Our teachers
Your child is taught by qualified teachers who have come to Warsaw from around the world, most of them native English speakers. There are 40 of them. With about seven students to every teacher, they know each child by name.
Who they are
Who teaches your child.
IAS teachers are qualified and come from many countries. Most are native English speakers, and English is the language of instruction across the school.
Small classes are deliberate. Groups are kept small, usually up to about 18 and smaller in the youngest years, so a teacher with that few children sees early when one of them is stuck, or bored, or ready for harder work.
Stage by stage
What that means at each age.
Kindergarten
Groups average about five children to a teacher. Teachers lead short, practical activities with music, stories and Jolly Phonics in Circle Time.
Elementary School
Children learn the core subjects in their own homeroom at Dembego 12. Specialist teachers take art, music and sport.
Middle School
Subject specialists from Grade 6, at Dembego 18. Middle School is an IB MYP candidate school.
High School
Teachers for the IB Diploma, the American Diploma and the Polish Matura work in the same building. College counselling starts in Grade 9.
Beyond lessons
Who else looks out for your child.
- Two homeroom teachers
- Every class has two. They look after the group as a whole and are the first people to talk to about friendships, behaviour or schoolwork.
- The School Counsellor
- Every student can see the School Counsellor about school life and wellbeing.
- A psychologist
- In school twice a week for developmental or psychological concerns, with private conversations usually arranged in those hours.
- EAL teachers
- Students still learning English work with the EAL team, alongside their subject teachers. Support depends on the student’s level. EAL is charged separately.
- College counselling
- From Grade 9.
The people
Faces from our classrooms.
Teachers who have shaped IAS, in the classroom and in front of the camera.
Thank you
To our teachers.
Thank you for the planning nobody sees, for answering the same question twice with the same patience, and for the attention you give to every child. Our families see it, every day.
Next steps
Meet them in person.
Visit on a normal school day and see the classrooms for yourself. We reply within one working day.
