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Torre-Pacheco, Spain · Private
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A British school on the Murcia coast, in the La Torre Golf Resort development near Roldán, 25 minutes from the city; it takes children from 18 months to 18 years, and families come from Murcia, Cartagena and the Costa Cálida. The school is part of the King's College network and of the Inspired education group. All subjects except languages are taught by British teachers in English. Stages: nursery and early years up to 5, primary up to 11, secondary up to 16 with IGCSE, a sixth form with Pearson Edexcel A-Level, where a pupil takes three or four subjects. Everyone learns Spanish, to native level: Spaniards under their own programme with recognition as the ESO certificate, the others as a foreign language; from Key Stage 3 French is added. Children of 38 nationalities study here, about 45 per cent from international families, mainly British. At IGCSE in 2026, 52 per cent of grades were A*-A. The fee includes tuition, lunch and textbooks.
Key facts
Tuition
≈ $10 902–15 935 a year
9 650–14 105 EUR
Programmes
IB · DP · Cambridge · IGCSE, A-Level · Pearson Edexcel
Admits from
18 months · Pre-School
Languages of instruction
English
Languages taught
Spanish, French
Summer camp
Yes, open to all
About the fees The school publishes its fees itself, in euros, per term, the first term being more expensive. The fee covers tuition, lunch and textbooks. Per year: Nursery and Reception 9650, Years 1-6 from 10060 to 11180, Years 7-11 from 12390 to 13690, Years 12-13: 14105. The Pre-Pre-Nursery and Pre-Nursery cost 650 euros a month, ten payments, without an enrolment fee or deposit. Family discounts: 10 per cent for the second child, 15 for the third, 20 for the fourth and further.
Admissions The school admits pupils all year round and writes that about 45 per cent of its pupils come from international families, mainly British, with 38 nationalities in all. Spanish is taught as a foreign or as a first language depending on the child's level and nationality, so it is not needed on entry; teaching is in English, and there are paid lessons for those behind in English. The steps: an enquiry, a visit or online interview, the application with documents on an online platform, an assessment (at ages 3-7 a meeting with the Head of Primary and simple tasks in English, from Year 4 the online CAT4 test and written English, from the 4th year of ESO an interview), an offer of a place, the enrolment fee and a refundable deposit.
Stages and year groups Grades Pre-Pre-Nursery (18 months) - Year 13. Nursery and early years from 18 months to 5, primary from 5 to 11, secondary from 11 to 16 with IGCSE in Years 10-11, a sixth form from 16 to 18 with Pearson Edexcel A-Level, three or four subjects. Spanish pupils have their British education recognised as the Spanish ESO certificate.
Address Calle Pez Volador s/n, Urbanización La Torre Golf Resort, 30709 Roldán, Murcia, 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.
Pearson Edexcel
A British exam board, the second after Cambridge. It issues its own versions of IGCSE and A-Level: the programme is the same in substance, what differs is who sets and marks the exams.
What this means for this school. The exams are set and marked by Pearson, and the school acts as an exam centre. Universities accept IGCSE and A-Level from Pearson on the same footing as the Cambridge ones. One caveat about checking: the Pearson centre search shows only those centres that agreed to be shown, so the absence of a school from it proves nothing.
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
Exam results Results for 2026 at IGCSE: 52 per cent of grades A*-A and 75 per cent A*-B, especially strong in English and French. On the same page the school gives IBDP results for 2026: 100 per cent passed, an average score of 33.5, 53 per cent with a bilingual diploma, although it describes its own sixth form as an A-Level programme. The school publishes no A-Level results.
Where leavers go: University of Oxford · University of Cambridge · Harvard University · Massachusetts Institute of Technology · Universidad de Navarra · Universidad Carlos III de Madrid · CEU Universidad Cardenal Herrera
The school does not publish a list of destinations by year. On the home page it names among its graduates' universities Oxford and Cambridge, Harvard, MIT, the University of Navarra, Carlos III University and CEU in Valencia, as well as universities in the USA and the UK.
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
Campus: The campus is in the La Torre Golf Resort development near Roldán. Three science laboratories, for biology, chemistry and physics; three libraries, one per stage; two computer rooms. Art studios, music rooms, individual practice rooms, dance and theatre studios, a Black Box theatre. Sport: an indoor heated 25-metre swimming pool, a floodlit artificial football pitch, a sports hall with three badminton courts, basketball and netball courts and gymnastics equipment, outdoor courts, stands for more than 400. School buses serve more than 20 areas of Murcia, Cartagena and the Costa Cálida.
Clubs and activities: Theatre · Dance · Guitar · Ukulele · Choir · Visual Arts · Football · Swimming · Judo · Basketball · Volleyball · Tennis · Table Tennis · Athletics · Model United Nations · Duke of Edinburgh's Award · Chess · Programming · Lego STEAM · Cooking · School Newspaper · Creative Writing · Debate
Summer camp: the school runs its own camp and takes children from outside as well
In summer 2026 the school runs day camps from 29 June to 24 July, Monday to Friday from 9:15 to 16:00, open also to children from other schools: Nursery Camp for ages 3-4, Infant Camp for 4-5, Juniors Camp for 6-8, a sports camp for 9-15 with the pool every day, an English Multi-Activity camp for 9-15 until 17 July and two Spanish camps, for 6-9 and 10-14, until 10 July. A week costs 276 euros for the youngest and 310 for the older ones, four weeks 725 and 875 euros. The price includes lunch, snacks and medical care; the bus is 75 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 sizenot stated
What the listings show: British teachers with UK qualifications
All subjects except languages are, according to the school, taught by highly qualified British teachers with British degrees. The school gives neither the number of teachers nor class sizes. Each class has its own form tutor who follows the pupils' studies and wellbeing.
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 policy
·Staff trainingnot stated on the website
✓Anti-bullying policy
The school publishes a full set of policies: child protection, anti-bullying, first aid, health and safety, behaviour, mobile phones, weapons and dangerous objects, whistleblowing. Each class has a form tutor, and the PSHE programme of personal, social and health education runs. For the summer camp the school names medical care. Security guards, video surveillance and a permanent medical worker during term 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 data65 Accreditation and verifiability (10%)90 Teaching staff (10%) scored on disclosed data55 Facilities (10%) scored on disclosed data95 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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