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Tortosa, Spain · est. 2018 · Private
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A private British international school in Tortosa, in the south of the province of Tarragona, opened in 2018. It teaches the National Curriculum for England, supplemented by its own programme in Catalan and Spanish language, history, geography and culture; the language of instruction is English, as the school states directly. It takes children from age 3: Early Years (ages 3-5), primary school (6-11), secondary school from Year 7 to Year 11, which has run since 2020, and the upper stage: the school has announced the opening of Year 12 with an A Level course, three or four subjects at AS level and three of them at A Level in Year 13. The school writes that it is accredited by NABSS (the National Association of British Schools in Spain) and by the education department of Catalonia, so leavers receive qualifications for further study both in Spain and in the UK. It teaches through themes and projects chosen from the pupils' own interests, with an emphasis on active learning and small groups; in the upper years, English and at least two other languages and a course of personal, social and emotional education. The school belongs to the Czech education group Consilium, which has schools in the Czech Republic, Croatia, Slovakia and Spain. The school day in Early Years and primary runs from 8:55 to 14:05, in secondary from 8:30 to 15:15; after lessons there is after-school care until 17:00. The fee is monthly and published on the site.
Key facts
Tuition
≈ $5 524–6 778 a year
489–600 EUR a month
The year is counted as ten payments: the school does not say how many payments it takes.
Programmes
Pearson Edexcel
Admits from
3 years · Pre-School
Languages of instruction
English
Languages taught
Catalan, Spanish
About the fees The school publishes its fees as a table, monthly. Early Years and primary school: 489 euros a month for a school day from 8:55 to 14:05. Secondary school: 529 euros a month for a day from 8:30 to 15:15; the same column also gives a price of 600 euros a month for the upper stage (bachillerato or A Level, ages 16-18). For each further child from a family there is a 10 per cent discount on the monthly fee. Lunch costs 6 euros a day, after-school care from 14:05 to 17:00 for regular use costs 10 euros a day in primary; for the secondary and upper stages the same row gives 8 and 6 euros a day. The school does not say over how many months a year the fee is charged.
Admissions After the application form is completed the school invites the family and gets to know each future pupil in person; for a transfer from another school it asks for the latest school report. The pre-registration form for the 2026-2027 school year is posted on the documents page. On entry to primary or secondary school a one-off entry fee is paid. The school names no other requirements for applicants.
Stages and year groups Grades Early Years (age 3) - Year 13. Stages: Early Years for children aged 3-5 across the seven areas of the British early years programme; primary school for ages 6-11 on the National Curriculum for England with Catalan and Spanish language, history, geography and culture added; secondary school from Year 7 to Year 11, opened in 2020; the upper stage from Year 12, where pupils take three or four subjects at AS level and continue three of them at A Level in Year 13. The school writes of small groups and says that even in a small upper group the choice of subjects is wide, but gives no class size as a number.
Address Camino de Milanes 3, 43500 Tortosa, Tarragona
Accreditations and programmes verified against official registries
Pearson · authorised programmeNABSS · school is part of the networkschool 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
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NABSS (National Association of British Schools in Spain) is not an owner of schools but an association of British schools in Spain, founded in 1978 by a group of leading British schools in the country. According to the association, it has more than 80 member schools, which educate more than 49,000 children and employ more than 5,000 teachers. Only schools officially authorised by the Spanish authorities as foreign schools teaching the British education system and certified by the British Council after inspections can be members; new schools that are still developing are not admitted straight away. The association represents the schools' common interests, encourages collaboration between them and holds an annual conference; its school finder places member schools in Madrid, Catalonia, the Valencian Community, Andalusia, the Balearic and Canary Islands, Murcia and other regions. The association's site is nabss.org.
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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
The school does not describe its premises on its website.
Teaching staff
The school publishes neither the number of its teachers nor their qualifications.
Safety and wellbeing from the school's official website
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