← Back to homeAgora Madrid International School
Villaviciosa de Odon, Spain · est. 1981 · Private
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Agora Madrid International School is a private bilingual all-through school, from nursery at 0 years to the Baccalaureate, in the El Bosque residential area of Villaviciosa de Odón near Madrid. It was founded in 1981 by a group of families and educators, and since 2006 it has belonged to the international education group Globeducate and to the family of Agora schools in Spain. Since 2015 the school has offered the IB Diploma; it describes its primary stage as authorised for the IB PYP and its secondary stage as a candidate for the MYP. English is the school's main language: most subjects are taught in English, and in primary only Spanish language and mathematics are taught in Spanish. Chinese begins at age three, and from the sixth year of primary pupils choose German or French. The school is an official music conservatory (Fabordón), and from the first year of primary all children learn the violin. A particular point of pride is the IB Diploma specialised in Performing Arts and Film, run together with the Sing and Dance Project Víctor Ullate Roche: more than 13 hours of arts a week, its own black box, cinema and studio. The school accepts pupils from other countries: by its own account, children from more than 20 countries study there. Fees are not on the website and are provided on request.
Key facts
Admits from
a few months · Pre-School
Languages of instruction
English, Spanish
Languages taught
French, German, Chinese
Summer camp
Yes, open to all
Admissions The school accepts international pupils and states directly that it helps them settle in: it offers immersion in the languages of instruction, English and Spanish, at native or learner level, and a dedicated International Home Room service; it says most pupils are local, but the number of international families, Spanish families returning from abroad and binational couples is growing, and children from more than 20 countries study at the school. The procedure: a request for information through the form or by telephone, an on-site or virtual visit, a formal application, admission tests by stage, and after passing them an enrolment form and a set of documents. For the IB Diploma specialised in Performing Arts and Film, pupils aged 15-17 are taken after an interview and an artistic audition, where, according to the school, motivation rather than technique is assessed.
Stages and year groups Grades nursery from 0 years - 2º Bachillerato (18 years). Nursery is divided into two stages: up to 2 years activities are only in English, and from 3 years the bilingual programme begins, with most activities in English and reading and writing in Spanish. Primary follows the IB PYP, and all subjects except Spanish language and mathematics are taught in English; the sixth year of primary already belongs to the secondary stage and is taught by its teachers. Secondary (ESO) is a candidate for the IB MYP, and English is taught at two levels. In the Baccalaureate pupils choose the Spanish Bachillerato or the IB Diploma, including the one specialised in Performing Arts and Film. Most classes have 20-25 pupils, fewer in nursery and in elective courses.
Address Calle Duero, 35, urbanización El Bosque, 28670 Villaviciosa de Odón, Madrid
Accreditations and programmes verified against official registries
IB · PYP, 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
A Swiss non-profit, working since 1968. Its programmes are among the most widely recognised school programmes in the world. Authorisation is granted stage by stage, so a school with the final stage does not necessarily run the younger ones; which stages this school holds is set out in the line below.
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: PYP (ages 3-12), DP (ages 16-19). PYP is the primary stage, ages 3 to 12. It is not a set of subjects but a frame for the whole school: learning is built around lines of inquiry, and there are no exams at the end. DP is the final stage, ages 16 to 19: six subjects plus a compulsory core of theory of knowledge, an extended essay and CAS. The diploma is accepted by universities all over the world, and in a number of countries it counts for admission on the same footing as the local leaving certificate.
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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.
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.
Exams and destinations from the school's official website
Exam results The school website has a results page, but the shares and scores on it are a template without figures. The only figure is a 100 per cent pass rate in 2025 on the IB Diploma specialised in Performing Arts and Film. The school is also an examination centre for Trinity College London and Cambridge English.
Where leavers go: University of Oxford · University of Cambridge · Imperial College London · London School of Economics · Universidad Complutense de Madrid · Universidad Politécnica de Madrid · TAI · RESAD · Urdang · Guildford School of Acting · ICMT · University of Miami Frost School of Music
and others, 15 universities in the school's list in allThe school gives no overall statistics on university entry. In its answers to questions it lists where its graduates can go: Oxford, Cambridge, Imperial College and LSE, the Madrid universities Complutense, Politécnica, TAI and RESAD, as well as universities in the Netherlands, Japan, the USA and Canada. The page of the IB Diploma with performing arts names specific graduates: at Urdang, Guildford School of Acting, ICMT, the University of Miami Frost School of Music (with a full scholarship), the University of Exeter, the University of the Arts London and Pulse Recording College in Dublin.
Facilities from the school's official website
·Swimming poolnot stated on the website
✓Sports hall
✓Laboratories
✓Theatre or assembly hall
✓Library
✓Catering
✓School transport
·Boardingnot stated on the website
Also on site: Sports ground or field · Art studio
Campus: The school stands in the El Bosque residential area of Villaviciosa de Odón, surrounded by nature, away from the centre of Madrid. There are three laboratories - physics, biology and chemistry, two computer rooms with 25 computers, digital classrooms, a library, study rooms, art spaces and a large play area; the nursery classrooms were rebuilt in 2022-2023. For sport there are volleyball courts, a 1000 metre athletics field and a gymnasium, while swimming and tennis take place at nearby municipal centres, swimming at Hispa Ocio. Food is cooked in the school's own kitchen. For the IB Diploma with performing arts there is a black box, the Txema Cariñena cinema, music rooms and a green screen studio, and performances take place in the Villaviciosa de Odón auditorium. There are school buses, extended hours from 7:00 to 9:00 and from 17:00 to 19:00, and a school uniform shop.
Clubs and activities: Mini tennis · Basketball school · Padel · Chess · Children's football school · Volleyball (club) · 7-a-side football (club) · Basketball (club) · Art school · Fabordón Music School · Sing and Dance Project Víctor Ullate Roche · Robotix · German · French · Chinese · Junior Law School · HollyMontt (financial literacy)
Summer camp: the school runs its own camp and takes children from outside as well
In summer the school runs camps both for its own pupils and for children from other schools: an infant camp with weekly themes, multisports, STEAM with robotics, a performing arts camp with the Sing and Dance Project, a music camp of the Fabordón conservatory, DUX football and artistic roller skating with a local club; every day ends in the pool. There is also an online camp for catching up on subjects. Prices and dates are provided on request through a form.
Teaching staff from the school's official website
·Teachers listed by namenot published
✓Teacher qualifications
·Number of teachersthe school does not say
✓Students per teacher or class sizein the key facts above
What the listings show: native English speakers or bilingual teachers, teaching experience abroad
The school does not publish a staff list or the number of teachers. According to the school, teachers teach entirely in English and require pupils to speak English with each other too; it hires native English speakers, bilingual teachers or those who have lived for a long time in English-speaking countries. The teachers are of various nationalities with teaching experience abroad. Physical education is taught by specialist teachers, technology and music by bilingual ones. On the IB Diploma with performing arts, working professionals from theatre and film teach alongside the IB 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 policynot stated on the website
·Staff trainingnot stated on the website
·Anti-bullying policynot stated on the website
The school has a psychology and guidance department: early diagnosis of learning difficulties, speech therapy from 4 years in groups of 3-4 pupils, individual talks between pupils and psychologists, work with gifted children and help for newcomers in settling in. For parents there is a Family School with talks by invited specialists, including on photo-bullying, alcohol and drugs and safe internet use. The school links to the general policies of the Globeducate group. The school does not name security guards, video surveillance, access control or a medical room on its pages.
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