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Leganés, Spain · est. 1981 · Private
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Legamar International School is a private bilingual school in Leganes near Madrid, on the Leganes-Fuenlabrada road; it opened its doors in September 1981. The stages run right through: a nursery stage for children of one and two years, Infantil, Primaria, ESO, the Spanish bachillerato and the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme, which exempts pupils from the Spanish EVAU entrance examination. Since September 2023 the school has also been introducing the IB Primary Years Programme, but for now only the Diploma is authorised. There are two languages of instruction: in Infantil half the day is in Spanish and half in English, and in secondary school, the school says, there are also two languages of teaching; in Primaria there is an hour of drama in English every week. From the first grade of primary school French and German are added, pupils are prepared for Cambridge English, Goethe-Institut and DELF examinations within school hours, and the school itself is a Goethe-Institut examination centre. From ESO pupils can study in parallel for the American dual diploma. The school publishes its EVAU results: everyone who sat passed, the average in the general part is 8.374 out of 10 and in the specific part 11.549 out of 14, and Carlos III University recognised the school for the best marks of its pupils. The school holds the EFQM 500+ seal, the Ecoescuelas green flag and the title of UNICEF Friendly School. The school publishes its fees itself, monthly, in euros.
Key facts
Tuition
≈ $5 841–9 151 a year
517–810 EUR a month
The year is counted as ten payments: the school does not say how many payments it takes.
Programmes
IB · PYP, DP · National programme
Admits from
1 year · Pre-School
Languages of instruction
Spanish, English
Languages taught
French, German
About the fees The school publishes its fees for the 2026-2027 school year monthly, in euros: Infantil II 517 euros a month, Primaria 557, ESO 574, the first year of the bachillerato 607, the second 673, the first year of the IB Diploma Programme 731, the second 810. For the second year of the bachillerato and the second IB year nine months are paid, for the other stages ten. The nursery stage for children of one and two years: 520 euros a month for a full day and 332 euros for mornings only.
Admissions Enrolment is open throughout the school year. Admission is handled by the admissions officer, from the first question about prices to enrolment, with a personal tour of the school and an interview that can also be held online. On enrolment a one-off fee is paid: 317 euros for the first child, 290 for the second, the third is exempt. The school publishes no document requirements, no entrance tests and no conditions for children from other countries; children are taken from the nursery stage (one to two years) up to the bachillerato.
Stages and year groups Grades nursery stage (1-2 years) - the bachillerato and the IB Diploma Programme. The stages run right through: the Escuela Infantil I Ciclo nursery stage for children of one and two years, Infantil, Primaria, ESO, the bachillerato and the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme in the last two years. The school has been introducing the IB Primary Years Programme since September 2023 and has no authorisation for it yet. From ESO the American dual diploma is available. The school does not state class sizes.
Address Ctra. Leganés-Fuenlabrada Km 1,5, 28914 Leganés, Madrid
Accreditations and programmes verified against official registries
IB · PYP, DP · 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
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: PYP (ages 3-12), DP (ages 16-19). PYP is the primary stage, ages 3 to 12. It is not a set of subjects but a frame for the whole school: learning is built around lines of inquiry, and there are no exams at the end. 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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The state school programme of the country the school stands in: it is set by that country's ministry of education, which also licenses the school and awards the leaving certificate. That certificate is used for entry to local universities, and abroad it is matched to the local one.
What this means for this school. This entry does not count towards the score, and that is deliberate. Every lawful school in a country works to the national programme, so on its own it tells one school apart from no other - unlike the French, German or Russian programmes, which are carried abroad and confirmed by the register of their organisation. We show it because a parent needs to know what programme their child is taught and what certificate the child will get. Counting it would lift the whole ranking at once and still tell nobody apart.
Exams and destinations from the school's official website
Exam results The school publishes its EVAU results as follows: all sat, all passed, the average in the general part is 8.374 out of 10 and in the specific part 11.549 out of 14; Carlos III University recognised the school as a centre whose pupils obtained the best marks. The school gives no IB Diploma, Cambridge or Goethe-Institut results.
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
·Librarynot stated on the website
✓Catering
✓School transport
·Boardingnot stated on the website
Campus: The campus is on the Leganes-Fuenlabrada road. The school names a canteen, a school bus with five routes across the south of Madrid, a climbing wall, a medical room, a speech therapy service and the Wrap Care extended hours from 7:30 to 17:30, with and without breakfast. The school gives no detailed list of rooms, grounds or laboratories.
Clubs and activities (19): Music school: guitar, piano · Modern dance and pre-dance · Football · Basketball · Volleyball · Yoga for little ones · Floorball · Artistic roller skating · Rhythmic gymnastics · Judo · Climbing · Arts & Crafts · Scrapbooking · Fun English · Chinese · Technology, programming and drones · Study hall · Playroom · Dance, theatre, English drama, painting, fencing and chess during school hours (Primary)
Summer camp: the school runs its own camp; whether it takes children from outside is not stated on the website
Summer programme away from campus: Summer courses abroad - in England, France, Germany and the United States - are run by a partner of the school, and pupils of other schools can also enrol; there is also a separate study-abroad programme.
The summer course at the school runs from 22 June to 17 July, for children from the first year of Infantil to the sixth grade of Primaria: sport, creativity, science, cooking with MasterChef Junior, water games, treasure hunts and a weekly trip to the pool. Hours are 8:30 to 14:00 without lunch or to 16:00 with lunch, with early arrival from 7:45 and late stay until 16:30. A week costs from 118 to 196 euros, a month from 360 to 618 euros.
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
About its teachers the school speaks in general terms: a staff of specialists in 21st-century education, bilingual teachers, native speakers and conversation assistants. The school does not publish the number of teachers, their qualifications, class sizes or the pupil-teacher ratio; the Staff Legamar page shows only the management team of seven people.
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 qualified nurse is on duty throughout school hours, and a doctor covers her break; the school has accident insurance and agreements with the Hospital Sur de Alcorcon, Puerta del Sur de Mostoles, Monteprincipe and Quiron de Madrid hospitals and the La Zarzuela clinic. On the school buses children are accompanied by school staff. There is a guidance department and a speech therapy service, and a channel for reporting violations. The school names no security staff, no video surveillance, no anti-bullying protocol and no child protection policy.
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Criteria breakdown criterion weight in brackets
Academics and programmes (16%)95 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 data60 Accreditation and verifiability (10%)85 Teaching staff (10%) scored on disclosed data55 Facilities (10%) scored on disclosed data70 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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