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Marinha Grande, Portugal · Private
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The school runs two sites: the main one in Marinha Grande and a second in Leiria, purpose-built for the younger stages and opening in the 2026-2027 school year; a school bus links the sites, which lets families with children at different stages use one run. The stages run consecutively: Early Years 1 to 3, primary Grades 1 to 5, middle Grades 6 to 8, and high school on the Cambridge International pathway with IGCSE and AS/A Level. The school is a candidate for the IB PYP and MYP programmes and is not yet an authorised IB World School. Lessons are in English: the pages for parents, the descriptions of the stages and the enrolment policy are written in English, English is required to sit Cambridge IGCSE from Grade 10, and for non-native speakers the school provides English as an Additional Language, offered up to and including Grade 9. The school describes its pupil body as international and multicultural. Mother-tongue classes are placed after school, without the languages being named. The day at the Leiria site runs from 8:00 to 18:00.
Key facts
Programmes
Cambridge · IGCSE, A-Level
Languages of instruction
English
Admissions The school admits pupils from abroad and requires at enrolment the passports of the child and the parents, both passports in the case of dual citizenship, a native-language form and details of the previous school system, for which it keeps grade equivalence tables. English is preferred but not required from Early Years to Grade 9: a non-native speaker is admitted and then assessed for English as an Additional Language, which the school offers up to and including Grade 9. From Grade 10 the school requires English adequate for Cambridge IGCSE, and for AS Level in Grade 11 advanced written English. A child must reach the age required for the grade by the end of the calendar year; at primary level placement follows age, at secondary level age together with previous school experience. Admission considers whether the child can benefit from the school's programme and whether the school can meet the child's needs, and expects attendance and behaviour according to its rules.
Stages and year groups Grades Early Years 1-3, Primary 1-5, Middle 6-8, High School (IGCSE, AS/A Level). Early Years 1 to 3, primary Grades 1 to 5, middle Grades 6 to 8, high school on the Cambridge International pathway with IGCSE and AS/A Level.
Address Rua Dom João Pereira Venâncio, 2430-290 Marinha Grande
Accreditations and programmes verified against official registries
NEASC · candidateCambridge · IGCSE, A-Level · authorised programmeThe school calls itself a candidate for the IB PYP and IB MYP programmes. The school is not in the official IB registry: the Portuguese list was swept in full on 27.09.2026 and agreed with the registry's own counter. The record therefore stands on the school's own word and does not count towards the score.
school 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
NEASCNew England Association of Schools and Colleges
An American accreditation working since 1885. For international schools it uses an approach where the visitors look first at live lessons rather than at folders of paperwork: the team works in the school for about a week. It is the only one here whose public directory honestly separates accredited schools from candidates.
What the badge means for this school. The school is a candidate for accreditation by this organisation: the route has been started but not completed. Candidacy speaks of an application made and a file accepted for consideration, not of the outcome of an inspection, and the organisations themselves usually require schools to say that it does not guarantee accreditation. The candidacy is confirmed in the organisation's open directory.
Register to check for yourself, and the full guide →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: IGCSE (ages 14-16), A-Level (ages 16-18). IGCSE means exams at around Year 10 or 11, the British counterpart of a lower secondary leaving certificate. A-Level is the senior years, and their results are what British and many other universities admit on.
Register to check for yourself, and the full guide →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
·Librarynot stated on the website
✓Catering
✓School transport
·Boardingnot stated on the website
Also on site: Playground
Campus: Two sites. The main one in Marinha Grande; the second, purpose-built, in Leiria: bright classrooms with flexible furniture for the younger stages, separate playgrounds for different ages, and a dining area with an outside catering provider. The sites are linked by a school bus.
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
No reviews yet. The community rating counts towards the score once a school has five verified reviews - until then we do not show a zero, so as not to mislead.
Criteria breakdown criterion weight in brackets
Academics and programmes (16%)85 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 data70 Clubs and activities (8%) scored on disclosed data55 Value for money (6%) scored at the median70 "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.
The score is counted from 7 of the 9 criteria.Only those with checkable data count: programmes and accreditations from official registers, the fee from a published price list. Where it says "scored on the median", the school has no data and the middle of the list is put in its place, so that a gap gives no advantage. Admissions, teaching staff and reviews come in as their data arrives.
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