Curriculum overview
ESB uses the Hungarian National Curriculum for Bilingual schools and but for English we use the Cambridge International curriculum which is based on the National Curriculum for England and Wales. We will also conduct some other extra lessons with Cambridge so that students a broader knowledge and skill set in English than provided by the Hungarian curriculum. All school report cards and assessments are follow the Hungarian State’s requirements.
For grades 1-4, a typical split of subjects will look like this:
| Subject | Lessons per week | Language |
| Hungarian literature and grammar | 7 | Hu |
| Maths | 4 | Hu |
| Extra Maths | 1 | En |
| English language learning | 6 | En |
| Science | 3 | Hu |
| Extra science | 1 | En |
| Drama | 1 | En |
| ICT | 1 | Hu |
| Visual Art | 2 | En |
| Music | 1 | En |
| PE ( Physical education) | 3 | En |
| Total | 30 | |
| Lessons in Hungarian | 15 | |
| Lessons in English | 15 |
Important notes
1 ESB may change the language of instruction for certain lessons but the 50:50 balance between English and Hungarian will be made.
2 Grade 1 will do library instead on ICT
3 PE has an extra 2 lessons per week in after school hours
The teacher student ratio for most subjects will be at 1:18. Class size can run to 24 students but for any classes over 18, we will add a co teacher to the class. For English language learning, classes will be split into two groups, so that a typical group size would be 12 children.
Viewpoints
Samu started attending ESB 6 months ago. He was a complete beginner at the time. Now he speaks in sentences and has a vocabulary of several hundred words. In six months he’s made incredible progress, while also having fun and making new friends.
Orsolya (mother of Samu)
“Our daughter was a little shy when joining ESB, having had very basic English – but she liked the classes from the first moment. After 5 months she is making steady progress and starts to be able to express herself. ESB seems to create good motivation for them and the various activities built around the themes covered keep the children’s interest.”
Anita (mother of Kata)
