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Carlet, Spain · Private
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La Devesa School Carlet is a private international school on the outskirts of Carlet, in the La Ribera district 30 kilometres from Valencia. It belongs to Grupo Sorolla Educación, a cooperative that owns seven schools with more than three thousand pupils in the Valencian Community, and in the 2019-2020 school year it celebrated its 40th anniversary. The school takes children from 12 months to university: the La Devesa Baby nursery, kindergarten, primary, ESO and Bachillerato in the science and humanities-social sciences tracks, as well as vocational programmes in sport and tourism. The programme is Spanish with strong English: in the nursery English all day, in kindergarten 80 percent of the time, in primary science, IT, mathematics, PE, art and music are taught in English, and in ESO the whole school day except mathematics and the official languages (Spanish and Valencian). Since 2014 the school has been a Cambridge International School: pupils sit Cambridge Lower Secondary in English and science and IGCSE in Spanish as a first language and Global Perspectives; since 2010 it has prepared pupils for Cambridge English exams, and from age 3 for Trinity exams. German or French as a second foreign language from grade 5 of primary, with preparation for Goethe-Institut and DELF. From grade 5 every pupil has their own laptop, and in ESO pupils earn Microsoft Office Specialist certificates. There are exchanges with Austria, Germany and France in 4 ESO and study trips to Ireland, the UK, Canada, the USA, Switzerland, Germany and France.
Key facts
Admits from
1 year · Pre-School
Languages of instruction
English, Spanish
Languages taught
Catalan, German, French
Admissions The school admits children with any learning profile, from difficulties to high ability, but runs an admission procedure with entrance tasks to get to know each child's abilities. It admits foreigners explicitly: to new pupils at every stage except kindergarten the school promises language support - Spanish for foreigners, Valencian for those coming from other regions of Spain and English for everyone. Admission has three steps: a visit to the school, a meeting with the psycho-pedagogical service, which prepares a report for the future tutor, and submission of the enrolment documents. For the nursery the school helps arrange the state programme of free first-cycle early education for children born in 2024 and 2025.
Stages and year groups Grades nursery from 12 months - 2nd year of Bachillerato (18 years). La Devesa Baby from 12 months to 2 years, second-cycle kindergarten from 2 to 6 years (learning corners, Phonics, ABN mathematics, two hours of swimming a week). Primary from 6 to 12, ESO from 12 to 16, Bachillerato from 16 to 18 in the Natural Sciences and Humanities and Social Sciences tracks, with a personal tutor chosen by the pupil. Cambridge exams: Lower Secondary in English and science in grade 6 of primary and 1-2 ESO, IGCSE in Spanish as a first language and Global Perspectives in 3-4 ESO. The school also runs higher-level (TSEAS, sports and leisure animation, with an option of a double degree from UCAM) and intermediate-level (nature guide) vocational programmes and football coach courses at levels I and II. The school does not give class sizes.
Accreditations and programmes verified against official registries
Cambridge · authorised programmeschool 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.
Register to check for yourself, and the full guide →Exams and destinations from the school's official website
Exam results The school reports 100 percent passing IGCSE and says that in the 2021-2022 EVAU it was among the 20 best schools in the Valencian Community. In 2021 it entered 72 pupils for Cambridge International exams, 31 of them in Global Perspectives and Spanish as a first language, and 204 pupils for Cambridge English exams, most of them, in its words, with the top score.
Facilities from the school's official website
✓Swimming pool
✓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 · Art studio · Makerspace
Campus: A campus in a natural setting on the outskirts of Carlet, with buildings divided by age and wide corridors. Three laboratories: natural science, biology and chemistry, physics; a technology workshop with 30 workstations and hand and power tools; music and art rooms; a STEAM room. A 1100 m2 sports hall for futsal, basketball and volleyball with a climbing wall, an outdoor basketball court, an artificial grass football pitch, an indoor heated semi-Olympic 25 m pool with 5 lanes and a fitness room. Two dining halls (a separate one for kindergarten, with a nap room for toddlers aged 1-3) and the school's own kitchen; an infirmary. The bus runs on six routes, the furthest reaching Cullera and Valencia.
Clubs and activities: Debating · Model European Parliament · Theatre in Spanish and English · Saturday Club · Cambridge exam preparation · Swimming and aqua aerobics · Ski trips · Volunteering
Summer camp: the school runs its own camp; whether it takes children from outside is not stated on the website
A six-week summer school for children from 1 year to grade 6 of primary, as a journey across five continents with science and nature activities; separately a football camp with qualified coaches for pupils from grade 5 of primary to Bachillerato, and summer Cambridge English intensives with sport. Prices and registration are given through separate links.
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 does not give the number of teachers. In the nursery there are early-development specialists, and English is taught by native speakers among others; in ESO lessons are taught by bilingual or native-speaker teachers. In Bachillerato every pupil has a personal tutor, and there is a psycho-pedagogical service and a careers guidance service. All teaching and administrative staff are certified in first aid and defibrillator use.
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 room
·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
A nurse (Redvital Salud service) works at the school throughout the school day in a fully equipped infirmary; if needed, a doctor comes to the school immediately. The school is certified as cardio-protected: all teachers and staff are trained in first aid, anti-choking procedures and defibrillator use. The nurse follows pupils with chronic conditions and allergies and gives medicines with the family's written authorisation. The school bus has an escort and seat belts. The school names on its website no written child protection policy, security guard or video surveillance.
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