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Murcia, Spain · est. 1837 · State
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IES Alfonso X el Sabio is a state secondary school in the centre of Murcia and one of the oldest in Spain: it traces itself to a school created by royal order of 5 October 1837, the third in the country, and signs itself "more than 180 years in Murcia". What families look at it for is its specialisation in foreign languages, and that is not a slogan but the shape of the timetable. Lower secondary (ESO) has three bilingual streams - German, French and English - alongside an ordinary non-language one; the bachillerato runs both its lines, humanities and social sciences and science and technology, in an ordinary and in a bilingual German or English version. On top of that the school runs two international programmes: Bachibac, the Spanish-French dual diploma, which it has awarded since the 2010-2011 school year, and the IB Diploma Programme, having been in the IB network for more than ten years. There are also vocational cycles in computing at basic, intermediate and higher level, the last of these also by distance learning. The institute has its own museum, MusaX, its own school radio, AXRadio, and a "Promoción del talento" section with olympiads, a science fair and competitions.
Key facts
Programmes
IB · DP · National programme
Languages of instruction
Spanish, English, German, French
Admissions Admission to ESO and bachillerato follows the general Murcia procedure: the school holds open days explaining the process (for ESO, for bachillerato, and separately for the IB programme and Bachibac) and publishes enrolment instructions. New first-year ESO pupils, once the list of admitted pupils is published, enrol online at the region's electronic office (procedure 4374) within a few days; places on the advanced language tracks (English, French, German) in the first year of ESO are allocated by the admission points to the school. Required are the pupil's identity document - the Spanish DNI, the foreigner's identity number NIE or a passport - the health card, the transfer certificate from the primary school, a photograph and forms; pupils from abroad and without Spanish nationality also bring their vaccination card. The school thus accepts foreigners. The IB Diploma Programme has a separate admission policy, which the school publishes as a document. There is also an evening bachillerato with its own admission procedure.
Stages and year groups Grades 1º ESO - 2º Bachillerato, plus vocational cycles. Compulsory secondary education (ESO) in four variants: bilingual streams in German, French and English, an ordinary stream and a curricular diversification programme. The bachillerato runs in two lines - humanities and social sciences, and science and technology - each in an ordinary and a bilingual (German or English) version, plus Bachibac since 2010-2011 and the IB Diploma Programme. Vocational cycles: basic level in office computing, intermediate level in microcomputer systems and networks, higher level in multiplatform application development (on site and by distance).
Address Avenida Don Juan de Borbón, 3, 30007 Murcia
Accreditations and programmes verified against official registries
IB · DP · authorised programmeschool 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
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
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
✓Laboratories
✓Theatre or assembly hall
·Librarynot stated on the website
·Cateringnot stated on the website
·School transportnot stated on the website
·Boardingnot stated on the website
Campus: The institute's buildings in the centre of Murcia on Avenida Don Juan de Borbón; the school publishes its floor plan as a document. On open days visitors are shown the classrooms, laboratories, the assembly hall and the MusaX natural science museum; there is a school radio station, AXRadio.
Clubs and activities (5): Intensive English with optional Cambridge certification · Intensive French · German · Volleyball · Badminton
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 staff is published department by department and by name - nineteen departments, from German and French to Greek with Latin and careers guidance, with posts and heads of department given. The IB programme coordinator is named separately. The school publishes no qualifications, no pupil-teacher ratio and no class sizes.
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
·Counsellornot stated on the website
·Child protection policynot stated on the website
·Staff trainingnot stated on the website
·Anti-bullying policynot stated on the website
The school names no separate child protection policy. The careers guidance department is staffed by a guidance counsellor, a community services teacher, a specialist in therapeutic pedagogy and two secondary teachers; the same page publishes a referral form for the "Positive Coexistence Classroom" and a family workshop on "creating environments of wellbeing and safety". The school names no psychologist, medical room or security staff.
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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 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 data70 Clubs and activities (8%) scored on disclosed data73 Value for money (6%) scored at the median95 "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 7 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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