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Elche, Spain · Private
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A private international school without state funding (centro privado no concertado) in the Altabix district of Elche, between two palm groves. The school belongs to Grupo Sorolla Educación, a cooperative with seven schools in the Valencian Community and more than three thousand pupils; the school itself celebrated its 40th anniversary in the 2019-2020 school year. Stages run from a nursery group at 12 months to the bachillerato at 18. Teaching is bilingual, Spanish and English, following the Spanish curriculum: in the first cycle of nursery lessons are entirely in English with one hour of Spanish a day, in the second cycle English takes 85 per cent of the time, in primary school 70 per cent of the hours, and in secondary school and the bachillerato English is split into separate subjects (language, communication, Cambridge exam preparation). Spanish and Valencian are the official languages of instruction, German or French is added from the third year, and Chinese through separate programmes. Since 2013 the school has been a Cambridge International School, with English, science and mathematics following Cambridge programmes in primary school; since its foundation it has been a Cambridge English exam centre. The bachillerato has two tracks: science, and humanities and social sciences. On its home page the school reports 100 per cent passing the university entrance exams in 2024, 6 outstanding-achievement awards and 23 pupil nationalities in the 2023-2024 school year. The campus is large: a pool, a covered sports hall, three laboratories, a school nurse all day and a bus on three routes. The school does not publish its fees on the site.
Key facts
Programmes
Cambridge · Primary, Lower Secondary
Admits from
1 year · Pre-School
Languages of instruction
English, Spanish
Languages taught
Catalan, German, French, Chinese
About the fees The school does not publish tuition fees on its site; prices are given only for the summer school, on a separate page.
Admissions The school writes that it admits all pupils, including children with learning difficulties and with high abilities, but runs an admission protocol and entrance tests to learn the child's abilities. The procedure: a visit to the school (it can be virtual), a meeting with the psycho-pedagogical service, which prepares a report for the class teacher, and submission of the enrolment documents. New pupils at all stages except nursery receive language support: Spanish for foreigners, Valencian for children from other regions of Spain, English for everyone. In the 2023-2024 school year children of 23 nationalities studied at the school. For children born in 2024 and 2025 the school processes the Generalitat Valenciana nursery voucher (Bono infantil).
Stages and year groups Grades Baby School (12 months) to the 2nd year of bachillerato. Baby School for children from 12 months to 2 years, Preschool from 2 to 6, Primary from 6 to 12, ESO from 12 to 16, bachillerato from 16 to 18 in the tracks science and humanities and social sciences. The programme is Spanish, with British elements through the Cambridge International School line. In addition, the school hosts distance vocational courses of Enseñanzas Profesionales Sorolla: intermediate ones in pharmacy, care of dependent people and microcomputer systems, and a higher one in administration and finance.
Accreditations and programmes verified against official registries
Cambridge · Primary, Lower Secondary · 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. At this school: Primary (ages 5-11), Lower Secondary (ages 11-14). Primary is the primary stage, ages 5 to 11: English, mathematics and science to Cambridge syllabuses. At the end of the stage a school may run the optional Checkpoint test, which is marked in Cambridge. Lower Secondary is the middle stage, ages 11 to 14, with the same optional Checkpoint test at the end.
Register to check for yourself, and the full guide →Exams and destinations from the school's official website
Exam results The school reports 100 per cent passing the university entrance exams (Selectividad) in 2024 and 6 outstanding-achievement awards (premios extraordinarios) in the 2023-2024 school year. The school does not publish Cambridge English exam results as figures.
Facilities from the school's official website
✓Swimming pool
✓Sports hall
✓Laboratories
·Theatre or assembly hallnot stated on the website
✓Library
✓Catering
✓School transport
·Boardingnot stated on the website
Also on site: Sports ground or field · Art studio
Campus: 10000 square metres of buildings and outdoor sports areas in the urban district of Altabix. Classrooms of the same level are divided by movable partitions, and each cycle has its own common areas. Three science laboratories (physics, biology, technology), a computer room, a soundproofed music room, an art room and a library with zones for individual and group work. Sport: a 1500 square metre multi-sport court, a 500 square metre artificial-grass football pitch, a covered hall for basketball, handball and volleyball, and a heated indoor semi-Olympic pool of 25 metres with 5 lanes. Two dining rooms with their own kitchen and a nap room for children aged 1-3. A bus on three routes: San Fulgencio, Rojales, Ciudad Quesada, Guardamar and Santa Pola; Almoradí, Catral, Granja de Rocamora and Albatera; Elda, Petrer, Crevillente and Elche, and there is also a city bus stop at the gate.
Clubs and activities: Water Activities · Academic Training · Sport Club LDS · Cultural Laboratory · Leisure Activities · Writing Club · Maths Olympiads
Summer camp: the school runs its own camp; whether it takes children from outside is not stated on the website
The Summer Time summer school, "Inspiring Art, Embracing Cultures", runs from 22 June to 31 July in two groups, Pre-school and Primary: each week the children symbolically travel through a new culture through artistic, play and cultural activities. The school gives prices on a separate page.
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 publish the number of teachers. In nursery there are early-stimulation specialists and native English speakers, in secondary school native speakers teach the communication classes; for the bachillerato the school writes about experienced teachers, tutors, support classes and a guidance office.
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
✓Counsellor
·Child protection policynot stated on the website
✓Staff training
·Anti-bullying policynot stated on the website
A nurse (Redvital Salud service) works the whole school day in an equipped infirmary, follows children with chronic illnesses and allergies and gives medication according to a protocol; when needed a doctor comes to the school. The school is certified as cardio-protected: all teachers and staff are trained in first aid, use of a defibrillator and anti-choking techniques. The psycho-pedagogical service carries out early detection of difficulties, the integration of new pupils, careers guidance and a mediation plan for conflicts between pupils.
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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 data90 Clubs and activities (8%) scored on disclosed data78 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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