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Torrent, Spain · est. 1969 · Private
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Julio Verne School (Colegio Bilingüe Julio Verne) is a private secular co-educational school in El Vedat de Torrent near Valencia, in a natural setting with easy access from Valencia and the L'Horta and La Ribera districts. It was founded in 1969 and belongs to Grupo Sorolla Educación, a cooperative that owns seven schools in the Valencian Community. The school takes children from kindergarten to Bachillerato: a two-cycle kindergarten, primary, ESO and Bachillerato in the science-technology and humanities-social sciences tracks, as well as partly distance vocational programmes. The programme is Spanish with strong English: in the first kindergarten cycle everything is in English, in the second about 85 percent, in grades 1-3 of primary about 75 percent and all subjects except Spanish and Valencian, from grade 4 about 68.5 percent; in ESO science, physics and chemistry, PE, music, visual arts, technology, STEAM and Global Perspectives are taught in English. Cambridge International Examinations has given the school Cambridge International School status: ICT, Global Perspectives, science and Spanish as a first language follow the British curriculum, and pupils sit Cambridge Lower Secondary and IGCSE. French and German from grade 3 of primary to year 1 of Bachillerato, with official certificates; there are exchanges with Germany and France in 4 ESO. The school reports 100 percent passing the university entrance exams, 6 honour awards for the 2024-2025 school year and pupils of 23 nationalities in 2025-2026; in 2026 it was recognised as a STEM Reference School.
Key facts
Languages of instruction
English, Spanish
Languages taught
Catalan, French, German
Admissions The school admits children with different learning profiles, from difficulties to high ability, but runs an admission procedure with entrance tasks. It admits foreigners explicitly: to new pupils at every stage except kindergarten the school promises language support - Spanish for foreigners, Valencian for those coming from other regions of Spain and English for everyone. Admission has three steps: a visit to the school, a meeting with the psycho-pedagogical service and submission of the enrolment documents. According to the school, children of 23 nationalities study there.
Stages and year groups Grades kindergarten - 2nd year of Bachillerato (18 years). Kindergarten: the first cycle up to age 3 and the second cycle from 3 to 6, themed classrooms in English, with native-speaker assistants in every class and preparation for Trinity Stars. Primary from 6 to 12, ESO from 12 to 16, Bachillerato from 16 to 18 in the Science and Technology and Humanities and Social Sciences tracks, with a Cambridge certificate at the end. ICT, Global Perspectives, science and Spanish as a first language follow the British Cambridge curriculum; the school is authorised for Cambridge Lower Secondary, IGCSE and A Level. Separately there are partly distance vocational programmes. The school does not give class sizes.
Address Carretera de L'Alberca 51, 46901 El Vedat de Torrent (Valencia)
Accreditations and programmes verified against official registries
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CambridgeCambridge International Education
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Register to check for yourself, and the full guide →Exams and destinations from the school's official website
Exam results The school reports 100 percent passing the university entrance exams in 2024 and 6 honour awards (Premios Extraordinarios) for the 2024-2025 school year; it gives no figures for Cambridge IGCSE results.
Facilities from the school's official website
✓Swimming pool
✓Sports hall
✓Laboratories
✓Theatre or assembly hall
✓Library
✓Catering
✓School transport
·Boardingnot stated on the website
Also on site: Sports ground or field · Art studio · Playground · Makerspace
Campus: A plot of about 40000 m2, 12000 m2 of it under buildings, the rest playgrounds, sports grounds, gardens, entrances and parking. Every classroom has a digital whiteboard or Smart TV and internet; the primary and secondary building has a smart building system (energy, comfort, security, communications), and the kindergarten building has heating and air conditioning. Sport: an artificial grass football pitch, three basketball courts, two padel courts, a swimming pool, a skating rink, an indoor gym, a psychomotor room in the kindergarten, changing rooms with showers. Chemistry and biology and physics and technology laboratories, a technology workshop, Art and Design and Music rooms, a Creativity Lab with the library, a STEAM room with a 3D printer, a laser cutter and robotics, an assembly hall, an infirmary. A spacious dining hall with its own kitchen. The bus runs on seven routes.
Clubs and activities: Padel school · Roller skating · Robotics (Voltage One team) · English Sports summer camp · Global Arts (art, theatre, musicals) · Gayà Football Camp
Summer camp: the school runs its own camp; whether it takes children from outside is not stated on the website
In summer the school runs four camps: English Sports Summer Camp (sport, crafts, swimming pool, from age 2), Global Arts Summer Camp (art, theatre, musicals), Soccer Summer Camp Gayà and World Padel Summer Camp (the last three from primary). Hours from 9 to 14 or from 9 to 17 o'clock, both with lunch, with care from 8 to 9 and from 17 to 18 o'clock; the programme changes every week.
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 school does not give the number of teachers. Every kindergarten class has native English-speaking assistants, and in ESO lessons are taught by native-speaker teachers; the psycho-pedagogical service includes a special educational needs specialist. All teaching and administrative staff are certified in first aid and defibrillator use.
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 room
·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
A nurse (Redvital Salud service) works at the school throughout the school day in a fully equipped infirmary; if needed, a doctor comes to the school immediately. The school is certified as cardio-protected: all teachers and staff are trained in first aid, anti-choking procedures and defibrillator use. The primary and secondary building has a smart building system with a security function. The bus has an escort, child restraints and seat belts. The school names on its website no written child protection policy or security guard.
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