Admissions

Primary

Secondary

Admissions procedure

Thank you for considering Park Lane International School for your family.

Our Admissions Team understands the importance of providing incoming families with a positive and personal transition experience and is here to help guide you through all steps of our application process.

The application process involves these three steps:

1. Initial Enquiry

If you are interested in finding out more about Park Lane International School, please contact our Admissions Team by telephone, in person or by completing our Initial Enquiry form. We will be happy to guide you through all stages of the application process. We offer individual appointments to introduce prospective families to our school premises. Please note that admissions meetings and school tours are available by appointment only. Perspective families will enjoy a tour of the school with a pupil and the Registrar and will receive information about the school curriculum, class timetables and a welcome booklet.

2. Starting the application process

On receipt of the completed initial enquiry form, parents will be invited to visit the school preferably with their child/children. During this visit families will be given the opportunity to meet staff members including the School Registrar, Head or Deputy Head of Primary or Secondary, Head of Czech (for parents of Czech nationals joining Year 2 – Year 6).

Families applying from abroad will be provided with all the necessary information via email or phone.
Applicants may also be interviewed via Skype. Our secondary school applicants will be assessed via online testing.

3. Application

Following the visit, phone call or email communication, parents may be invited to make a formal application for entry of their child/children.

The application is made as follows:
a) Completion of the online Application Form, provided by the school registrar
b) Provision of copies of school reports for each child covering the previous two years of education (where relevant)

4. Placement Assessment and Personal Interview:

Each applicant will be assessed according to his or her Key Stage entrance.
See our Admissions Policy for further details.

Primary assessment (pupils aged 3-10):

The informal assessment ideally and where possible will be part of an assessment and trial day in the class matching the pupils age and academic stage.

Pupils in erolling from Year 1-6 will have an Induction and Taster Day in their correct age phase and class group. This day is arranged between the Parents, Carers and the School Registrar
The Induction and Taster Day gives the school the time to test and make observations of each pupil to ensure that enrolment into the school is a happy and settled procedure
Reading, Writing, Mathematics and Spelling tests are given to the pupils to assess there is a good academic match to the abilities, teaching and learning we have in school
The school Class Teachers, the Curriculum and Assessment Co-ordinator and the Head of the EYFS and Primary School will decide if a pupil is accepted to join Park Lane International Primary School

Secondary assessment (pupils aged 11 – 18):

Parents wishing to register their children in the Secondary School should kindly note that all applicants are expected to undergo a challanging selection proces.

Entrance Exams for potential students

An online computer adaptive entrance assessment (CEM selection assessmnet) which helps us to identify the most able students and provides us with strong indications of each student’s academic potential. These standardised tests are recognised internationally.
An English proficiency test to help us compare external candidates with our current students and enables us to assess the level of English competency and any initial support needs for students whose English standard falls below age expectations.
A Czech test which enables us to compare external candidates with our current students and allows us to assess the level of Czech as a benchmark for further study.
Parents will be asked to attend a short formal meeting with the Head or Deputy Head of Primary or Secondary (as appropriate) once relevant assessments and trial days have been undertaken. Any specific conditions attached to the offer of a place will be discussed.

Our 2nd session of entrance exams for secondary students will be held on Thursday 19th March, 2020.

5. Application Fee

The application cannot be processed until payment is received.
Please note payment of Application Fee does not guarantee a school place.

Application fee: 10.000 CZK
Bank account: 1002392102 / 2700 (UNICREDIT) or by credit card in our school office
Note: Name of student

6. Notification of Acceptance
Following receipt of the assessment results, school reports, Head teacher’s
reference, and once the trial day has occurred, the school will decide whether
a place is to be offered. The campus registrar will notify parents of the outcome.
In some instances, the Head of Primary or Principal/ Head of Secondary will write separately to parents to clarify any specific conditions attached to the offer of a place.

7. Enrolment contract

The enrolment contract, along with the payment information form, will be sent to parents for completion.

8. Invoice and Payment of School Fees

Invoices will be addressed to parents or to companies as notified in the
payment information form and issued shortly thereafter.

All school fees for students are payable in advance.

Useful links:
Fees & Scholarship programme
What parents say
To find out more about the year groups at Park Lane, please refer to this link
Admissions policy