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Zaragoza, Spain · est. 1970 · Private
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Colegio Inglés Zaragoza is a private bilingual school in the Movera district on the outskirts of Zaragoza, in a quiet natural setting. It has worked since 1970 and calls itself the first Spanish-English bilingual school in Aragon; since 2023 it has been part of the British group Dukes Education, which has six private schools in Spain. The school takes pupils from three to sixteen, from infant school to the fourth year of ESO, and prepares them for bachillerato, which they take at another school. The school is small, with one class per year group. English here is the language of teaching, not a subject: the infant school follows the British curriculum with full immersion in English and a daily Spanish lesson, and after that about half of lessons are in English with native teachers trained in the United Kingdom and Ireland. Pupils sit the Cambridge English examinations in ESO: B2 First in the third year and C1 Advanced in the fourth; the third language is German or French. There are exchanges with the USA and Germany and with IEP group schools in Spain, debating and the European Youth Parliament. A campus with a library, laboratories, an indoor hall, playing fields and an outdoor pool; a nurse works at the school. The head is Carolina Gopal.
Key facts
Programmes
Cambridge · National programme
Admits from
3 years · Pre-School
Languages of instruction
English, Spanish
Languages taught
German, French
Admissions Registration is possible at any time of year: the school is private and not bound by the official admission calendar, but advises applying early to secure a place. The procedure is: a request for information through the site, by telephone or by the admissions email and a personal meeting with a visit to the school; then the family submits the enrolment application form; once the place is confirmed, the school asks for the remaining personal and academic documents. Under the school's terms, enrolment is completed when all documents have been received, entrance tests passed where required and the enrolment fee paid; the school reserves the right to refuse an application with a refund. Younger siblings of pupils get priority for a place in the lowest class. The school does not say whether it accepts children from other countries or on what terms.
Stages and year groups Grades Infant school from age 3 - 4th year of ESO, to age 16. Stages: infant school (Early Years) following the British curriculum with full immersion in English from the first year, primary school and ESO; one class per year group. In secondary some subjects are taught in English, with debating, the European Youth Parliament and exchanges; the Cambridge B2 First examination in the third year and C1 Advanced in the fourth year of ESO. The school has no bachillerato; it prepares pupils for it. The school is open Monday to Friday from 9:00 to 17:00, with an early group from 8:00.
Address Av. de Movera, 147, 50194 Zaragoza
Accreditations and programmes verified against official registries
Cambridge · authorised programmeDukes Education · 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. Which stages - from the early years programme for three-year-olds up to A-Level - this school is approved for is not stated here.
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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.
Dukes Educationschool network
Dukes Education is a British private education group founded by Aatif Hassan in 2015. It describes itself as a family of nurseries, schools and colleges in the UK and Europe; besides schools, the group runs summer schools, day camps and university application consultancies. The group does not give a total number of schools on its pages; its Europe section lists schools in Croatia, Czechia, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Spain and Switzerland, and its menu also has a North America section. In Spain the group lists 6 schools: Engage International School (Majadahonda, Madrid), International English School of Castellón, English School of Asturias, Colegio Inglés Zaragoza, Elian's British School of La Nucía and Colegio Internacional de Valladolid. The group's site is dukeseducation.com.
What this means for this school. The network owns or operates the school. Its accreditation and programme authorisation the school obtains separately, in its own name.
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 hallnot stated on the website
✓Library
✓Catering
✓School transport
·Boardingnot stated on the website
Also on site: Sports ground or field · Art studio · Playground
Campus: A campus in the quiet natural area of Movera on the outskirts of Zaragoza: spacious bright classrooms with digital boards and Chromebooks, a large library, a music room with instruments, support rooms and small rooms for extra lessons, an art room, science and technology laboratories, a psychomotor room and an indoor sports hall; outdoors there are green areas and football fields, basketball courts, a garden with benches, a play area for the youngest and an outdoor pool with a paddling area. Its own canteen with a Mediterranean menu, school buses across Zaragoza and the surrounding area, and an early group from 8:00.
Clubs and activities (13): Football · Karate · Roller skating · Rhythmic gymnastics · Self-defence · Drama club · Advanced photography · Art club · Cookery · Piano · Chess · Robotics · Extra lessons in Spanish, English and French
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 English part of teaching is led by native teachers with international experience, trained in the United Kingdom and Ireland; about half of lessons are taught in English by subject specialists. The school is proud of the stability of its staff: most teachers have worked there for many years, some for more than 30, and taught the older siblings or parents of current pupils. The head, Carolina Gopal, and the Early Years coordinator, Sharon Wilson, are named. The school states neither the number of teachers nor the pupil-teacher ratio; classes are small, one per year group, and every pupil has a tutor.
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
A nurse works at the school throughout the school day: first aid for minor injuries, care for pupils with chronic conditions, prevention and health education. The canteen caters for allergies and intolerances. There is tutoring and academic and careers guidance in ESO, a letter for parents on how to appeal school decisions and a contingency plan. The school names no psychologist, no security staff, no video surveillance and no written child protection policy.
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Academics and programmes (16%)60 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 data60 Accreditation and verifiability (10%)85 Teaching staff (10%) scored on disclosed data55 Facilities (10%) scored on disclosed data90 Clubs and activities (8%) scored on disclosed data78 Value for money (6%) scored at the median82 "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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