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Aixovall, Andorra · est. 2004 · State
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Centre de Formació Professional d'Aixovall is a public vocational education centre of the Andorran education system "Escola Andorrana" (the Andorran school) in Aixovall, parish of Sant Julià de Lòria. On its website the centre describes itself as "un centre públic, plural i aconfessional del Sistema Educatiu Andorrà per a majors de 16 anys" (a public, pluralist and non-denominational centre of the Andorran education system for people over 16); its mission is to prepare students for a profession and to allow them to continue higher education in Andorra or abroad. According to the centre's page on the EducAND platform, classes have run since the start of the 2004-2005 school year. Training is shared between the centre and companies: according to the centre's website, work placements ("estades formatives") take place in every year of study. According to the "Estudis" section of the website, students currently study for the two-year "Diploma professional inicial" (DPI, initial vocational diploma) in beauty and hairdressing assistant (EP) and IT user support operator (OAU), and for the two-year "Batxillerat professional" (BP, vocational baccalaureate) in six specialities: support technician in physical, sports and leisure activities (TSAFEL), administrative management support technician (TSGA), community support technician (TSOCO), auxiliary nursing care technician (TCAI), software development support technician (TSDP) and IT systems and networks support technician (TSSIX); the older DEP and BP programmes in multilingual secretarial work and in physical, sports and leisure activities are still taught. Since May 2020 the centre has been part of the IB World Schools community, and since September 2020 it has run its own version of the IB Career-related Programme (in Catalan POP, Programa d'Orientació Professional): its core components are built into the centre's programmes, and the Diploma Programme subjects "Gestió Empresarial" (Business Management) and Spanish or French as Language B are taught. According to the centre's annual report for the UNESCO Associated Schools network for the 2023-2024 school year, the centre has belonged to this network since 2015; according to the report for the 2024-2025 school year, it has 312 students and 53 teachers. Language of instruction: according to the Government of Andorra page on the "Diploma d'ensenyament professional", "La llengua vehicular de totes les assignatures és el català" (all subjects are taught in Catalan), and the subject "Llengües i comunicació" (languages and communication) is taught in Catalan, Spanish, French and English.
Key facts
Programmes
IB · CP · National programme
Languages of instruction
Catalan
Languages taught
Spanish, French, English
About the fees Tuition is free: according to the Spanish Ministry of Education's document on the education system of Andorra (2020), Andorran state schools are free public-service institutions.
Admissions According to the Government of Andorra pages on vocational diplomas, in-school training admits Andorran nationals, legal residents of the country or holders of a study permit ("Tenir la nacionalitat andorrana, residir legalment al país o disposar d'un permís d'estudi"). The DEP requires being over 16 (or turning 16 before 31 December of the year of entry) and holding the graduat en segona ensenyança (lower secondary certificate) of the Andorran system or an equivalent recognised by the Government. The BP requires being over 18 (or turning 18 before 31 December) and holding the DEP or a recognised equivalent. There is also an external candidate route ("candidats lliures") and recognition of at least 36 months of professional experience (REVEP). According to the Andorra la Vella parish guide "Guia d'ensenyament i recursos juvenils a Andorra 2020-2021", applicants without the certificate can enter the DEP through official entrance tests. Enrolment goes through the Government school form ("Formulari d'inscripció escolar").
Stages and year groups Grades DPI 1r-2n, BP 1r-2n. According to the Government of Andorra pages, the DPI is a two-year cycle of 1750 hours, 400 of them in a company (level 2 of the Andorran qualifications framework), and the BP is a two-year cycle of 2000 hours, 220 of them in a company (level 4); the BP is entered after the DEP. Under the Andorran education law (Llei 17/2018 d'ordenament del sistema educatiu andorrà), vocational education is a single cycle of three years, and the centre's website also speaks of three years of study. According to the Government page, the BP diploma allows graduates to work or to continue in higher education.
Address Ctra. d'Os de Civís, s/n, AD600 Aixovall, Sant Julià de Lòria
Accreditations and programmes verified against official registries
IB · CP · authorised programmeThe IB register lists one programme at the centre: the Career-related Programme. It is a state vocational centre of the Andorran education system for teenagers after compulsory schooling.
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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: CP (ages 16-19, with a vocational slant). CP is the final stage with a vocational slant, ages 16 to 19: some of the DP subjects plus an applied qualification. It is meant for those heading into a trade or an applied degree rather than an academic one.
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The state school programme of the country the school stands in: it is set by that country's ministry of education, which also licenses the school and awards the leaving certificate. That certificate is used for entry to local universities, and abroad it is matched to the local one.
What this means for this school. This entry does not count towards the score, and that is deliberate. Every lawful school in a country works to the national programme, so on its own it tells one school apart from no other - unlike the French, German or Russian programmes, which are carried abroad and confirmed by the register of their organisation. We show it because a parent needs to know what programme their child is taught and what certificate the child will get. Counting it would lift the whole ranking at once and still tell nobody apart.
Exams and destinations from the school's official website
Exam results The BP diploma is awarded after the state exam Prova oficial de batxillerat professional (POB PRO); for in-school students it counts for 50% of the final grade. According to the Government of Andorra statement on the 2026 results, across the system 104 candidates sat the POB PRO and 66 obtained the diploma; 72.22% passed in the older programmes and 58.82% in the renewed ones. According to the official statement of the June 2025 results for the older programmes: physical, sports and leisure activities - 20 passed and 7 failed, socio-educational animation - 3 and 1, IT systems and networks - 10 and 4, multilingual secretarial work - 9 and 4.
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
✓LibraryThe library is open Monday to Friday from 8:00 to 15:10, with a librarian present for part of the day.
·Cateringnot stated on the website
·School transportnot stated on the website
·Boardingnot stated on the website
Clubs and activities: Projecte Tàndem (entrepreneurship project with companies) · Això amunt Això avall (school magazine) · Clean up Day d'Escoles Verdes (environmental action)
Teaching staff from the school's official website
·Teachers listed by namenot published
·Teacher qualificationsnot stated
✓Number of teachers53
✓Students per teacher or class sizein the key facts above
According to the centre's annual report for the UNESCO Associated Schools network for the 2024-2025 school year, the centre has 53 teachers for 312 students, about 5.9 students per teacher; 10 teachers run UNESCO network projects. According to the Government of Andorra page on the DEP, the languages in the subject "Llengües i comunicació" are taught by specialist teachers of each language.
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 policyThe centre publishes its "Normativa de convivència" (rules of conduct) and "Reglament intern" (internal regulations) for the school year.
·Staff trainingnot stated on the website
·Anti-bullying policynot stated on the website
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Criteria breakdown criterion weight in brackets
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 data80 Safety and wellbeing (12%) scored on disclosed data60 Accreditation and verifiability (10%)85 Teaching staff (10%) scored on disclosed data70 Facilities (10%) scored on disclosed data60 Clubs and activities (8%) scored on disclosed data67 "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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