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Estepona, Spain · Private
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Queens British Grammar School is a small British school in the centre of Estepona, on the Costa del Sol, which deliberately keeps classes small and calls itself more a family than a school. It teaches by the English National Curriculum from the foundation stage for three- and four-year-olds to Cambridge IGCSE at 14-16 and Cambridge International AS and A Level in Year 12-13; the school holds Cambridge A Level examinations twice a year, in June and November. All lessons are in English, taught by qualified teachers whose first language is English; Spanish is a compulsory subject, and other European languages are offered as options. Children who understand English poorly are first placed in an intensive English class. The school is open to children of all nationalities and calls itself fully inclusive: there is a special educational needs coordinator and individual support plans. The school has recently moved into a new building. It has four houses - Anne, Mary, Elizabeth and Victoria, which compete for points. The head is Melanie Lee.
Key facts
Tuition
≈ $8 683–21 020 a year
7 686–18 606 EUR
Programmes
Cambridge · IGCSE, A-Level
Admits from
3 years · Pre-School
Languages of instruction
English
About the fees Fees for the 2026-2027 school year are published on the school's site in euros per year, in three termly parts: Foundation 7686 euros, Year 1: 8873, Year 3: 9954, Year 5: 10280, Year 7: 13955, Year 9: 14711, Year 10: 15467, Year 11: 16548, Year 12-13: 18606. For payment for the whole year at once there is a 5% discount (for example, 7302 euros for Foundation and 17676 for Year 12-13). Fees rise every year.
Admissions The school is open to children of all nationalities; with weak English a child is first enrolled in an intensive English class. The family is invited to visit, and the head shows them the school. To apply, the family fills in a form and pays a non-refundable joining fee of 1500 euros, which covers administration, visa letters and the interview with the head. The number of places is limited, and the child is expected to stay at least one school year.
Stages and year groups Grades Foundation (3 years) - Year 13. Foundation Stage for 3-5 years, primary school Year 1-6 for 5-11 years with an emphasis on English, mathematics and science, secondary school Year 7-11 with the Cambridge IGCSE programme in Year 10-11 and the sixth form Year 12-13 with Cambridge International AS and A Level, which can be taken at once or in stages. Spanish is compulsory, and for children with insufficient English there is an intensive class. The school day runs from 8:45 to 15:30, doors open at 8:30, after-school clubs from 15:30 to 16:30.
Address Avenida Costa Galera 34, 29693 Estepona, Málaga
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
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
✓CateringA hot lunch is cooked every day, the menu changes weekly; with it come a salad buffet, vegetables, bread including gluten-free, fresh fruit and sugar-free desserts. Lunch can be brought from home.
✓School transportA school bus Marbella - Estepona twice a day on weekdays, run by the carrier Autocares Ricardo.
·Boardingnot stated on the website
Campus: The school has recently moved into a new building in Estepona.
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 writes that all lessons are taught by qualified teachers with English as their first language and recent experience of teaching the English National Curriculum. The staff page names the deputy head, the heads of secondary and primary, teachers of PE and ICT, art and media, humanities, Spanish and primary class teachers; the head is Melanie Lee, the special needs coordinator is the head of primary. The total number of teachers the school does not give.
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
The school calls itself fully inclusive and describes support for children with special educational needs by the scheme "assess, plan, do, review": a coordinator, individual plans, work in small groups and one to one, review every term together with parents. Smart watches and other devices with a camera and internet are banned at school by the mobile devices rules. A separate child protection policy, security or a nurse the school does not describe on its site.
Reviews
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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 "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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