Colégio Semeador

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. Which stages - from the early years programme for three-year-olds up to A-Level - this school is approved for is not stated here.

A Brazilian group of companies, founded in 1972. Its divisions: Colégio Positivo, Curso Positivo, Editora Aprende Brasil, Posigraf, Positivo Tecnologia, Instituto Positivo and the central administration. The school division shows 11 sites in four cities: seven in Curitiba, including Positivo International School, two in Joinville, one each in Londrina and Ponta Grossa. The site gives no combined figures for the group.

What this means for this school. The network owns or operates the school. Its accreditation and programme authorisation the school obtains separately, in its own name.