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Tres Cantos, Spain · est. 2017 · Private
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Casvi International American School is a private school in Tres Cantos near Madrid, opened in 2017 as the third school of the Casvi group: the first, Eurocolegio Casvi in Villaviciosa de Odón, has run since 1985, the second, Casvi Boadilla, since 2005. It is organised unusually for Spain: an American curriculum with the IB methodology inside it, and all three programmes at once - the Primary Years from age three, the Middle Years and the Diploma. Lessons are taught in English, by immersion, with native-speaking teachers from different countries; Spanish language and social science are taught in Spanish. Chinese starts in grade 1, German in grade 5, and there are separate Spanish lessons for foreigners. The pupils come from more than 32 nationalities. The campus is large, about 25000 square metres: seven buildings, laboratories, a library, an assembly hall, a football pitch, tennis and padel courts and a covered sports hall. A residence with full board also runs on the campus, separately for girls and boys, for pupils from other regions of Spain and from abroad, with a medical service around the clock. Food is cooked in the school kitchen on the same day, 13 bus routes run, and extended care from 7:30 and until 18:00 is free. In summer the group runs Casvi Camp in English on the Eurocolegio Casvi campus in Boadilla del Monte and a camp in the Gredos mountains.
Key facts
Programmes
IB · PYP, MYP, DP · American programme
Admits from
3 years · Pre-School
Languages of instruction
English
Languages taught
Spanish, Chinese, German
Summer camp
Yes, open to all
Admissions The school takes foreigners: its pupils come from more than 32 nationalities, the campus residence is explicitly meant for pupils from other regions of Spain and international pupils, the guidance department supports foreign pupils, and those who do not know Spanish have Spanish lessons for foreigners. The school can take children from age three, into the Primary Years Programme. Admission begins with the application form on the website or a call to (+34) 91: 804: 02: 12; the school does not set out steps, deadlines, tests or language requirements on its admissions page.
Stages and year groups Grades Pre-School (from age 3) - IB Diploma Programme. The cycle runs from age three to the end of school in four stages: Pre-School and Kindergarten, Elementary and Middle School, High School and the IB Diploma Programme. The IB programmes are spread across the whole cycle - the Primary Years from age three, the Middle Years in the middle stage, the Diploma in the upper stage - and the school runs them on top of the American curriculum. The Middle Years Programme ends with a personal project. The school gives no exact age grid. Extended care from 7:30 to 8:00 and from 16:45 to 18:00 is free.
Address C. del Gavilán, 2, 28760 Tres Cantos, Madrid
Accreditations and programmes verified against official registries
MSA · accreditationIB · PYP, MYP, 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
MSAMiddle States Association of Colleges and Schools
One of the oldest American accreditations, working since 1887 in more than a hundred countries and linked to the Office of Overseas Schools of the US State Department. It judges the school as an institution across twelve areas, including finances, governance, premises and student support.
What the badge means for this school. The school has been through this organisation's accreditation. It was judged as a whole: governance, safeguarding, staff, premises, teaching. The entry stands in the organisation's public register - anyone can check it.
Register to check for yourself, and the full guide →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.
Register to check for yourself, and the full guide →American programme
The American school programme, with the High School Diploma at the end. It usually comes together with AP courses, which the College Board stands behind, and with an American accreditation - MSA, NEASC or Cognia.
What this means for this school. The diploma is written out by the school itself: the American programme has no common leaving exam, and the content of the senior years is set by the school. Outside checking therefore rests on two things here - the accreditation of the school, and the AP exams if the school runs them.
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 hall
✓Laboratories
✓Theatre or assembly hall
✓Library
✓Catering
✓School transport
✓Boarding
Also on site: Sports ground or field
Campus: The campus in Tres Cantos covers about 25000 square metres: seven buildings and large sports and play areas among gardens and groves. The buildings hold spacious classrooms, computer rooms and laboratories, music rooms, a library and an assembly hall for performances, graduations and conferences. For sport there is an artificial grass football pitch, basketball and volleyball courts, two tennis and two padel courts, a dance studio and a covered sports hall. Food is cooked the same day in the school kitchen to a Mediterranean menu drawn up by nutritionists. 13 bus routes run, by the month or by the day. On the campus stands a residence with full board, separately for girls and boys, with a medical service around the clock.
Clubs and activities (12): Athletics · Tennis · Padel · Gymnastics · Dance · Swimming · Football · Basketball · Ice hockey · Baseball · Volleyball · Coro Casvi choir
Summer camp: the school runs its own camp and takes children from outside as well
Summer programme away from campus:
Casvi Camp runs all of July on the Eurocolegio Casvi campus in Boadilla del Monte, from 9:00 to 16:45, for children from the first cycle of Infantil (Pre-K 1) to grade 6. The camp is in English, with qualified teachers: sport and outdoor games, music and dance, technology, cooperative games and workshops, water activities and excursions. It takes both pupils of Casvi schools and children from other schools. Separately the group names a residential camp in the Gredos mountains. The school does not publish 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 describes its staff as an international team of native English-speaking teachers from different countries, most of whom came from the United States, and writes that they receive continuous training in the IB methodology. Of names it publishes its leadership: the group's chief executive Juan Luis Yagüe, the school's director Rosa Elena Galagarza and the deputy director, who is also the Middle Years Programme coordinator, Beatriz Andrés Mariño. It states neither teacher numbers nor the pupil-teacher ratio, and of its groups it says only that it keeps them small.
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 policynot stated on the website
·Staff trainingnot stated on the website
·Anti-bullying policynot stated on the website
The guidance department provides academic and emotional counselling, psycho-educational assessments and early detection of learning difficulties, identification of high ability, support for foreign pupils and help with social and academic integration. In the residence a medical service works around the clock, and educators look after the pupils who live there. The school names no security, video surveillance, anti-bullying programme or written child protection policy; the group has a separate channel for reporting misconduct.
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