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Amorebieta-Etxano, Spain · est. 1983 · State
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Urritxe BHI is a public secondary school in Amorebieta-Etxano in Biscay, Basque-speaking: it describes itself as an inclusive, equal, public and Basque-speaking school. The school opened in 1983 on the initiative of the town council, because the town had no public school for the baccalaureate; in 1997 it merged with the Zornotza vocational school, and in the 2008-2009 school year it split again into IES Urritxe BHI and the vocational centre IEFPS Zornotza. In the 2000s the school held ISO 9001 certification, a silver Q from Euskalit and the Spanish award for quality in education, and in 2008 the Investor in People certificate. Its stages are ESO and the baccalaureate. From the 2026-2027 school year the school is introducing the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme for ages 16-19: the Diploma runs together with the Basque baccalaureate curriculum, IB subjects are taught in English, and the programme is funded by the Basque Government so that it is open to all pupils regardless of family means. The school calls its IB programme website the page of an official Diploma Programme centre. Among the school's projects are multilingualism, STEAM, work with gifted children and the Hedatze programme.
Key facts
Languages of instruction
Basque, English
About the fees Tuition is free: this is a public school, and the IB Diploma Programme, the school says, is funded by the Basque Government from public money so that pupils can take it whatever their family's means. School materials are partly covered by a grant from the Amorebieta-Etxano town council, and textbooks by the school's Liburu Solidarioa scheme.
Stages and year groups Grades Year 1 of ESO - 2nd year of baccalaureate. The school runs compulsory secondary ESO and the baccalaureate. Years 1-3 of ESO study in the Urritxe building, year 4 of ESO and the baccalaureate in the Zornotza building. From the 2026-2027 school year the IB Diploma Programme is being introduced together with the Basque baccalaureate curriculum (decree 76/2023); at the open day the school presented it in the social sciences strand. The school does not state class sizes.
Address Urritxe Kalea, 13, 48340 Amorebieta-Etxano, Bizkaia
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 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 hall
·Laboratoriesnot stated on the website
·Theatre or assembly hallnot stated on the website
·Librarynot stated on the website
✓Catering
✓School transport
·Boardingnot stated on the website
Also on site: Sports ground or field
Campus: The school has two buildings. The Urritxe building houses years 1-3 of ESO, service rooms and the office. In the Zornotza building, which the school shares with a vocational school, the third floor houses year 4 of ESO, the baccalaureate, specialist rooms, some departments and a porter's lodge. Between the buildings there is a gym and a sports area with a fronton court. Among the school's services a canteen and school transport are named.
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 policynot stated on the website
The school has a guidance department, a communication plan and separate rules on the responsible use of digital devices. The school names no video surveillance, no security guards, no access control system, no medical staff and no written child protection policy on its website; the Zornotza building, it says, has a porter's lodge.
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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 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 data55 "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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