← Back to homeRafa Nadal International School
Manacor, Spain · est. 2016 · Private
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Rafa Nadal International School is a private international school on the campus of Rafael Nadal's academy in Manacor, Mallorca, and it was conceived for one thing: so that a young tennis player would not have to choose between school and training. It opened its doors in September 2016, at first with the secondary stages only; primary and pre-school were added later, and now there is a nursery too: from the 2026-2027 course it takes children from the age of two. The course is built from two traditions: primary school - from Nursery at three to Year 6 - follows the British curriculum, while Middle School (grades 7-8) and High School (grades 9-12) follow the American one, and it is the American line that the MSA accreditation stands behind. The language of instruction is English, with full immersion from the earliest age; Spanish and Catalan are taught as separate subjects, and the school promises to move children from multilingual homes into the English-speaking environment gently. The school is also a SAT and TOEFL examination centre. The day is long and full: lessons, sport, hobbies, co-curricular activities, trips to museums, farms, historic monuments, theatres and nature reserves, and assemblies where subjects such as responsibility, recycling, inclusion and bullying are discussed - the school calls these part of its pastoral care. The campus is shared with the academy, and school life runs alongside the tennis: the academy's annual programme combines training with study at RNS, and it includes supervised accommodation, four meals a day overseen by a nutritionist, a medical service, physiotherapy and specialised psychological support. The school keeps its classes small: Pre-Nursery is capped at eighteen children with two qualified teachers and an assistant. What is worth knowing in advance: the school does not publish its fees and gives them only through the admissions team.
Key facts
Programmes
American programme
Languages of instruction
English
Admissions An applicant must send school reports for the previous year - and, for those entering high school, for all previous years of secondary school, together with the contact details of the previous school - and have an informal interview. Applicants to Middle School and High School may be set a written examination in English and mathematics, but if the pupil is a native speaker or comes from a British or American school the school may waive those tests. Before applying it advises coming to see the campus: a visit is arranged by telephone or e-mail. The family applies for a place by downloading the form on the admission page, after which the school gets in touch and arranges a meeting. According to the counter on its home page, children of 45 nationalities study at the school; the school does not make citizenship a condition of entry. It names no entry or other fees on its site.
Stages and year groups Grades Pre-Nursery from age 2 - Grade 12, up to age 18. The stages run right through and in two traditions. Pre-Nursery from the age of two - a new group for the 2026-2027 course - follows the English National Curriculum within the Early Years Foundation Stage, with a full day and flexible pick-up times, a maximum of eighteen children with two qualified teachers and an assistant, in a separate newly adapted unit inside the primary area with its own washing and changing facilities and its own outdoor area. Then comes Primary - from Nursery at three to Year 6 - on the British curriculum, with computing, Spanish and Catalan, a House system, a school council and captains. Middle School is the American grades 7-8, High School the American grades 9-12, built around university entry. The school is open on teaching days from 8:00 to 20:00.
Address Carretera Cales de Mallorca s/n, km 1,2, 07500 Manacor, Mallorca
Accreditations and programmes verified against official registries
MSA · accreditationCollege Board · 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
MSAMiddle States Association of Colleges and Schools
One of the oldest American accreditations, working since 1887 in more than a hundred countries and linked to the Office of Overseas Schools of the US State Department. It judges the school as an institution across twelve areas, including finances, governance, premises and student support.
What the badge means for this school. The school has been through this organisation's accreditation. It was judged as a whole: governance, safeguarding, staff, premises, teaching. The entry stands in the organisation's public register - anyone can check it.
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An American organisation that allows a school to put the letters AP on a pupil's transcript. The permission is granted course by course and tied to a particular teacher, it has to be renewed every year, and College Board reads the course syllabus before granting it.
What the badge means for this school. The school is allowed to run advanced AP courses - not the school as a whole, but one by one: by subject and by teacher. Governance, safeguarding and the primary years are not part of that check. Which subjects are actually approved is visible in the ledger. The entry stands in the organisation's public register - anyone can check it. Authorisation here runs a year at a time: the register lists the school for the 2025-2026 school year.
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The American school programme, with the High School Diploma at the end. It usually comes together with AP courses, which the College Board stands behind, and with an American accreditation - MSA, NEASC or Cognia.
What this means for this school. The diploma is written out by the school itself: the American programme has no common leaving exam, and the content of the senior years is set by the school. Outside checking therefore rests on two things here - the accreditation of the school, and the AP exams if the school runs them.
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 transportnot stated on the website
·Boardingnot stated on the website
Campus: The school stands on the campus of Rafael Nadal's academy in Manacor, thirty minutes from Palma airport. The Pre-Nursery group has a separate newly adapted unit inside the primary area with its own washing, changing and toilet facilities and its own way out to a play area for the youngest. Meals are part of the day. The campus is shared with the academy: sports facilities, a fitness and health centre of more than three thousand square metres, a sports clinic, residential blocks for juniors and adults, three restaurants and a players' buffet, and the Rafael Nadal museum. The school is open on teaching days from 8:00 to 20:00.
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 training
·Anti-bullying policynot stated on the website
All the Pre-Nursery staff, the school writes, are fully qualified and trained, including current paediatric first-aid certification and training in child protection and wellbeing. Separate pastoral work is built into the day: at assemblies the form teacher follows each pupil's progress and takes up subjects such as responsibility, inclusion and bullying. Specialised psychological support is part of the annual programme of the academy on whose campus the school stands, along with a medical service and physiotherapy, but the school does not name a psychological service of its own; nor do its pages name CCTV, security staff, an access control system or the text of a child protection policy.
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