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Vila-real, Spain · est. 1996 · Private
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British School of Vila-real was founded in 1996 and was the first British and bilingual education project in the province of Castellón. In 2009 the school built its senior building and in 2010 its first class graduated; later it introduced the International Primary Curriculum, and in 2015 it joined the International Schools Partnership group. It takes children from two and teaches them to eighteen on the British national curriculum, from EYFS to IGCSE and A Level, and in parallel on the Spanish curriculum, so all leavers receive a double certificate. Lessons are in English; in the nursery and primary school English and Spanish are both languages of instruction; Valencian is taught under the Spanish curriculum, from the fifth grade French, German or Chinese is added, and from the eighth a second foreign language. Children of more than 39 nationalities attend the school. The school publishes its results: 42 per cent A*-A grades at A Level, 32 per cent 9-7 at IGCSE, an average Spanish bachillerato grade of 8.21 and an average university entrance grade of 11.5 out of 14. The campus has four science laboratories, a STEM lab, swimming pools and a drama studio; six bus routes cover the provinces of Castellón and Valencia. Child protection is led by the school psychologists, and there is a written child protection policy and an anti-bullying protocol. In summer the English camp Magic Summer School runs for children aged 3-16, and on Saturdays there are English, Chinese and French courses.
Key facts
Tuition
≈ $4 632–11 139 a year
410–986 EUR a month
The year is counted as ten payments: the school does not say how many payments it takes.
Programmes
Cambridge · IGCSE, A-Level
Admits from
2 years · 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 as monthly sums for 2026-2027 and does not say how many payments a year they are divided into: Nursery 2 - 410 euros for half a day and 622 euros for a full day, Nursery 3 and Reception - 622 euros, Years 1-6 - 790 euros, Years 7-11 - 914 euros, Years 12-13 - 986 euros. Meals, materials and the breakfast club are included in the fee; the bus at 1000 euros a year and textbooks are extra.
Admissions The school takes foreign pupils: children of more than 39 nationalities study there, international families get multilingual support during admission, and after payment the school issues an official certificate of enrolment, which families from abroad use for visas and other documents. Admission is open all year round. The procedure has seven steps: contacting admissions by telephone, email or through the site, a tour of the school during school hours or a virtual tour with the admissions director Esther Bravo, an offer letter together with the registration forms and the parents' contract, a trial day for pupils from primary upwards, confirmation of the place within 14 days, payment of the registration and enrolment fees, and the certificate of enrolment. Applicants to primary, secondary and the Sixth Form take a short test in Spanish and English. For A Levels a pupil from another system must have completed the compulsory stage of their own country and have excellent English.
Stages and year groups Grades Nursery 2 (from age 2) - Year 13 (to age 18). The stages run right through: Early Years from 2 to 5 on the British EYFS programme, primary school (Key Stages 1-2) from 5-6 to 11, secondary (Key Stages 3-4) from 11-12 to 16 with IGCSE examinations at the end of Year 11, and the Sixth Form (Years 12-13) from 16 to 18 with A Levels. At every stage pupils also complete the Spanish curriculum and receive a double British and Spanish certificate. School tours run during school hours from 9:00 to 17:00, and the breakfast club opens at 7:00. Groups, the school says, are small.
Address Ctra. Vila-real a Burriana, Tercer Sedeny, s/n, 12540 Vila-real, Castelló
Accreditations and programmes verified against official registries
Cambridge · IGCSE, A-Level · authorised programmeInternational Schools Partnership · 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
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: IGCSE (ages 14-16), A-Level (ages 16-18). IGCSE means exams at around Year 10 or 11, the British counterpart of a lower secondary leaving certificate. A-Level is the senior years, and their results are what British and many other universities admit on.
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A group of private international schools, founded in 2013 by five leaders from international education. The numbers diverge: the home page gives 121 schools in 26 countries and "132,000+" pupils, the "About us" page - 106 schools in 25 countries, the "Who and where we are" page - 121 schools in more than 26 markets and 118,000 pupils. The site writes that schools keep their own character, brand and curriculum when they join ISP, but does not say whether ISP buys the schools, manages them under contract or brings them together by membership.
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Exams and destinations from the school's official website
Exam results The school publishes: 42 per cent A*-A grades at A Level (on another of its pages it gives 36 per cent against 28 for the United Kingdom), a 100 per cent pass rate in the sciences with 43 per cent A*-A, 59 per cent A* in French, German and Chinese; at IGCSE 22 per cent grades 9-8 and 32 per cent 9-7. The average Spanish bachillerato grade is 8.21 and the average university entrance grade 11.5 out of 14. The school does not give the year of the class for these figures.
Facilities from the school's official website
✓Swimming pool
·Sports hallnot stated on the website
✓Laboratories
✓Theatre or assembly hall
✓Library
✓Catering
✓School transport
·Boardingnot stated on the website
Also on site: Makerspace
Campus: A modern campus: digital classrooms on Google Workspace, a STEM lab with BBC micro:bit boards and Elecfreaks robotics kits, dedicated computer rooms for each stage, four science laboratories, a new library, a discovery room for movement, coordination and emotional regulation, music, art and drama rooms, a drama studio, swimming pools and shared spaces.
Clubs and activities (12): ISP Artists · ISP Changemakers · ISP Chess Masters · ISP Cultural Exchange · ISP Scientists · ISP Filmmakers · ISP Virtual Exchange · ISP Model United Nations · Football · Chess · Robotics · Duke of Edinburgh
Summer camp: the school runs its own camp and takes children from outside as well
In summer the school runs the English camp Magic Summer School: all of July, from 1 to 31 July, from 9:30 to 16:30, for children from 3 to 16, in groups by age and level of English. Four English sessions a day, outdoor sport and games, swimming in a heated pool with instructors, and for the youngest aged 3-5 a children's pool of their own and an extra teaching assistant. Lunch and an afternoon snack are provided, and a bus runs on several routes. Registration closes on 30 June; the school gives no prices on the camp page.
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 number of teachers and no pupil-teacher ratio; of its staff it says that all teachers hold advanced degrees and specialist qualifications, and the youngest groups have assistants. Named are the head Janine Phanariotis, with more than 20 years of experience, a teaching qualification from Birmingham and a master's degree, the Head of Early Years and Primary Dawn Sheridan, the Head of Secondary and Sixth Form Olin Romer with a PGCE in geography, a master's in TESOL and experience as an A Level examiner, the head of the Spanish curriculum Lorena Arrufat, at the school since 2005, and the technical director and psychologist David Sánchez, at the school since 2006. The school is a Cambridge examination preparation centre.
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 policy
·Staff trainingnot stated on the website
✓Anti-bullying policy
Child protection is run by a dedicated team: its head, the Designated Lead of Safeguarding Marta Martínez, is a school psychologist with master's degrees in learning difficulties and family mediation; the team includes the head, the heads of the stages, the technical director and psychologist David Sánchez and a teaching assistant. The school publishes its child protection policy, an anti-bullying protocol and other policies. For emotional development secondary pupils follow the OLLIE PSHE programme, and Early Years has a discovery room for emotional regulation. School buses run with escorts from a specialised external company. The school names no security staff, video surveillance or medical worker.
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