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Ciudad Quesada, Spain · est. 2020 · Private
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A British school in Ciudad Quesada in the south of the province of Alicante, opened in September 2020. It takes children from three to eighteen: early years and Reception, primary school, secondary school with GCSE and IGCSE examinations at the end of Year 11 and, since September 2024, a sixth form with Pearson Edexcel International A Levels. In primary and lower secondary the programme is built on the English National Curriculum, including the international iPrimary and iLowerSecondary, written with children for whom English is not the first language in mind. In Spain the school is registered as a foreign school, Educateca code 359115, registration number 03021658. The headteacher is Amanda Riding. The report of the inspection held in March 2024 is published on the site. The first intake, which arrived in 2020, sat GCSE and IGCSE in 2024, and the school reports 71 percent of grades at 4/C or above. The school day runs from 8:30 to 15:00, followed by clubs. The school publishes its fees itself, monthly in euros.
Key facts
Tuition
≈ $6 417–7 117 a year
568–630 EUR a month
The year is counted as ten payments: the school does not say how many payments it takes.
Admits from
3 years · Pre-School
Languages of instruction
English
About the fees The school publishes its fees itself, updated in September 2026, monthly from September to June, 10 months: early years and primary from Year 1 to Year 4: 568 euros a month, Years 5-6: 595, Years 7-9: 618, Years 10-11: 630. The sixth form with A Levels is charged by subject: 225 euros a month per subject, 9 months.
Admissions The school admits pupils throughout the year; its sixth form, in its words, is open to students from all over the world, and the list of documents separately names a copy of a valid visa for pupils from outside the European Union. The procedure: an application on a form from the site, separate for primary and secondary and for A Level, then a call from the admissions team. Needed are copies of the documents of both parents and of the fee payer, a medical certificate of no infectious diseases, the vaccination book, two photographs, reports for the last two years if available, and the birth certificate, Libro de Familia or passport of the child. The year group is set by date of birth, and the school publishes a table matching British and Spanish year groups. The registration fee for a new pupil is 600 euros, non-refundable.
Stages and year groups Grades Rising Year (3 years) - Year 13. The stages follow the British system: Rising Year for three-year-olds and Reception, primary school Years 1-6 (KS1 and KS2), secondary Years 7-11 (KS3 and KS4) with IGCSE and GCSE at the end of Year 11, and the sixth form Years 12-13 with Pearson Edexcel International AS and A Levels, opened in September 2024. A Level subjects: English language, mathematics, Spanish, business, history, physics. In Years 7-9 pupils study English, mathematics, science, humanities, art, drama, music, computing, PSHE, Spanish and physical education. Reports go to parents twice a year.
Address Avenida del Mar 2b, Local 6-7, Pueblo Bravo, 03170 Ciudad Quesada, Alicante
Accreditations and programmes verified against official registries
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BSOBritish government inspection of schools overseas
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Register to check for yourself, and the full guide →Exams and destinations from the school's official website
Exam results The school's first intake sat GCSE and IGCSE in summer 2024; the school reports 71 percent of grades at 4/C or above.
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
Also on site: Sports ground or field · Playground
Campus: A separate primary building, classrooms with their own toilets and access to play areas, an infant playground with safety surfaces. All classrooms have air conditioning, heating, interactive whiteboards and internet. An ICT suite, used by primary pupils from Year 5, a secondary science lab, an on-site kitchen. A 7-a-side artificial pitch with integrated basketball and volleyball courts; through partners pupils have access to a full-size football pitch, tennis courts, an indoor gym and an outdoor swimming pool.
Clubs and activities: Spanish Conversation Club · Board Game Club · English Additional Language Club · Storybook Creating Club
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 sizenot stated
The school publishes its staff by name, about twenty people: headteacher Amanda Riding, deputy Eva Ghost, the heads of primary, secondary and sixth form, subject and primary class teachers, an early years teacher, an inclusion and support officer and an exams officer. Sixth form teachers, in the school's words, come from the United Kingdom and Spain. The school calls its classes small, but gives no number.
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 trainingnot stated on the website
·Anti-bullying policynot stated on the website
The school publishes its safeguarding and child protection policy, its behaviour, health and safety, admissions and complaints policies. In primary the class teacher and learning assistant look after pupils, and there is a separate pastoral and wellbeing leader; in secondary each tutor group has its own tutor, a PSHE programme runs under senior staff, and teachers receive training.
Reviews
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Criteria breakdown criterion weight in brackets
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 data80 Safety and wellbeing (12%) scored on disclosed data60 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 data70 "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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