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Madrid, Spain · est. 2006 · Private
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Colegio Valdefuentes is a co-educational Catholic school in Sanchinarro, Madrid, opened in the 2006-2007 school year by the Educare group, which now has eight schools; legally it is run by Educare Inversión en Centros Educativos, S.L. The school is private, but most of its stages are state-funded (concertado): from the second cycle of kindergarten to ESO tuition is free, while the first-cycle nursery from age one and the bachillerato are fee-paying. Stages run from one to eighteen, and at the top the school is authorised for the IB Diploma Programme, which it runs alongside the national bachillerato and the American dual diploma. Teaching is bilingual, Spanish and English, with Jolly Phonics for the youngest and the Aptis project, and in addition the school teaches French and German; it is a preparation centre for Cambridge English examinations and in 2026 received the quality seal of the Bilingual Education Association. In the PAU university examination of 2026, according to the school, 95% of pupils passed, with an average entrance mark of 7.66 and a best result of 13.73; in 2026 Forbes magazine included the school among the hundred best schools in Spain. The campus is large: a 14000 m² site, 89 classrooms, a heated swimming pool, an indoor sports centre, laboratories and a chapel. After lessons there are more than three dozen paid activities, from basketball and judo to robotics, public speaking and theatre in English, and in summer a day camp and a residential camp in English at another school of the group.
Key facts
Admits from
1 year · Pre-School
Languages of instruction
Spanish, English
Languages taught
French, German
Admissions The school has announced admissions open for the 2026-2027 school year. Because the school is state-funded, admission follows the general procedure of the Community of Madrid for such schools: applications are scored on the official points scale, ties are settled by a public draw, and the school publishes its vacancies and the admission calendar. If there are no places in the extraordinary period, the family submits a form to the SAE admissions service. For enrolment after allocation the family writes to the school and receives online enrolment forms. The school names no separate procedure for children from other countries and no requirement to know Spanish.
Stages and year groups Grades first cycle of kindergarten (age 1) - 2nd year of bachillerato. Stages by age: the first cycle of kindergarten - 1 and 2 years, the second cycle - from 3 to 6, primary school - from 6 to 12, ESO - from 12 to 16, bachillerato - from 16 to 18, and separately the Bachillerato Internacional for the same years. The school calls the first-cycle nursery and the bachillerato its private stages; the rest are state-funded. Each stage has its own head. Morning and afternoon care runs before 9:00 and after 17:00. The school does not state class sizes.
Address C/ Ana de Austria, 6, 28050 Madrid (Sanchinarro)
Accreditations and programmes verified against official registries
IB · DP · authorised programmeGrupo Educare · 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
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.
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Grupo Educare is a group of schools in the Community of Madrid that traces its history to 1977, when Colegio Parque opened in La Navata (Galapagar). Today the group has 8 schools: besides Parque, these are Valdefuentes and Torrevilano in Madrid, Peñalar in Torrelodones, Peñalvento in Colmenar Viejo, Montesclaros in Cerceda, and Antamira in Paracuellos de Jarama and Antanes School in Leganés, both acquired in 2018. The group says it is made up of two companies - Comenius Participaciones SL and Swiss Life Asset Managers - and that in November 2025 Swiss Life Asset Managers became its main shareholder. The site gives different figures: 10,000 students and 720 teachers on the home page, and more than 11,000 school places and 800 staff on the history page; we quote both. The group's site is grupoeducare.es.
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
Exam results In the PAU university examination of 2026, according to the school, 95% of pupils passed; the average entrance mark was 7.66 and the best result 13.73. The school does not publish IB diploma results.
Facilities from the school's official website
✓Swimming pool
✓Sports hall
✓Laboratories
·Theatre or assembly hallnot stated on the website
✓Library
✓Catering
·School transportnot stated on the website
·Boardingnot stated on the website
Also on site: Sports ground or field · Art studio
Campus: The site is 14000 m², the buildings 13500 m². Sport: an indoor sports centre, a 7-a-side football pitch, six basketball and two volleyball courts, a heated swimming pool. Teaching spaces: 89 classrooms, a conference hall, a library, a natural sciences laboratory, physics and chemistry laboratories, a technology workshop, music, art and computer rooms, a chapel. Its own kitchen cooks every day under the supervision of nutritionists, with special menus for health reasons; the group has an executive chef who devises the recipes. All areas have fibre optics and wi-fi, and every classroom has smart TVs and interactive panels.
Clubs and activities: Basketball · Football · Volleyball · Judo · Rhythmic gymnastics · Ice skating · Figure skating · Multi-sports · Chess · Ballet · Contemporary dance · Music and movement · Piano · Violin · Guitar · Percussion · Music band · Song recording and production · Jana Theatre School · Painting · English · Theatre in English · Public speaking and debating · Robotics and programming · Reading and creativity workshop · Study and homework · Skills development workshop
Summer programme away from campus: . The school runs no camp of its own on campus
In summer the school runs the Urban Camp day camp for children from 1 to 12: usually four weeks in July, from 9 to 16, with the option of a longer day; the programme is art, games and sport. There is also the residential Montesclaros Summer Camp in English at the group's Montesclaros school: two weeks at the start of July, Saturday to Saturday, taught by teachers of the group's schools qualified in English together with native speakers. Through the Language Activities International agency the school offers older pupils language stays in the United Kingdom, Ireland, the United States and Canada, from two weeks in July to a whole school year. There are no camp prices on the site.
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
By name the school lists the heads of its stages; the head of ESO and bachillerato, Sara Escobar, won first prize in the Community of Madrid's 'Enseñamos a Leer' competition in 2026. Each family has its own adviser, usually the class tutor, who follows the child's studies and emotional development. The psycho-pedagogical office with a team of specialists provides psychometrics, work with learning difficulties, speech therapy and careers guidance. The residential summer camp is taught by teachers of the group's schools qualified in English together with native speakers. The school does not state the number of teachers, their qualifications or the pupil-teacher ratio.
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
✓Counsellor
✓Child protection policy
·Staff trainingnot stated on the website
·Anti-bullying policynot stated on the website
The school has a qualified nurse or medical assistant; in case of serious injury a child is taken straight to hospital accompanied by a member of staff after the parents are called, and the school insurance covers medical costs for accidents during the school day. The psycho-pedagogical office deals with learning difficulties and problems of personality and socialisation, and there is an emotional health project. The school has published its organisation and operating rules, a coexistence plan and a digital plan. The canteen is supervised by teachers, and younger children can be collected from extracurricular activities only with the school card. The school names no security guards and no video surveillance.
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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 data70 Accreditation and verifiability (10%)85 Teaching staff (10%) scored on disclosed data55 Facilities (10%) scored on disclosed data85 Clubs and activities (8%) scored on disclosed data78 Value for money (6%) scored at the median67 "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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