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Zaragoza, Spain · est. 2013 · Private
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Zaragoza SchoolHouse is a private international Montessori school in Zaragoza, on Vía Ibérica next to the Casablanca stadium, founded in 2013 by two architects and a teacher; it has about seventy children from more than ten countries. The school is officially recognised as international by the Government of Aragon, accredited by NEASC and follows AMI principles; its licence covers ages three to fifteen, from the first year of infant school to the fourth year of ESO. Stages: Casa de Niños from three to six, Taller I from six to eight, Taller II from nine to eleven and the middle school from twelve to fifteen - the first international Montessori middle school in Aragon. Classes are mixed-age, the work cycle lasts three hours, and there is one adult to twelve children in infant school and one to six in the middle school. The bilingualism is real: half of all subjects and activities are in English, all teachers are bilingual, children learn to read in English through Jolly Phonics, French starts at six, and the middle school adds Latin and philosophy; from eight pupils can sit Cambridge examinations, reaching B2 or C1 by the end of ESO. Teenagers go on exchanges to Montessori schools in France, the USA, Germany, Austria and Australia. The school has a written child protection policy with background checks on all staff, a relocation service for families moving to Zaragoza, and a summer camp for children aged two to twelve. Fees range from 4100 to 7211.40 euros a year including lunch. The middle school is fully enrolled for 2026/27.
Key facts
Tuition
≈ $4 632–8 147 a year
4 100–7 211.4 EUR
Admits from
3 years · Pre-School
Languages of instruction
Spanish, English
Summer camp
Yes, open to all
About the fees The school publishes its 2026/27 fees as a PDF table on its fees page; the sum covers tuition and lunch and is split into ten monthly payments. Casa de Niños (ages 3-5): mornings from 9 to 13 - 4100 euros a year (410 a month), until 14 with lunch - 4731 euros (473.10 a month), a full day until 16 - 5936.40 euros (593.60 a month). Primary and middle school (ages 6-15), a full day from 9 to 16 - 7211.40 euros a year (721.10 a month). The registration fee is 375 euros in infant school and 400 euros in primary and middle school, and it is non-refundable. Paying for the whole year by 15 July 2026 gives a 5 per cent discount; a second child gets 50 per cent off the registration fee and 13 per cent off the lower of the fees; large and single-parent families with an Aragon card get 25 per cent off the registration fee and 10 to 25 per cent off the fee; discounts are not combined. The fee excludes textbooks and classroom materials, trips, camps, exchanges, and psychological and speech therapy assessments and sessions. While a pupil studies abroad the school charges between 100 and 25 per cent of the monthly fee depending on the length of stay.
Admissions The school admits foreign pupils and says so directly: it calls itself a leader in welcoming international pupils throughout the school year, and its classes have children from more than ten countries. Admission is open all year, and a pupil can join at any point in the school year. The process is an introduction to the programme, a visit to the school, then enrolment with payment of the registration fee required of all admitted pupils. For families moving to Zaragoza the school has its own service: finding housing near the school, visas, legal and administrative matters, the move and support after arrival. The middle school is fully enrolled for 2026/27 with a waiting list open; for places in 2027/28 the school asks families to get in touch.
Stages and year groups Grades Casa de Niños from age 3 - 4th year of ESO (age 15). Casa de Niños from three to six (one adult per twelve children, an 80-square-metre classroom, English as the working language), Taller I from six to eight, Taller II from nine to eleven, and the middle school from twelve to fifteen - grades 7-10, that is ESO years 1-4 under the official curriculum, with extra mathematics and science, Latin and philosophy, and one teacher per six pupils. Classes are mixed-age with a three-hour work cycle; in the middle school the day runs from 9 to 16 with lunch. The school's official licence covers ages three to fifteen; the middle school is fully enrolled for 2026/27.
Address Vía Ibérica 67, Zaragoza
Accreditations and programmes verified against official registries
NEASC · accreditationschool 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.
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The pedagogy of Maria Montessori: a child chooses the activity, works at their own pace with special materials, and mixed-age groups are arranged so that older children teach the younger ones. It is used most often in the nursery and primary stages.
What this means for this school. The name Montessori belongs to nobody: any school may call itself a Montessori school, and there is no single body that checks this. There are associations that train teachers and recognise schools, but membership of them is voluntary, and our entry means exactly that the school describes itself this way. This pedagogy has no leaving certificate, so what to look at is what the school finishes with.
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 from the school's official website
·Swimming poolnot stated on the website
·Sports hallnot stated on the website
·Laboratoriesnot stated on the website
✓Theatre or assembly hall
✓Library
✓Catering
·School transportnot stated on the website
·Boardingnot stated on the website
Campus: A building at Vía Ibérica 67 within the city of Zaragoza, next to the Casablanca stadium, with which the school has an agreement: some sports, including swimming, take place at its facilities. The Casa de Niños classroom is 80 square metres with large windows onto the garden, and the middle school has two 30-square-metre classrooms; every classroom has a reading area with a library, a place for experiments and a full set of Montessori materials. There is a garden, an outdoor nature classroom, the school's own kitchen with home-cooked food and a hall for events with families; the home-reading library is run by the families themselves. The school was founded by two architects and a teacher and regards its spaces as part of its pedagogy.
Clubs and activities (9): Chinese · Programming · Swimming (Stadium Casablanca) · Datchball (school team) · Music · English · Fencing · Robotics · Math Lab
Summer camp: the school runs its own camp and takes children from outside as well
The school has run an urban summer camp on its own premises for more than ten years, from June to September, for children aged two to twelve, both its own pupils and children from other schools: Little Summer Camp for two- to five-year-olds, half in English, with Montessori activities, games, stories and home-cooked food, and Super Summer Camp for ages 6-12 with English by level, sport, art and gardening. Separately there is Math Camp for ages 7-12 - three weeks in 2026: 20-24 July, 17-21 August and 31 August - 4 September, a full day from 9 to 16 with breakfast and lunch - and the teen camp Woods & Bits for ages 10-14. A summer camp place reservation costs 50 euros.
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
By name the school lists its founding team: headteacher and elementary coordinator Teresa Benito - an architect, with AMI diplomas 3-6 (Munich) and 12-18 (Hershey, USA) and a master's in educational management from the University of Deusto, who teaches mathematics and art; early childhood coordinator Natalia Heredia - a primary teaching degree from the University of Zaragoza and a Montessori 3-6 certificate; middle school coordinator Antonio Casas - an architect with the AMI 6-12 certificate, who teaches STEAM and music. All guides hold a Montessori diploma, the team spans five nationalities and is fully bilingual; of new teachers the school requires a relevant degree and certified C1 English. In infant school there are two adults - a guide and an assistant - for twelve children, and in the middle school one teacher for six pupils.
Safety and wellbeing from the school's official website
·CCTVnot stated on the website
·Security staffnot stated on the website
✓Access control
·Nurse or medical roomnot stated on the website
·Counsellornot stated on the website
✓Child protection policy
✓Staff training
·Anti-bullying policynot stated on the website
The school has a written child protection policy and procedures (Safeguarding Children and Child Protection Policy), a staff code of conduct, a code of ethics and an internet safety policy, as well as a safer recruitment protocol: all staff and regular contractors undergo background checks and several interviews. Staff are trained in first aid and CPR. The site is secured around the clock, entrances and exits are monitored, only parents and caregivers they name may collect a child, and guests are always escorted by a member of staff; evacuation drills are held. The school is nut-free, with plans for children with allergies. The school names no in-house psychological service: assessments and sessions with a psychologist or speech therapist are charged separately.
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