← Back to homeInternational Montessori School La Casa Verde
Coín, Spain · est. 2006 · Private
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La Casa Verde is a bilingual international Montessori school in Coín, in the heart of the Guadalhorce valley outside Málaga; the school treats its setting of trees, mountains and fresh air as part of daily life rather than a backdrop. It was born in 2006 as the initiative of a group of families looking for a different way to accompany childhood - more respectful, closer, and more attentive to what each child needs. There are three stages, each a prepared environment for its own period of development: Casa de Niños from two and a half to six, Taller 1 from six to nine and Taller 2 from nine to twelve. The school names its purpose plainly - an education for peace: peace within, peace with others and peace with the world we inhabit; it accompanies through observation, listening and care, growing independence, curiosity, empathy, collaboration and a love of learning.
Key facts
Admits from
2.5 years · Pre-School
Languages of instruction
Spanish, English
Admissions The school handles registration through its "Matriculaciones" page: the family leaves a request there for information on the enrolment procedure or for a visit, and the school contacts it. It takes children from two and a half, into the Children's House, and keeps them until twelve. The school publishes no deadlines, entrance meetings, observation of the child or list of documents. The school accepts foreigners: it calls itself a diverse community in which families of different cultures and origins live together; it names no special conditions for children from abroad.
Stages and year groups Grades Children's House ages 2.5-6, Elementary 1 ages 6-9, Elementary 2 ages 9-12. Three prepared environments: the Children's House (Casa de Niños) from two and a half to six - for independence, concentration, movement, language, practical life and sensory discovery; Elementary 1 (Taller 1) from six to nine - imagination, research and collaborative work lead to abstract thinking; Elementary 2 (Taller 2) from nine to twelve - children go deeper into areas of knowledge and take on more responsibility. The school publishes neither a daily timetable nor group sizes.
Address Calle Partida la Campiñuela, Sierra Gorda, 29100 Coín, Málaga
Accreditations and programmes verified against official registries
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NEASCNew England Association of Schools and Colleges
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The pedagogy of Maria Montessori: a child chooses the activity, works at their own pace with special materials, and mixed-age groups are arranged so that older children teach the younger ones. It is used most often in the nursery and primary stages.
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Exams and destinations from the school's official website
The school publishes nothing about where its leavers go: no share going on to university, no exam results, no list of universities.
Facilities from the school's official website
·Swimming poolnot stated on the website
·Sports hallnot stated on the website
·Laboratoriesnot stated on the website
·Theatre or assembly hallnot stated on the website
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·Cateringnot stated on the website
·School transportnot stated on the website
·Boardingnot stated on the website
Also on site: Playground
Campus: Three classroom environments fully equipped with Montessori materials; the school treats beauty, space, light and order as the condition for a room to become a second home. Inside the building there is a meeting hall, an open light-filled space for free movement used for music, dance, yoga and drama, a library, and a room for experiment and cooking workshops. Outside there is the shade of the trees, balance equipment and a wooden play area for the youngest children.
Summer camp: the school runs its own camp; whether it takes children from outside is not stated on the website
The summer camp "Life and the Four Elements" is bilingual, in Spanish and English, Montessori-based, and takes place at the school itself in Coín from 29 June to 31 July 2026, from 9:00 to 14:00, for children aged three to eight: nature, art and science, free play and workshops, music, cooking, water games, small groups. Prices: five weeks 600 euros, one week 150 euros, one day 35 euros, a 15 percent sibling discount; materials included, breakfast not.
Teaching staff
The school publishes neither the number of its teachers nor their qualifications.
Safety and wellbeing from the school's official website
The school says nothing on its website about security, medical care or pupil support.
Reviews
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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 data55 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 data65 Clubs and activities (8%) scored on disclosed data55 Value for money (6%) scored at the median74 "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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