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Alcobendas, Spain · Private
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A British school in La Moraleja in the north of Madrid, part of the King's College network and of the Inspired education group. It takes children from 12 months to 16: nursery and early years, primary and secondary, and at the end of Year 11 pupils sit IGCSE. The school has no sixth form of its own: after IGCSE pupils move to the King's College senior school in Soto de Viñuelas. Lessons are in English under the national curriculum of England, taught by teachers with British qualifications, some with master's degrees from Oxford and Cambridge. Spanish is compulsory for Spanish speakers, and French, German and Chinese are added. About 900 children of 58 nationalities study here, about half of them Spaniards; on average 25 pupils per class, three or four classes per year group. The school works by the High Performance Learning method and has received the Wellbeing Award for Schools. At IGCSE in 2026, 75 per cent of grades were A*-A.
Key facts
Tuition
≈ $8 134–17 251 a year
7 200–15 270 EUR
Programmes
Cambridge · IGCSE
Admits from
1 year · Pre-School
Languages of instruction
English
Languages taught
Spanish, French, German, Chinese
Students
About 900 pupils of 58 nationalities; about half Spaniards.
Class size
on average 25 pupils
Summer camp
Yes, open to all
About the fees The school publishes its fees itself, in euros, per term, three invoices a year; the fee covers tuition, books and materials. Per year: Nursery 7200, Reception 7740, Years 1-6 from 8295 to 10110, Years 7-11 from 12960 to 15270. Lunch is compulsory and charged separately, 676 euros per term. The Pre-Nursery costs 664 euros a month, from 9:00 to 17:00, with breakfast, lunch and snack. Family discounts: 10 per cent for the third child, 15 for the fourth, 20 for the fifth and further.
Admissions The school writes that children of 58 nationalities study there and that about half of the pupils are Spaniards. Children without English are taken at ages 2-4; for ages 7-14 there is a limited number of places in the intensive English programme; Spanish is not required on entry, Spanish speakers study it under a minimum weekly load. The steps: an enquiry, the application with documents online with no application fee, a visit or open day, from Year 3 an entrance test for 30 euros and an interview, a letter of admission and the enrolment fee.
Stages and year groups Grades nursery (12 months) - Year 11. Nursery and early years from 12 months, primary from 5 to 11, secondary from 11 to 16 with IGCSE at the end of Year 11. There is no sixth form: pupils then go on to the King's College senior school in Soto de Viñuelas. On average 25 pupils per class and three or four classes per year group. The younger ones study on the campus at Calle de la Salvia 36, the older ones at Paseo de Alcobendas 5.
Address Paseo de Alcobendas 5, La Moraleja, Madrid, 28109
Accreditations and programmes verified against official registries
BSO · accreditationInspired · 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
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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.
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.
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Exams and destinations from the school's official website
Exam results IGCSE 2026: 58.5 per cent of grades A*, 75 per cent A*-A, 90 per cent A*-B. In 2024 there were 47 per cent A*, 63 per cent A*-A and 81 per cent A*-B. For Years 7-9 the school reports results 45 per cent above the UK average.
Facilities from the school's official website
✓Swimming pool
·Sports hallnot stated on the website
✓Laboratories
✓Theatre or assembly hall
·Librarynot stated on the website
✓Catering
✓School transport
·Boardingnot stated on the website
Also on site: Sports ground or field · Art studio · Playground
Campus: Two neighbouring campuses in La Moraleja: for the younger ones at Calle de la Salvia 36 and for the older ones at Paseo de Alcobendas 5, with up to 900 pupils in all. Three science laboratories: biology, chemistry and physics. A computer room with an interactive board and 3D printers, classrooms with interactive technology. An art room, a modern auditorium with a live mixing console, a music school with practice rooms, primary and secondary music rooms. A multi-sports field for football, basketball and team games, a swimming pool, playgrounds. Each campus has its own kitchen and dining room. School buses serve the nearby and outer zones.
Clubs and activities: Basketball · Football · Rhythmic Gymnastics · Skating · Swimming · Judo · Chess · Ballet · Modern Dance · Theatre · Music School · Orchestra · Choir · Rock Bands · Python Programming · Robotics · Machine Learning · Chinese · German · French · Film Club · Photography Club · Shakespeare School Festival Club · Entrepreneurship Club · STEM Club · Cricket Club · Yoga Club · Duke of Edinburgh's Award · Gardening Club
Summer camp: the school runs its own camp and takes children from outside as well
In summer 2026 day camps run from 29 June to 24 July, Monday to Friday from 9:00 to 15:00, on the junior campus at Calle de la Salvia: KCS Little Camp for ages 3-6 and KCS Junior Camp for ages 7-12, with English, storytelling, crafts, music, dance and sport. Little Camp costs 360 euros for a week and 1025 for four, Junior Camp 425 and 1025 euros. The camps are open to children from other schools, pupils of Inspired schools get a 10 per cent discount, extended hours cost from 26 to 42 euros a week.
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: British teaching qualifications; some teachers with master's degrees from Oxford and Cambridge
All teachers of the British national curriculum, according to the school, hold British teaching qualifications, some have master's degrees in education from Oxford and Cambridge. The school does not give the number of teachers. A class has on average 25 pupils.
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
✓Counsellor
✓Child protection policy
·Staff trainingnot stated on the website
✓Anti-bullying policy
The school has a school counsellor responsible for the emotional state of pupils and a pastoral and wellbeing lead; it works against bullying at all stages and holds the Wellbeing Award for Schools. It publishes policies on child protection, anti-bullying, first aid, health and safety, and behaviour. Security guards, video surveillance, access control and a medical worker are not described on the school's pages.
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Academics and programmes (16%)72 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 data70 Accreditation and verifiability (10%)85 Teaching staff (10%) scored on disclosed data55 Facilities (10%) scored on disclosed data85 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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