Admission to Secondary School

Hlavní informace

After completing primary school or fulfilling compulsory schooling, you can continue your education at a secondary school. You may enrol in either a four-year programme, which ends with the school-leaving examination (maturita), or a three-year programme, which ends with a final examination and the awarding of a vocational (apprenticeship) certificate.

Education is available in full-time, evening, distance, online or combined formats. For all fields and forms of education in the first and second rounds of the admissions procedure, you apply using a single application form. On this form, you can list up to three fields of study without a talent exam and two with a talent exam, in order of your preference. An algorithm will allocate applicants to schools based on the results of entrance exams and stated preferences. However, an applicant with lower scores can never take the place of another with better scores solely because they ranked the school higher in their preference list. From the third round onwards, there is no limit to the number of applications you can submit, but each application may only include one school.

 Once a secondary school announces an admissions round, it will publish the admission criteria, which can be found on the school’s website, at the school itself, and in the information system DiPSy. These criteria will tell you what will be assessed during the admission process, the scoring system, how many students will be accepted, and what documents must be submitted with the application.

For fields of study ending with the school-leaving examination (maturita), a standardised entrance examination is part of the admissions process in the first and second rounds, unless the field of study includes a talent exam. Each applicant may take the standardised exam twice, and for each subject, the better result of the two attempts will be counted. In addition, the school's headteacher may decide to hold a school-specific entrance examination and define its content. Therefore, the admissions procedure for a field ending with the school-leaving examination may include both the standardised and the school-specific exams. If the school does not meet the expected number of admitted students in the first round, it may open second and subsequent rounds until capacity is filled. From the third round onwards, the standardised entrance exam is no longer a compulsory part of the admissions process, even for fields ending with the school-leaving examination.

Týká se vás to pokud

This applies to you if you wish to continue your education at secondary school after completing compulsory education or if you want to gain a secondary school education later in life—in such cases, a non-full-time form of study may be more suitable. 

Kdy službu řešit

You can apply for secondary education (i.e. apply to a secondary school) at any time after completing primary education or fulfilling compulsory schooling.

Vyřízení služby

Co potřebujete pokud službu řešíte

You must submit the application form, including all required attachments, using the prescribed form.

Kde a jak službu řešit

You can submit the application with attachments by post, via a data box, or in person – each application must be submitted separately to each school. In the first and second rounds, all submitted applications are identical. From the third round onwards, each application is specific to one school.

Doplňující informace

Jaký má služba benefit

You are admitted to a secondary school, either to a programme leading to a vocational (apprenticeship) certificate or to one leading to a school-leaving examination. Upon successful completion, you will receive the respective qualification.

Možnosti odvolání

If you are not accepted, you can appeal via the headteacher of the respective secondary school. The appeal against the decision not to admit an applicant is decided by the Regional Authority or the Prague City Authority, depending on the location of the school.