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Mos, Spain · est. 1994 · Private
Illustration · Mos
Los Sauces Vigo stands not in Vigo itself but in the municipality of Mos, next to the University City of Vigo (CUVI). It is one of the five schools of the private secular Los Sauces network, which began in 1974 with a kindergarten in Madrid; the Vigo campus opened in September 1994. Teaching is bilingual, Spanish and English, from the second cycle of kindergarten to bachillerato: from primary year 1 not only language lessons but also natural and social science are taught in English, from year 4 French or German is added, Galician the school teaches as the second official language, and Chinese it offers as an extracurricular activity. The network keeps its own school in Dublin, and pupils of primary years 5 and 6 and ESO years 1 and 2 spend a month of the school year there; in ESO year 4 there is an exchange with the USA, and there is an American dual diploma. For the IB Diploma Programme the school, in its own words, is still a candidate, not an authorised school. The list of clubs and sports, the canteen menus and the transport rules the network describes on pages common to all its schools. The school does not publish its fees.
Key facts
Programmes
IB · DP · National programme
Admits from
3 years · Pre-School
Languages of instruction
Spanish, English
Languages taught
Galician, French, German
Admissions The school does not set out an enrolment procedure for the younger classes on its site and invites families to contact it by telephone or through the form. The network's language policy, which also covers the Vigo school, says that children from other countries with another mother tongue often study there, and for those who do not speak Spanish there is a support programme with supervised and independent work. Admission to the IB Diploma Programme follows an interview with the coordinator, a review of the pupil's profile by teachers, a check of English (a level of B1 or higher is recommended) and guidance tests; pupils from other schools may sit entrance tests in Spanish, mathematics and English, and enrolment requires the final marks of ESO year 4. A separate network programme for foreign pupils from 13 to 17 with accommodation runs in the residence in Pontevedra, not in Vigo.
Stages and year groups Grades second cycle of kindergarten (from 3 years) - bachillerato year 2. The stages: the second cycle of kindergarten, primary school, ESO and bachillerato, all bilingual. From primary year 1 natural and social science are taught in English, from year 4 French or German is added. In primary years 5 and 6 and ESO years 1 and 2 pupils spend a month at the network's school in Dublin; in ESO year 4 there is an exchange with the USA, in bachillerato an American dual diploma is offered, and the IB Diploma Programme the school is preparing as a candidate.
Address As Pereiras, Pardellas, Cela, 36419 Mos (Pontevedra)
Accreditations and programmes verified against official registries
IB · DP · authorised programmeLos Sauces · 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: DP (ages 16-19). 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.
Los Saucesschool network
Los Sauces (Los Sauces Educational Institution) is a private school network that traces its history to October 1974, when it opened as a pre-school in Colonia El Viso, Madrid. The first Los Sauces private school opened in September 1981 in La Moraleja (Madrid), followed by the Torrelodones and Pontevedra schools in September 1991, Dublin in May 1992 and Vigo in September 1994. The site now lists five schools: four in Spain (La Moraleja, Torrelodones, Pontevedra, Vigo) and one in Ireland (Dublin). The network describes itself as non-denominational, apolitical and pluralist. It gives its experience differently on its own pages: "more than 40 years" on the Spanish page and "almost 40 years" on the English one. The network's site is colegiolossauces.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
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
Campus: The campus is in the municipality of Mos next to the University City of Vigo. A canteen with its own kitchen; the menu is drawn up every month by a dietitian doctor, taking account of allergies and coeliac disease; teachers supervise lunch. The school bus runs on routes around Vigo, and the children are always accompanied by school staff.
Clubs and activities: Futsal · Basketball · Badminton · Volleyball · Swimming · Table tennis · Solfège and piano · Painting · Dance · Martial arts · Rhythmic gymnastics · Tennis · Theatre · Computing · Chess · Choir · Chinese
Summer programme away from campus: . The school runs no camp of its own on campus
In summer the Vigo school offers children from 3 to 12 years multisport, a revision course and a reinforcement course, an astronomy camp and a surf camp, and older pupils English courses in Ireland. The page gives no dates, schedule or prices and refers families to the school for details.
Teaching staff
The school publishes neither the number of its teachers nor their qualifications.
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 roomnot stated on the website
·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
On the bus children are always accompanied by school staff, and in the canteen teachers supervise them. The guidance department works with pupils who have learning difficulties, and the inclusion policy relies on teamwork and the school climate. The school names no security staff, no video surveillance, no medical worker, no psychologist and no anti-bullying protocol.
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Criteria breakdown criterion weight in brackets
Academics and programmes (16%)82 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 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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