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Alcalá de Henares, Spain · Private
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A private secular bilingual Montessori school in Alcalá de Henares, near the Los Cerros de Alcalá natural park; it was created by families and teachers and works without public funding. It runs three stages following the Montessori planes of development: Casa de Niños (from 2.5 to 6 years), Taller (primary school, ages 6-12) and Adolescencia (ages 12-16). The school writes that it is applying for accreditation by the American Middle States Association, that thanks to it the Community of Madrid authorises it as a foreign centre and recognises its schooling as equal to Spanish schooling, and it helps with the recognition of the ESO certificate. The school explains its bilingualism this way: in each class at least one of the two teachers speaks English at a high or native level, and about half of the day is in English. The class "environments" are designed for up to 20 pupils with two teachers, that is 10 pupils per teacher. There are no grades in the usual form: progress is recorded through observation and in "curriculum notebooks", and parents see it on the Transparent Classroom platform; every day there is a meeting for resolving conflicts. The school day runs from 9:00 to 15:30, on Friday until 14:45, with extended care from 8:00 and until 16:30; there is an own kitchen and a vegetable garden. The school publishes its fees monthly, eleven payments from September to July, and in July they include the summer camp.
Key facts
Tuition
≈ $4 632–5 536 a year
410–490 EUR a month
The year is counted as ten payments: the school does not say how many payments it takes.
Admits from
2.5 years · Pre-School
Languages of instruction
Spanish, English
About the fees The school publishes its fees monthly, eleven payments from September to July inclusive, regardless of the number of school days in the month: Casa de Niños - 410 euros, Taller - 450 euros, Adolescencia - 490 euros a month. The July payment includes the summer camp and does not change even if the child does not attend the camp. The second child from a family gets a 10 per cent discount and the third 20 per cent, excluding lunch, extended care and clubs.
Admissions Admission in eight steps: a visit to the school, receipt of the information dossier, an application through the form, an interview with the teachers, an assessment of the application after a trial period in class of one to seven days, a decision by email, the allocation of a place and payment of the enrolment fee. Places are few, and selection takes into account: a parent working at the school, siblings at the school or previous schooling there, experience of Montessori education, a successful interview and adaptation, a high level of English in the child or the family, and the order of application. Children with special educational needs are admitted after an individual assessment with a support plan. Before the year starts the school advises the child to visit, and in the first days an adult may stay nearby.
Stages and year groups Grades Casa de Niños (age 2.5) - Adolescencia (age 16). Stages: Casa de Niños, the second cycle of early years, from 2.5 to 6; Taller (Taller 1 and 2), primary school, ages 6-12; Adolescencia, secondary school, ages 12-16. Within the Montessori cycle there are mathematics, language, a foreign language, natural and social sciences; as separate sessions, physical education twice a week, Spanish language and culture, music and English. The class "environments" are designed for up to 20 pupils with two teachers (a guide and a co-guide).
Address Calle Río Bidasoa 1, Local A, 28803 Alcalá de Henares, Madrid
Accreditations and programmes verified against official registries
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MSAMiddle States Association of Colleges and Schools
One of the oldest American accreditations, working since 1887 in more than a hundred countries and linked to the Office of Overseas Schools of the US State Department. It judges the school as an institution across twelve areas, including finances, governance, premises and student support.
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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 poolnot stated on the website
·Sports hallnot stated on the website
·Laboratoriesnot stated on the website
·Theatre or assembly hallnot stated on the website
·Librarynot stated on the website
✓Catering
·School transportnot stated on the website
·Boardingnot stated on the website
Campus: A building at Calle Río Bidasoa 1 in Alcalá de Henares, near the Los Cerros de Alcalá natural park. The class "environments" are equipped with Montessori materials by area (language, mathematics, sciences) and designed for up to 20 pupils; the school has its own kitchen and a vegetable garden, and lessons are often held outdoors. Nearby there are a public playground, a basketball court and free parking.
Summer camp: the school runs its own camp; whether it takes children from outside is not stated on the website
In July the school runs a summer camp; it is included in the July tuition payment, which does not change even if the child does not attend the camp.
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 sizein the key facts above
The school writes that it is run by teachers with long experience of Montessori education who keep training and meet to share experience; each class has two teachers, a guide and a co-guide, and at least one of them speaks English at a high or native level. Classes are designed for up to 20 pupils, that is 10 pupils per teacher. The school publishes neither a list of staff nor the total number of teachers.
Safety and wellbeing from the school's official website
The school says nothing on its website about security, medical care or pupil support.
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