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Paterna, Spain · Private
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Colegio Camarena Valterna is a private school of the Colegios Siglo XXI group in Paterna, outside Valencia, in the Lloma Llarga development. Of the IB programmes it holds the primary one: the school puts the PEP straight into the names of its stages - "second cycle of kindergarten PEP" and "primary school PEP" - while the middle years and diploma programmes do not appear on its site at all. For a parent this means the IB programme here ends with primary school. The school occupies two buildings in the same development: on Calle Carlina and at Calle Espigol 55. The school's e-mail runs on the group's domain, the same holding that stands behind Camarena Canet. The school sets out the language of lessons itself: in the first cycle of nursery, from 4 months, English is introduced in short oral sessions; in the second cycle 85% of the time is in English and 10% in Spanish; in primary school - 50% in English, 40% in Spanish and 10% in Valencian, with natural and social sciences, English language and arts taught in English, and mathematics in both languages. The curriculum is Spanish, and English serves as the language of instruction for part of the subjects.
Key facts
Languages of instruction
English, Spanish
Admissions Admission goes in three steps: a request for information through the form or by telephone, a tour during school hours so that the family sees the school at work, and an enrolment form with payment of the fee to reserve the place; the application itself costs nothing, and the fee is charged only once a place has been offered. The school holds a personal conversation with every family, and the child's presence is not obligatory; for entry to primary and secondary school children sit knowledge tests. Whether there are places depends on the year group and the date of application. The school does take foreigners: in its language policy it writes that its international pupils go on learning and developing their mother tongues. It names no Spanish or English requirements for them.
Address Calle Carlina s/n, Urbanización Lloma Llarga, Valterna
Accreditations and programmes verified against official registries
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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: PYP (ages 3-12). 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.
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
The school does not describe its premises on its website.
Teaching staff
The school publishes neither the number of its teachers nor their qualifications.
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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Criteria breakdown criterion weight in brackets
Academics and programmes (16%)72 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 data55 Clubs and activities (8%) scored on disclosed data55 Value for money (6%) scored at the median78 "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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