yes.

Yes

Apart from English, which is our main language of instruction, we offer the following language classes - French, German, Spanish, and Russian.

The maximum class size is 12, but students are often in smaller sets allowing them to benefit from more focused and personalised teaching. We have an impressive ratio of student to teacher of 3:1.

Our teachers use interactive media: presentations, films, sources from the Internet. Each classroom is equipped with modern IT equipment. During the Covid-19 related lockdown all classes were conducted via Teams platform.

Starting from September 2021 we operate in a fully stationary model. In the recent past, following the Polish government’s decision to close schools to limit the spread of the coronavirus, Akademeia High School moved to online learning for our students. We conducted live lessons, online co-curricular activities, and virtual consultations, using Teams Microsoft platform. Learn more: https://akademeia.edu.pl/en/our-virtual-school/

No.

Britsh qualifications: iGSCEs and A-Levels.
We offer an intensive SAT exam course for students interested in applying to US universities. Find out more.

Out of 193 A Level qualification taken in June 2021 our students received: A* grades: 63%, A*-A grades: 91%, A*-B grades: 97% (vs 19,1%, 44,8%, 69,8% UK national average).
We sit alongside some UK schools that have been in existence for over 500 years, a remarkable achievement for a new school with a 3 cohorts of graduates so far.

Yes

100%. The 2021 graduating students took up places at the most prestigious universities, among others: Columbia University, New York University, and Duke University in the US; University of Amsterdam, Bocconi University, and Sciences Po in Europe; and University of Cambridge, University of Oxford, University College London, Imperial College London, London School of Economics, St Andrews University, and University of Bath in the UK.

Yes. We have a Wellbeing Team composed of psychologist, educational psychologist and pedagoges.

We work individually on each case and provide help accordingly.

A student’s first experience of Akademeia is through our Academic Potential Assessment, which is part of our admissions process. This process was created with the aim of uncovering the academic knowledge and talents held by each individual student. Through the assessment process, we can better understand how these talents may be developed, enriched, and employed in propelling students along the educational pathway to which they are most suited. Our entrance process was designed by us, based on our personal knowledge of and experience of the Oxbridge interview system, as well as A Level requirements and other assessment methods. All assessment meetings are conducted exclusively by our own teachers. We assess not only each student’s current knowledge, but also evaluate their academic potential and skills.
All students are accompanied on their educational journey by mentors, who support their learning, inspire and guide their individual pursuits, and advise on their academic choices and throughout the university application process.

We care deeply about our students’ wellbeing because we believe good emotional and psychological wellbeing is a key requirement for academic success and more importantly for a fulfilled and happy life. Our dedicated Wellbeing Team provides individual support to students, conducts group workshops as part of the curriculum, teaches students to develop self-help strategies to weather future storms and organizes webinars for parents.

Akademeia is an academically selective school with entry exams. Learn more: https://akademeia.edu.pl/en/admissions/admissions-2020-21/

The recruitment process lasts for two days and is conducted over the course of a single weekend. Our recruitment (assessment) weekends include:
1. University lectures in English supplemented with tests to check the students’ abilities to learn and understand abstract content, analytical thinking, ability to draw conclusions, and ability to compare data.
2. English Language competence testing.
3. Mathematics test.
4. Individual meetings with subject teachers: we check not only a student’s knowledge but also, more importantly, their predisposition.
5. Group tasks, in which we check soft skills and social abilities.

This assessment process was created with the aim of uncovering the academic knowledge and talents held by each individual student. In doing so, we can better understand how these may be enriched, developed, and employed in propelling students along the educational pathway to which they are most suited. At its conclusion, the student and parents receive a full report that is discussed at an individual meeting with the Admissions team. The report is also a basis for our admission decision.

During the COVID-19 pandemic, we conduct online recruitment weekends.

No, but Akademeia is an academically selective school that strives to ensure the right fit between the student and the school. This is the main goal of our Academic Potential Assessment process.

Yes, till the end of October.

8:30

16:00

Transport is available for students living in our boarding house.

Yes

We offer a vegetarian menu.

No

We offer more than 50 co-curricular activities, among others Musical Theatre, Photography, Drama, School Newspaper, Robotics, Coding, Creative Writing, Debating, Global Development, Medicine, different types of Sports.
Eminent speakers from the worlds of academia, business, politics, and culture address and engage our students in lively debate and Q&A on a broad spectrum of topics and viewpoints.

Basketball, Football, Volleyball, Fitness, Tennis, Badminton, Yoga.

Yes. In 2019, we organised an Inter School Football Tournament and a Tennis Cup.

Sports Hall

Akademeia High School is an international high school in Warsaw, offering A Levels and iGCSEs. Our school focuses on developing both students’ academic abilities and their artistic, athletic and leadership potential. All classes are conducted exclusively in English. Akademeia operates as a pre-university university.
We are an accredited UCAS centre, Cambridge International, Edexcel (Pearson) and AQA examination centre for the English GCE Advanced Levels which form the curriculum in the last two years. We have also prepared a special intensive SAT/ACT exam course for students who are interested in applying to American universities.

All our teachers are masters in their fields, with a wealth of qualifications from the world’s most prestigious universities. This intellectual bedrock is the foundation of our students' academic successes. Our students also benefit from the vast range of work-and-life experience garnered by our faculty through their years of working in the private sector. Our students therefore begin their studies with an accelerated maturity thanks to their time at Akademeia: we believe that a good university experience starts in school, which is why Akademeia looks, feels and operates like a university.