The following is a list of Private International Schools on the Costa del Sol. We have included Internet addresses of all those which we are aware of.
Otherwise, we are giving its telephone number. Please note, do not forget to add +34 if you are calling from outside Spain.
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1. SWAN INTERNATIONAL PRIMARY SCHOOL
School address: Urb. El Capricho s/n, 29600 Marbella (Malaga)
Telephone: +34 95 277 32 48 - Fax: +34 95 277 64 31
E-mail: swan@jet.es
*Fees: 877,48 - 1.202,02 EUROS per term.
Age Range in School: 3 - 11
Caring environment, Excellent Grounding, Individual Attention, Small School, Central Position, Full British and Spanish Curriculum, Outstanding Results.
Primary Education from 3 to 11 years. British National Curriculum including statutory tasks at the end of Key stage 1 and 2. Full Spanish Primary Course pre-escolar to 6 EGB French primary Course.
Languages: Spanish, French, Arabic, and German. Extensive range of extra-curricular activities.
2. THE ENGLISH INTERNATIONAL COLLEGE
School address: Urb. Ricmar CN. 340, km. 189,5 - 29600 Marbella (Málaga)
Telephone: +34 95 283 10 58 / +34 95 283 10 59 - Fax: +34 95 283 89 92
E-mail: bursar@eic.edu
Principal: Ronald Griffin
Age Range in School: 3 - 18
The English International College, founded in 1982, is a non-profit making, co-educational day school, which can offer occasional boarding facilities to students from Spain or overseas in what are deemed to be suitable circumstances. The school is administered by a Director (answerable to the Trust) and follows a British curriculum, which offers a rounded education to students aged 3-18, who generally represent around 30 nations. Highly qualified teachers, mostly from the United Kingdom, work with small classes and the very favourable teacher: student ratio enables a high degree of individual attention in all aspects of academic and pastoral life.
The EIC is situated in a spacious campus located to the east of Marbella, on the main CN-340 coast road. The classrooms are arranged around a beautiful central garden, two swimming pools (25 metre and infant) a football pitch, volleyball and basketball courts. Sports are timetabled for all students, enabling them to enjoy these, and the School's many other facilities, on a regular basis. There are three well-equipped Science Laboratories, a Computer Studies room, Art studios, a multi-purpose hall, and a Music and Drama room. A full time librarian runs the well stocked and resourced Primary and Secondary Libraries, and a school restaurant serves meals and refreshments to both students and parents. School buses collect students from as far as Torremolinos in the east and Estepona in the west.
Throughout the school, starting with the youngest children in the 'Early Years' group, the curriculum closely follows the National Curriculum in the United Kingdom. At the upper end of the Secondary Department, students prepare for the International General Certificate of Secondary Education and the academically rigorous Advanced Level examinations (as well as Spanish LOGSE and Selectividad), choosing from a wide range of subjects on offer - Art, Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Mathematics, Information Technology/Computer Studies, Business Studies, Drama, English Language and Literature, both First and Foreign language Spanish, Foreign Languages (particularly French and German), Geography and History. English as a Foreign Language courses are also available for those students requiring tuition in this area, and the school provides help for pupils diagnosed as having special learning difficulties.
The School also offers the Duke of Edinburgh Award Scheme, and holds the only two gold awards in Spain, as well as courses leading to the Cambridge Preliminary English Test, and First Certificate and Proficiency examinations. All examination results have been consistently outstanding and the College is well known for the high percentage of its students who go on to some of the best universities in the United Kingdom (including Oxbridge), Spain, the rest of Europe and the United States (including Harvard).
Extra-curricular activities are offered during the school day as well as after school in order to broaden the general education of pupils and enable them to develop their interests in many areas outside the academic curriculum. Tennis, Karate, Drama, Instrumental tuition, Dance, Swimming and Football (and other sports) are just some of the options available. Regular inter-school sports tournaments and Drama productions also add an important dimension to the life of the school, and a very supportive and active PTA organises many social and fund-raising functions. The college also offers a popular summer school during July each year.
Parents interested in finding out about the School are welcome to contact or visit at any time.
3. ALOHA COLLEGE
School address: Urbanización el Angel, 29660 Nueva Andalucia, Marbella (Málaga)
Telephone: +34 95 281 41 33 - Fax: +34 95 281 27 29
E-mail: aloha-admin@vnet.es
Principal: Mr. P. I. Burnett
*Annual Fees:
Primary: 3.011,07 - 4.146,98 EUROS per term.
Secondary: 4.778,05 - 6.581,08 EUROS per term.
Age Range in School: 3 - 18
Aloha College is a private, fee-paying, independent, co-educational school. It is a non-profit-making organisation, owned through a share system by the parents and administered by a Board of Governors, all of whom are parents. The college was established in 1982 and provides an international education in 2 sections, Primary School (3 - 10 years) and Secondary School (11 - 18 years).
Aloha College is authorised by the Spanish Ministry of Education to operate both as a British-style school in Spain following the guidelines of the British National Curriculum and as a Spanish-style school offering the Spanish LOGSE programme. Under this dual-curriculum arrangement, all pupils' study English and Spanish and those students who wish to do so are able to gain qualifications under both the Spanish and British examination system.
The college presents candidates for IGCSE examinations and is an important centre in southern Spain for the examinations of the University of Cambridge in English as a Second Language. Students at pre-university level follow a programme leading to the award of the International Baccalaureate Diploma and may also acquire national qualifications by careful integration into the curriculum of courses leading to ESO, Bachillerato and Selectividad, thereby ensuring entry to universities world-wide including Europe, particularly UK and Spain, and USA.
The student body consist of 44 nationalities, 30% Spanish, 33% British, and as befits an international community, there is a strong emphasis on language teaching. In addition to English and Spanish, French, Swedish, Norwegian, Dutch, German and Russian are also provided. The staff is fully qualified UK or Spanish graduates, supported by a full-time Schools Librarian, a Science technician and qualified Nursery Nurses in the Early Years department. There is an overall staffing ratio of approximately one member of staff to every 10 pupils.
Aloha College in recently extended premises occupies modern, purpose-built accommodation with, in addition to normal classroom provision, four well-equipped laboratories, a computer suite, an outstanding library/resources complex, an art and design area, a music complex and attractive nursery. There are two all-weather sports pitches and daily use is made of tennis and swimming facilities within minutes of the site. In addition to a wide-ranging programme of extra-curricular activities, there is a strong emphasis on music and ballet tuition. Examiners from the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music and the British Ballet Organisation regularly visit the college to assess pupils, while the Duke of Edinburgh Award Scheme plays an increasing role in Upper School recreational provision.
The school year is organised on a 3-termly basis, starting in early September and ending in the last week of June. The school day runs from 9.00 am to 4.00 pm and there is a full school meals service in the middle of the day. Supervised school bus services run from Fuengirola and Estepona plus all intermediate points.
4. CALPE COLLEGE INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL
School address: Ctra de Cádiz, Km 171, Apartado 2000, 29670 San Pedro Alcántara (Málaga )
Telephone: +34 95 278 14 79 - Fax: +34 95 278 94 16
E-mail: calpe@activanet.es
Principal: Luís Proetta González
*Fees: 853,44 - 1.454,45 EUROS per term.
Calpe College International School was established in 1973 and is a co-educational day school for children of all nationalities from 3-18 years. The school is located in San Pedro between Marbella and Estepona.
The school offers a full academic curriculum, culminating in the A level examinations. Vocational courses are also available. There is a parallel Spanish curriculum and the students obtain full co validation with the Spanish education system.
Fully qualified and experienced teachers teach the students. The school is a recognized examination centre for Oxford, Cambridge, Edexel and RSA Examining Boards, with IGCSE/GCSE courses available in fourteen subjects.
Specialist facilities include both a Senior and Junior library, computer room with internet, art and design area, science laboratories, all-purpose hall, sports field, hard court playing area and video and music room.
There is a common room for the older students and there is a full range of extra-curricular activities available each day after the main school programme finishes. The daily activity programme includes dram, ballet, crafts, guiding and scouting, sports (football, basketball, netball, boxing, etc.) school meals are available which Sodexho, an outside catering company of high repute, provides.
5. THE INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL AT SOTOGRANDE
School address: Apartado 15, 11310 Sotogrande (Cádiz)
Telephone: +34 956 79 59 02 - Fax: +34 956 79 48 16
E-mail: director@sis.ac
Principal: Mr. George O'Brien
*Annual Fees:
Primary (average): 2.722,58 EUROS per term.
Secondary (average): 4.417,44 EUROS per term.
Age Range in School: 2 - 18
The International School at Sotogrande is a nondenominational co-educational day and boarding school for pupils from ages 2 to 18. The school was established in 1978 in the beautiful residential estate of Sotogrande, on the south coast mid-way between Gibraltar and Estepona.
The school offers a full British curriculum including Spanish, which is taught throughout. Twelve subjects are taught to GCSE level and there are many options at Advanced Level. The school is also authorised to accept Spanish nationals and they and bilingual children may obtain Spanish Junior (EGB) and Senior (Bachillerato) qualifications.
The school values student participation in the Expressive Arts. Music is a curriculum subject, there is an orchestra and jazz band and there are several productions and exhibitions in Theatre, Dance, Art and Music during the year. The school has been inspected and approved by British Schools Inspectors (1981, 1989, 1993). The teaching staff is experienced and have British or Spanish qualifications. Some also have a qualification for English as a Second Language. Staff turnover is low. The students are approx. 34% British, 43% Spanish and the remainder of various nationalities.
A range of extra-curricular activities is available after school, on the premises or in Sotogrande. Excursions, field studies and ski-trips within Andalucia are arranged. Senior students may participate in the Duke of Edinburgh Award Scheme. The school fields competitive teams in football, hockey, basketball and athletics and these and other sports are played on the on-site fields or in the gym, whilst tennis and swimming facilities are nearby. There are residential English and Spanish language courses in July.
The school is housed in part of an old Spanish Cortege. The school houses together with a chapel are part of the outlying buildings. The boarders have access to the school facilities, and those of Sotogrande, after classes. There is a computer room, a science laboratory, art room, Senior and Junior libraries and a Sixth Form Centre. A school bus is available from Estepona.
A satisfactory report from the candidate's previous school is required before a child is accepted. There is an entrance examination in English and Mathematics for senior entrants.
* Fees quoted are approximate.
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