1st grade PYP IB admission

PYP IB Year 1 Admission for 2025/2026 School Year

Grade 1 English track Admission to the English track of Grade 1 has begun.
The Ministry of Education and Research has defined the target group on the basis of ANNEX 1 of the administrative agreement, according to which students are admitted to IB curriculum study places based on the following criteria:
1) children of foreign nationals whose parent is part of the dispatched personnel of a foreign diplomatic mission or consular post in Estonia;
2) children of foreign nationals whose parent is employed under a fixed-term contract in national defense, at a public university, or at an accredited research institution in Estonia;
3) children of foreign nationals whose parent works under a fixed-term contract at a representative office of an international organization, an international organization itself, or another institution established by an international agreement, as listed on the Ministry of Foreign Affairs website;
4) children of Estonian citizens whose parent works in the field of national defense and who have studied for at least two years at an IB school or an international school abroad at the same educational level or within an IB program due to their parent’s employment abroad;
5) children of Estonian citizens whose parent is a Ministry of Foreign Affairs employee and who have studied for at least two years at an IB school, an international school, or a local school abroad due to their parent’s employment at an Estonian foreign mission.

Tallinn English College will hold an additional admission process to the first grade of the Primary Years Programme (PYP1).

The Primary Years Programme in Tallinn English College follows the curriculum of the International Baccalaureate Organisation’s Primary Years Programme. Further information about the programme can be found here.

The programme of inquiry in Tallinn English College can be found here

The admission process will take place on May 24th 2025 in Tallinn English College.

To apply for admission to PYP1, a prospective student needs to take part in the learning readiness assessment on May 24th and be 7-years-old by October 1st 2025.

The learning readiness assessment is held in English and it takes 1 hour and 10 minutes to complete.

The registration for additional admission begins on Tuesday May 6th at 12 p.m and finishes on Friday May 16th at 10 a.m. You may register here

Updated 06.05.2025