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Barcelona, Spain · est. 1964 · Private
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St PETER'S SCHOOL is a private international school in Barcelona's Sarrià district, on Carrer Eduard Toldrà, and it is an old one: in 1964 it became the first international school in Barcelona to use English as a first language. Today it is the only school in Catalonia to run all the IB stages in English in sequence - Nursery, the Primary Years Programme, the Middle Years Programme and the Diploma - so a child need not move to another school either in the middle or the senior years. The school stakes its identity on science and technology, claiming to be the first to put blockchain, nanoscience, neuroscience and artificial intelligence on its curriculum, and its science laboratory for children from birth to six is, it says, the only one in Catalonia. The Class of 2026 averaged 35.3 points out of 45 against a global average of 30.88; the top individual score was 43, 98 per cent passed the Diploma, 45 students completed it and 20 per cent earned the Bilingual Diploma, while on the Spanish route the average Bachillerato grade was 8.9 out of 10 and the average PAU university entrance score 12.7 out of 14. The Wellbeing Department provides psycho-pedagogical support and draws up individual plans, the school has its own nurse with a medical protocol, there is zero tolerance of bullying with an anonymous reporting form, and there is separate language support for those without Spanish, Catalan or English: in their first year they work in small groups and then join the regular class. The school publishes its fees for the 2026-2027 academic year itself: from 11250 euros a year at the Foundation stage to 22250 euros at the Diploma stage.
Key facts
Tuition
≈ $12 709–25 136 a year
11 250–22 250 EUR
Programmes
IB · PYP, MYP, DP
Languages of instruction
English
About the fees The school publishes its fees for the 2026-2027 academic year on its admission page, in euros, and each annual sum is made up of the annual registration and the tuition fee: Foundation (F1-F2) - 1800 and 9450, 11250 euros in all; Foundation PYP (F3-F5) - 2320 and 12180, 14500 in all; Primary (Y1-Y5) - 3080 and 16170, 19250 in all; Middle Years (Y6-Y9) - 3400 and 17850, 21250 in all; Diploma (Y10-Y12) - 3560 and 18690, 22250 euros in all. In the first year 16% of the annual sum is paid together with the enrolment fee; in later years 6% is paid in February and 10% in May of the previous academic year, and the remainder is split into 8 monthly payments from September to April. The fee includes daily meals (lunch and snack), stationery and day trips from Foundation 5.
Admissions Admission runs all year round, and for September the school advises applying by February; open days, in person and online, take place in February and March. There are three steps. First the admissions office interviews the family and the child, online for families abroad. Then the candidate is assessed on the interview, the report from the previous school and references from it, and an entrance test is given when necessary; learning difficulties and special needs must be disclosed at the start of the application. Accepted pupils fill in the documents and make the payment. The school does take foreigners and says so plainly: children and staff of more than 50 nationalities study and work there, and it is ready to accept a pupil with weak Spanish or English and help them catch up, depending on the year of entry. Such pupils spend their first year studying the language in small groups, teachers assess their level on entry, and the enrolment fee for them is higher - 7500 euros instead of 4500.
Stages and year groups Grades Nursery - Diploma (Year 13). The stages run right through and all follow the IB: Nursery, Foundation Years, Primary Years, Middle Years and Diploma. The school calls itself the only one in Barcelona to run the full IB Continuum in English at every stage. Uniform is worn from Nursery to Year 9; Year 10 and Diploma Programme students do not wear it. The school opens at 8:00 for parents who need to drop children early, and during that time there is a choir twice a week and a book club once a week, both free of charge.
Address c/ Eduard Toldrà 18, Barcelona
Accreditations and programmes verified against official registries
IB · PYP, MYP, DP · 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
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: PYP (ages 3-12), MYP (ages 11-16), DP (ages 16-19). PYP is the primary stage, ages 3 to 12. It is not a set of subjects but a frame for the whole school: learning is built around lines of inquiry, and there are no exams at the end. MYP is the middle stage, ages 11 to 16. There are no exams here either; at the end an optional electronic assessment of pupils' work is possible. 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 →Exams and destinations from the school's official website
Average IB score
35.3 (world average 30.88)
Exam results Class of 2026: an average IB Diploma score of 35.3 out of 45 against a world average of 30.88, a top score of 43 points, 98% of pupils passed the diploma, 85% earned additional core points, 20% a bilingual diploma, 45 graduates. On the Spanish track the average bachillerato mark was 8.9 out of 10, the best 10; the average PAU university entrance score was 12.7 out of 14, the best 13.4.
Facilities from the school's official website
·Swimming poolnot stated on the website
·Sports hallnot stated on the website
✓Laboratories
·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 occupies a building in Sarrià-Sant Gervasi on Carrer Eduard Toldrà. It has its own kitchen, whose menus are rigorously supervised by dieticians, and its own dining hall: special diets for illness, allergy or religion are arranged on request with a doctor's note, and the kitchen is run by the company Saned. There is a science laboratory for children from birth to six, which the school calls the only one of its kind in Catalonia. Uniforms are sold by Uniformes de Colegio S.L. on Carrer del Rosari 10, and a parents' initiative, Recicole, holds uniform exchange fairs throughout the year.
Clubs and activities (6): Choir · Book club · Sport · Art · Technology · Languages
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 room
·Counsellornot stated on the website
✓Child protection policy
·Staff trainingnot stated on the website
✓Anti-bullying policy
The school has a Wellbeing Department which provides psycho-pedagogical support to pupils, tailors individual plans and refers to trusted external services when necessary; it is coordinated by the pedagogue Begoña Vilar and works with the heads of each stage and the teaching team. Its own school nurse is in charge of the medical and wellness protocol and administers medication only on a doctor's written instruction. The school calls protecting pupils from any kind of abuse a priority, has zero tolerance of bullying, an anti-bullying policy and a Safe and Supportive Environment Policy with a detailed protocol, and cases can be reported through an anonymous form, with every report investigated confidentially.
Reviews
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Criteria breakdown criterion weight in brackets
Academics and programmes (16%)95 Community rating (16%)no dataparent reviews are needed: the criterion switches on at the fifth verified one Exams and destinations (12%) scored on disclosed data80 Safety and wellbeing (12%) scored on disclosed data70 Accreditation and verifiability (10%)85 Teaching staff (10%) scored on disclosed data55 Facilities (10%) scored on disclosed data70 Clubs and activities (8%) scored on disclosed data76 "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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