Spain

What I like about San Patricio school

During a recent conference on secondary schools abroad in Frankfurt, I met some very interesting participants. Among them, my attention was drawn to an IB school from Toledo San Patricio. I wanted to meet a representative of this school for two reasons.Firstly, the school San Patricio is one of the top schools in Spain according to El Mundo newspaper: San Patricio Madrid occupies second place. And even though we are talking about the campus in Madrid – schools usually value their reputation, so the quality of education will be same…

A trip to Caxton College, Valencia

Polina's story about her experience at Caxton College impressed me so much that I decided to visit the school to feel the atmosphere myself. I made an appointment for Friday morning. Today is the end of January and the weather is very typical for Valencia. During the day, the air warms up to 20, at night about 10. It is very sunny and windy.Today the wind is just stormy, the highway from Valencia to Pusol runs along the sea and I can hardly keep the car on the track. It takes 20 minutes to get from the center of Valencia, so many…

British school in Spain

A very detailed interview with a high school student Polina, who has studied at the British school Caxton College for four years.The private British school in Valencia, Caxton College, is one of the most prestigious schools in Spain, offering its students bilingual education: in addition to studying according to the British system (a wide range of subjects under the International GCSE program), all students must study the Spanish language and culture of Spain. Students who successfully pass the IGCSE exams can continue their studies in either the…