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Admission Criteria – PYP

Admission criteria to International Baccalaureate (IB)

at Spojená škola, Pankúchova 6 

If you have any questions please contact PYP Coordinator – Mgr. Lucia Tušová: tusova@gympaba.sk

PYP 1 (Grade 1)

All the important information will be published on our website in middle January.

Language of instruction: English

Date of entry exams: May

The results of the admission process will be published on the school website no later than 7 working days after the exam. 

Important information:

  • Fill in the application form and send it to pyp@gympaba.sk
  • Application form PYP 1 / Prihláška PYP 1 (2024-2025)
  • The application form must be signed by BOTH parents/legal guardians, alternatively, the delegation of power in the respective matters is needed for one of the legal guardians. This should be sent together with the application form.

Requirements: The admission process is open for any child who:

  • reaches the age of 6 by the end of August 2024 and does not attend the first grade of any state, private or church elementary school,
  • do not currently attend any school in an equivalent of Grade 1 according to the Slovak National Schooling System,
  • the student has been registered at a local school and therefore has an alternative schooling (in compliance with the Slovak education law),
  • the selection procedure assesses the child’s listening comprehension with emphasis on knowledge acquired in the kindergarten; the child’s visual memory level and analyticalsynthetic level of knowledge, his/her mathematicallogical reasoning and ability to understand instructions and express himself/herself in English,
  • for more information about the admission processes click here: Admission Criteria PYP 1 / Kritériá výberového konania

PYP (other grades)

The admission to PYP classes from Grade 2 to  Grade 5 is possible only if there is a free space in the class

We will inform you about the possibility of opening other grades soon at our website.

  • The selection process will be based on a transfer examination.
  • If you are interested, send the application to email address pyp@gympaba.sk. We will register the application on our waiting list and contact you in case the transfer exams are organized.
  • The application form must be signed by BOTH parents/legal guardians, alternatively, the delegation of power in the respective matters is needed for one of the legal guardians. This should be sent together with the application form.
  • The transfer examination will be held from English Language and Mathematics.
  • Application PYP (2-5) / Prihláška PYP (2 – 5)