British School of Tenerife - La Luz Site vs Centro Educativo Británico S21 La Laguna
British School of Tenerife - La Luz Site and Centro Educativo Británico S21 La Laguna are both in Tenerife, about 29 km apart. Both schools offer British programmes. British School of Tenerife - La Luz Site also offers EYFS, Cambridge IGCSE, Cambridge International AS Levels and Cambridge A Levels, and Centro Educativo Británico S21 La Laguna also offers American and Cambridge (Secondary). Published annual fees are €3,730 - 5,950 at British School of Tenerife - La Luz Site and €3,860 - 4,760 at Centro Educativo Británico S21 La Laguna, which puts British School of Tenerife - La Luz Site roughly 12% higher. British School of Tenerife - La Luz Site takes pupils from 2 to 18, and Centro Educativo Británico S21 La Laguna from 3 to 18. The two are similar in size, at around 615 and 605 pupils. Typical class sizes are 25 at British School of Tenerife - La Luz Site and 16 at Centro Educativo Británico S21 La Laguna.
British Curriculum, EYFS (Early years foundation stage), Cambridge IGCSE, Cambridge International AS Levels, Cambridge A Levels
Curriculum
British Curriculum, American Curriculum, Cambridge (Secondary)
Pupils
Pupils
615
Pupils
605
Typical class size
Typical class size
25
Typical class size
16
Instruction language
Instruction language
English
Instruction language
Spanish, English, French
Opened
Opened
2010
Opened
1975
Bus service
Bus service
No
Bus service
Yes
Essentials
Essentials
Location
Location
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Location
The school is located in San Cristóbal de La Laguna, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain. Its address is Camino de Las Mantecas, 26 (El Charcón), 38320 San Cristóbal de La Laguna. El Charcón is the area indicated in the address.
Stages
Stages
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Stages
Preschool, Primary, Secondary, and Baccalaureate.
School type
School type
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School type
Private school.
Pupil nationality mix
Pupil nationality mix
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Pupil nationality mix
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Additional learning support
Additional learning support
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Additional learning support
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Country affiliation
Country affiliation
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Country affiliation
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Religious affiliation
Religious affiliation
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Religious affiliation
Catholicism
School day structure
School day structure
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School day structure
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Bus service details
Bus service details
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Bus service details
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Fees
Fees
Fee details
Fee details
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Fee details
Application / registration fee - Registration (Matrícula): EUR 410. This fee covers administration, school insurance, medical services and consumable materials for the whole course (textbooks are excluded).
Tuition fees (by school stage) — annual and instalment detail - Educación Infantil & Primaria: EUR 3,730 per academic year, payable in 10 monthly instalments of EUR 373 (September to June). - Educación Secundaria Obligatoria (ESO): EUR 3,960 per academic year, payable in 10 monthly instalments of EUR 396 (September to June). - Bachillerato: EUR 4,610 per academic year, payable in 10 monthly instalments of EUR 461 (September to June).
School meals (Comedor) - Meal price structure: EUR 133 for the month of September; EUR 180 per month from October to June (9 monthly payments). Daily price: EUR 10 per day. These charges are billed separately to the tuition above.
Sibling discount - First child: no discount. - Second child: 10% discount on the second child. - Third child and subsequent: 20% discount on the third child and following children. - These sibling discounts apply to Registration (Matrícula), Tuition (Enseñanza) and School Meals (Comedor).
Billing schedule and payment terms - Tuition is structured as 10 monthly instalments charged from September through June. Registration is charged at enrolment. Meal charges follow the monthly pattern noted above. Optional services and activities have separate charges and payment requirements.
Optional services and other recurring fees - Extracurricular activities: monthly prices vary by activity (examples from the activities schedule include EUR 44/month for many sports and arts activities, EUR 26/month for theatre, EUR 52/month for minitennis and EUR 54/month for robotics). Optional activity fees are charged in addition to tuition and meals. - Summer camp and seasonal campus fees are charged separately and require payment to formalize registration for those programmes.
Uniforms and textbooks - Uniform: mandatory for Educación Infantil, Primaria and 1º–2º of Secundaria; the school is the sole point of sale for the uniform. Cost of the uniform is charged separately at the school's uniform point of sale. - Textbooks: textbooks are not included in the registration fee and must be requested/purchased separately; a books ordering system is available for the school year. Textbook costs are additional to tuition and other fees.
Boarding / residential provision - The school's published information lists day‑school services (meals, transport, permanence, extracurriculars) and does not list boarding or residential accommodation as a service; boarding fees are not applicable.
Refunds and cancellations - No specific public refund or cancellation schedule for registration, tuition or meal fees is published with the fee schedule; refund and cancellation conditions are handled under the school's administrative terms. Parents should expect registration and programme fees to follow the centre's administrative conditions.
How fees are paid (payment options) - Tuition, meals and optional programme fees are administered through the school's administrative office / secretary and through the school's established enrolment procedures; specific electronic payment methods (credit card, bank transfer) are not itemised in the published fee documents. Payments for optional courses and camps are required to formalize registrations. For day‑to‑day activities and material purchases (uniforms, books) the school operates its own point‑of‑sale arrangements.
Diving deeper
Diving deeper
Boarding arrangements
Boarding arrangements
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Boarding arrangements
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Uniform requirement
Uniform requirement
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Uniform requirement
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Food options
Food options
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Food options
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House system
House system
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House system
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Governance and ownership
Governance and ownership
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Governance and ownership
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Academics
Academics
Curriculum details
Curriculum details
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Curriculum details
The school's pedagogical model is based on education as socialization, with a focus on the student's well-being, individuality and personal development. Learning is prioritized over traditional teaching, with teachers acting as guides to facilitate ongoing discovery. Language learning is central: English and French are taught as first and second foreign languages. The school runs a trilingual project to master Spanish, English and French by the end of Baccalaureate, certifying levels through Cambridge Exams and the Alliance Française; French begins in the first year of primary education, and English and French are used in transversal projects across Primary, Secondary and Baccalaureate. The learning environment emphasizes significant and functional learning and leverages new technologies and spaces such as the Project Room and Smart Zone to center the student in their own learning.
