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Girona, Spain · Private
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Bell-lloc del Pla is a private school in Girona, and it has run the IB Diploma Programme since 1986, that is for a fortieth year. The school takes its name from the Bell-lloc tower, dated to around the sixteenth century and listed in the Inventory of the Architectural Heritage of Catalonia; the junior building was put up in 1997 next to the Bell-lloc farmhouse, in natural surroundings. Its language provision is twofold: inside the IB Diploma Catalan is taken as language A1 and English as language B, and on top of that the school runs Cambridge exams - PET and First for Schools for everyone except the second year of the baccalaureate, where only the First is taken. Besides the IB Diploma the school offers a second international route, the Diploma Dual with an American high school diploma, which runs from year two of ESO to year one of the baccalaureate, that is alongside the Catalan baccalaureate. There is school transport with published routes and a school canteen with a published menu. The main thing a parent needs to know: the school publishes no fees, and on the pages read it does not name its street either. The school's language is Catalan: it is a state-funded private school, its site and pages for families are in Catalan, and in the IB Diploma Catalan is the A1 language. English is the first foreign language: it is taught intensively from the first year of primary to the end of the baccalaureate and used to teach part of other subjects; a second foreign language, French or German, starts in the first year of ESO. The nursery takes children from four months.
Key facts
Languages of instruction
Catalan
Languages taught
English, French, German
Admissions Admission goes through the official Catalan pre-registration, within the dates set by the education department; on the latest published calendar, for the 2025-2026 school year, registration for the nursery and primary ran from 12 to 26 March, for ESO from 14 to 26 March, and for the baccalaureate from 3 to 10 April. Applications are made online with a digital ID - IdCat Mòbil, Cl@ve, T-CAT or an electronic DNI; families without a digital ID can apply through the "support" route, and the school helps complete the application at its office from 9:00 to 13:00 and from 15:00 to 17:00. Before applying a family can ask for an interview through the form on the contact page. The school says nothing about foreigners or citizenship on these pages.
Stages and year groups The IB Diploma Programme runs for two years and consists of six subject groups at standard and higher level: one subject from each group, three at standard and three at higher level, plus Theory of Knowledge, the extended essay and the extracurricular CAS activities. The school's group 1 is Catalan A1, group 2 English B, group 3 humanities subjects such as philosophy, business management and the history of Europe, group 4 physics, biology, chemistry or environmental systems, group 5 mathematics, and group 6 one further subject from group 3 or group 4 depending on the chosen route. The Diploma Dual with an American high school diploma runs as a separate route from year two of ESO to year one of the baccalaureate.
Address Can Pau Birol 2-6, 17005 Girona
Accreditations and programmes verified against official registries
IB · DP · 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
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: DP (ages 16-19). 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.
Register to check for yourself, and the full guide →Exams and destinations from the school's official website
The school publishes nothing about where its leavers go: no share going on to university, no exam results, no list of universities.
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
✓Catering
✓School transport
·Boardingnot stated on the website
Campus: The school takes its name from the Bell-lloc tower of around the sixteenth century, listed in the Inventory of the Architectural Heritage of Catalonia. The junior building, Bell-lloc Infantil, was put up in 1997 next to the Bell-lloc farmhouse: a modern fair-faced brick building in natural and safe surroundings. The school has a canteen with a published menu and school transport with published routes.
Clubs and activities: Football school · Basketball · Rhythmic gymnastics · Multi-sports · Chess · Piano · Guitar · Violin · Trinity College music theory · Programming and robotics · Typing · Art and emotions workshop
Summer camp: the school runs its own camp; whether it takes children from outside is not stated on the website
In summer the school runs Estiu Bell-lloc, summer courses on its own grounds and outdoor facilities: the pool, the grass pitch, the running track, the sports hall, the computing and robotics rooms. Through play and activities the courses work on values and habits and help children progress in language, sport or technology; they are led by the school's teachers and qualified staff. For the nursery there is a separate Summer Art programme, with registration until 31 May. The page gives no prices or exact dates.
Teaching staff
The school publishes neither the number of its teachers nor their qualifications.
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
·Counsellornot stated on the website
✓Child protection policy
·Staff trainingnot stated on the website
·Anti-bullying policynot stated on the website
The school publishes its own protocol for the protection of children and the prevention of abuse as a separate document, and an equality plan. It names no psychologist, medical room or security staff on its pages; there is a guidance department.
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