British International School of Ljubljana (BISL)
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4.3 from 36 reviews
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About British International School of Ljubljana (BISL)


The British International School of Ljubljana (BISL) offers a traditional British education in the beautiful Slovenian capital, with a personalised approach to learning which enables each child to achieve beyond their perceived potential. Our ethos is to instil a passion for learning amongst our young learners within this uniquely international setting.

Following the English National Curriculum, our school currently welcomes students aged 2 to 18 from over 40 different countries. As such, The British International School of Ljubljana has one of the most varied international student bodies in Slovenia, which, as well as providing a stimulating and cosmopolitan environment, also means that English is truly the common language, spoken throughout the school by all students and staff alike.

All subjects, except foreign languages, are taught in English by a team of dedicated and enthusiastic professionals, most of whom are native English speakers and bring with them a wealth of experience both from the UK and internationally.

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Curriculum

English

Primary Language

English

Ages

3 to 18

Max Class Size

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36 Reviews of British International School of Ljubljana (BISL)

Average Ratings

Overall 4.30
Facilities 3.84
Academics 4.13
Teachers 4.16
Sports 4.03
Music & Arts 4.16
Science & Tech 4.03

Reviewer Nationalities

Canadian (1) German (2) Slovenian (18) British (5) American (2) Russian (1) Australian (1)

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Kristina, 20/04/2023 @ 14:02:06
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I AM not one to spread hate but that school offers none of the things in the description after joining the school all I got from the half a million euros that I paid was terrible food, unprofessional employees, not understandable requests, rudeness and disrespect towards the students from teachers, crappy curriculum and disrespectful propaganda. That school is taking advantage of people who moved here for a job or by force that can not yet speak the language and want an international curriculum and takes their money and time. If you want to go to an international English-speaking school go to Danila Kumar International School, costs 10,000 times less and doesn’t treat people like garbage

Leia , 08/06/2022 @ 11:26:08
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A big big scam, everything so fake I can't even describe - inappropriate staff - so fake and only care about the money and nothing else! If you love your child, please protect him and don't even think about joining this "school".

Sniverbomp Portruver, 14/03/2022 @ 15:59:24
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This school is by far the worst that my child has gone to. We have been to many different schools and the only word to describe this one is just a scam. This school spends more money on marketing than on their students. To make things worse, they suck up even more for personal gain as a corrupt for profit school. They are definitely not worth 15,000 euros per year. There is a huge bullying problem, the facilities are a complete mess, and the teachers visibly tremble at the sight of the headmasters. Almost all the secondary teachers from last year left, and the ones that are staying are just after the IGCSE certificate that they get at the second year of teaching. There are some teachers who barely know English, have a low degree, and teach the extremely important IGCSE exams, because all the good teachers left. Public schools in slovenia are much better than this, so please don't expose your child to this scam of a school.

Ex Staff , 13/10/2021 @ 07:33:09
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Kate’s review tells you everything you need to know about this school; the teachers work hard to ensure students feel safe, supported and that they achieve their academic goals. But that’s what teachers do. They care. They have an innate passion for seeing children grow and shine. But this school sucks all life out of their staff. The school takes money from parents and plugs it straight back into Orbital. Your children don’t benefit from that money. Most classrooms don’t have enough whiteboards or whiteboard pens for each student. The Headteacher cares more about the reputation of the school than the care or progression of his students. You cannot fault the staff. But the management and leadership is a disgrace to the school and the reason the average length of stay for teachers at the school is 8 months. The school is a lie. So if you want to send your children to a school where teachers are unhappy, deceived by their management and are on a countdown to leave, then this is the school for you. Read the review by Sally for further details. P.s. I was once asked by the headteacher to write a positive review to “counteract” the negative ones.

Shar, 16/02/2021 @ 19:38:43
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Unfortunately this school has a great website with nothing to show for it. Half the teachers are unqualified and the other half are exceptional but are not free to do their job with poor facilities and little spending, recently I saw a facebook post with the current head teacher standing in front of a bird box which was the entire post! I'm not spending £20,000 on a school for a bird box! The new head teacher has some strange ideas about the running of the school and if you look at the website he offers monthly 'coffees with the principal' but this is meerly time for him to talk about himself- he listens but doesn't 'hear' you. There is very low teacher retention, more so than the average school and in some cases no classes at all. My daughter wants to study to become a doctor and this has been put in jeopardy due to the lack of science teachers for most of the winter. There are other options for our children in Ljubljana and whilst other independent schools are small they can be no worse than this display of greed and arrogance.

Anonymous , 03/08/2020 @ 04:53:02
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This school was the worst experience for my child in the year of 2020. The teachers were unqualified to do a competent job. All A level teachers, along with teaching A-levels were also teaching all Highschool years from Y7 to Y11. This school has hired a teacher who turned out to have assaulted his students, publicly humiliated girls in the classroom. Along, this teacher was racist, he referred to black people as “monkeys”. The school failed to fire the teacher for 6 months, and only did so after the school year was over, although they had multiple complaints. The science facilities are awful. Beginning with lack of chemicals for biology and chemistry, continuing with old and unsafe equipment for physics and lack of necessary for practicals cords, resistors, batteries. The teachers had minimum experience, some of the teachers had 0 to 1 years of experience of teaching and were still teaching A levels with no supervision or advice of a higher staff member. Obviously multiple classes were dismissed, or the students were allowed to go to a separate class to study on their own, while the teacher prepares for his next class. Students were found on Highschool territory smoking cigarettes and smoking weed. Some students were not of legal age and would drink during school hours. Again no prosecution occurred, nor were the parents of the children notified. Please, as a parent, I ask you not to send your child here. My child was having panic attacks throughout the whole year in this school. My only regret is that I ever sent my child here.

Thomas, 08/04/2020 @ 10:30:25
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Our three children visited the school for more than 6 years. During the years the school management and behavior changed dramatically. The owner, the Orbital group, put business and money on a much higher scale, changed the school principal and showed from this moment on different behavior. In the last two years we were facing a very high teacher fluctuation. Our younger son had in one school year 5(!) class teachers. Similar situation for other grades. It is my opinion that this fluctuation is caused by very high pressure on teachers and wrong school management. A constructive feedback is not possible. I have the feeling that parents should pay (you know that the school fee is more than 10.000 €/year), otherwise please be quiet. In our case it came to the point that they suspended my children. To make it clear: all payments done, only put the finger to the weak points. To suspend children only not to get negative feedback shows the philosophy behind. Please be careful with this school. I had personally bad experience. One more point: There are quite some outstanding teachers there, with a high committment to teach and interact with children. You only need to be lucky to get your kids to these teachers. Finally we've decided to take our children to another school.

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