Address: Sokolovska 320 190 00 Praha 9 - Vysocany, CZECH REPUBLIC |City: Prague |Country: Czech Rep. |Phone: 420 28389 3113 |Fax: 420 2 8389 0118 |Email: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it |School Web Site: http://www.englishcollege.cz |
Description
Founded in 1994 in the wake of the Velvet Revolution, The English College in Prague is a six-year independent day school, offering an English-style education in English to 350 boys and girls aged 13-19. It is a member of the HMC but also part of the Czech school system and is non-profit-making. 80% of its students are Czech and 20% are international students from over twenty different countries but the language of instruction is English. The teaching staff are experienced graduates, the majority of whom are native English speakers. The average class size is 19 in Years 1-3 and 13 in Years 4-6.The College offers education in two curricular programmes: one Czech, the other International. Both programmes offer the full curriculum for the International General Certificate of Secondary Education (IGCSE) and the International Baccalaureate (IB), but differ in the teaching of native languages. The College has more than ten years experience of teaching the IB and many of its staff are IB examiners.
The College traces its traditions back to the Prague English Grammar School which existed in Prague from the 1920s but suffered closure under both the Nazis and the Communists. It seeks to maintain the traditions and rigour of an English Grammar School within the Czech educational framework and its governors are drawn from both the UK and the Czech Republic, symbolized by its two patrons – former President Vaclav Havel and HRH the Prince of Wales.
