The ranking holds 4 schools with an international accreditation or an authorised programme. International Baccalaureate programmes are taught at 1 of them. The British Cambridge route, IGCSE and A-Level, at 2. A year of school costs from €6 600 to €7 350.
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| Cheapest | $7 456 a year | AIS Altea International School |
| Median | $8 304 a year | top of the fee range at 1 school with a published fee |
| Most expensive | $8 304 a year | AIS Altea International School |
Figures are converted to dollars at a weekly rate; schools publish their fees in their own currency. One-off charges, meals, transport and uniform are not included unless the school says otherwise. Fees for schools in Benidorm are taken from published price lists, not from what third parties say.
All 4 schools in the ranking are private. We have not yet found a state school in Benidorm with an international accreditation. The type of school does not affect the score: private and state schools sit in one list and are scored by the same formula, and only verifiable data moves the number.
Schools in Benidorm with an IB programme (1): Elian's British School of La Nucía. Authorisation is confirmed against the International Baccalaureate register.
The British Cambridge programme - IGCSE and A-Level - is taught at 2 schools in Benidorm: AIS Altea International School, Elian's British School of La Nucía.
There is not a single international school in Benidorm itself: all the schools of the area stand in neighbouring towns, listed below.
These schools stand in the suburbs, up to 8 km from the centre of Benidorm. Each card names the school's own town; they are gathered here because a family in Benidorm chooses between them as between districts of one place.
A facility counts only when the school names it outright on its own site: a modern campus is not a swimming pool. School transport: 2 schools.
Comparing schools on a single feature is useless: the most expensive is not the best, and a famous name says nothing about what is backed by documents. The score is therefore built from nine criteria with different weights - from academic programmes and accreditation to facilities, clubs and fees relative to other schools in the country.
A criterion counts towards the score only when there is verifiable data behind it. That is why every score says how many of the nine criteria were counted: at schools in Benidorm that is 7.3 out of 9 on average. A school with a detailed site and a school with no site cannot earn an equally reliable score, and that is shown rather than hidden.
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Published fees run from $7 456 to $8 304 for a school year. The cheapest is AIS Altea International School, the most expensive AIS Altea International School. The median for the senior stage is $8 304 a year. Fees are converted into dollars at a weekly rate; schools publish them in their own currency.
Elian's British School of La Nucía comes first with 74.9 points out of 100, counted from 7 of the 9 criteria. Next come AIS Altea International School (67.8) and Sierra Bernia School (66.0). The score is built from data anyone can check: accreditations found in official registers, programmes, facilities and published fees. A place in the ranking is not for sale.
The ranking holds 4 schools: 4 private. We found no state school in Benidorm with an international accreditation. Private and state schools go into the ranking on equal terms.
International Baccalaureate programmes are taught at 1 school: Elian's British School of La Nucía.
IGCSE and A-Level are offered by 2 schools: AIS Altea International School, Elian's British School of La Nucía.
The earliest intake starts at 1 year old. 2 schools have a preschool section.
The score of every school adds up from nine criteria with different weights: academic programmes, accreditation, facilities, clubs, the fee against other schools in the country, reviews, university destinations, safety and teachers. A criterion counts only when there is data behind it that can be checked, so every score says how many of the nine were counted. Right now that is 7.3 out of 9 on average. We do not use reviews from maps or directories.