Admission Procedure to Grammar School
We are an eight-year grammar school offering a broad, general education in line with the official Czech curriculum. Children apply to join in Year One (Prima) after completing the fifth grade of primary school. Each year we open two classes, with a maximum of 18 students in each. Entry into higher grades is only possible if a place becomes available.
Updates
Open Days
Admissions & Application
Tuition Fees & Scholarships
Transfer Admissions
Current Updates for Applicants
Admission Process for the 1st Year of the Eight-Year Grammar School for the Academic Year 2026/2027
Open Gate Grammar School Announces the Admission Criteria for the 1st Year (Prima) for the Academic Year 2026/2027.
Admission Procedure for Year 1 of the Eight-Year Grammar School Programme for the 2026/2027 Academic Year
Open Gate Grammar School announces the admission criteria for entry into the Year 1 (Prima) of the eight-year grammar school programme for the 2026/27.
Available Places in Year 3 (Tercie) for the Academic Year 2025/2026
Open Gate Grammar School announces a transfer admission procedure for applicants to Year 3 (Tercie) for the academic year 2025/2026.
Statement of the School Principal on the Admissions Process to Open Gate Grammar School
Nationwide comparisons of applicants to eight-year grammar schools based on the Cermat test are misleading. The results must be seen in a broader context, says Open Gate Principal Petra Dobešová in her commentary.
Open Days
During our Open Day, you will experience the unique atmosphere of Open Gate, explore the entire campus, and meet our teachers, school leadership and students. Open Days are held twice a year, with the next events taking place on 19 November 2026 and 14 January 2027.
Would you like to visit our campus outside the official Open Days? Get in touch with us and we will be happy to arrange an individual tour. We will guide you through the campus and answer all your questions.
Admissions & Application
Open Gate admits a maximum of 36 students into two first-year classes of its eight-year grammar school programme. Applicants are eligible to participate in the admissions process if they are completing Grade 5 of primary school in the relevant academic year and submit a properly completed application, including all required supporting documents, by the specified deadline.
The admissions process consists of the national standardised entrance examination in Czech language and mathematics (JPZ) and the school's own entrance assessment. The national examinations are prepared by Cermat, and practice tests from previous years are available on its website.
The school's entrance assessment includes a written general academic aptitude test, a group activity and an individual interview. The written test primarily assesses each applicant's potential to succeed in an eight-year grammar school programme. The oral component allows us to evaluate their motivation, overall readiness, and social and communication skills. The national entrance examination accounts for 60% of the overall assessment, while the school's entrance assessment accounts for 40%. Admission decisions are based on the combined score from both components.
Applications must be submitted either electronically through the DIPSY system or in paper form, in both cases including all required supporting documents. Information on how to apply is available on the Secondary School Applications portal.
The national standardized entrance examination will take place on April 14–15, 2027, and the school's own entrance assessment will be held on March 22–23, 2027 (and on March 24, 2027, if capacity is reached). Full details of the admissions process and selection criteria for the 2027/28 academic year will be published when the first round of admissions is officially announced.
Tuition Fees & Scholarships
Open Gate is a private school, and therefore tuition fees are required. For the school year 2026/2027, the annual tuition for students who commute to school daily (day students) is CZK 282,000.
Thanks to The Kellner Family Foundation, we are able to offer both social and academic scholarships to our grammar school students. Since the school was founded in 2005, 417 students have already received a social scholarship.
Admission to Upper Grades of Grammar School
If there are available places, it is possible to apply for admission to the Open Gate eight-year grammar school in higher grades as well. What matters most to us is the student’s motivation and academic potential. The admission process takes place in two ways:
a) by transfer from a multi-year grammar school or foreign school
b) by opening an extraordinary admission procedure to the upper years of the grammar school for primary school students
