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Elche, Spain · Private
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espacioVIVO is a bilingual school of experiential learning in the Bonavista development in Elche, for children from three to twelve, surrounded by nature. It holds authorisation from the Generalitat Valenciana under centre code 03021737, and on the American side it is in the process of NEASC accreditation - that is, it does not yet hold full recognition, and a parent should know that before choosing. The stages are Infantil and Primaria. The school builds its educational project on a respectful view of childhood and accompanies each child at their own pace; it unpacks its own name - this is the school where children learn by living. It states its vision in two parts: a community in which children and adults develop and live together out of respect, trust and care for their relationships, and a school that wants to be a reference point in pedagogical innovation and social commitment - a living school that itself learns and evolves through observation, experience and reflection on its own practice. Beyond the school it runs pedagogical training and workshops, pedagogical documentation and a course for parents, "Crecer con los hijos".
Key facts
Languages of instruction
Spanish, English
Admissions The school does not set out an admission procedure, deadlines, documents or entrance tests on its site: it writes that enrolment is open and invites families to get in touch with no obligation - through a form, by phone or on WhatsApp - and arrange a meeting to see the premises and learn about its teaching approach. Children are taken from three to twelve. The school does not write about foreigners or citizenship.
Stages and year groups Grades Infantil and Primaria, ages 3-12. The school teaches Educación Infantil and Educación Primaria and takes children from three to twelve.
Address C/ Granja de Rocamora, 25, Urbanización Bonavista, 03291 Elche, Alicante
Accreditations and programmes verified against official registries
NEASC · 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
NEASCNew England Association of Schools and Colleges
An American accreditation working since 1885. For international schools it uses an approach where the visitors look first at live lessons rather than at folders of paperwork: the team works in the school for about a week. It is the only one here whose public directory honestly separates accredited schools from candidates.
What the badge means for this school. The school is a candidate for accreditation by this organisation: the route has been started but not completed. Candidacy speaks of an application made and a file accepted for consideration, not of the outcome of an inspection, and the organisations themselves usually require schools to say that it does not guarantee accreditation. The candidacy is confirmed in the organisation's open directory.
Register to check for yourself, and the full guide →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 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
·Cateringnot stated on the website
·School transportnot stated on the website
·Boardingnot stated on the website
Also on site: Playground
Campus: The school stands in the Bonavista residential area of Elche, surrounded by nature. Its rooms are spacious and open and can be rearranged into different environments, with materials within children's reach; the school has large gardens and a vegetable plot where children climb trees, play and look after the plants. The day runs from 8:00 to 17:00, with flexible hours.
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
The school does not give the number of its teachers, but its team page introduces six people by name, with CVs: the founder and head, the director of administration and four "acompañantes" - the school's word for its educators. It writes that all of them have solid teaching skills, that training at the school is continuous and that groups are small, with a low child-adult ratio, but it gives no figures.
Safety and wellbeing from the school's official website
The school says nothing on its website about security, medical care or pupil support.
Reviews
No reviews yet. The community rating counts towards the score once a school has five verified reviews - until then we do not show a zero, so as not to mislead.
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 data60 Clubs and activities (8%) scored on disclosed data55 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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