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Córdoba, Spain · Private
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El Cárabo is a small alternative school in Córdoba, in the El Brillante district, for children and young people aged 2 to 16: kindergarten, primary and secondary stages. The school calls itself systemic, creative, democratic and a school of eco-social action; its three pillars are systemic pedagogy, creative education and environmental education. It writes that it looks at the child broadly and respectfully, attends to emotional, social and academic development, and that young people learn to identify their own needs and make decisions. The founders describe themselves as parents who understand how hard it is to choose an unconventional school for a child, and invite families to come, watch an ordinary day and call. The school's website is still under construction and consists of a single page in Spanish; enrolment for the 2026-2027 school year is open. The school does not name its language of instruction directly: Spanish is inferred from the language of the only page for families.
Key facts
Admits from
2 years · Pre-School
Languages of instruction
Spanish
Admissions Enrolment for the 2026-2027 school year, the school says, is open; families are advised to visit, observe everyday school life and call. There are no admission conditions, deadlines or documents on the site.
Stages and year groups Grades kindergarten (2 years) - secondary (16 years). The school runs kindergarten, primary and secondary stages for children aged 2 to 16. It promises to explain how the programme and subjects in primary and secondary are organised once the site is finished; for now families are invited to ask directly.
Address C/ Cardenal Portocarrero 47, El Brillante, Córdoba
Accreditations and programmes verified against official registries
MSA · candidateschool 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
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
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%)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 data55 Accreditation and verifiability (10%)65 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 median86 "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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