Admission criteria to International Baccalaureate (IB)
at Spojená škola, Pankúchova 6
If you have any questions please contact PYP Coordinator – PaedDr. Katarína Patúcová: patucova@gympaba.sk
PYP 1 (Grade 1)
There will be an entry exam for Interantional Baccalareuate – PYP 1 class. In the school year 2023/2024 we are planning to open two classes of grade 1 (PYP 1) with maximum number of students 20 per class.
Language of instruction: English
Date of entry exams: June 9th, 2023 (Every applicant will receive the invitation for entry exam for specific time. The application will be send in middle of May.)
The results of the admission process will be published on the school website no later than 7 working days after the exam. The deadline is June 16, 2023 (any time between 0:00 to 23:59).
Important information:
- Fill in the application form and send it to pyp@gympaba.sk till May 6, 2023, application forms send after this date will not b
e accepted. - Application form PYP 1 / Prihláška PYP 1 (2022-2023)
- 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 2023 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 analytical–synthetic level of knowledge, his/her mathematical–logical 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 (2023/2024) / Kritériá výberového konania (2023/2024).
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)