← Back to homeEscola João e Maria
Vinhedo, Brazil · est. 1993 · Private
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Escola João e Maria is a private school in Vinhedo, founded in 1993; in 2007 it was bought and rebuilt by the Alvarenga family. The school takes children from Berçário to the 5º ano: the Berçário accepts them from four months, Educação Infantil runs from one to five years, and Ensino Fundamental I from six to ten. There are 180 pupils, the school keeps its classes small and writes that parents walk their children to the classroom door themselves. Since 2021 the school has called itself a Cambridge International School and runs a bilingual programme with an extended course: Global Perspectives, art and design, digital literacy, mathematics and science. The campus has a park with a mini-farm where children spend at least thirty minutes a day, solar panels and rainwater reuse, and the meals are put together by a dietitian. The school states neither its fees, nor its admission requirements, nor its address on the site.
Key facts
Admits from
4 months · Pre-School
Languages of instruction
Portuguese, English
About the fees The school does not publish its fees: its site is a single page with no section on cost, and a visit booking form stands in its place.
Stages and year groups Grades Berçário - 5º Ano. The school writes "Do Berçário ao Ensino Fundamental I" and "do Berçário ao 5º Ano". The Berçário is "desde os 4 meses", Educação Infantil is "cada etapa da Educação Infantil, de 1 a 5 anos", and Ensino Fundamental I is "Dos 6 aos 10 anos". In its visit booking form the school offers three groups of interest: Berçário, Infantil, Fundamental.
Accreditations and programmes verified against official registries
Cambridge · authorised programmeschool 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. Which stages - from the early years programme for three-year-olds up to A-Level - this school is approved for is not stated here.
Register to check for yourself, and the full guide →Exams and destinations from the school's official website
Exam results The school writes of itself: "somos um centro oficial preparatório para os exames de Cambridge, com 100% de aprovação dos alunos há mais de oito anos".
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
·Cateringnot stated on the website
·School transportnot stated on the website
·Boardingnot stated on the website
Campus: A park with a mini-farm where animals live, and a daily walk of at least thirty minutes; solar power and water reuse; classes of small size; a kitchen where every dish is put together by a dietitian. Garden: vegetable garden: the school names "projetos pedagógicos de HORTA, plantio e alimentação saudável" among its projects. A mini-farm with animals on the grounds.
Teaching staff
The school publishes neither the number of its teachers nor their qualifications.
Safety and wellbeing from the school's official website
The school says nothing on its website about security, medical care or pupil support.
Reviews
No reviews yet. The community rating counts towards the score once a school has five verified reviews - until then we do not show a zero, so as not to mislead.
Criteria breakdown criterion weight in brackets
Academics and programmes (16%)60 Community rating (16%)no dataparent reviews are needed: the criterion switches on at the fifth verified one Exams and destinations (12%) scored on disclosed data80 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 data60 Clubs and activities (8%) scored on disclosed data55 Value for money (6%) scored at the median70 "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.
The score is counted from 7 of the 9 criteria.Only those with checkable data count: programmes and accreditations from official registers, the fee from a published price list. Where it says "scored on the median", the school has no data and the middle of the list is put in its place, so that a gap gives no advantage. Admissions, teaching staff and reviews come in as their data arrives.
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