Main enrollment to Grade 1 is scheduled for the beginning of each calendar year

• If the places are available, children can be enrolled in school also throughout the year.
• English language proficiency requirements vary from grade to grade and are not considered as part of the admission process
• The meeting with the school’s headmaster must be arranged (via office) before the enrollment. During the meeting you will have the chance to meet the headmaster, see the school facilities and discuss our offer. If you do not have the opportunity to visit the school in person, there is an option for a Google Meet appointment.
• You are encouraged to take advantage of the trial days offer, which can be scheduled during the meeting with the headmaster.
• The school headmaster has the final decision about the student’s admission to the school.

After the recruitment meeting the following admission requirements must be completed before a student may be officially enrolled at EISG:

• application form must be completed and returned to the office
• enrollment fee must be paid to school account
• certificate of completion of last school year must be submitted to the office

At this stage the child’s placement in the school is guaranteed.

Before the child starts attending the lessons all relevant information regarding specific needs, dietary requirements as well as a set of data protection information must be provided.

• We also reserve the right to refuse admission if we feel that the school cannot provide an education that will meet the academic, behavioral and learning needs of the student or if the Parents’ expectations clearly do not align with school profile and/or mission.
• In case of limited spaces in classes siblings of current students of school are given priority of admission. Students who were not admissioned are offered a place on a waiting list, from which they may be admitted at a later date.
• One-month notice is required from Parents if they wish to withdraw students from ISG and should be submitted to the office in paper form or via email. Before the termination of contract students need to complete a sign-out checklist (i.e. collect the signatures of relevant parties: accountant, library, school office) to show that all his records are up to date and clear.
• Closing statement
• All families applying to the International School of Gdansk agree to support and act in accordance with our school mission, policies and protocol, supported by IB guidelines and learner profile.
• All issues not covered by this policy are regulated by the school’s statutes.

RULES FOR RECRUITMENT OF STUDENTS FOR GRADE I

ELEMENTARY INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL OF GDANSK/ MIĘDZYNARODOWA SZKOŁA PODSTAWOWA W GDAŃSKU FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR 2023/2024

Recruitment to Class I is continuous and begins:

30.01.2023 for graduates of 0s and IPG;

20.02.2023 for other applicants – until the number of places is exhausted.

The recruitment process consists of:

• filling out the application form, which is available at www.isg.gfo.pl; and submitting it to the school secretary’s office or sending it by email to isg@gfo.pl;
• a meeting between parents and the school director.

The following criteria will be taken into account during the recruitment process:

• date of submission of the school application card;
• age of the child – priority for admission is given to children who are at least 7 years old in the calendar year of starting education in grade 1;
• readiness to start school;
• having a sibling in the IPG, EISG or HISG;
• pursuing pre-school preparation in one of the institutions run by the Gdańsk Educational Foundation;
• being the child of a graduate of schools run by the Gdańsk Educational Foundation.
• Previous education in an English-speaking kindergarten or abroad.

The decision to admit a child to Class I is made by the director of the Elementary International School of Gdansk/International Elementary School of Gdansk, based on the analysis of the recruitment criteria and the conclusions of the meeting. The director of EISG informs parents of the result of the recruitment process by e-mail within a maximum of 2 weeks from the time of the meeting.

The final condition for admitting the child to the school is payment of the enrollment fee in the amount of PLN 1600 (PLN 0 for graduates of 0s, PLN 1440 IPG graduates)  on an account no.: 92 1600 1462 1837 4600 5000 0001, Bank BGŻ BNP PARIBAS S.A. within a week of receiving information via email about the positive completion of the recruitment process.