IES Adaja is a state secondary school in Arévalo, in the north of the province of Ávila, by the A-6 motorway between Madrid and A Coruña, 86 kilometres from Valladolid. It reports to the education department of Castile and León and runs compulsory secondary school ESO, the bachillerato and vocational cycles - basic, intermediate and higher level, as well as a specialisation course; among the departments there is automotive engineering. The school takes part in the bilingual British programme run together with the British Council and in Erasmus+, and wrote about its pupils in the magazine for the 25th anniversary of the British Council programme. The school holds the digital learning certificates TIC 5 Excelente and LEO TIC. Extracurricular life includes a school vegetable garden, Radio Adaja, a school magazine, projects in physical education and reading, an entrepreneurship classroom, competitions and graduation evenings. Bachillerato graduates sit the PAU university entrance exam through the University of Salamanca.
Key facts
Languages of instruction
Spanish
Languages taught
English, French
About the fees IES Adaja is a state school funded by the state; tuition in ESO and the bachillerato is free. The site has sections on the Releo+ free textbook programme, on grants and allowances and on school bus routes.
Admissions Admission to ESO and the bachillerato follows the general procedure of Castile and León for publicly funded schools: applications are submitted in the spring period (for the 2026-2027 school year, from 17 March to 8 April), and there is a separate procedure for admission during the year - for an urgent family move, entry into the education system, adoption and other special cases. For vocational cycles there is a separate points-based competition in summer. Requirements for applicants beyond the general procedure the school does not publish.
Stages and year groups Grades ESO 1-4 - Bachillerato 1-2; vocational cycles. Stages: compulsory secondary school ESO, the bachillerato and vocational training - basic, intermediate and higher level, plus a specialisation course. The school runs the bilingual British programme together with the British Council. Departments: automotive, biology and geology, classical culture, drawing, economics, physical education, philosophy, physics and chemistry, careers and work training, French, geography and history, English, Spanish language, mathematics, music, technology.
Address Calle Asunción Valcarce s/n, Arévalo, Ávila
Accreditations and programmes verified against official registries
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CambridgeCambridge International Education
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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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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
✓LibraryThe school has a library, with its own section on the site.
✓CateringThe school has a cafeteria.
✓School transportThere are school bus routes for pupils.
·Boardingnot stated on the website
Campus: The school stands in a small pine wood on Asunción Valcarce street, in a residential area next to other schools, a health centre and a day centre.
Clubs and activities: School vegetable garden · Radio Adaja · School magazine · PE with Values · Reading club · Zona British · Entrepreneurship Classroom · Erasmus+
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 number of teachers the school does not give. The English department page names six teachers headed by department head Adolfo Robles Jiménez. The site has sections on the teaching staff council, the school council and the administration.
Safety and wellbeing from the school's official website
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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 data55 Accreditation and verifiability (10%)85 Teaching staff (10%) scored on disclosed data55 Facilities (10%) scored on disclosed data75 Clubs and activities (8%) scored on disclosed data78 "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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