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We are proud to follow the most innovative trends in education and to offer the international education programs taught at all SEK Education Group schools. We are committed to ensuring that all students receive a personalized and quality education based on values. We pay special attention to the all-around development and education of our students, aware that this development is not only academic but also emotional, relational, and physical. With that spirit, we recently opened the International Boarding House, which has gone from nine to twenty-two students in just one year. Our success has been in providing students with magnificent accommodation where they can learn to live together and share experiences with students from five continents. Our goal is to ensure that boarders grow personally and acquire the necessary preparation to face adult life with autonomy, independence, and an open and international mentality. Our boarders’ residence has been another step in the internationalization of our school, a process in continues year after year. With an increasingly diverse and multicultural student body and faculty, the educational community of SEK-Catalunya is composed of more than 20 different nationalities. This is why we continue to offer English as the main language at our school. The percentage of the syllabus taught in English varies according to the educational stage, but in all cases, it is above 60%. We expect that, in the next three years, English will be the only language of instruction. Of course, students will continue to learn Spanish and Catalan, while also maintaining the option of acquiring a fourth language by choosing between French and German. We continue to bolster our teaching of the International Baccalaureate Organisation curriculum. We are the only school in Catalonia and one of the few in Spain that offers these three curricular programs. The excellent results obtained by our students in the Diploma Programme are an extraordinary letter of introduction for access to the best universities in Spain and abroad. Three other aspects attest to the value of learning experiences at SEK-Catalunya. First, the strength of the technological curriculum, with students learning through real experiences with robotics, drones, or 3D printing. We are also very proud of the quality of learning spaces that inspire students allowing them to develop freely and motivating them to work as a team. Finally, we would like to highlight our School of Music, in partnership with the Conservatori del Liceu, where students develop their artistic and aesthetic side while acquiring a first-class musical education. We are also aware that another aspect that stands us apart is our incomparable setting. We are in the heart of nature, with a large forest on the school grounds. The forest is an extension of the classroom and real learning happens among the trees. At the same time, it is a recreational space where students go to do sports and to participate in team-building activities, without doubt, activities that reinforce their skills and foster balanced personal growth, emotional health, and happiness. View full school

The International School of Catalunya (ISCAT) is a coeducational British Day and Boarding School located in La Garriga, Barcelona. Through our personalized and authentic learning programs, we provide students aged 3-18, from Nursery to Year 13, with formal British education. We follow the British National Curriculum, the portal to study across the UK, USA, Spain, and the rest of the world. Learning to learn, learning to be, learning to think. At the International School of Catalunya (ISCAT), the personal growth of each student is at the heart of our educational program. Our students prepare for the future through academic challenges and stimulation. No two children are born alike, and so we respect and recognize the different needs, interests, and strengths of every student. Our students are encouraged intellectually, socially, and emotionally to achieve their full academic and personal potential. We fully believe that when the delicate balance between academic endeavor and emotional wellbeing is achieved, our students are most open to the entire learning experience. At ISCAT, we nurture the spirit of each and everyone so that, armed with self-knowledge, a belief in themselves, and a solid academic record, they face the world fully prepared to shoulder responsibilities and give their best. We offer a stimulating, engaging, and challenging multicultural environment where the intellectual, emotional, and creative potential of each student is developed, optimized and respected. ISCAT encourages the highest standards of academic achievement and provides access to third-level institutions across the UK, Europe, and the rest of the world. The curriculum, which is compatible with the local “Plan de la Generalitat”, is based on the National Curriculum of England and Wales and brings together the best of anglophone education abroad. Shaped and guided by our slogan ‘Where Learning Comes Alive’, we constantly seek ways to enrich the academic and personal development and learning of our students. The value given to each child’s personality, home language, creativity, and rhythm of development is characteristic of the school’s commitment, requiring that the classroom become, for every child, a place of welcome, a nurturing environment, where each individual enters happily each day, confident that his or her personality is respected and valued. At every instance, our school’s pedagogy supports high academic achievement, intellectual, creative, and emotional development for each child, and the fostering of a lifelong passion for learning. As a British International School, we follow the National Curriculum of England and Wales from Early Years through to A-Levels. For our Year 10 Secondary students (at 15-16 years old), we offer the IGCSE examinations, the world’s most popular international qualification recognized by leading universities and employers worldwide. View full school