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Sant Just Desvern, Spain · Private
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La Miranda is a private international school in Sant Just Desvern, a few minutes from central Barcelona; the school says it is more than 55 years old, and the head, Debra Gregory, writes of a 58-year history. The school belongs to the international Inspired group and teaches children from 9 months to 18 years. There are three languages of instruction, Spanish, Catalan and English, under a one teacher, one language rule; from nursery French, Chinese, German and Russian are added. Nursery and primary follow the Catalan state curriculum enriched with English, from 11 to 16 everyone follows the IB MYP, and at 16-18 students choose the IB Diploma Programme or the Spanish Baccalaureate; to either of them an American diploma can be added online through Academica International Studies. Pupils come from more than 40 countries, and for international pupils there are welcome classes and peer buddies. The school is an Apple Distinguished School, pupils have personal iPads, and there are virtual reality and robotics rooms. According to the school, the 2026 IB cohort scored an average of 34 points, a record for the school, and 36 per cent scored 38 or more; everyone passed the university entrance examination. The 14000 square metre campus has a semi-Olympic pool, its own kitchen, a nurse, psychologists and a speech therapist. The school publishes its fees itself, monthly, in euros.
Key facts
Tuition
≈ $5 807–20 120 a year
514–1 781 EUR a month
The year is counted as ten payments: the school does not say how many payments it takes.
Admits from
9 months · Pre-School
Languages of instruction
English, Spanish, Catalan
Languages taught
French, Chinese, German, Russian
About the fees The school publishes its fees itself for the 2026-2027 school year, in euros per month, in ten instalments from September to June; lunch and learning materials are included. Nursery I1 514 euros (400 tuition and 114 meals), I2 628 euros, I3-I5 1029 euros; primary 1066 euros; MYP 1205 euros; Spanish Baccalaureate 1337 euros; IB Diploma 1781 euros a month.
Admissions The school admits both Spanish and international families: its pupils come from more than 40 countries, and international families can visit by video call. The procedure: an enquiry on the website, a visit, an interview and an assessment of language level and knowledge, a reply within seven days, an offer of a place and enrolment after documents (passport or birth certificate, the latest school report, standardised test results). For nursery and the first two years the school looks at reports from the previous school without tests, in years three and four there is an interview and an in-person assessment, and from year five the CAT4 test. A certain level of English is needed to take part in lessons. International children in years one to six are helped by the Welcome Class, in secondary languages are taught by level, and each newcomer is given a buddy. The IB Diploma takes students after the fourth year of ESO or equivalent, with good marks, teacher recommendations and proficiency in English and/or Spanish.
Stages and year groups Grades I1 (9 months) - 2nd year of IB Diploma (age 17-18). Nursery from 9 months to 3 years and infant school from 3 to 6 using the Reggio Emilia approach, six years of primary on the Catalan curriculum, the IB MYP from 11 to 16, then the IB Diploma Programme or the Spanish Baccalaureate in science, humanities and social sciences pathways; the American Dual Diploma can be taken online in parallel. In the IB students usually take 3 higher level and 3 standard level subjects: Language A Spanish, English, Chinese; Language B Spanish and English; history, economics, psychology, global politics, environmental systems, philosophy; biology, chemistry, physics, computer science; two mathematics courses; film and visual arts. The school day runs from 9:00 to 17:00. The school does not state class sizes, saying only that IB classes are small.
Address Carrer del Canigó, 15, 08960 Sant Just Desvern, Barcelona
Accreditations and programmes verified against official registries
IB · MYP, 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
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: MYP (ages 11-16), DP (ages 16-19). MYP is the middle stage, ages 11 to 16. There are no exams here either; at the end an optional electronic assessment of pupils' work is possible. 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.
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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
Average IB score
34 (world average 30.88)
Exam results The school publishes its 2026 results. IB Diploma: an average of 34 points, the highest in the school's history; 36 per cent scored 38 or more; 72 per cent earned a bilingual diploma. University entrance examination: 100 per cent passed, the best marks 13.5 out of 14 and 9.5 out of 10, in English 1.22 points above the Catalan average, in physics 2.41, in technology 4.55.
Where leavers go: Universitat de Barcelona · Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona · Universitat Pompeu Fabra · Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya · ESADE · La Salle · Universidad Politécnica de Madrid
According to the school, recent leavers have gone to UB, UAB, UPF, UPC, ESADE, La Salle, the Polytechnic University of Madrid and universities in Europe and the US; most 2025 leavers got onto their first-choice degree. The school is a UCAS-registered centre and a Common App partner, and has agreements with ESADE, ESIC, EAE, Hult and La Salle.
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 · Playground · Makerspace
Campus: A 14000 square metre campus in a green residential area of Sant Just Desvern, 11 purpose-built buildings with mountain views. A heated indoor semi-Olympic pool, a sports hall, two gyms, one for the youngest, two motor skills rooms for nursery, a dance and gymnastics studio, a martial arts room with competition tatami, artificial turf football pitches, volleyball and basketball courts. Laboratories, iCreate and iTech suites with iMacs and virtual reality, design and robotics labs, multimedia studios, photo and video equipment, a professional-grade auditorium, drama and art studios, and a separate arts, design and music building for secondary. A central library with Baccalaureate study areas. Its own kitchen overseen by a nutritionist, sugar-free. Playgrounds and outdoor learning areas. School buses on 9 routes, 4 of them from Barcelona (the campus page says 8); the JT and JM buses to the metro stop nearby.
Clubs and activities: Basketball · Football and futsal · Tennis · Judo · Roller skating · Multi-sports · Volleyball · Mixed martial arts · Swimming and competitive swimming · Water polo · Synchronised swimming · Dance and jazz · Artistic gymnastics · Cheerleading · Rhythmic gymnastics · Street dance · Chess · Art and graphic design · Musical theatre · Cookery · Magic tricks · Yoga · Experimental science · Music school · Robotics and programming · Video game programming · Virtual reality · Kumon · Debating club · Model United Nations
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 state the number of teachers. Its IB teachers are, it says, IB-trained subject specialists with master's degrees and international credentials, experienced in supervising the Extended Essay and TOK. Up to year three children have link teachers who speak mainly English, and each teacher keeps to one language. The futsal, basketball and judo coaches are medallists of Catalan and Spanish championships, and the music school teachers perform as professional musicians. There is a university counsellor.
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 trainingnot stated on the website
✓Anti-bullying policy
The school has a team of psychologists, a speech therapist and a full-time nurse, and a medical room; the specialists identify learning difficulties and high ability early and provide individual and group counselling. Heads of year and tutors run a tutorial plan on bullying prevention, mental health, sleep, nutrition and the safe use of devices; the nurse runs sessions together with the psychologists. Regular pupil surveys and pupil delegates. Each bus has onboard monitors. The school does not mention on its website video surveillance, security guards or a written child protection policy.
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