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Castellón de la Plana, Spain · Private
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A British school in Castellón de la Plana, part of the Dukes Education group (the school site used to belong to the IEP network). It takes children from one to eighteen years old and teaches them on the English National Curriculum with native teachers: Early Years from the age of one, primary school from 5 to 11, secondary school (Key Stages 3 and 4) with IGCSE at the end of Year 11, and a sixth form with A Level. The English programme is combined with compulsory subjects of the Spanish system, geography and history, Spanish language and literature and Valencian, so pupils obtain British and Spanish certificates and can enter Spanish, British, European and American universities; IGCSE is recognised as the Spanish ESO. In Early Years children work with teachers in English and in Spanish, with free movement between learning areas. In secondary school pupils study French or German, and there is Spanish as a second language for international pupils. The headteacher is David Russell; the school speaks of personalised learning and of building responsibility, resilience and respect.
Key facts
Admits from
1 year · Pre-School
Languages of instruction
English, Spanish
Languages taught
Catalan, French, German
Admissions Admission starts with a visit to the school or an online meeting with the admissions officer, then an interview with the family and getting to know the child, sometimes a trial day; reports from the previous nursery or school may be requested, and from Year 1 they are required. From primary school there may be entrance tests in English and mathematics. Children with limited English or Spanish are admitted if the school has enough resources for support and the child can follow the programme; otherwise the family may be asked to arrange private lessons. Admission is open to all regardless of nationality; for non-European pupils who need a visa the enrolment fee is higher than standard, and the difference is credited at the end of the first school year. When classes are full a waiting list is kept.
Stages and year groups Grades Baby Bears (age 1) - Year 13. Early Years from one to five: Baby Bears (1-2), Little Bears (2-3), Nursery (3-4), Reception (4-5); Primary from 5 to 11; Secondary from 11 to 16, Key Stage 3 (Year 7-9) and Key Stage 4 (Year 10-11), ending with IGCSE recognised as ESO; Sixth Form from 16 to 18, A Level and a double certificate.
Address Ronda Circunvalación 348, 12004 Castelló de la Plana, Castellón
Accreditations and programmes verified against official registries
Cambridge · authorised programmeDukes Education · school is part of the networkschool 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
CambridgeCambridge International Education
Part of the University of Cambridge. It allows a school to teach the Cambridge programmes and to enter pupils for the exams. There are four stages and they are authorised separately: primary, lower secondary, IGCSE and A Level. If the stages are known they are named in the line below; if that line is missing, the school does not publish them, and the Cambridge registry does not show stages either - it gives only the name of the centre, the country and whether private candidates are accepted. Cambridge calls what it does registration rather than accreditation, and the network holds about ten thousand schools.
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.
Register to check for yourself, and the full guide →Dukes Educationschool network
Dukes Education is a British private education group founded by Aatif Hassan in 2015. It describes itself as a family of nurseries, schools and colleges in the UK and Europe; besides schools, the group runs summer schools, day camps and university application consultancies. The group does not give a total number of schools on its pages; its Europe section lists schools in Croatia, Czechia, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Spain and Switzerland, and its menu also has a North America section. In Spain the group lists 6 schools: Engage International School (Majadahonda, Madrid), International English School of Castellón, English School of Asturias, Colegio Inglés Zaragoza, Elian's British School of La Nucía and Colegio Internacional de Valladolid. The group's site is dukeseducation.com.
What this means for this school. The network owns or operates the school. Its accreditation and programme authorisation the school obtains separately, in its own name.
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 pool
·Sports hallnot stated on the website
✓Laboratories
·Theatre or assembly hallnot stated on the website
·Librarynot stated on the website
✓Catering
·School transportnot stated on the website
·Boardingnot stated on the website
Also on site: Art studio · Playground
Campus: A building with spacious light classrooms and outdoor areas, with Early Years opening straight onto a playground with outdoor learning areas; classrooms have a computer with a projector, there are computer rooms, a music room and an art room, and a study area with iMacs for older pupils.
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
Subjects are taught by native English teachers; in Early Years children work with teachers in both English and Spanish. Headteacher David Russell, admissions officer Conchi Roldán.
Safety and wellbeing from the school's official website
The school says nothing on its website about security, medical care or pupil support.
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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 data55 Value for money (6%) scored at the median74 "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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