← Back to homeThe Blossom International School
Marratxi, Spain · est. 2018 · Private
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The Blossom International School is a small international school on Mallorca, in Marratxí, and it grew out of home schooling: the school was set up by teacher-parents looking for a different way of doing things, out of The Orange Tree project, it has been developing in its present form since 2018, and from that beginning it has kept small classes and a family manner. It teaches through projects, from primary through the early middle years, joining academic subjects with creative ones, and it says plainly that it does not treat standardised tests as the measure of success: it looks at progress, confidence and the child's independence. Languages are arranged by stage: in kindergarten everything is in Spanish so that the child enters the language, from year one English becomes the main language and Spanish continues as a subject for all pupils at their level, together with the local traditions, culture and history of Mallorca; Catalan and English are also offered as clubs. By the end a pupil reaches British examinations; the school is an accredited Pearson Edexcel examination centre and offers IGCSE, GCSE and A-level, and after sixteen international BTEC courses in music and creative media as well - a route for those who prefer practice to written examinations. The school states the ratio plainly: 15 pupils per teacher. There are nine clubs, half of them musical: groups by age from four, an advanced ensemble, a DJ academy limited to six, individual lessons; plus languages, art and a drama club. These are paid for separately - 45-65 euros a month for the school's own pupils, 55-80 for outsiders, with a 5 per cent discount for a second child and 10 per cent for paying a year in advance. The school publishes its child protection policy in full as a separate handbook. It claims 100 per cent university acceptance on its home page, but gives no list of universities.
Key facts
Programmes
Pearson Edexcel · IGCSE, A-Level · BTEC
Languages of instruction
English, Spanish
Admissions The school accepts applications from all children regardless of race, ethnic origin, culture, nationality, gender, religion or special educational needs, and looks for pupils who share its values. Admission includes a visit to the school and trial days, to make the transition easier for the child and to let both sides confirm that the school is the right fit. The school names no deadlines, documents, entrance exams or English requirements; it can be contacted through the form on its site. Spanish is taught to all pupils at their level, so it is not required in advance.
Stages and year groups Grades kindergarten - post-16 stage. The school describes its stages in its own words: kindergarten on its own "Blossom Foundations of Learning" programme and entirely in Spanish; then year one and early primary, where English becomes the main language; then middle and upper primary with a broad curriculum through projects and separate lessons in art and Spanish; then the secondary stage with a choice of IGCSE subjects and, after sixteen, international BTEC courses in music and creative media. The school does not set out age ranges for its stages and years.
Address Calle Sa Planera 6, 07141 Marratxí, Mallorca
Accreditations and programmes verified against official registries
NEASC · accreditationPearson · IGCSE, A-Level · 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
NEASCNew England Association of Schools and Colleges
An American accreditation working since 1885. For international schools it uses an approach where the visitors look first at live lessons rather than at folders of paperwork: the team works in the school for about a week. It is the only one here whose public directory honestly separates accredited schools from candidates.
What the badge means for this school. The school has been through this organisation's accreditation. It was judged as a whole: governance, safeguarding, staff, premises, teaching. The entry stands in the organisation's public register - anyone can check it.
Register to check for yourself, and the full guide →PearsonPearson Edexcel, a British exam board
It gives a school approved centre status: that means Pearson exams can be sat in the school itself. What is checked is the premises, the equipment, the secure storage of papers and the presence of trained invigilators.
What the badge means for this school. The school can run Pearson exams on its own premises. The status says nothing about teaching, about results or about the school itself: any school able to run an exam securely holds it. The entry stands in the organisation's public register - anyone can check it. At this school: IGCSE (ages 14-16), A-Level (ages 16-18). IGCSE means exams at around Year 10 or 11, the British counterpart of a lower secondary leaving certificate. A-Level is the senior years, and their results are what British and many other universities admit on.
Register to check for yourself, and the full guide →BTEC
A British vocational qualification from Pearson: not an academic course with an exam at the end, but a programme of practical assignments in a particular trade, from engineering and business to art and sport.
What this means for this school. Teaching and assessment work differently from A-level: instead of written exams there is a run of practical assignments marked by the school, while Pearson checks the school itself and samples the work. British universities do accept BTEC, but not all of them and not for every course: level 3 carries the same UCAS points as A-level, and that is what a family aiming at a particular university should look at. For a child who needs the classic academic route, BTEC is not a replacement for A-level but a different path.
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 qualificationsnot stated
·Number of teachersthe school does not say
✓Students per teacher or class sizein the key facts above
The school states the ratio plainly - 15 pupils per teacher - and says its teachers plan lessons together. It publishes no staff list by name, no number of teachers and no 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 roomnot stated on the website
·Counsellornot stated on the website
✓Child protection policy
✓Staff training
✓Anti-bullying policy
The school publishes its child protection policy in full as a 38-page handbook: it contains the child protection policy and the anti-bullying policy, the allocation of roles, a response team, the procedure for investigation and mandatory reporting to the authorities under the laws of Spain and the Balearic Islands, screening of candidates on recruitment, codes of conduct for staff and visitors, and rules for visitors. The leadership and all staff, the school says, are accountable for the policy. The school names no security guards, medical room or psychologist.
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Criteria breakdown criterion weight in brackets
Academics and programmes (16%)85 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 data70 Accreditation and verifiability (10%)90 Teaching staff (10%) scored on disclosed data55 Facilities (10%) scored on disclosed data55 Clubs and activities (8%) scored on disclosed data78 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.
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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