The ranking holds 5 schools with an international accreditation or an authorised programme. International Baccalaureate programmes are taught at 3 of them. The British Cambridge route, IGCSE and A-Level, at 1. A swimming pool on site is confirmed at 1.
We do not take reviews from maps and directories: their terms forbid it, and nobody checks the quality there. Everything below comes from the official registers of the accrediting organisations and from the schools' own sites, and every fact carries its source and the date of the check.
4 of the 5 schools in the ranking are 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 in Tarragona teaches an international programme with no tuition fee: Institut Gabriel Ferrater i Soler. On value for money such schools get the top score, because they sit outside the price range altogether.
1 school with an international accreditation is funded by the state: Institut Gabriel Ferrater i Soler. 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 Tarragona with an IB programme (3): Col·legi Lestonnac l'Ensenyança de Tarragona, Socrates Educa International School, Institut Gabriel Ferrater i Soler. Authorisation is confirmed against the International Baccalaureate register.
The British Cambridge programme - IGCSE and A-Level - is taught at 1 school in Tarragona: Socrates Educa International School.
These schools stand in the suburbs, up to 13 km from the centre of Tarragona. Each card names the school's own town; they are gathered here because a family in Tarragona 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. Swimming pool: 1 school · Boarding: 1 school · School transport: 3 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 Tarragona that is 7.2 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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Socrates Educa International School comes first with 75.7 points out of 100, counted from 7 of the 9 criteria. Next come Lycée Français International de Reus Marguerite Yourcenar (72.0) and The British School of Costa Daurada (68.9). 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 5 schools: 4 private and 1 state (Institut Gabriel Ferrater i Soler). Private and state schools go into the ranking on equal terms.
International Baccalaureate programmes are taught at 3 schools: Col·legi Lestonnac l'Ensenyança de Tarragona, Socrates Educa International School, Institut Gabriel Ferrater i Soler.
IGCSE and A-Level are offered by 1 school: Socrates Educa International School.
The earliest intake starts at a few months old. 3 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 7.2 out of 9 on average. We do not use reviews from maps or directories.