← Back to homeCentro Educativo Agave
Huércal de Almería, Spain · est. 1994 · Private
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Centro Educativo Agave is a private school in Huércal de Almería, 5 minutes from Almería, at Camino de la Gloria 17. It opened in September 1994; its founder and director is Carmen Díaz, and the school belongs to Grupo Agave, which since 2017 has also run a second school, Agave International School in Cartagena. It takes children from age 2 and carries them to the end of the bachillerato: a group for 2-year-olds, kindergarten, primary, ESO and, at the upper stage, a choice between the Spanish bachillerato and the IB Diploma Programme, which the school has offered since 2016. Lessons are in Spanish, but English runs through every stage from age 2, beyond the official curriculum and with native speakers, and Social Science is taught entirely in English; French is compulsory from Year 3 to the end of secondary school. The school prepares pupils for Trinity, for Cambridge from KET to CAE and for DELF, and aims to bring most leavers to C1 in English and B2 in French. The grounds cover more than 25000 square metres with an indoor heated swimming pool, laboratories, a STEAM room, a gymnasium and an auditorium; lunch is cooked in the school's own kitchen and is compulsory for all. In more than 30 years over 5000 pupils have graduated from the school.
Key facts
Tuition
≈ $5 993–7 880 a year
530.5–697.5 EUR a month
The year is counted as ten payments: the school does not say how many payments it takes.
Languages of instruction
Spanish
Languages taught
English, French
Summer camp
Yes, for its own pupils only
About the fees The school publishes its fees on a 2026 price sheet, monthly, and promises to update the rates from 1 January 2027. Per month: the 2-year-olds' group and the first year of kindergarten 530.50 euros, the 2nd and 3rd years of kindergarten and Years 1-2: 558 euros, Years 3-6: 560 euros, ESO 1-2: 636 euros, ESO 3-4: 639.50 euros, the bachillerato and the IB Diploma 697.50 euros. The fee covers teaching and lunch, and at the younger stages also breakfast, an afternoon snack, materials, textbooks and the pool; from Years 1-2 mental arithmetic is added, in Years 5-6 and ESO 1-2 robotics, in ESO 3-4 extra support classes, and at the upper stage laboratory materials. ESO textbooks are paid separately in November and December. The school does not say how many monthly payments there are in a year.
Admissions Admission runs in 4 steps: an enquiry by email or through the form on the site, a personal meeting with a guided tour of the school, an application for the relevant stage with documents, and formalisation: within 5 days the family receives an email confirming admission and has another 5 days to confirm the place. Documents: a photo of the pupil and of the family, a copy of the family book, the health insurance card, the previous year's report (from the second year of kindergarten) and proof of payment; an enrolment fee is paid on application, and for the following years the place is reserved by paying the September instalment in advance, which is not refunded. The school writes nothing about children from other countries, recognition of schooling abroad or language requirements.
Stages and year groups Grades group for 2-year-olds - 2º Bachillerato or the IB Diploma, to age 18. The school gives its stages with ages: a group for 2-year-olds, kindergarten from 3 to 5, primary from 6 to 11, ESO from 12 to 15 and, at the upper stage from 16 to 18, the Spanish bachillerato or the IB Diploma Programme, authorised since 2016, for which a pupil takes one course from each subject group at standard and higher level. The younger stages and the first cycle of ESO attend Monday to Thursday from 9:30 to 17:30 and on Friday until 15:30, the upper years Monday to Thursday from 8:30 to 16:30. The school speaks of small groups but gives no class size.
Address Camino de la Gloria 17, 04230 Huércal de Almería
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 pool
✓Sports hall
✓Laboratories
✓Theatre or assembly hall
✓Library
✓Catering
✓School transport
·Boardingnot stated on the website
Also on site: Art studio · Makerspace
Campus: The grounds cover more than 25000 square metres, built in 3 phases: 1994, 1998-1999 and 2009-2010. The last addition was an indoor heated swimming pool of 1000 square metres. There is a gymnasium and an auditorium, the school's own kitchen and dining rooms, a STEAM room, physics and chemistry and biology laboratories, psychomotor and rest rooms for the kindergarten, libraries and study areas, computing and robotics rooms, art and visual arts workshops, and separate rooms for music and ballet. The bus runs across Almería and the surrounding towns, and the morning group opens at 7:30.
Clubs and activities (8): Ballet · Chess club · Children's music school and choir · Piano · Arts & Crafts · Sports school · Swimming · Cambridge, Trinity College and Alliance Française exam preparation
Summer camp: the school runs its own camp, but only for its own pupils
The summer school runs on the school's own campus until the end of July and only for its own pupils, and can be booked by the week; registration opens in May. Every day there is the pool, creative and psychomotor activities, English and French, abacus, academic catch-up and games; lunch and the bus are available. The school does not publish prices.
Teaching staff from the school's official website
·Teachers listed by namenot published
✓Teacher qualifications
·Number of teachersthe school does not say
·Students per teacher or class sizenot stated
What the listings show: native English speakers at every stage
The school publishes no number of teachers, no qualifications and no pupil-teacher ratio. It says that English at every stage is taught by native speakers together with Spanish teachers, in small groups, and that extracurricular activities are run, in its words, by properly qualified teachers and coaches.
Safety and wellbeing from the school's official website
The school says nothing on its website about security, medical care or pupil support.
Reviews
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