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Calvià, Spain · Private
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A British international school in the village of Portals Nous on Mallorca, 10 minutes west of Palma and 20 minutes from the airport; a private independent day school, a member of the National Association of British Schools in Spain (NABSS) and recognised by the Spanish Ministry of Education. It teaches children from three to eighteen on the English National Curriculum: from the Early Years Foundation Stage through primary and secondary school to IGCSE and A Level with the Cambridge International and Edexcel examination boards. In parallel the school runs the Spanish system, ESO and bachillerato with Spanish textbooks, so leavers obtain a double qualification; Spanish language, Catalan and social studies are compulsory. The school is the only one on the island to offer marine science, photography and music up to A Level, and its pupils receive Cambridge Outstanding Learner Awards every year. Children of more than 40 nationalities study at the school, from the United Kingdom, Sweden and Germany to the USA, Canada, Russia and the UAE. The school is known for its theatre productions, from Oliver and Richard III to The Jungle Book for the younger pupils, runs all three levels of the Duke of Edinburgh Award and prepares teams for Model United Nations.
Key facts
Tuition
≈ $8 897–16 810 a year
7 875–14 880 EUR
Admits from
3 years · Pre-School
Languages of instruction
English, Spanish
Languages taught
Catalan, French, German
About the fees Fees for the 2025-2026 school year are published on the site, per year: Early Years (Nursery and Reception) 7875 euros, Key Stage 1 (Year 1-2) 9975 euros, Key Stage 2 (Year 3-6) 11570 euros, Key Stage 3 (Year 7-9) 13450 euros, Key Stage 4 (Year 10-11) 14880 euros, Year 12-13: 14880 euros. Up to Year 11 lunches are included, and in all classes textbooks and accident insurance. For payment of the full sum by 15 July there is a 5 per cent discount; a second child receives a 5 per cent discount, a family with three children 15 per cent overall, with four 20 per cent. Monthly payment costs 5 per cent more; by term 40 per cent is paid on 1 September and 30 each on 1 January and 1 April.
Admissions Places, when available, are offered to pupils who succeed in the selection: an interview and an entrance exam, with reports and references from the current school playing a major part, and the candidate is invited to a taster day. Entry to the sixth form (Year 12) is selective and depends on IGCSE: at least C/5 in English language and mathematics and at least B in the subjects the pupil takes at A Level. The school admits children from different countries, and more than 40 nationalities are represented in it.
Stages and year groups Grades Nursery (age 3) - Year 13. Early Years Foundation Stage (Nursery and Reception, ages 3-5), Key Stages 1 and 2 (Year 1-6), Key Stages 3 and 4 (Year 7-11, IGCSE), sixth form Year 12-13 (AS and A2, Cambridge International and Edexcel). In parallel the Spanish system: primary school, ESO and bachillerato with the Bachiller title through recognition.
Address Calle Oratorio 4, 07181 Portals Nous, Calvià, Mallorca
Accreditations and programmes verified against official registries
Cambridge · authorised programmeNABSS · 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.
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NABSS (National Association of British Schools in Spain) is not an owner of schools but an association of British schools in Spain, founded in 1978 by a group of leading British schools in the country. According to the association, it has more than 80 member schools, which educate more than 49,000 children and employ more than 5,000 teachers. Only schools officially authorised by the Spanish authorities as foreign schools teaching the British education system and certified by the British Council after inspections can be members; new schools that are still developing are not admitted straight away. The association represents the schools' common interests, encourages collaboration between them and holds an annual conference; its school finder places member schools in Madrid, Catalonia, the Valencian Community, Andalusia, the Balearic and Canary Islands, Murcia and other regions. The association's site is nabss.org.
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Exams and destinations from the school's official website
Where leavers go: Imperial College London · King's College London · Durham University · University of Exeter · University of York · University of Glasgow · University of Sheffield · Queen Mary University of London · Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance · British and Irish Modern Music Institute · Goldsmiths, University of London · University of Reading
and others, 25 universities in the school's list in allThe list of universities that Year 13 leavers have entered over the last four years, from the school page about its leavers.
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
·Librarynot stated on the website
✓Catering
✓School transport
·Boardingnot stated on the website
Also on site: Sports ground or field · Art studio · Playground
Campus: 28 classrooms in four buildings by Oratorio beach, many with sea views; a playground, a garden, lifts and disabled access; off-site lessons at an indoor pool, a stadium, a sailing club and an equestrian centre, and a 350 seat theatre in Paguera for productions.
Clubs and activities: Drama productions · Duke of Edinburgh International Award · Model United Nations · School council · Charity and volunteering · Choir and music
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 describes its teachers as experienced and committed and speaks of small classes; in primary school music, Spanish, Catalan, German, French and computing are taught by specialist teachers. In secondary school there is a pastoral team: form tutors and assistant form tutors, three PSHE lessons a week following the guidelines of the Department for Education in England. Leaders: head of primary A. McCormick, academic director and head of secondary C. Madeley.
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 data70 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 data76 "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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