For parents looking for a primary and middle school in Bucharest where the child stays at the center of the learning process, Ilios offers an alternative built on the natural rhythms of development. It's a state education institution, so it combines the national curriculum with Waldorf pedagogy, and schooling remains free.

Here, learning doesn't stop at the intellect — it covers the child's thinking, feeling, and will alike. The system supports the child's emotional life: instead of grades and marks, students get constructive feedback, detailed progress reports, and an approach tailored to each one individually. Lessons are built through storytelling, rhythm, and hands-on work, and children discover things through direct experience, in a space where curiosity has room to grow.

The foundation stays the national curriculum, approved by the Ministry of Education, but the way information reaches students is completely different from a traditional school — teaching happens in "epochs," blocks of a few weeks dedicated to a single subject, and in the early years technology use is kept to a minimum, to protect children's focus and direct experience.

Parents can discover the Ilios community firsthand, by scheduling a visit at the school, by phone at 0778 124 334.

Starting September 2026, the school operates from a new location, at Str. Barajul Iezeru nr. 8, Sector 3, within School no. 94, near the Costin Georgian metro station.