SEK Budapest International School
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All teachers speak Hungarian and answer student’s questions in Hungarian, foreign students don’t know what’s going on, academic language is very low

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If SEK itself can be summarised into one word it would be horrible. The price is very high and you get nothing back from it. As there are many occasions when the teachers don't come in to class. One time the PE teacher (one out of the four PE teachers there) couldn't attend class and when my child wanted to go to the lesson he was immediately sent back to their class along with the five other students that wanted to attend PE . ( they didn't assign another lesson instead they left them in their class alone) there are only a couple good teachers. It is also obligatory to pay for the food even if you don't eat at all...by the way the food in this school is equal to prison food according to my child. Also for some reason the field trips costs so much! We checked the price of the tickets in the place they visited last year and I was shocked to see such a big difference. It was maybe 3 times the price plus the transportation. I think they don't even care about the education of the children in this school they only want the money… Im so glad I moved my child into another school at the beginning of this year.

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I had 2 kids in this school in different grades, however both had the same situation therefore not just a bad experience/ review it’s fact! After moving from overseas and the change for the kids (country, friends etc…) they had to go through the following: - Foreign kids got abandoned by the class teacher since the school couldn’t provide appropriate time for non Hungarians. The school my kids are currently in offers British curriculum and in Hungarian lessons they split the classes so the native English keep going in their daily lessons & curriculum and Hungarian lessons as a foreign language besides additional foreign languages. SEK doesn’t! Native & non native speakers are in the same lessons all the time. Kids were allowed to sleep at class during the Hungarian lessons since they couldn’t understand what the teacher was explaining and the teacher had no time for those non Hungarian speaking students (said to me personally by the teacher / not assuming) This situation leaded the kids to feel very frustrated and got them to the point hating to go to school. As well no homework was brought home since the kids couldn’t understand what the teacher gave for homework at all and nobody took the time at least to to translate what they had to complete. - The school has a lot of native speakers that are (some) learning English, therefore the English curriculum pass to the kids is quite low in comparison to my kids previous schools overseas. - Spanish: I’m Spanish native speaker but the teaching structure of the language was very poor. I’m aware SEK place themselves as a strong Spanish background school, however they just have a school in a Spanish city Valencia but besides that they are mostly present in South America but not known much in Spain as I thought and they place themselves after my research. Overall our experience was horrible and moved the kids to a real international school in Budapest. However not fair to the kids to move country leave friends behind and then get so isolated by the school that you thought chosen well after two months move school again just because the school just care about inscription fees and not doing a real focus of the level / language of the kids & well being. Just BUSINESS!!! I should have done my research better before choosing SEK but we arrived just before school year started and after visiting the main building and meeting the principal that places SEK Budapest as so international and have a conversation with the reception ladies that speak English thought it would be the same in the daily school life/ routine but I was wrong. So better do a good research talk to all your kids to be teachers to make sure their English level is accurate and then keep reading reviews before making a decision. Also don’t pay a forint before getting the books! However at the meanwhile I met at lest two families that experienced the same as me. Wish they'd written a review it would have help me, but is never too late!

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Our school is a gateway for our students to be successful in their life.

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The most unprofessional school we have experience. First of all has nothing to do with an international school class are in Hungarian, maybe in English too...If you looking for an international school avoid SÍEK experience.

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Excellent teachers, friendly staff!

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It is a great school, students have the opportunity from very little age to experience an international environment which can definitely benefit them to prepare them for life.

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very good school , kind and professional teachers

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Fantastic school, very professional staff.

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Excellent education program, well-trained teachers, and good location! :)

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