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Mutxamel, Spain · Private
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A Montessori school near Alicante that offers a complete education in English for children from birth to 13. The school writes of itself that it is registered in Spain as a foreign centre of the American system with official accreditation. English is the main language. Teaching follows the Montessori method: an individual plan for each child, free movement in the classroom, mixed-age groups, presentations one to one or in small groups in the sequence of the Montessori curriculum, free choice of work, freedom within the limits of rules, no rewards and punishments, a monthly plan of projects, experiments and events, outings and workshops with invited specialists, a detailed individual assessment of each child. The school makes its own Montessori materials, runs a violin and piano project, Chinese lessons, outdoor activities and takes part in a reforestation project in Costa Rica. The team, according to the school, has more than 20 years of experience in Montessori education. The site belongs to Inspiring Education S.L. The site is short: the school does not publish fees, its address, the number of pupils or admission conditions on it.
Key facts
Admits from
a few months · Pre-School
Languages of instruction
English
Stages and year groups Grades from 0 to 13 years. The school names ages from birth to 13 and mixed-age Montessori groups; there is no division into grades or stages on the site.
Address Calle Tomata 29, 03110 Mutxamel, Alicante
Accreditations and programmes verified against official registries
ACS WASC · accreditationschool 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
ACS WASCAccrediting Commission for Schools of the Western Association of Schools and Colleges
An American regional accreditation of the institution, working since 1962 and covering some 5,500 schools in California, the Pacific and Asia. It judges the whole school: a self-study, then a team visit. It gives the same status to supplementary and virtual programmes, so the category of an entry is worth checking separately.
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The school publishes nothing about where its leavers go: no share going on to university, no exam results, no list of universities.
Facilities
The school does not describe its premises on its website.
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 name its teachers; it says that the team has more than 20 years of experience in Montessori education and that children learn accompanied by a professional team. There is no number of teachers or ratio to pupils.
Safety and wellbeing from the school's official website
The school says nothing on its website about security, medical care or pupil support.
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Criteria breakdown criterion weight in brackets
Academics and programmes (16%)60 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 data55 Clubs and activities (8%) scored on disclosed data55 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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