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Pamplona, Spain · est. 1971 · State
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IES Navarro Villoslada is a state secondary school in the west of Pamplona, between the San Juan, Ermitagaña and Mendebaldea districts; it opened in October 1971. It runs compulsory secondary education (ESO) as a multilingual centre, two Bachillerato tracks (science and technology; humanities and social sciences) and, since the 2015-2016 school year, the IB Diploma Programme, the first in a state school in Navarre. In ESO social sciences, mathematics, ethics, technology, art, physics and chemistry and computing are taught in English; the curriculum also includes German, French and Basque. The IB programme is taught in Spanish, with English as language B, in three variants: social sciences, and sciences with a health or an engineering focus; IB pupils prepare for the PAU at the same time and have 31-32 lessons a week instead of 30. There is an evening section. According to the school's blog, 122 pupils have obtained the IB diploma in ten years. The school runs a quality management system, a school-life committee with a mediation team, a theatre workshop, an orchestra, the ADN magazine and debating leagues in Spanish and English.
Key facts
Languages of instruction
Spanish, English
Languages taught
German, French, Basque
About the fees The school is state-run and calls its IB programme an offer within state education; it names no tuition fees, and education in Spanish state schools is free. On the pages read the school says nothing about IB exam fees.
Admissions The school writes nothing specific about admitting international pupils. Admission to ESO, Bachillerato and the IB programme follows the general pre-registration and enrolment procedure of the Navarre Department of Education; the school publishes the deadlines on its home page and holds open days every year.
Stages and year groups Grades 1st year of ESO (age 12) - 2nd year of Bachillerato / IB Diploma (age 18). Stages: ESO (4 years, a multilingual programme with some subjects in English), Bachillerato in two tracks and the IB Diploma Programme since the 2015-2016 school year in three variants (social sciences; sciences with a health focus; with an engineering focus). In the IB there are 60 hours of laboratory work each in physics, chemistry and biology, a 4000-word extended essay, theory of knowledge and CAS; those who do not complete the diploma but write the extended essay receive a certificate of a baccalaureate with research. There is an evening section. Day lessons run from 08:30 to 14:30.
Address C/ Arcadio María Larraona 3, 31008 Pamplona
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.
Register to check for yourself, and the full guide →Exams and destinations from the school's official website
Exam results The school does not publish detailed IB or PAU results: the programme page mentions only good results in the IB and in the PAU, and the blog says that 122 pupils have obtained the IB diploma in ten years of the programme.
Facilities from the school's official website
·Swimming poolnot stated on the website
·Sports hallnot stated on the website
✓Laboratories
·Theatre or assembly hallnot stated on the website
✓Library
·Cateringnot stated on the website
·School transportnot stated on the website
·Boardingnot stated on the website
Campus: A building in the west of Pamplona, between the San Juan, Ermitagaña and Mendebaldea districts. The school writes that it has everything needed for its teaching and shows its premises in a photo gallery; it names the physics, chemistry and biology laboratories where IB pupils spend 60 hours of practical work each, and a library with a catalogue.
Clubs and activities: Navarro Villoslada Theatre Workshop · Navarro Villoslada Orchestra · Debating league · English Debating League · Literary competitions · Maths photography competition · Maths, philosophy and history Olympiads · ADN Magazine · Erasmus+
Teaching staff
The school publishes neither the number of its teachers nor their qualifications.
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 policy
The school has a school-life committee (convivencia) with a mediation team that pupils can turn to for support; the school publishes a free helpline number for bullying and a protocol for attacks from outside, as well as a procedure for complaints. The school names no CCTV, no security guard, no nurse and no psychologist.
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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 data60 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 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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