PROCEDURE FOR ADMITTING STUDENTS TO THE 1ST GRADE

PRIVATE BILINGUAL HIGH SCHOOL BESST, LIMBOVA 3, TRNAVA

FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR 2026/2027

The admission procedure will be carried out in accordance with Act No. 182/2023 Coll., amending Act No. 245/2008 on Education and Training (Education Act) and amending certain acts, as amended, and amending certain acts requiring the verification of special abilities, skills and talents.

FIELD 7902 J 74 HIGH SCHOOL – BILINGUAL STUDIES (7902 J 74)

Department code

7902 J 74

Name of the field

7902 J 74 Grammar School – Bilingual Studies

Type of study

Field of study

Form of study

Daily

Length of study (in years)

Form of school-leaving report

School-leaving exam (maturita exam)

Admission exam

5-year bilingual study with English as the second language

Number of students admitted

For the 2026/27 school year, we plan to admit 42 students.

Date of the admission exam:

• First exam: March 23, 2026

• Second exam: March 30, 2026

Admission requirements

An applicant may be admitted to the first year of a five-year educational programme of bilingual education who:

a) by 20.02.2026 sent an application to our school (by mail, in person, Edupage) or handed over the application to the school counsellor at his/her school,

b) has met the criteria of the admission procedure,

c) has successfully completed the eighth year of the primary school educational programme and obtained primary education in accordance with Section 16 (3) (a) or has successfully completed the ninth year of the primary school educational programme and has obtained lower secondary education in accordance with Section 16 (3) (b) and has submitted a document on the successful completion of the eighth or ninth year of the primary school educational programme by 15.07.2026, while failing to provide a document on the completion of the eighth, or ninth grade or a significant deterioration in performance (by two grades compared to the mid-year report in any subject, or a decrease in the grade for behavior) may be a reason for cancellation of enrollment and termination of the education contract.

Form of the admission exam

The admission exam will be carried out in a present form and will consist of a written test in English language, a written test in Slovak language and Literature and a written test in mathematics.

Content of written tests

Tests in mathematics and Slovak language will be focused on the curriculum of primary schools according to the educational standards of the educational program. The English language tests will be according to the educational standards of the state educational program for primary schools (level A2).

Students with special needs/requirements

These students may have an adjusted time for the preparation of written tests based on the recommendation of the Centre for Pedagogical Counseling and Prevention.

Specific adjustments must be requested in writing from the school management at least seven working days before the date of the admission examination.

Test scoring (max. number of points – 300)

The applicant will be able to obtain

• a maximum of 100 points for the result in the Slovak language and Literature test,

• a maximum of 100 points for the result in the English language test,

• a maximum of 100 points for the result in the mathematics test.

A prerequisite for successful completion of the written tests is the acquisition of at least

40 points (40%) in the test in Slovak language and Literature and at the same time at least 40 points (40%) in the test in mathematics. If an applicant scores less than 40 points (40%) in either of these two tests, they will be considered a failed candidate for admission and will not be placed on the waiting list.

Opportunity to earn additional points

In addition to the points from the written tests, each applicant has the opportunity to obtain additional points, namely for results in Olympiads and similar student knowledge competitions, in sports competitions (max. 60 points) and for study results at the primary school or eight-year grammar school they attended (max. 80 points).

Points for results in student knowledge competitions (max. number of points – 60)

The applicant has the opportunity to obtain a maximum of 60 points for placement in the Olympiad in SJL, in a foreign language (English, German, Russian, French), History, Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Geography, in the Technical Olympiad, Pythagoras and in similar student knowledge competitions and for placement in sports competitions.

The student will receive points for the results in the competition in his previous full school year and the current school year. If he placed 1st to 3rd in the district, regional, national or international round, he receives points as follows:

• will receive 15 points for placing in the district round,

• will receive 30 points for placing in the regional round,

• will receive 60 points for placing in the national or international round.

For placement in competitions with a different organizational structure (non-promotional), the committee will assign points in the range of 20 to 60 points depending on the degree of success.

Points are counted only for the highest ranking in the previous full school year and the current school year.

For a student to receive these points, he must prove his result in the competition with a confirmation of placement. Such confirmation is considered to be a diploma, an official rank list (if no diploma has been issued) or a certificate from the organizer of the competition. Documents confirming placement in the competition will be assigned as an attachment in the school application.

If the applicant does not submit any relevant confirmation of his results in the students' knowledge competitions, he will receive 0 points for this criterium.

Points for study results (max. number of points – 80)

The applicant has the opportunity to obtain a maximum of 80 points for the study results at the primary school or at the eight-year grammar school he or she attended. For this purpose, grades in the subjects Slovak Language and Literature, English Language, Mathematics, History, Geography, Chemistry, Physics and Biology, from the mid-year report card of the current year and from the end-of-year reports from the previous three years, will be counted towards the study results.

Points for study results will be awarded to the applicant based on the arithmetic average of all the above grades for the given period as follows:

Grade point average Number of points

1,000–1,050 80

1,051–1,100 72

1,101–1,150 64

1,151–1,200 56

1,201–1,250 48

1,251–1,300 40

1,301–1,350 32

1,351–1,400 24

1,401–1,450 16

1,451–1,500 8

1,501 and above 0

Motivation letter

The mandatory document for admission is that the student delivers a motivation letter together with the application, where he describes why he wants to study at the Private Bilingual High School BESST. The minimum word count is 120. The motivation letter can be written in Slovak or English. The motivation letter will only be considered in the appeal proceedings.

List of applicants

Candidates who have successfully passed the written tests will have the total number of points obtained in the admission procedure calculated. It will be the sum of points for three written tests, for study results at the previous school and for placement in competitions. Subsequently, all applicants will be sorted into a waiting list according to their total score (from highest to lowest).

Admission to study

Those applicants who met the required standard on the admission exam and are on the list of potential candidates within the number of students that the school plans to admit will be admitted.

In the event of an equal number of points, students with a higher number of points from written tests will be admitted as a priority.

If there is equality of applicants even after taking this criterium into account, the admissions committee will decide on the procedure.

Three school-founder spots are reserved for admission.

Any absence from the admission exams for serious reasons (illness - the doctor's document must not be older than 3 days) must be excused no later than on the day of the admission examination at the school headquarters. After taking the exams on an alternative date, these results will be included among the results of the unadmitted students and the necessary number of the most successful applicants will be admitted from the order thus created in accordance with the set criteria.

Publication of the results

The headteacher of the Private Bilingual High School BESST will publish the results of the admission procedure according to the instructions of the Ministry of Education, Research, Development and Youth of the Slovak Republic on the entrance door to the school and on the website of the school www.besst.sk.

The criteria of the admission procedure for the school year were discussed by the Pedagogical Council on 19.11.2024.

The criteria of the admission procedure were approved by the School Council on 19.11.2024.

The procedure for admitting applicants to the 1st year is also published on the website of the www.besst.sk

PROCEDURE FOR ADMITTING STUDENTS TO THE 1ST GRADE