From kindergarten to graduation: the levels of education, the working language of instruction, and the pre-professional tracks offered at School No. 1517.
| Level | Grades | Standard period | Form |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pre-school education | — | Variable (up to 5 years) | Full-time |
| Primary general | 1–4 | 4 years | Full-time |
| Basic general | 5–9 | 5 years | Full-time |
| Secondary general | 10–11 | 2 years | Full-time |
| Supplementary education | — | Variable | Full-time |
The working language of instruction is Russian. The school operates under the Federal State Educational Standard. State accreditation and the educational licence are issued by the Department of Education and Science of the City of Moscow.
Starting in the senior school, students choose one of seven specialised pre-professional tracks. Every track is built jointly with a partner university or organisation and includes lab work, mentor-led projects, and an externally examined final project (“pre-professional exam”).
Disciplines: history of the Russian Armed Forces, basic military training, fitness preparation, civic education. Partner: Department of Education and city patriotic clubs.
Disciplines: applied mathematics and physics, technical drawing, CAD, robotics. Partner: Moscow technical universities.
Disciplines: programming, web technologies, data and algorithms, cyber-security basics. Partner: Moscow IT universities and industry sponsors.
Disciplines: extended biology, chemistry, anatomy, first-aid practice. Partner: Moscow medical universities and clinical sites.
Disciplines: economics, finance literacy, business communication, project management. Partner: Moscow economics universities and the city accelerator network.
Disciplines: journalism, multimedia production, design, ethics of communication. Partner: Moscow journalism faculty and city media partners.
City-wide advanced mathematics programme for grades 7–11. Olympiad training, deep proof-based mathematics, and weekly external assessments.
The supplementary education department offers programmes across six directions: technical, natural-science, artistic, social-humanities, tourism & local studies, and physical-culture & sport. Programmes are open to all enrolled students; many are also available to children from the broader district. A catalogue and an enrolment form are available on the original Russian site.
Working curricula, calendar plans, the description of the educational programme, methodological documents, and the academic schedule are published on the official original site under Information about the educational organisation → Education, in accordance with the Russian Federal law on information disclosure for educational institutions.