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Culleredo, Spain · Private
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Coruna British International School is the first British school in A Coruna, and it is still growing: today it takes children from the age of three and teaches them to Year 6, while the secondary classes with IGCSEs and A-Levels are still to come as the school grows, so its present leavers will complete the senior stage elsewhere. It follows the English National Curriculum at all stages. Its strong point is its sports provision: an indoor heated swimming pool, a basketball court, a covered sports area and a dance studio, and the school links its choice of clubs directly to them. There are many clubs and they start at four: chess, multisports, basketball, judo, swimming, rhythmic gymnastics, rugby, vocal and choral skills, instrumental and performance skills, a horticultural club, a comic club, Play School Music, drama, art, dance and ballet, little chefs, creative constructions, Mandarin, German, French, a debate club, Nenoos 360, robotics and little reporters. The fee includes one extracurricular activity, school and liability insurance, psychological and pre-university counselling and school materials.
Key facts
Languages of instruction
English
Languages taught
Spanish, French, German, Chinese
About the fees The school does not publish annual amounts on its fees page: they are posted as a separate file for the 2026/27 academic year. The text gives the structure: fees are paid in ten monthly instalments, discounts are available for early payment, and the fee includes school and liability insurance, psychological and pre-university counselling, school materials and one extracurricular activity. The canteen and transport service, the remaining extracurricular activities, extended hours and uniforms are paid for separately. On top of the fee there is a one-time enrolment fee and an annual re-enrolment fee.
Admissions Admission in four steps: get in touch with the school through the form or by telephone, come for a tour and meet key staff, go through an assessment and complete the registration documents. For children aged 7 and over the school gives a simple assessment of English and mathematics to understand strengths and weaknesses; in Early Years families bring reports from the previous nursery, at Key Stage 1 the child has an interview with the head, and at Key Stage 2 also sits entrance examinations in mathematics and English. On its application page the school writes that it accepts applications from Nursery to Year 10 (that is 3º ESO), while in its description of itself on the same page it says that classes so far run to Year 6 and the next year group is added each year. Studying for less than a full academic year is, as a rule, not possible. The school does take foreigners: in its words, 90% of pupils are Spanish and 10% international, there are currently 18 nationalities, mainly European, but also children from India, North and South America; pupils whose first language is not Spanish study it in every year, and newcomers are given buddies from among their classmates.
Stages and year groups Grades Nursery (from age 3) - Year 6. At present the school runs from Nursery to Year 6; it intends to open secondary classes with IGCSEs and A-Levels as it grows, and says so plainly on its qualifications page. Extracurricular activities are available from Reception.
Address Rua Torneiros-Sesamo s/n, Sesamo
Accreditations and programmes verified against official registries
Cambridge · authorised programmeGlobeducate · 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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A K12 education group bringing together bilingual and international schools as well as online programmes. The site names "65+" schools in 11 countries and 40,000 pupils, and on all the pages read these numbers agree. Whether the group owns the schools, manages them or passes on its methodology under licence is not said on the site; the year of foundation and the country of registration are not named.
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
·Laboratoriesnot stated on the website
·Theatre or assembly hallnot stated on the website
·Librarynot stated on the website
·Cateringnot stated on the website
·School transportnot stated on the website
·Boardingnot stated on the website
Campus: An indoor heated swimming pool, a basketball court, a covered sports area and a dance studio; modern flexible learning spaces, which the executive head's welcome describes.
Clubs and activities (24): Chess · Combined events · Basketball · Judo · Swimming · Rhythmic gymnastics · Rugby · Singing and choir · Instruments and performance · Gardening club · Comics club · Play School Music · Drama · Art · Dance and ballet · Little cooks · Creative construction · Mandarin · German · French · Debating club · Nenoos 360 · Robotics · Little reporters
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 teachers of the English National Curriculum, in the school's words, are qualified teachers with experience of that curriculum, native English speakers and bilingual professionals with experience in schools in the United Kingdom and international schools; the Spanish curriculum is taught by qualified Spanish teachers. The school does not state the number of teachers. There are two classes in each year group, with 20 pupils on average.
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
✓Counsellor
·Child protection policynot stated on the website
·Staff trainingnot stated on the website
·Anti-bullying policynot stated on the website
Psychological and pre-university counselling is covered by the tuition fee - the school names it among what the fee includes. It has separate sections on pastoral care and special educational needs.
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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 data70 Clubs and activities (8%) scored on disclosed data78 Value for money (6%) scored at the median74 "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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