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EFIM Marbella offers trilingual education in French, English, and Spanish and is homologated by the French Ministry of National Education for Petite Section through CM2; it is a partner of AEFE. The school is open Monday–Thursday 08:00–17:30 and Friday 08:00–16:30; classes run 09:00–16:00 for kindergarten and 09:00–16:15 for other levels, with Friday classes 09:00–12:00. Calendar follows the Iberian Education Zone; the 2025–2026 calendar is published, and the 2025–2026 school year starts on September 3, 2025. A daily canteen service provides meals with fresh ingredients, prioritizing bio products, and mealtimes are treated as social and educational moments that support multilingual immersion. An on-site health service includes an infirmary that provides care and health education; a health-education program covers topics from handwashing to nutrition and safety, while a broad extracurricular program includes archaeology, gardening, robotics, and eco-citizens activities.
École Française Internationale Marbella delivers the official French National Education curriculum for ages 2 to 11. Preschool and primary programs are homologated by the French Ministry of National Education and operate within the AEFE framework. The school uses a hybrid model that blends the French curriculum with trilingual instruction in French, English and Spanish, delivered by native-speaking teachers. The central objective is to learn how to learn, developing executive, affective, social and metacognitive skills to adapt in a changing world. The campus is in central Marbella, a quiet residential area, opposite Parque de los Enamorados and near the sea, offering a tri-lingual, multicultural learning environment. Facilities include two outdoor courtyards, a dining hall and a multi-sport hall/gym, a media library, Fab-Lab, Archéo-Lab and Creative-Lab, plus a Nenuphar mindfulness room, a Green Space and a Pôle-Santé Health Hub. After-school programs provide opportunities to speak French and engage in varied clubs beyond regular hours.
