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IES Botikazar BHI is a public, secular, free upper secondary school in Bilbao, on the bank of the Nervión-Ibaizabal estuary, 100 metres from the University of Deusto and opposite the Guggenheim Museum. It teaches only the Baccalaureate, two years, for students aged 16-18: about 500 students, more than 50 teachers, 17 classes of about 30 each. The school has had its present name since 2003; in 1992 the former Experimental Baccalaureate Institute of Bilbao became an ordinary Baccalaureate centre, and the building stands on the site of the nautical school, which moved to Portugalete in 1968. Vocational training was once offered here too, but now the school runs only the Baccalaureate. There are two language models: D, where all subjects are taught in Basque, and H, where some subjects are taught in English and the rest in Basque; Spanish, Basque and English are compulsory, German or French optional, and in the humanities pathway Latin and optionally Greek. There are three pathways: humanities, social sciences and science. The school takes part in Erasmus+, eTwinning and the European Youth Parliament. Lessons end at 14:55, and the building is open until 18:00. The English version of the school's website does not mention the IB Diploma Programme, and the school's main website cannot be read automatically.
Key facts
Languages of instruction
Basque, English
Languages taught
Spanish, German, French
Class size
about 30 pupils
About the fees Tuition is free: the school itself describes itself as a free public school.
Admissions The school admits students to the two Baccalaureate years after Spanish compulsory secondary education, under the rules for public schools in the Basque Country; the pre-registration and registration procedure is set out on separate pages that cannot be read. The English version of the website says nothing about foreign students.
Stages and year groups Grades 1st - 2nd year of Baccalaureate (ages 16-18). Only the Spanish Baccalaureate, two years, in 17 classes of about 30 students. Pathways: humanities with Latin, social sciences with mathematics for social sciences, and science. Language models: D, all in Basque, and H, Basque with some subjects in English. The first year has 34 lessons a week and the second 33, each lesson 55 minutes, 60 on Fridays; the school year lasts 35 weeks, from the second week of September to the end of June. The English version of the website does not describe the IB Diploma Programme.
Address Botikazar erribera, 1, 48015 Bilbao
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 school's main website botikazar.hezkuntza.net is closed to automated reading: the connection is reset. The English version of the school's website on its own domain opens, but describes the school without the IB programme.. We have asked the school for the data directly.
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
Campus: The school occupies a building on the site of the nautical school, which moved to Portugalete in 1968; afterwards it housed the Institute of Education Sciences. In 1982-1984 the building was extended to a design by the architects Ernesto Fernández Casas, Javier Bengoa Mardaras and Elías Mas Serra, in a rationalist style, with a ship-like silhouette in memory of the nautical school. It stands by the estuary, 100 metres from the University of Deusto, opposite the Guggenheim Museum and the Iberdrola tower. After lessons the building is open until 18:00 for study, homework and group projects. The English version of the website does not list individual facilities.
Clubs and activities: Erasmus+ · eTwinning · European Youth Parliament (EYP) · ELOS · Agenda 21 · Vicente Ferrer Foundation project · Reading project
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 sizein the key facts above
The school has more than 50 teachers, all with a university degree in their subject, and since 2010 a specific master's degree has also been required to teach. The head and international coordinator is Idoia Pujana. Classes have about 30 students. Teachers take part in Erasmus+ STEM professional development in the Netherlands, Austria, Denmark and Sweden.
Safety and wellbeing from the school's official website
The school's main website botikazar.hezkuntza.net is closed to automated reading: the connection is reset. The English version of the school's website on its own domain opens, but describes the school without the IB programme.. We have asked the school for the data directly.
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