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The British School of Valencia stands in the very centre of the city, in the Ruzafa quarter, and keeps two campuses: the main one from Early Years through to secondary, and a separate pre-university campus, BSV Nexus, for the Sixth Form eight minutes' walk away. Children are taken from the age of two and stay until eighteen, and more than seventy nationalities are represented. The curriculum is British but runs alongside the Spanish one: the school sets the British and Spanish year groups side by side - Year 7 is year 6 of Primaria, Year 13 the second year of Bachillerato. At the senior stage pupils sit Cambridge AS examinations in Year 12 and A-Levels in Year 13, four subjects in all, while also preparing the Spanish PCE examinations at UNED - the papers for those who have completed a foreign Bachillerato and are applying to a Spanish university. The A-Level choice is broad: from further maths and economics to digital media and design, computer science and music. The extracurricular programme runs from Year 1 to Year 9 and is delivered by the school together with outside providers: football, basketball, multisport, skating, martial arts, theatre, chess, art, robotics, entrepreneurship, science experiments and mini chef.
Key facts
Tuition
≈ $8 586–11 241 a year
7 600–9 950 EUR
Programmes
Cambridge · A-Level
Languages of instruction
English
Languages taught
Spanish, French
Registration fee
≈ $3 672
3 250 EUR
Summer camp
Yes, open to all
About the fees The fee for 2026/27 is divided into ten monthly payments, and the school states it in monthly amounts: 760 EUR a month from two to five, 830 from five to eleven, 960 from eleven to sixteen and 995 from sixteen to eighteen - that is 7600, 8300, 9600 and 9950 EUR for the year. The admission fee of 3250 EUR is paid once on first entry; for siblings of current pupils and for entrants from Year 7 to Year 13 it is reduced to 1600 EUR, and early bookings may split it into two payments - 1250 EUR to confirm the place and 2000 EUR in April. Renewing the registration for the following year costs 445 EUR and is non-refundable. School material is 242 EUR a term, and the school sends the textbook invoice in November. Transport is an optional 210 EUR a month; the dining room is 210 EUR a month and compulsory from Pre-Nursery to Year 4. The Morning Club is 30 or 60 EUR a month depending on whether a child arrives at 8:15 or 7:45.
Admissions Admission runs in six steps: contacting the school, a visit, meeting the entry requirements, a formal offer of a place, submitting documents and paying the admission fee, and starting at the school. Requirements rise with the stage: in Early Years and Year 1 no English is needed and parents provide only the forms and personal documents; in Years 2-6 age-appropriate English and numeracy are needed, school reports and proof of English level are submitted and the Head of Primary meets the child; in Years 7-11 the last two school reports, proof of English and an interview if a place is available; in the Sixth Form five A*-C (9-4) grades at IGCSE or equivalent, English at C1-C2 level and an interview. The school admits foreign pupils: under its admissions policy it accepts applications from children of all backgrounds, and a foreign pupil must have a guardian resident in Spain who can represent the parents when needed; its pupils come from more than seventy nationalities.
Stages and year groups Grades Pre-Nursery (2-3) - Year 13 (17-18). The stages run right through and the school maps them onto the Spanish ones: Pre-Nursery, Nursery and Reception are Infantil at 2, 3 and 4; Year 1 is Infantil at 5, Years 2-6 are years 1-5 of Primaria, Year 7 is year 6 of Primaria, Years 8-11 are years 1 to 4 of ESO, and Years 12-13 are the two years of Bachillerato. The Sixth Form is taught on the separate BSV Nexus campus.
Address Calle Filipinas 37
Accreditations and programmes verified against official registries
Cambridge · A-Level · 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
CambridgeCambridge International Education
Part of the University of Cambridge. It allows a school to teach the Cambridge programmes and to enter pupils for the exams. There are four stages and they are authorised separately: primary, lower secondary, IGCSE and A Level. If the stages are known they are named in the line below; if that line is missing, the school does not publish them, and the Cambridge registry does not show stages either - it gives only the name of the centre, the country and whether private candidates are accepted. Cambridge calls what it does registration rather than accreditation, and the network holds about ten thousand schools.
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: A-Level (ages 16-18). A-Level is the senior years, and their results are what British and many other universities admit on.
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: Two campuses in the centre of Valencia: the main one in the Ruzafa quarter for Early Years, primary and secondary, and a separate pre-university campus, BSV Nexus, for the Sixth Form eight minutes' walk away. There is a dining room of its own - compulsory from Pre-Nursery to Year 4 - school transport, and a Morning Club from 7:45 or 8:15.
Clubs and activities (12): Football · Basketball · Combined events · Roller skating · Martial arts · Theatre · Chess · Art · Robotics · Entrepreneurship and project creation · Science experiments · Mini chef
Summer camp: the school runs its own camp and takes children from outside as well
The summer school runs from 29 June to 31 July 2026 for children aged 3 to 12, in two clubs - Infant for ages 3-5 and Primary for ages 6-12. Half day from 9:00 to 14:00 without lunch or full day from 9:00 to 16:00 with lunch. Workshops, water games, trips, sport and team-building games. It is open to BSV pupils and to children from other schools; it is a day camp on the school premises. The page gives no 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 school publishes no staff list or teacher numbers. It writes that its teachers are highly qualified, British and Spanish, and also French, German, Chinese and American. The headteacher is Jake Capper, who previously led schools in the United Kingdom.
Safety and wellbeing from the school's official website
The school says nothing on its website about security, medical care or pupil support.
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Academics and programmes (16%)82 Community rating (16%)no dataparent reviews are needed: the criterion switches on at the fifth verified one Exams and destinations (12%) scored on disclosed data55 Safety and wellbeing (12%) scored on disclosed data55 Accreditation and verifiability (10%)85 Teaching staff (10%) scored on disclosed data55 Facilities (10%) scored on disclosed data70 Clubs and activities (8%) scored on disclosed data78 "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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