← Back to homeAgora Portals International School
Calvià, Spain · est. 2008 · Private
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Agora Portals International School is a private secular school of the Globeducate group in Portals Nous, in the municipality of Calvià on Mallorca, by the sea. It has been running since 2008 and follows the model of Agora Sant Cugat International School in Barcelona. In 2011 it was the first in the Balearic Islands to be authorised for the International Baccalaureate Diploma, and now, it says, it is the only one on the islands running all three IB programmes: PYP, MYP and DP. It takes children from the Infantil I1 group, from the age of one, through to the baccalaureate; in the upper years the choice is the Spanish national baccalaureate with science, humanities and arts strands or the IB Diploma. Most lessons are in English, the Spanish curriculum in Spanish; in addition pupils learn Catalan, Chinese and, in secondary school, German or French as an option. Pupils confirm their English with Trinity College and Cambridge examinations. The school is an official music school: every pupil learns at least one instrument, sings in the choir and can take elementary and professional music examinations. Pupils from Spain make up 55 per cent, from other countries 45, with 39 nationalities in all. Teachers come from more than 14 countries. The school is known for its programme of support for children with learning difficulties: the psychology department has six specialists. The 2024 IB class: average score 32 with 50 candidates. The school publishes its fees itself.
Key facts
Tuition
≈ $9 151–16 042 a year
8 100–14 200 EUR
Programmes
IB · PYP, MYP, DP
Admits from
1 year · Pre-School
Languages of instruction
English, Spanish
Languages taught
Catalan, French, German, Chinese
Summer camp
Yes, open to all
About the fees The school publishes its fees itself, in a table for the 2026-2027 academic year, in euros per year paid in ten monthly instalments: Infantil I1 and I2 8100 euros, Infantil I3-I5 8400, primary years 1-2: 9650, years 3-4: 9850, years 5-6: 10550, secondary 1-2: 11950, 3-4: 12250, national baccalaureate 12900, IB Diploma 14200 euros per year. Prices are without taxes. The annual fee includes accident insurance, educational psychology and pre-university counselling, a nurse, compulsory excursions, curricular swimming in Infantil and primary, sailing lessons in years 4 and 5 and participation in the Agora choir. Discounts: 20 per cent for the third child, 50 for the fourth, the fifth studies free; 2 per cent for early payment.
Admissions The school admits international pupils and says so directly: 45 per cent of pupils are from other countries, about a third of them European and the rest from other parts of the world, 39 nationalities in all; newcomers are given classmate "friends", and in summer there is a Spanish camp for non-native speakers. Admission goes in three steps: contact through the form or by telephone, a visit to get to know the school, then a formal application, previous marks for applicants from primary to baccalaureate, the form and the documents for enrolment. The procedure differs slightly depending on the age of the child.
Stages and year groups Grades Infantil I1 (age 1) - 2nd year of baccalaureate (age 18). Stages: Infantil from I1 to I5, primary from year 1 to 6, secondary from year 1 to 4 and the baccalaureate. At the last stage the pupil chooses the national baccalaureate with science, humanities or arts strands or the IB Diploma; the school writes that the upper years are arranged so that both programmes can be followed. The IB PYP runs from primary, the MYP in secondary. The school does not state class sizes.
Address Carretera Vella d'Andratx, s/n, 07181 Portals Nous, Calvià, Mallorca
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
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), MYP (ages 11-16), 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. MYP is the middle stage, ages 11 to 16. There are no exams here either; at the end an optional electronic assessment of pupils' work is possible. 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
Average IB score
32 (world average 30.88)
Exam results The 2024 IB Diploma class: average score 32, highest 39, 50 candidates. Pupils confirm English with Trinity College and Cambridge examinations, Chinese with the YCT test and Spanish with Instituto Cervantes certificates.
Where leavers go: University of Oxford · University of Cambridge · Imperial College London · London School of Economics and Political Science
Graduates, the school says, go on to British universities including Oxford, Cambridge, Imperial College and LSE, to public and private universities in Spain, and to universities in the USA and Canada. The school publishes no named list by year and no shares.
Facilities from the school's official website
✓Swimming pool
·Sports hallnot stated on the website
✓Laboratories
·Theatre or assembly hallnot stated on the website
·Librarynot stated on the website
✓Catering
✓School transport
·Boardingnot stated on the website
Also on site: Sports ground or field · Art studio
Campus: The campus is by the sea in Portals Nous, in natural surroundings. Classrooms and laboratories are bright and spacious and equipped for each stage. The school is an official music school. The sports centre has an indoor semi-Olympic pool, basketball and handball courts, tennis courts and a football pitch, plus outdoor courts. Its own kitchen and dining room with menus by a dietitian, a cafeteria and restaurant for families from 8:00 to 16:30, a school shop. The bus runs from Palma (El Corte Inglés Avenidas), Son Verí and Marratxí (Festival Park).
Clubs and activities: Language academy (English, German, Chinese, Spanish) · Active English on Saturdays · Music academy · Swimming · Ice skating · Judo · Yoga · Multi-sports · Self-defence · Golf · Badminton · Chess · Football · Rhythmic gymnastics · Athletics · Rugby · Volleyball · Basketball · Fun science · Film · Virtual reality
Summer camp: the school runs its own camp and takes children from outside as well
Summer programme away from campus: Some of the summer camps the school runs in Andorra; the group also offers boarding for pupils there.
In summer the school runs camps in Mallorca and Andorra for its own pupils and children from other schools: English with swimming, Spanish for non-native speakers with swimming, rhythmic gymnastics with swimming, chess with swimming, the Campus Carlos Cabezas basketball camp and the Vicente del Bosque Football Camp Mallorca, where pupils of the school get a 25 per cent discount. Prices and dates are given in a brochure 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 sizenot stated
The school does not publish the number of teachers. Teachers come from more than 14 countries, and each, the school says, is a native speaker of the language they teach. The language academy at the school is staffed by highly qualified native speakers. The psychology department has six specialists in child psychology, learning difficulties and special educational needs.
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 room
✓Counsellor
✓Child protection policy
·Staff trainingnot stated on the website
·Anti-bullying policynot stated on the website
The school has a guidance and educational psychology department of six specialists: child and adolescent psychology, learning difficulties, gifted children, special educational needs; each pupil in the department's care has a plan with goals. A nurse and accident insurance are included in the annual fee. The school publishes the common policies of the Globeducate group. The school names no video surveillance, no security guards and no access control system.
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