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Santa Gertrudis de Fruitera, Spain · est. 1973 · Private
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Morna International College is a private British school in the centre of the island of Ibiza, a few minutes from the village of Santa Gertrudis. The school traces its history to 1973, when Mary Blakstad founded Morna Valley School for the families then arriving on the island; in 1992 the school was bought by Helen Davenport, in September 2004 it moved from San Carlos to new buildings in Santa Gertrudis and took its present name, and in 2007 it was bought by new owners from the UK. It takes children from three to eighteen; there are, by the school's own account, about 620 pupils from more than 20 countries: roughly one third Spanish, one third British and one third from the rest of the world. The programme is built on the English National Curriculum with an international slant: in the upper years pupils prepare for IGCSE and A-Level, and the school is an examination centre for Pearson Edexcel and Cambridge. All lessons except foreign languages are taught in English. Spanish is compulsory for everyone at every stage, German or French is added from Year 7, and Spanish pupils study Spanish and Catalan and Spanish social sciences so that their studies are recognised in Spain. There is a learning support department led by an educational psychologist and a team of teachers of English as a foreign language. The campus is large and green: a separate unit for the youngest children, three science laboratories, a music room with a recording studio, two art rooms with a photographic darkroom, libraries, its own kitchen and dining room, two outdoor sports courts and a fitness trail in the woods. The school publishes its fees itself, in euros.
Key facts
Tuition
≈ $15 421–25 475 a year
13 650–22 550 EUR
Programmes
Cambridge · IGCSE, A-Level · Pearson Edexcel
Admits from
3 years · Pre-School
Languages of instruction
English
Languages taught
Spanish, Catalan, German, French
Students
About 620 pupils from more than 20 countries; on the history page the school writes of more than 500
About the fees The school publishes its fees itself, in its finance policy for the 2026-2027 school year, in euros per year: Pre-Nursery and Nursery 13650 euros, Reception 15050, Year 1-2: 18750, Year 3-6: 19400, Year 7: 20150, Year 8-9: 20550, Year 10-11: 21400, Year 12-13: 22550 euros. The fee is made up of 90 percent tuition and 10 percent materials and is paid in three parts: 40 percent from 1 August to 1 September, 30 percent from 1 December to 1 January and 30 percent from 1 March to 1 April. The discount for a second child is 10 percent, for the third and later children 15 percent. The school offers up to 15 fully funded places a year through scholarships and bursaries, the scholarships mainly in the secondary school.
Admissions The school calls its admission inclusive: in principle any child may enter, provided the school can meet the child's needs and the child has a level of English suitable for the age group. Its pupils, by its own account, come from more than 20 countries, and children whose first language is not English are accepted as long as support can be arranged for them, sometimes with a commitment to extra lessons after school; from Year 1 a one-off charge is made for this support. Applicants sit tests in English and mathematics and bring school reports from past years, with an interview where applicable; a place is offered if the results are satisfactory and there is room in the class. Nursery takes children from three, Reception from four, with no minimum level of English; in Year 1-2 some English is an advantage, in Year 3-9 sound spoken and written English is required, in Year 10-11 the preparation needed for the IGCSE programme, and for the sixth form at least five grades from A* to C at IGCSE. All new pupils study on a probation period for their first three months.
Stages and year groups Grades Nursery (3 years) - Year 13 (18 years). The early years stage follows the British EYFS programme - a Nursery class and two Reception classes, from three to five years; in Nursery children may attend part time in the first term, from Reception the day is full. The primary school is Year 1-6, on the English National Curriculum through cross-curricular topics. The secondary school runs from 11 to 18: Key Stage 3 is Year 7-9, Key Stage 4 is Year 10-11 with preparation for GCSE and IGCSE, where English, mathematics, science and Spanish are compulsory and up to four optional subjects are added, and the sixth form is Year 12-13 with three or four A-Level subjects, sometimes five. The school itself gives a table of equivalence with the Spanish stages: Year 12-13 correspond to years 1-2 of the bachillerato.
Address Carretera San Miguel Km. 3,5, 07814 Santa Gertrudis de Fruitera, Ibiza (Baleares)
Accreditations and programmes verified against official registries
Pearson · authorised programmeCambridge · IGCSE, A-Level · 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
PearsonPearson Edexcel, a British exam board
It gives a school approved centre status: that means Pearson exams can be sat in the school itself. What is checked is the premises, the equipment, the secure storage of papers and the presence of trained invigilators.
What the badge means for this school. The school can run Pearson exams on its own premises. The status says nothing about teaching, about results or about the school itself: any school able to run an exam securely holds it. The entry stands in the organisation's public register - anyone can check it. Which Pearson qualifications this school is approved for is not stated here.
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
Exam results The school publishes results for June 2022: 88 percent of GCSE passes at grades 9 to 4 and 44 percent of higher grades from 9 to 7, 97 percent of A-Level passes at grades A* to E and 59 percent of grades A* to B. Usually, the school says, 85-90 percent of all GCSE entries achieve passing grades, and at A-Level close to 100 percent. There are no more recent results on the site.
Where leavers go: King's College London · University of Manchester · Regent's University London · University of the West of England Bristol · University of Bath · University of Zurich · Glion Institute of Higher Education · University of Westminster · IE University · University of Buckingham
Facilities from the school's official website
·Swimming poolnot stated on the website
·Sports hallnot stated on the website
✓Laboratories
·Theatre or assembly hallnot stated on the website
✓Library
✓Catering
·School transportnot stated on the website
·Boardingnot stated on the website
Also on site: Sports ground or field · Art studio · Playground
Campus: A large campus in the middle of Ibiza, near Santa Gertrudis. For children aged 3-5 there is a separate unit with three classrooms, shared indoor and outdoor areas, a playground and its own sports pitch. In the primary school every classroom opens onto the outdoors, with a computing room, a Spanish room and its own library, artificial grass play areas and a playpark. The secondary school has subject classrooms, three science laboratories, a music room with a recording studio, two art rooms with a photographic darkroom, a design technology room, a computer room, a spacious library and a separate common room for A-Level students. For everyone there is a dining room with its own kitchen, a snack bar and outdoor eating areas, two large outdoor sports courts, a fitness trail in the wooded part of the campus and a temporary indoor sports hall which the school promises to replace with a large new one. There is a garden with a pond and a henhouse, interactive screens in the classrooms; secondary pupils work on personal laptops.
Clubs and activities: Homework Club · Duke of Edinburgh's International Award · Student Council · Debating (European Youth Parliament) · Chess · Tennis · Theatre productions and concerts · Gardening · Drawing and handicrafts · Music · Foreign languages
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 sizein the key facts above
The school, by its own account, has just over 80 staff in full-time equivalent, and the ratio of staff to pupils is one to seven. There is a learning support department with an educational psychologist who is also the special needs coordinator, an assistant coordinator in the primary school and three learning support assistants, as well as a team of teachers of English as a foreign language. In the early years, lessons are led by Early Years teachers with assistants, and Spanish, music and PE by specialist teachers. The head teacher is Bernie Cox, the head of primary is Fiona Robertson. The school does not state class sizes.
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
✓Counsellor
✓Child protection policy
✓Staff training
✓Anti-bullying policy
The school publishes a whole-school safeguarding policy, a policy for the prevention of bullying, behaviour policies for the primary and secondary schools and a health and safety policy. The safeguarding policy appoints designated safeguarding leads from among senior staff, and all staff must complete safeguarding training. The health and safety policy provides for evacuation procedures and regular drills. An educational psychologist works in the learning support department.
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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 data80 Safety and wellbeing (12%) scored on disclosed data75 Accreditation and verifiability (10%)90 Teaching staff (10%) scored on disclosed data55 Facilities (10%) scored on disclosed data75 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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