Admission criteria to International Baccalaureate (IB)
at Spojená škola, Pankúchova 6
If you have any questions please contact PYP Coordinator – PGDE: Alena Silvester-Szabo silvester@gympaba.sk
PYP (other grades)
Admission to PYP classes is possible only if there is a free space in the class.
The classes in PYP programme are currently full.
We will inform you about the possible opening of other grades soon on our website.
- The selection process will be based on a transfer examination.
- If you are interested, send an application to the email address pyp@gympaba.sk. We will register the application on our waiting list and contact you in the event that transfer exams are organized.
- The application has to be renewed every year.
- The application form must be signed by BOTH parents/legal guardians. Alternatively, if both legal guardians cannot sign, power of attorney is required. This should be sent together with the application form.
- The transfer examination will be from English Language and Mathematics.
- Application PYP / Prihláška PYP
Information regarding admission to Grade 1 of Primary School for the 2027/2028 school year will be published on our website by the end of 2026.
PYP 1 (Grade 1) for the school year 2026/2027
Admission to our school is carried out through a selection process, not enrollment. Please submit your application via the link provided on this page (EDUPAGE system), not through e-applications. Our school is not included in the e-application system.
Language of instruction: English (The language of instruction is English in both PYP classes.)
Date of entry exams: May 29th, 2026
Maximum number of accepted students: 40 (two classes)
The results of the admission process will be published on the school website no later than 7 working days after the exam
Important information:
- The admission of children to GRADE 1 of the international program PYP will take place through an entry exams. In the middle of May, an invitation to the admission process will be sent via email together with the timetable and a unique code, under which the results will be published on the school website.
- Fill in the online application form
- Application form PYP 1 / Prihláška PYP 1 in Slovak Langauge (Accompanying guide for English speaking parents/guardians) (The application must include a JOINT DECLARATION OF PARENTS, which can be found in the electronic application form.)
- It is necessary to fill in the application by May 7th, 2026. It is not necessary to send the application via email or post.
- The application form must be signed by BOTH parents/legal guardians as written in the application. Alternatively, if both legal guardians cannot sign, power of attorney is required. This should be sent together with the application form.
- Written Declaration/Spojené vyhlásenie and Declaration of Honer/čestné vyhlásenie
Requirements: The admission process is open for any child who/whose:
- reaches the age of 6 by the end of August 2026 and does not attend first grade at any state, private or church elementary school, according to the Slovak National Schooling System;
- has been registered at a local school and therefore has an alternative school (in compliance with the Slovak education law);
- parents wish to enroll a child younger than this (age of 6 by the end of August 2026) and can present a certificate of maturity issued by a state Center for psychological assessment and counseling (CPPPaP – Centrum pedagogicko-psychologického poradenstva a prevencie),
- parents have requested postponement of compulsory education for the school year 2025/2026 and can provide proof of postponed compulsory education together with the application form.
The admission criteria follow the preschool curriculum:
- the selection process assesses the child’s listening comprehension, with emphasis on knowledge acquired in kindergarten; the child’s visual memory level; their general knowledge and analytic thinking skills; their mathematical/logical reasoning skills; their ability to understand instructions and express themselves in English.
- for more information about the admission processes click here: Admission Criteria PYP 1 / Kritériá výberového konania