Park Lane International School

In Brief

Park Lane is worth a serious look if you want a British school with smaller classes and a more personal feel than PBIS - just go in with clear eyes about the three-campus logistics and ask about the senior school directly.

Three campuses spread across Prague 5 Smichov, Prague 6 Stresovice and Prague 1 Mala Strana make Park Lane the most geographically distributed school in Prague. That complexity is the school's defining trade-off. The early years campus in Smichov and the primary in Norbertov (Prague 6) serve well for families in the west of the city; the senior school at Valdstejnska in Mala Strana is genuinely beautiful but central - which helps some families and complicates others. Ask what the daily commute looks like for your specific address before you commit.

At 15-18 students per class and around 690 students across all stages, this is a school where teachers know your child. The principal, Paul Ingarfield, has been in post since 2012 - that kind of continuity is rare in Prague's international school circuit. IB Diploma completion is 100%, and the school passed its BSO inspection in 2025. COBIS accreditation adds independent oversight. Fees run from CZK 282,000 for early nursery to CZK 674,000 for Sixth Form (2025/26), placing Park Lane below PBIS at comparable year groups - roughly 10-15% less at secondary level.

Families moving to Prague from other cities consistently flag the community atmosphere as a strength. With 46 nationalities represented across under 700 students, the school avoids the single-nationality clustering that can happen in larger schools. The multi-campus reality does mean some families find the transition from primary to senior school less seamless than a single-campus set-up; this is worth raising at the open day, particularly if you have children spanning both phases.