Compare class profiles, estimate points and prepare documents. Check your regional authority’s timetable and the chosen school’s requirements.
Average 2026 eighth-grade exam results: Polish 65%, maths 55%, English 73%. Now the deadlines matter: delivering the certificate and results statement, possibly changing school choices, and confirming the place.
University admissions have opened in institutions' IRK systems. What an adult applicant needs, how full-time and part-time studies differ, when tuition is charged and what recognition of prior learning means.
After the eighth-grade exam, applications to general secondary, technical and vocational schools are open. Deadlines vary by region — Mazowsze closes on 27 May, Wielkopolska on 29 May, Silesia on 22 June. A checklist so nothing is missed.
There are 200 points to earn: 100 from the eighth-grade exam and 100 from the report card. How to count them, what grades and achievements are worth, and what the admissions calendar looks like, using Mazowsze as an example.
Eighth-graders face a decision about secondary school. We compare the three main routes, explain how to read schools' offers and what to check at open days before recruitment starts in spring.
In February and March municipalities run enrolment to preschools and first grades. Which children start school in September 2026, how registration differs from recruitment, and which criteria count for preschool places.
