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Alicante, Spain · Private
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A British school in Alicante for children from 2 to 18, part of the King's College network and of the Inspired education group. Lessons are in English under the national curriculum of England, all subjects are taught by British teachers, and foreign languages by native speakers. Stages: early years, primary, middle and senior school; in Years 10-11 pupils sit IGCSE, in Years 12-13 they take A-Level or the IB Diploma Programme. Everyone learns Spanish: Spaniards under the compulsory programme together with social sciences and Valencian, the others as a foreign language. From Year 9 French is added, from Year 10 German or Chinese can be taken; the school prepares for the Goethe, DELF and DELE exams. About 1300 children study here, fewer than 25 per class, three classes per year group; about half of the pupils are foreigners. In 2026 the average IB score was 35, and half the graduates received a bilingual diploma. The fee includes lunch, books, materials and technology.
Key facts
Tuition
≈ $7 213–16 471 a year
6 385–14 580 EUR
Programmes
IB · DP · Cambridge · IGCSE, A-Level
Admits from
2 years · Pre-School
Languages of instruction
English
Languages taught
Spanish, Catalan, French, German, Chinese
Students
About 1300 pupils; 47 per cent Spaniards, the rest from 53 countries.
Class size
fewer than 25 pupils per class
Summer camp
Yes, open to all
About the fees The school publishes its fees itself, in euros, per term, with three terms a year, and the first term is higher. The fee covers tuition, lunch, books, materials and a technology fee. Per year: Pre-Nursery 6385, Nursery 9490, Reception 9510, Years 1-6 from 9770 to 11265, Years 7-11 from 12330 to 13385, Years 12-13: 14580. Family discounts on tuition and bus: 10 per cent for the third child, 15 for the fourth, 20 for the fifth and further.
Admissions The school admits pupils all year round and writes openly about its multinational make-up: 47 per cent Spaniards, and among the 48 per cent foreigners 53 nationalities, including from the UK, China, Russia, Ukraine, the USA, Italy, Germany, Denmark, France and the Netherlands (the admissions page names 45 nationalities). The main condition is English: at 3-4 children without English are taken, in the primary years there are few places for non-English speakers and only with proven ability, and from age 7 a high level of English is required. Spanish is not required on entry, foreigners study it as a foreign language. The steps: an enquiry, a tour or online interview, the application with documents, an assessment (for Nursery and Reception a meeting with the Head of Early Years, from Year 1 the online CAT4 test and reports), an offer of a place and payment of the enrolment fee.
Stages and year groups Grades Pre-Nursery (age 2) - Year 13. Early years from 2 to 5 in a separate building, primary from 5 to 9, Middle School from 9 to 13, senior school from 13 to 18. In Years 10-11 IGCSE, in Years 12-13 A-Level or the IB Diploma Programme. Spanish pupils in parallel take Spanish language, social sciences and Valencian. On average fewer than 25 pupils per class and three classes per year group.
Address Glorieta del Reino Unido 5, Alicante 03008, Spain
Accreditations and programmes verified against official registries
BSO · accreditationIB · DP · authorised programmeInspired · 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
BSOBritish government inspection of schools overseas
A scheme of the UK Department for Education: a school abroad is inspected against the standards for independent schools in England, including safeguarding and the standards for boarding. The inspections are done by independent inspectorates approved by the department, and the inspectorates themselves are monitored annually by Ofsted. The reports are published in full on the government website.
What the badge means for this school. The school has been through this organisation's accreditation. It was judged as a whole: governance, safeguarding, staff, premises, teaching. The entry stands in the organisation's public register - anyone can check it.
Register to check for yourself, and the full guide →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 →CambridgeIGCSE, A-Level
Programmes of the University of Cambridge: the school teaches to Cambridge syllabuses and enters its pupils for exams that Cambridge marks itself. IGCSE means exams at around Year 10 or 11, the British counterpart of a lower secondary leaving certificate. A-Level is the senior years, and their results are what British and many other universities admit on.
What this means for this school. The papers are marked by Cambridge, not by the school, so a leaver's grade does not depend on how strict their own teachers are with them. To enter pupils for these exams a school has to be registered as a Cambridge exam centre; registration as a centre is permission to run exams rather than accreditation of the school, and it says nothing about the quality of teaching. IGCSE is taken at around Year 10 or 11 and A-Level in the final years, and it is the A-Level results that carry a pupil into British and many other universities.
Inspiredschool network
Inspired Education Group is a private school group founded in 2013. The group gives different figures on its own pages - 125 schools on some, "more than 100" on others - and we quote both: choosing for a group which of its own numbers is correct is not something we do. Its schools are in Europe, Latin America, Africa, the Middle East and Southeast Asia, and some of them keep their own historic names, such as King's College in Madrid and Riga. The group's site is inspirededu.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
Average IB score
35 (world average 30.88)
Exam results Results for 2026: the average IB Diploma score 35, the highest 43, half the graduates received a bilingual diploma. At IGCSE 42 per cent of grades A*, 58 per cent A*-A, 74 per cent A*-B. The school publishes no A-Level results and no IB pass rate.
Where leavers go: Imperial College London · University College London · King's College London · University of Bristol · University of Bath · University of Leeds · Queen Mary University of London · University of the Arts London · IE University · Universidad Carlos III de Madrid · Universidad Complutense de Madrid · Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
and others, 29 universities in the school's list in allThe school writes that the vast majority of Year 13 leavers enter the university of their choice, and on the home page that 90 per cent go to their first-choice university. The list of destinations, without a breakdown by year, covers Spain, the UK, the Netherlands, the USA, France, Denmark, Germany, Sweden, Norway, Hungary, Portugal and Singapore.
Facilities from the school's official website
·Swimming poolnot stated on the website
✓Sports hall
✓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 · Playground
Campus: The campus is on the outskirts of Alicante. A separate early years building, 7 refurbished science laboratories, an indoor gymnasium, a football pitch, a five-a-side and futsal pitch, basketball, volleyball and tennis courts, a multi-purpose hall that is also the dining room, music rooms with 28 iMac computers, a playground for the youngest with safety surfaces. Senior pupils have their own Chromebooks, junior pupils iPads, and there are 3D printers, a green screen, robotics and virtual reality. School buses run within Alicante and along the coast to Torrevieja and Benidorm.
Clubs and activities: Piano · Guitar · Violin · Drums · Spanish Booster · German · French Creative Workshop · Little Chefs · Painting & Art Culture · Chess · Book Club · Choir · Robotics (Nanobots, Bytebots, Megabots) · Football · Judo · Figure Skating · Basketball · Ballet
Summer camp: the school runs its own camp and takes children from outside as well
In summer the school runs two day camps on its campus: an English camp for children aged 3-15, with a journey through the cultures of Europe, Asia, Africa and the Americas, and an expressive arts camp for ages 6-11: drama, dance, music, mime, film and yoga. Four weeks, from 30 June to 25 July. A short day from 8:45 to 13:00 without lunch costs from 219 euros for a week to 579 for four, a long day until 15:00 with lunch from 269 to 679 euros.
Teaching staff from the school's official website
·Teachers listed by namenot published
✓Teacher qualifications
·Number of teachersthe school does not say
✓Students per teacher or class sizein the key facts above
What the listings show: qualified British teachers; languages taught by native speakers
All teachers of the English national curriculum are, according to the school, qualified British teachers, and foreign languages are taught by native speakers. The school does not give the number of teachers.
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 refers to the British BSO inspection, which noted highly effective procedures for reporting risks and intervening: a child at risk is quickly identified and helped. A dedicated pastoral and wellbeing leader is responsible for pupils' wellbeing. Security guards, video surveillance, a medical worker and a published child protection policy are not described on the school's pages.
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Criteria breakdown criterion weight in brackets
Academics and programmes (16%)89 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 data55 Accreditation and verifiability (10%)90 Teaching staff (10%) scored on disclosed data55 Facilities (10%) scored on disclosed data80 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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