The ranking holds 2 schools with an international accreditation or an authorised programme. International Baccalaureate programmes are taught at 2 of them. A swimming pool on site is confirmed at 1.
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1 of the 2 schools in the ranking is private. The other 1 is a state school, set out below. 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.
1 school with an international accreditation is funded by the state: IES Atenea. Admission to these schools is usually competitive, and tuition is free or markedly cheaper than at a private school. In the ranking they stand alongside private schools and are scored on the same nine criteria.
Schools in San Sebastian de Los Reyes with an IB programme (2): SEK International School Ciudalcampo, IES Atenea. 1 of them runs the full three-stage cycle: PYP, MYP and DP. Authorisation is confirmed against the International Baccalaureate register.
A facility counts only when the school names it outright on its own site: a modern campus is not a swimming pool. Swimming pool: 1 school.
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 San Sebastian de Los Reyes that is 7 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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SEK International School Ciudalcampo comes first with 72.9 points out of 100, counted from 7 of the 9 criteria. Next comes IES Atenea (66.9). 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 2 schools: 1 private and 1 state (IES Atenea). Private and state schools go into the ranking on equal terms.
International Baccalaureate programmes are taught at 2 schools: SEK International School Ciudalcampo, IES Atenea. 1 of them runs the full three-stage cycle: PYP, MYP and DP.
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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 out of 9 on average. We do not use reviews from maps or directories.