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Sotogrande, Spain · est. 2018 · Private
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Schellhammer International School is a private school in Sotogrande in southern Spain, accredited as a Cambridge International School and serving young people from Marbella to Gibraltar. It was founded in 2018 by the Swiss psychologist and educator Dr Eduard Schellhammer, who had opened Schellhammer Business School back in 2009. The school starts at 16: it is a two-year Cambridge International AS & A Level programme, after which a leaver can move on to the business school's bachelor programme (ASIC UK accreditation), to its partner schools in France and the UK, or apply to any university that recognises A Level; it is also possible to take one year of AS Level and go on to the business school's foundation programme. A Level subjects: travel and tourism, sociology, psychology, Global Perspectives and Research, English language, Spanish language, economics, business, accounting; there are also hybrid online A Level courses with tutor support on campus. Teaching is in English. Pupils, in the school's words, represent more than 40 nationalities. The school offers boarding in apartments on campus, pupils can take part in the business school's events, a startup bootcamp, meditation and company visits, and golfers can practise at the San Roque Golf Club. The school also accepts private candidates for IGCSE and AS/A Level exams.
Key facts
Languages of instruction
English
Admissions The school admits pupils from different countries: in its words, it has more than 40 nationalities. Applications are assessed individually by the advisory board; the school looks for motivated candidates who want to learn, whose families share its mission and who would benefit from the Cambridge programme. To get to know the school, the family arranges a meeting with an admissions adviser, who gives a tour of the campus and boarding facilities. The school names no written tests or document requirements on its website.
Stages and year groups Grades AS and A Level (from 16, two years). Only the upper stage: a two-year Cambridge International AS & A Level programme, internationally for pupils aged 16-19. Pupils can take the full two-year A Level course or one year of AS Level followed by the business school's foundation programme. Subjects: Travel and Tourism, Sociology, Psychology, Global Perspectives and Research, English Language, Spanish Language, Economics, Business, Accounting. Besides the on-site programme there are hybrid online A Level courses. The school does not give class sizes.
Address Centro Comercial San Roque Club, Calle Mesilla del Diente, 11310 Sotogrande, San Roque (Cádiz)
Accreditations and programmes verified against official registries
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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. Which stages - from the early years programme for three-year-olds up to A-Level - this school is approved for is not stated here.
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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
·Cateringnot stated on the website
·School transportnot stated on the website
✓Boarding
Campus: The school stands in a quiet location in Sotogrande, on the Schellhammer business school campus in the San Roque Club shopping centre. Boarding means modern two-bedroom apartments on campus with self-catering kitchens, available to all pupils; the school calls the campus safe and secure. Golfers practise at the San Roque Golf Club course.
Clubs and activities: Startup Bootcamp · Meditation · Company visits · Golf at San Roque Golf Club · Schellhammer Business School events
Teaching staff
The school publishes neither the number of its teachers nor their qualifications.
Safety and wellbeing from the school's official website
The school says nothing on its website about security, medical care or pupil support.
Reviews
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Academics and programmes (16%)60 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 data65 Clubs and activities (8%) scored on disclosed data73 Value for money (6%) scored at the median74 "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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