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La Margineda, Andorra · est. 1995 · State
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Escola Andorrana de Batxillerat is a public school of the Andorran education system "Escola Andorrana" (the Andorran school), where students spend the last two years before university, the batxillerat (baccalaureate). On its website the school describes itself: "L'Escola Andorrana de batxillerat és un centre públic" (a public centre), whose aim is quality education for all students with equal opportunities, combined with education in values. According to the page of the parents' association of Escola Andorrana (AMPAEA), the Andorran school has offered the batxillerat since the 1995-1996 school year, and only at the centre in La Margineda. According to the Government of Andorra page "Batxillerat general" (general baccalaureate), each student builds a 29-hour weekly plan from five blocks: personal development, languages and literature, individual and society, sciences and mathematics, arts; the "Projecte de recerca" (research project) and the "Projecte de participació, actuació i servei" (PAS, participation and service project) are compulsory, and the batxiller certificate is awarded after the state exam Prova Oficial de Batxillerat (POB). The school also runs the IB Diploma Programme: according to the "Batxillerat Internacional" section of its website, students take the full Programa del Diploma or individual subjects; on offer are Catalan A (literature, higher level), English B (standard), Mathematics: analysis and approaches (higher), History (standard), Chemistry (higher), Biology (standard), Physics (higher) and Economics (higher), and the CAS project (creativity, activity, service) runs alongside PAS. Language of instruction: according to the Government page, batxillerat subjects are taught in Catalan, Spanish, French and English ("la vehiculació de diferents assignatures en llengua catalana, castellana, francesa i anglesa"); the school website adds that students continue to study Catalan and English, while compulsory subjects are also taught in Spanish and French. Among classical languages there is the subject "Cultura i llengües clàssiques" (culture and classical languages). According to a 2017 statement of the Government of Andorra, the Andorran batxiller certificate is recognised in Spain and in France.
Key facts
Programmes
IB · DP · National programme
Languages of instruction
Catalan, Spanish, French, English
Class size
no more than 30 students per class (under the Andorran education law; exceptions are repeating students and newly arrived students)
About the fees Tuition is free: according to the Spanish Ministry of Education's document on the education system of Andorra (2020), Andorran state schools are free public-service institutions. The school website says nothing about IB exam fees.
Admissions According to the Government of Andorra page "Batxillerat general", the baccalaureate admits Andorran nationals and legal residents of the country ("Tenir la nacionalitat andorrana o residir legalment al país"), under 19 years of age (age exceptions require the authorisation of the education inspectorate), who hold the graduat en segona ensenyança (lower secondary certificate) of the Andorran system or an equivalent recognised by the Government of Andorra. Students coming from another education system must show command of the languages of instruction, by language tests or by certified levels of the Common European Framework: B1 in Catalan, Spanish and French and A2 in English. Enrolment goes through the Government school form ("Formulari d'inscripció escolar").
Stages and year groups Grades Batxillerat 1r-2n. Under the Andorran education law (Llei 17/2018 d'ordenament del sistema educatiu andorrà), the general batxillerat is a single cycle of two years; a student who needs more time may extend it to three years. Post-compulsory education generally admits people over 16. According to the school website, the IB Diploma Programme also lasts two years and is designed for students aged 16-19.
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Accreditations and programmes verified against official registries
IB · DP · authorised programmeThe IB register lists the Diploma Programme at the school. It is a state school of the Andorran education system: the Andorran baccalaureate and the IB Diploma as alternatives.
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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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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.
Exams and destinations from the school's official website
Exam results The batxiller certificate is awarded after the state exam Prova Oficial de Batxillerat (POB), common to the Andorran system. According to the Government of Andorra statement on the 2026 results, 258 candidates sat the POB and 233 obtained the certificate, most of them in-school students; among in-school candidates 95.28% passed. According to the Government answer in the bulletin of the Consell General (the Andorran parliament) for 2019, 215 of 218 in-school candidates passed that year, or 98.62%.
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
✓LibrarySchool library with a librarian; the "Biblioteca i recursos" section of the website teaches source citation and the use of AI, with access to eLibrary and SIRS.
·Cateringnot stated on the website
·School transportnot stated on the website
·Boardingnot stated on the website
Clubs and activities: Copa Colegial (school tournament, mixed team) · Lliga d'escacs (chess league) · UNIS-UN Conference (student conference at the United Nations) · Fira del Voluntariat (volunteering fair) · EABATX Report (school magazine) · Revista InnovAND (school magazine)
Teaching staff from the school's official website
·Teachers listed by namenot published
✓Teacher qualifications
✓Number of teachers55
✓Students per teacher or class sizein the key facts above
What the listings show: Under the Andorran education law, a batxillerat teacher must hold at least a second-cycle university degree in their subject.
The "Qui som?" (who we are) page of the school website names 55 teachers in 12 departments: art, sciences, mathematics, physical education, economics, history, philosophy, English, French, Spanish and Catalan languages, and audiovisual. Listed separately are a management team of three (head Ester Vilarrubla and two heads of studies), a secretary, two educational psychologists, a librarian, seven "col·laboradors educatius" (assistant educators) and an educator from the Fundació Nostra Senyora de Meritxell. The IB Diploma Programme is coordinated by Mario Solé and William Díaz.
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
✓CounsellorA team of educational psychologists ("Equip de psicopedagogues") with two specialists, and an educator from the Fundació Nostra Senyora de Meritxell on the school staff.
✓Child protection policyFor the IB programme the school publishes admission, language, academic integrity, inclusion and assessment policies, and a "Protocol de queixes" (procedure for questions and complaints to the management and coordination team).
·Staff trainingnot stated on the website
·Anti-bullying policynot stated on the website
Reviews
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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 data65 Accreditation and verifiability (10%)85 Teaching staff (10%) scored on disclosed data70 Facilities (10%) scored on disclosed data60 Clubs and activities (8%) scored on disclosed data76 "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.
The score is counted from 8 of the 9 criteria.Only those with checkable data count: programmes and accreditations from official registers, the fee from a published price list. Where it says "scored on the median", the school has no data and the middle of the list is put in its place, so that a gap gives no advantage. Admissions, teaching staff and reviews come in as their data arrives.
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