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Madrid, Spain · est. 1969 · Private
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St. Anne's School is a private, independent British Catholic school in the Chamartín district of Madrid, founded in 1969 by Margaret Jean Raines and on the same site ever since. It teaches children from one to 18 years on a single campus: pre-nursery, Early Years, primary and secondary on the British National Curriculum with Spanish language, literature and social studies, Cambridge and Pearson Edexcel IGCSE examinations at 16, and in the last two years the IB Diploma Programme, for which the school was authorised in November 2023. Teaching is in English, all teachers are native speakers of the language they teach, most hold UK qualifications; there are 7 pupils per teacher. The school is a founder member of the National Association of British Schools in Spain NABSS, accredited by the British Council and inspected by NABSS and the Spanish Ministry of Education. The school is small, about 300 pupils with a licence for 650. Mobile phones are banned at school at every age, and the tutor calls every family once a month. The first IB cohort in May 2026 all received the full diploma, 77 per cent of them bilingual, and all went to their first-choice university. The school publishes its fees itself, in euros.
Key facts
Tuition
≈ $6 044–18 019 a year
5 350–15 950 EUR
Programmes
IB · DP · Cambridge · IGCSE
Admits from
1 year · Pre-School
Languages of instruction
English
Languages taught
Spanish, French
Students
about 300 (licensed for 650 places)
About the fees The school publishes its fees itself for the 2026-2027 school year, in euros per year, payable monthly or in three termly instalments: Pre-Nursery until 12:30: 5350 euros, full day 6100; Nursery and Reception 8350; Year 1: 8750; Year 2: 9150; Year 3: 9700; Year 4: 10200; Years 5 and 6: 10850; Years 7-9: 11950; Years 10 and 11 (IGCSE) 13100; Years 12 and 13 (IB DP) 15950 euros. Discounts on tuition: third child 10 per cent, fourth 20, fifth and subsequent 25. Day trips and other activities are billed separately; prices are reviewed every year.
Admissions Admission goes in three steps: an application through the form, a call from the school to clarify details and book a visit, and further processing with the admissions department (admissions@stannesmadrid.com, 913: 45: 90: 60); the school promises to reply to an enquiry within 24 hours. Pre-nursery takes children from one year, and cheque guardería vouchers from the main Spanish providers are accepted. New pupils pay a one-off non-refundable registration fee. The school welcomes families of all faiths and none. The school says nothing on its website or in its brochure about foreign pupils, citizenship or entrance tests.
Stages and year groups Grades Pre-Nursery (age 1) - Year 13 (age 17-18). Pre-Nursery for ages 1-3 (mornings from 9:00 to 12:30 or a full day until 16:00), Early Years Foundation Stage: Nursery for ages 3-4 and Reception for ages 4-5; primary Key Stage 1 (Years 1-3) and Key Stage 2 (Years 4-6) with English SATs at the end; secondary Key Stage 3 (Years 7-9) and Key Stage 4 (Years 10-11) with Cambridge and Pearson Edexcel IGCSEs in nine or ten subjects; Sixth Form (Years 12-13) - the IB Diploma Programme: six subjects, three at Higher Level, TOK, the Extended Essay and CAS, with Spanish A available for the bilingual diploma. DP subjects: English and Spanish A, English B, Spanish B, French B, Spanish ab initio, history, business management, biology, chemistry, physics, environmental systems, two mathematics courses, visual arts. The school describes its classes as small, with 7 pupils per teacher.
Address Av. de Alfonso XIII, 162, 28016 Madrid
Accreditations and programmes verified against official registries
IB · DP · authorised programmeCambridge · IGCSE · 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
IBInternational Baccalaureate
A Swiss non-profit, working since 1968. Its programmes are among the most widely recognised school programmes in the world. Authorisation is granted stage by stage, so a school with the final stage does not necessarily run the younger ones; which stages this school holds is set out in the line below.
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: DP (ages 16-19). DP is the final stage, ages 16 to 19: six subjects plus a compulsory core of theory of knowledge, an extended essay and CAS. The diploma is accepted by universities all over the world, and in a number of countries it counts for admission on the same footing as the local leaving certificate.
Register to check for yourself, and the full guide →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). IGCSE means exams at around Year 10 or 11, the British counterpart of a lower secondary leaving certificate.
Register to check for yourself, and the full guide →NABSSschool network
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.
What this means for this school. The network owns or operates the school. Its accreditation and programme authorisation the school obtains separately, in its own name.
Exams and destinations from the school's official website
Exam results The school publishes: first IB Diploma cohort in May 2026 - 100 per cent received the diploma, 77 per cent the bilingual diploma, more than 60 per cent scored 30 points or more, 100 per cent entered their first-choice university. IGCSE in June 2026: 100 per cent passed, grades 9-7 (A*-A) 42 per cent, 9-6: 63 per cent, 9-4: 95 per cent; 44 per cent of pupils achieved four or more A*-A grades. English SATs at the end of primary in 2025: at or above the expected standard in mathematics 97 per cent, writing 96, grammar and spelling 89, reading 77.
Where leavers go: Syracuse University · IE University · ICADE · CUNEF · Lancaster University · University of Warwick · Coventry University · University of Exeter · University of Bristol · University of Northampton · University of Nottingham · University of Bath
and others, 32 universities in the school's list in allThe whole first IB cohort of 2026 entered their first-choice universities, including Syracuse University in the USA, and IE University, ICADE and CUNEF in Spain; the school gives the list above as universities chosen by its recent graduates.
Facilities from the school's official website
·Swimming poolnot stated on the website
✓Sports hall
✓Laboratories
·Theatre or assembly hallnot stated on the website
✓Library
✓Catering
✓School transport
·Boardingnot stated on the website
Also on site: Art studio
Campus: The school occupies a single building on Avenida de Alfonso XIII in Chamartín, on the same site since 1969. The building has two science laboratories, three IB classrooms, a gym, an art room and a library, fifteen specialist rooms in all. Meals are cooked in its own kitchen. A medical service and a psychologist are on site. A school bus serves the city.
Clubs and activities: Drama · Classical ballet · Flamenco · Gymnastics · Music: piano, guitar, drums · Needlework and drawing · Chess · Robotics · Football · French · Taekwondo · Debating club · Student council · Duke of Edinburgh's International Award
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 sizein the key facts above
All teachers are native speakers of the language they teach, all English teachers are British-trained, and most hold UK qualifications and have taught in the United Kingdom. There are 7 pupils per teacher. Management follows the British model: a principal, heads of primary and secondary, and subject coordinators. The head of IB is Mónica Prieto, with a master's and a PhD from the University of Illinois, an IB examiner and workshop leader. Early Years is staffed by early-years specialists, supported by the school psychologist.
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 room
✓Counsellor
·Child protection policynot stated on the website
·Staff trainingnot stated on the website
·Anti-bullying policynot stated on the website
The school has an on-site medical service and a psychologist who works with individual children and whole classes; their services are paid as part of the annual charges. Mobile phones are banned on school premises for all pupils, from pre-nursery to Year 13. The tutor calls every family once a month, and the school replies to any message within 24 hours. The school is inspected by the NABSS inspection service and the Spanish Ministry of Education. The school does not mention on its website video surveillance, security guards or a written child protection policy.
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