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Portugal, Porto
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Tickles International School is a living institution that evolves with time, guided by its people, its identity, and its history. Over the past 20 years, Tickles has been writing its own trajectory, a continually evolving story that the school aims to make more engaging and inspiring with every new chapter. Education for Life anchors the school's approach, delivering an educational service of excellence grounded in past experiences and learnings, attentive to present challenges and guided by a future vision for a global world. The Creche and Nursery programs, with a strong English component, underpin early years, and Cambridge Primary underpins the First Cycle, preparing students for life and for future academic and professional endeavors. The school also offers a broad range of optional therapeutic and psychological services delivered by a multi-disciplinary team to support development and well-being.
Tickles International School describes its community as a living organism that grows with the context and with its actors, shaping its identity and history. Over the last 20 years, Tickles has built its own trajectory, a story continually in construction. Education for Life anchors the community, translating into a welcoming, challenging educational experience delivered by dynamic, attentive, and dedicated professionals with an international outlook. The Cambridge Primary program supports the First Cycle with a strong English component across the early years, and the school provides a broad range of optional therapeutic services through a multi-disciplinary team to support the development and well-being of its educational community. The school's community life also reflects activities and outcomes such as external visits and theatre performances, thousands of meals served, student-created creations and games, and a growing enrollment of hundreds of children in its care.
Tickles International School in Portugal offers an early years to primary programme within an international Cambridge framework, for students aged 0 to 10. The Cambridge Early Years and Cambridge Primary components are authorized from 2025/2026 and are taught as a supplement to the national Portuguese curriculum rather than a substitute. The Cambridge Primary program covers Art and Design, Computing, English as a Second Language, Global Perspectives and Physical Education, alongside Cambridge subjects, with English taught as a second language where needed and Cambridge Primary Progression Tests for Years 2–4. The school operates Nursery, Day Care, Pre-School and Primary, with a strong English component across creche and pre-school and a daily English lesson from Year 1. Facilities include healthy meals, a multidisciplinary support team, and after-school activities. The campus emphasizes Project-Based Learning API, Reading Club, Robotics, Digital Literacy, Financial Literacy, and cultural and artistic engagements with local institutions in the community.
