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Sintra, Portugal · Private
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The school is a Christian academy in Sintra, set up as an association, and it teaches to an American programme: the pages for parents and pupils are written in English, the programme is called American, and for the higher grades the school runs hybrid classes together with Liberty University - hence English as the language of lessons. It says little about itself: it calls its classes small, its support homeschool-styled, its teachers experts in their fields, and its community one drawn from more than 25 nations. Besides the core subjects the school promises advanced courses and electives, field trips, sports, creative arts and technology. It holds its faith openly and welcomes pupils of all backgrounds and faiths who are respectful of its Christian mission and values. The school names neither an address, nor fees, nor its stages on its pages, and asks that enquiries about admission go to its email.
Key facts
Programmes
American programme
Languages of instruction
English
Admissions The school welcomes pupils of all backgrounds and faiths who are respectful of its Christian mission and values, and says that its student body and staff are drawn from more than 25 nations. Beyond that it does not set out admission: there are no ages, no assessments, no language requirements and no dates on its pages, and for details the school asks that you write to registration@sicapt.org and offers a downloadable note for applicants.
Accreditations and programmes verified against official registries
ACSI · membershipschool 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
ACSIAssociation of Christian Schools International
An accreditation of Christian schools: the school spends eighteen months to two years on a self-study, and then peers from other Christian schools visit. Faithfulness to the Christian confession is part of the standards, so this is an accreditation with a condition of belief. It often runs jointly with MSA or Cognia, and such a pair is stronger than ACSI alone.
What the badge means for this school. The school belongs to this organisation but has not been through its accreditation. The difference matters: membership is usually paid for and has no external inspection behind it. The entry is confirmed in the organisation's open directory.
Register to check for yourself, and the full guide →American programme
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
The school does not describe its premises on its website.
Teaching staff from the school's official website
·Teachers listed by namenot published
✓Teacher qualifications
·Number of teachersthe school does not say
·Students per teacher or class sizenot stated
What the listings show: The school calls its teachers experts in their fields.
The school calls its classes small and says a pupil's support is arranged in a homeschool style. It gives neither the number of its teachers nor the number of pupils in a class.
Safety and wellbeing from the school's official website
The school says nothing on its website about security, medical care or pupil support.
Reviews
No reviews yet. The community rating counts towards the score once a school has five verified reviews - until then we do not show a zero, so as not to mislead.
Criteria breakdown criterion weight in brackets
Academics and programmes (16%)72 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%)65 Teaching staff (10%) scored on disclosed data55 Facilities (10%) scored on disclosed data55 Clubs and activities (8%) scored on disclosed data55 Value for money (6%) scored at the median52 "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.
The score is counted from 7 of the 9 criteria.Only those with checkable data count: programmes and accreditations from official registers, the fee from a published price list. Where it says "scored on the median", the school has no data and the middle of the list is put in its place, so that a gap gives no advantage. Admissions, teaching staff and reviews come in as their data arrives.
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