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Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain · est. 1989 · Private
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Oakley College is a private British school in the quiet residential district of Tafira Alta on the edge of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, 15 minutes from the city. It was founded by Donat and Mary Morgan: in 1989 they opened a nursery for 32 children aged three and four, then moved to a converted chalet in Los Hoyos and over fifteen years developed the primary and secondary school. Since September 2005 the school has been on its present site in Calle Zuloaga; an A-Level block opened in 2011, Oakley Park with more than 5000 square metres of playing fields, a nature area and a science garden in 2019, and a new building for children aged 2 to 9 in January 2021. In 2016 Donat Morgan was made an MBE for services to British education in Spain. The school is a BSO member, is recognised by the British and Spanish authorities and has appeared in El Mundo's lists of the best international schools since 2011. It takes children from two to eighteen; all teaching is in English on the British curriculum, with Spanish language and social studies in Spanish, and German and French are added from Year 5. In the sixth form pupils sit A-Levels and, if they are going to a Spanish university, the subjects of the specific part of the Spanish access examination. The school's values are respect, responsibility and resolving problems; all income, it says, is reinvested in the school. The school publishes its fees itself, in euros.
Key facts
Tuition
≈ $5 863–7 547 a year
5 190–6 680 EUR
Programmes
Cambridge · IGCSE, A-Level
Admits from
2 years · Pre-School
Languages of instruction
English
Languages taught
Spanish, German, French
Summer camp
Yes, open to all
About the fees The school publishes its fees itself, for the 2026-2027 school year, in euros: tuition is paid in ten monthly instalments - 519 euros in Early Years and primary (Nursery - Year 6), 574 euros in secondary (Year 7-11) and 668 euros in the sixth form with preparation for the Spanish examination (Year 12-13), that is 5190, 5740 and 6680 euros a year. Together with the annual enrolment fee the school gives annual totals of 5709, 6314 and 7348 euros. Fees and lunches rise with the price index. Discounts: 2 percent for a second child, 20 percent for a third, 50 percent for the fourth and further children, and 3 percent for paying the year in advance by 20 August.
Admissions To apply, the family fills in the forms, visits the school and meets the director. In Nursery, Reception, Year 1 and Year 2 (2-6 years) English is not required; from Year 3 (7 years) the child sits entrance tests showing whether they could follow lessons comfortably, and every applicant spends a taster day at the school. After successful tests, registration is completed. New families pay an entrance fee; a place on the waiting list requires half of the enrolment fee. Children who need Spanish as an additional language receive separate support classes, and the school writes of its pupils that they are used to learning alongside children of different nationalities.
Stages and year groups Grades Nursery (2 years) - Year 13 (18 years). Four departments: Early Years from 2 to 4 on the British EYFS programme in an English-speaking setting, primary (Key Stage 1-2), secondary - Key Stage 3 (Year 7-9) and Key Stage 4 (Year 10-11) with GCSE and IGCSE - and the sixth form (Year 12-13). From Year 5 children learn German and French, in Year 7 they choose one and continue it to GCSE. Spanish language and social studies (geography and history of Spain) are taught in Spanish. In the sixth form pupils choose four A-Level subjects, and for Spanish universities add two subjects of the specific part of the examination. The school day in Early Years and Key Stage 1 runs from 8:45 to 15:30, in Key Stage 2 to 15:45, in secondary and the sixth form from 8:35 to 15:45; early drop-off from 7:30 and after-school care to 17:30.
Address Calle Zuloaga 17, Tafira Alta, 35017 Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
Accreditations and programmes verified against official registries
Cambridge · 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
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
Where leavers go: IE University · Universidad Autónoma de Madrid · Universidad Complutense de Madrid · Universidad Carlos III de Madrid · Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria · Universitat de València · Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya · Imperial College London · Durham University · University of Edinburgh · University of Bath · University of Manchester
and others, 22 universities in the school's list in allThe school publishes a list of universities its graduates entered over five years: in Spain IE University, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Universidad Complutense, Universidad Carlos III, Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Universidad de Valencia, Politècnica de Barcelona and others; in the UK Imperial College London, Durham, University of Edinburgh, University of Bath, University of Manchester, Lancaster, Glasgow, Aberdeen, Cardiff, Royal Holloway and others; in the EU Trinity College Dublin, Eindhoven University of Technology, Maastricht, Università di Milano-Bicocca and Comenius University in Bratislava.
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: Sports ground or field · Playground
Campus: The main site is on Calle Zuloaga in Tafira Alta, 15 minutes from Las Palmas and close to the island's motorways. An A-Level block opened in 2011, Oakley Park since 2019 provides more than 5000 square metres of playing fields, a nature area and a science garden, and in January 2021 a new building opened for children aged 2 to 9; the Early Years department, according to the facilities page, is four minutes away in a large bright chalet. Lunches from fresh produce are cooked by chefs in both buildings. School buses cover three zones of the island: Las Palmas, the north and the south.
Clubs and activities: Football · Basketball · Tennis · Pequechef (cooking) · Judo · Contemporary dance · Volleyball · Saturday English school
Summer camp: the school runs its own camp and takes children from outside as well
The 2026 English-language summer school runs all of July for children aged 3 to 15: families can book a week, several weeks or the whole month, the day runs from 9:00 to 15:30, with early drop-off from 7:30 at no extra cost. Activities are indoors and outdoors, through play, creativity and exploration. Prices are in a separate file. There is no away camp; a Saturday English school also runs.
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
In Early Years children work with native English-speaking teachers and assistants, and in secondary subjects are taught by specialist teachers. The school has a counsellor-psychologist, a mentor system of older pupils in primary and secondary, form tutors in secondary with two PSHE lessons a week, and a university adviser for leavers. The director and founder is Donat Morgan. The school does not publish the number of teachers or 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 policynot stated on the website
·Staff trainingnot stated on the website
✓Anti-bullying policy
The school keeps a page on digital wellbeing and online safety, whose topics include managing hurtful behaviour and bullying, and bullying, abuse and discrimination. A counsellor-psychologist and form tutors work with pupils, primary and secondary have mentors from among older pupils, and there is a separate support system for newcomers.
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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 data70 Safety and wellbeing (12%) scored on disclosed data65 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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