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Madrid, Spain · Private
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Arcángel International School is a private secular school in south-west Madrid, in the Aluche district, on Calle Maqueda; legally it is run by Fomento de Enseñanza Media, S.A., and in registers it is also known by its former name, Colegio Arcángel Rafael. Together with Alameda International School and Colegio Ábaco it belongs to the family-owned 3A education group, which has more than sixty years of experience. What sets the school apart is the IB continuum: all three programmes in sequence, the PYP from age three, the MYP and the DP, and the school calls itself one of fifteen such schools in the Community of Madrid. Pupils can study from age one to the second year of bachillerato; in the upper years there is a choice between the national bachillerato with three tracks and the IB diploma, and optionally an online American dual diploma. In kindergarten lessons are half in Spanish and half in English; the school teaches French from kindergarten and has prepared pupils for DELF since 2006. The school is a preparation centre for Cambridge and DELF and an examination centre for Trinity and the Oxford Test of English. In the PAU university examination of 2026 all its leavers passed, with an average mark of 8.20 and a best of 13.50. The campus has two buildings with an indoor pool and a sports hall; there is its own kitchen, a medical room, school buses, the EMA music school and a sports club, and in summer day camps and a residential English camp in the Gredos mountains.
Key facts
Programmes
IB · PYP, MYP, DP
Admits from
1 year · Pre-School
Languages of instruction
Spanish, English
Admissions The school admits all year round: the site says enrolment is open throughout the year, and for new nursery pupils aged one and two there is a 100% discount on the canteen for 2026-2027. To apply, the family books a visit through the site or by a separate admissions telephone line; there is a separate email address for new pupils. A free language level test is available. The school names no entrance examinations, no requirement to know Spanish or English and no separate procedure for children from other countries. Seventeen nearby nursery schools have agreements with it.
Stages and year groups Grades nursery (age 1) - 2nd year of bachillerato. Stages: the first cycle of kindergarten for ages one and two; the second cycle for ages 3-5 and primary school on the PYP; ESO on the MYP with a personal project at the end; the bachillerato as a choice between the national programme in the science and technology (technology), science and technology (health) and social sciences and humanities tracks, or the IB Diploma Programme with theory of knowledge, the extended essay and CAS. Hours for 2026-2027: nursery from 9:00 to 12:00 and from 15:00 to 16:45, the second cycle of kindergarten from 9:00 to 12:30 and from 15:00 to 16:45, primary from 9:00 to 12:50 and from 14:45 to 17:00, ESO from 8:50 to 13:50 and from 15:20 to 17:00, bachillerato continuously from 8:00 to 14:45. The school does not state class sizes.
Address Calle Maqueda, 4, 28024 Madrid
Accreditations and programmes verified against official registries
IB · PYP, MYP, DP · authorised programmeGrupo Educativo 3A · 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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Grupo Educativo 3A calls itself Colegios 3A on its site; it is a group of three secular schools in Madrid. Alameda International School in Alameda de Osuna and Arcángel International School in Aluche are private schools, while the site describes Colegio Ábaco in Carabanchel as "concertado-privado"; all three teach up to Bachillerato. The group gives no founding year but writes of "more than 60 years", and its figures block lists 60 years of experience, 3,900 students, 1,600 families and 700 staff. Besides the schools, the group includes the EMA music school and sports vocational training (FP) programmes at Alameda. The group's site is colegios3a.com.
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 In the PAU university examination of 2026, according to the school, 100% of leavers passed; the average entrance mark was 8.20 out of 10 and the best result 13.50 out of 14. The school does not publish IB diploma results.
Facilities from the school's official website
✓Swimming pool
✓Sports hall
·Laboratoriesnot stated on the website
·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 · Playground
Campus: The school is in the Aluche district and occupies two separate buildings, each for its own stages; the youngest, primary and secondary pupils each have their own playgrounds. For sport there is a sports hall, multi-sport courts and an indoor swimming pool. There is the Aula Magna assembly hall and multi-purpose rooms. Its own kitchen cooks every day from fresh local produce, with menus for allergies and diets. School buses bring children from various districts of Madrid, Pozuelo and Boadilla, for 9:00 and back after 17:00. Morning care starts at 7:00, afternoon care runs until 19:00.
Clubs and activities: EMA Music School (Junior and Talent) · Choir · Sports club · Theatre for ESO and Bachillerato · Fun with letters · English: Storytelling · English in Action · English Boost · Cambridge exam preparation B1-C1 · Français en action · Objectif français · Theatre in French · DELF preparation · Kids' art · Art projects and jewellery making · Streetwear and original projects
Summer programme away from campus: . The school runs no camp of its own on campus
In summer the school runs the 'Planazo del verano': day camps from 22 June to 24 July for nursery, kindergarten and primary pupils - themed weeks, games in English, the pool, outings into nature; for the youngest from 9:00 to 16:00 with lunch or until 13:00 without. For pupils from year 6 to year 2 of ESO there is the residential Navatormes English Camp in the Gredos mountains from 2 to 14 July: archery, horse and mountain routes, natural pools, with activities led by teachers qualified in English and native speakers. The school does not publish camp prices.
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 leadership is named: head of the school and of the secondary stage Laura Antón, head of kindergarten and primary Carmen María Sanmartín, PYP coordinator Alejandra Velasco, Diploma Programme and careers guidance coordinator Henar Martín, director of languages and internationalisation Marta Herrero, head of the guidance department Lourdes Palero. At the EMA music school, the school says, teachers hold higher professional music degrees, and at the English summer camp qualified teachers and native speakers teach. The school does not state the number of teachers, their qualifications or the pupil-teacher ratio.
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
·Counsellornot stated on the website
✓Child protection policy
·Staff trainingnot stated on the website
·Anti-bullying policynot stated on the website
The school has a medical room: the nurse deals with daily incidents, gives medication, follows children with chronic conditions, runs health workshops and checks the menus; when necessary a child is referred to the Quirón-Salud hospital in Pozuelo. There is a guidance department and the Sophia wellbeing programme. A coexistence plan and a whistleblowing channel are published. On school buses children are accompanied by a trained supervisor. The school names no security guards, no video surveillance and no written child protection policy.
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Academics and programmes (16%)95 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 data65 Accreditation and verifiability (10%)85 Teaching staff (10%) scored on disclosed data55 Facilities (10%) scored on disclosed data80 Clubs and activities (8%) scored on disclosed data78 Value for money (6%) scored at the median67 "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.
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