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Castellón de la Plana, Spain · est. 2001 · Private
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Agora Lledó International School is a private school in Castellón de la Plana, near the Lledó basilica, from a nursery for one-year-olds to the baccalaureate. Its history begins in 2001, when ten partners who had worked since 1983 at the Rey Don Jaime school opened an educational and sports centre here; since 2006 the school has belonged to the international group Globeducate. In 2009 it received ISA accreditation, in 2011 it became the first school in the province with the IB Diploma Programme, in 2022 it added the Primary Years Programme and since 2024 the Middle Years Programme, so it now runs all three IB stages. Alongside the IB Diploma there is the national baccalaureate, and in year 4 of ESO a preparatory pre-IB year can be taken. Teaching is bilingual: in the nursery and primary school half of the subjects and activities are in English, in the infant school from age three 80 per cent of lessons are in English and 20 in Spanish; according to the school, Spanish and English as teaching languages get the same number of lessons. German starts in the first year of primary, in secondary French can be added or taken instead, Valencian is taught as the regional language and Chinese in the after-school language school. The school is an official centre of elementary and professional music education and has a sports centre with a swimming pool. The director is Luis Madrid. The school says that 20 per cent of its pupils are international, more than 60 nationalities in all.
Key facts
Programmes
IB · PYP, MYP, DP
Admits from
1 year · Pre-School
Languages of instruction
Spanish, English
Languages taught
German, French, Catalan
Summer camp
Yes, open to all
About the fees The school does not publish its fees on the site: the fees page lists what they include (registration, monthly fee, canteen, extended care, clubs, buses) and refers families to the admissions office for figures.
Admissions The school admits both Spanish and international families: it says international pupils make up 20 per cent, most of them in the infant and primary school, and for those arriving without Spanish there is an immersion programme in Spanish as a foreign language (ELE) and a buddy system. Admission takes three steps: an enquiry through the form or by telephone on weekdays from 9:00 to 17:00, an in-person or online meeting with a tour, then a formal application and entrance tests by stage; after them the family fills in the admission sheet and hands in the required documents. The procedure differs slightly by the child's age and depends on available places.
Stages and year groups Grades nursery (1-2 years) - baccalaureate year 2. A nursery for children of one and two years, an infant school from three to five, primary school, secondary school (ESO), the national baccalaureate and the IB Diploma Programme. Since 2022 the PYP runs in the primary and infant school, since 2024 the MYP in secondary, and in year 4 of ESO there is a preparatory pre-IB year. Lessons run from 9:00 to 17:00, except for years from 4 ESO on; extended care in the morning from 7:30 and in the evening until 19:00.
Address Camí Caminás, 12003 Castellón de la Plana, Castellón, España
Accreditations and programmes verified against official registries
IB · PYP, MYP, DP · authorised programmeGlobeducate · school is part of the networkschool 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
IBInternational Baccalaureate
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A K12 education group bringing together bilingual and international schools as well as online programmes. The site names "65+" schools in 11 countries and 40,000 pupils, and on all the pages read these numbers agree. Whether the group owns the schools, manages them or passes on its methodology under licence is not said on the site; the year of foundation and the country of registration are not named.
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Exams and destinations from the school's official website
Average IB score
33.5 (world average 30.88)
Exam results IB class of 2024: average score 33.5, 21 per cent of pupils with 36 points or more, top score 39. National baccalaureate: top mark 12.917 out of 14, average 10.494 out of 14 and 7.704 out of 10, 21.43 per cent got 12 or more. University entrance exams PAU 2026: the whole class sat, 100 per cent passed, 45 per cent scored over 12, 15 per cent over 13, the best result 13.508; the school calls itself second in the Valencian Community in these exams.
Where leavers go: University of Oxford · University of Cambridge · Imperial College London · London School of Economics · Universidad Complutense de Madrid
Among destinations the school names Oxford, Cambridge, Imperial College, LSE, the universities of Pamplona and the Complutense University of Madrid, as well as universities in the USA and Canada. According to it, 85 to 90 per cent of leavers get into their first-choice degree; careers guidance starts in year 1 of ESO.
Facilities from the school's official website
✓Swimming pool
✓Sports hall
✓Laboratories
·Theatre or assembly hallnot stated on the website
✓Library
✓Catering
✓School transport
·Boardingnot stated on the website
Also on site: Sports ground or field · Art studio
Campus: The school stands in a natural setting among orange groves, 200 metres from the neoclassical ensemble of the Lledó basilica. The teaching buildings cover more than 6500 square metres, classrooms are 55 square metres, and in the infant school a classroom is divided into two zones. There are rooms for psychomotor work, computing, music, dance and movement, three laboratories (biology, technology, physics and chemistry) and a library open from 8 to 18; by agreement pupils also use the library of Jaume I University. The sports centre has 6700 square metres: artificial turf football pitches, basketball courts, tennis and padel courts, an indoor semi-Olympic pool, a warm children's pool, an indoor hall with a gym, a dance studio, a jacuzzi, saunas and a physiotherapy room. There is its own kitchen with a dietitian and two dining rooms, and the youngest have their own dining room and nap room. School buses run from Nules, Alcora, Torreblanca and Alcossebre, Oropesa and Benicàssim, and Onda.
Clubs and activities: Rhythmic gymnastics (Club Rítmica Lledó) · Football (Agora Lledó club) · Swimming (club) · Roller skating · Multi-sports · Martial arts and sambo · Chess · Hip-hop and modern dance · Ballet and dance · Music school · Language school (English, German, French, Valencian, Chinese) · Cambridge exam preparation · Robotics · Programming, drones and 3D modeling · Comics and animation · Video game design · Science lab
Summer camp: the school runs its own camp and takes children from outside as well
In summer the school runs day camps for its own and outside children: Little Summer for ages 2-5 entirely in English with daily swimming, Super Summer for ages 6-12 also in English, a music camp, rhythmic gymnastics from age 3, multisport, football with coaches of the Agora Lledó club, a technology camp (robotics, video games, virtual reality, 3D) and Mini ciencia. There are also holiday camps and Saturday morning sessions, Happy Saturdays. Prices are given in a catalogue on request.
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 sizein the key facts above
The school does not publish the number of teachers. It says it has teachers of different nationalities with native or near-native English. Classes usually have 20 to 24 pupils, fewer in the infant school and in optional subjects. A separate psycho-pedagogical service has 2 psychologists, 1 speech therapist, 2 special-needs teachers and 6 more teachers.
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
✓Counsellor
✓Child protection policy
·Staff trainingnot stated on the website
✓Anti-bullying policy
Against bullying the school uses the Silenole method at all stages: an external team of specialists works with teachers and families on prevention, detection, handling of cases and follow-up. The psycho-pedagogical service of psychologists, a speech therapist and special-needs teachers supports pupils with learning or social difficulties and gifted children. Child protection and wellbeing policies are given as a link to the documents of the Globeducate group. The school names no video surveillance, security guards or medical room in the teaching building; a physiotherapy room is mentioned in the sports centre.
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