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Buenos Aires, Argentina · est. 1957 · Private
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A Catholic school in the Belgrano district of the capital, founded in 1957 by a group of parents and ever since living as a non-profit civil associati: the school is governed by the pupils' own families through an elected board, and the work on it is unpaid. Three stages follow one after another - pre-school from the two-year-old group to the five-year-olds, primary from the first to the seventh year, and a five-year secondary with three emphases: social sciences and humanities, natural sciences, and economics and administrati. Bilingual teaching begins in the pre-school group and leads to a diploma with a bilingual endorsement; in the senior years the school prepares pupils for the Cambridge FCE and CAE and for IGCSE in English as a first language, Spanish, mathematics, business, history, literature with ICT, and biology. The primary stage has a full day from 8:00 to 16:30, with intensive English three times a week, and on the other days the class travels to the school sports ground in Garín. Physical education runs from the pre-school to the secondary stage twice a week, and the whole extra-curricular life is built around it: sports Saturdays, tournaments, camps, sports trips, friendly inter-school fixtures and a family sports day. The school has a missionary group of its own, which has been travelling to San Miguel del Monte and to Catamarca for more than twenty years, a school guidance department and a coordinator for the rules of shared life. The school publishes no list of the universities its leavers go on to, no proportion admitted and no examination results; its number of pupils and the cost of tuition are not on the site either.
Key facts
Programmes
Cambridge · IGCSE
Admits from
2 years · Pre-School
Languages of instruction
Spanish, English
About the fees The school does not publish the cost of tuiti: there is no section on fees on the website at all, and the statutory powers of the board say only that it may "instituir, modificar o suprimir cuotas y aranceles" - with no figures.
Admissions Admission begins with a form on the website and a personal interview, in the words of the school: "Completando el siguiente formulario, podrán registrar sus datos para una entrevista personalizada". The decision on admission to the association is taken by the board: its powers include "resolver sobre la aceptación o rechazo de las solicitudes de ingreso de socios". The youngest group is filled according to availability: "Sala de 2 años: Jornada simple turno mañana. Según disponibilidad".
Stages and year groups Grades Sala de 2 años - 5° año del Nivel Secundario. Pre-school stage: "Sala de 2 años: Jornada simple turno mañana. Según disponibilidad. Sala de 3 años: Jornada extendida. Simple con opción de ser extendida en el turno tarde. Salas de 4 y 5 años Jornada doble obligatoria", the hours being morning from 8:20 to 11:50, afternoon from 13:00 to 16:30, lunch from 11:50 to 13:00. Primary: "Nuestro NIVEL PRIMARIO es de doble jornada con modalidad de ingles intensivo. Horario: 8.00 a 16.30 hs", year groups from the first to the seventh - they are listed one by one in the catechism programme. Secondary: "Nuestro NIVEL SECUNDARIO cuenta con tres orientaciones: Ciencias Sociales y Humanidades (CSyH), Ciencias Naturales (CN) y Economía y Administración (AE)", five years - "durante los cinco años del secundario", and the years from the first to the fifth are listed one by one as well.
Address 11 de Septiembre de 1888 1240, C1426BKK CABA, Argentina
Accreditations and programmes verified against official registries
Cambridge · IGCSE · authorised programmeIn the Cambridge record the school stands under the name "BUENOS AIRES COLEGIO ESQUIU" and with the website address colegio-esquiu.com.ar; the school itself is called "Colegio Esquiú" and works at colegioesquiu.edu.ar, and the old address redirects to the new one.
school is in an official registryconfirmed by a school document, by membership or by taking part in a networkclaimed by the school, no confirmation, not counted in the scoreGuide to all organisations → What stands behind each entry
CambridgeCambridge International Education
Part of the University of Cambridge. It allows a school to teach the Cambridge programmes and to enter pupils for the exams. There are four stages and they are authorised separately: primary, lower secondary, IGCSE and A Level. If the stages are known they are named in the line below; if that line is missing, the school does not publish them, and the Cambridge registry does not show stages either - it gives only the name of the centre, the country and whether private candidates are accepted. Cambridge calls what it does registration rather than accreditation, and the network holds about ten thousand schools.
What the badge means for this school. The school is allowed to run this programme and to award its certificate. This is a confirmation of the programme, not a judgement on the school as a whole. The entry stands in the organisation's public register - anyone can check it. At this school: IGCSE (ages 14-16). IGCSE means exams at around Year 10 or 11, the British counterpart of a lower secondary leaving certificate.
Register to check for yourself, and the full guide →Exams and destinations from the school's official website
The school publishes nothing about where its leavers go: no share going on to university, no exam results, no list of universities.
Facilities from the school's official website
·Swimming poolnot stated on the website
·Sports hallnot stated on the website
·Laboratoriesnot stated on the website
·Theatre or assembly hallnot stated on the website
·Librarynot stated on the website
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·School transportnot stated on the website
·Boardingnot stated on the website
Also on site: Sports ground or field
Campus: A teaching building in Belgrano at 11 de Septiembre de 1888 1240 and a separate sports ground in Garín, Buenos Aires Province: lessons are held on the school premises and sport on that ground. The primary stage travels there on the days when there is no intensive English. The school has a technology room, so that pupils use computer tools throughout the programme, and there is computer equipment in every classroom; in the secondary school pupils work on their own devices (a Bring your own device programme). There is a dining hall for the pre-school and primary stages. The school also names: computer room.
Clubs and activities (26): Sábados deportivos · Torneos deportivos · Campamentos · Giras deportivas · Intercolegiales amistosos · Fiesta del deporte en familia · Atletismo · Básquetbol · Fútbol · Hockey · Vóley · Rugby · Softball · Vida en la Naturaleza · Grupo misionero Esquiú (Mi.Es.) · Retiros espirituales · Olimpiadas · Modelo de ONU · Viajes de estudio · Talleres de Arte · Mozarteum · Microemprendimientos · Songs & Poetry Festival · Concert · Storyteller · Drama
Teaching staff from the school's official website
·Teachers listed by namenot published
·Teacher qualificationsnot stated
·Number of teachersthe school does not say
·Students per teacher or class sizenot stated
There is no teaching staff by name on the website - the "Nuestro equipo" page lists fifteen people in management and administrati: the rector of the secondary stage, the heads of the primary and pre-school stages, two heads of English, the director of studies of the secondary stage, the coordinators of physical educati, of the guidance department, of the rules of shared life and of pastoral work, three stage secretaries, the administrative manager and an institutional relations officer. The school names neither the number of its teachers, nor their qualifications, nor the pupil-teacher ratio. A list of management does not count as teaching staff.
Safety and wellbeing from the school's official website
·CCTVnot stated on the website
·Security staffnot stated on the website
·Access controlnot stated on the website
·Nurse or medical roomnot stated on the website
·Counsellornot stated on the website
·Child protection policynot stated on the website
·Staff trainingnot stated on the website
·Anti-bullying policynot stated on the website
There is a Departamento de Orientación Escolar: "Se realizan tareas de prevención primaria en el contexto escolar, con el objetivo de favorecer la optimización del aprendizaje y el desarrollo de habilidades sociales"; the department accompanies the transitions between stages, runs careers guidance in the secondary school and gathers parents on the themes of emotional maturity and the dynamics of shared life. The management list separately names a "Coordinadora de Convivencia" - Gisela Esteban, and a "Coordinador DOE" - Rosario Avendaño.
Reviews
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Criteria breakdown criterion weight in brackets
Academics and programmes (16%)72 Community rating (16%)no dataparent reviews are needed: the criterion switches on at the fifth verified one Exams and destinations (12%) scored on disclosed data55 Safety and wellbeing (12%) scored on disclosed data55 Accreditation and verifiability (10%)85 Teaching staff (10%) scored on disclosed data55 Facilities (10%) scored on disclosed data65 Clubs and activities (8%) scored on disclosed data78 Value for money (6%) scored at the median75 "Scored on disclosed data" stands where we count only what the school has written about itself on its own site: exams and destinations, safety and wellbeing, teaching staff, facilities, clubs and activities. A low score here means the school does not write about this, not that the school does not have it: a school with good security and a sparse site will score low. A school can fill in its profile, and the score will be counted again.
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