Spain, Barcelona
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Highlands School Barcelona has 19,000 m² of modern facilities for comprehensive education, with separate areas for each school stage. It has 10,000 m² of sports facilities and green areas. The facilities include classrooms with technological equipment, laboratories, an audiovisual room, a library, paddle tennis courts, ping pong tables, a chapel, a dining room and an orchard. The fourth phase of construction will add 1,170 m², including 6 base classrooms, an art classroom, a science lab, and more sports and common spaces. This project will increase the total surface area to 7,500 m², improving classroom integration and the functionality of the educational environment, with sustainability improvements such as efficient HVAC, LED lighting, and photovoltaic panels.
Sports facilities cover 10,000 m² of the campus and green areas. Paddle tennis courts and ping pong tables are among the dedicated sport spaces on site.
Facilities include classrooms with technological equipment, laboratories, an audiovisual room, and a library. The fourth phase adds an art classroom and a science lab.
Extracurricular activities include sports activities, artistic activities, and intellectual activities. Highlands School Barcelona has paddle tennis tournaments and skiing trips; RC Camps and Summer Activities are available. An Extracurricular Activities Catalog and Schedule are provided for signups.
Highlands School Barcelona is a private Catholic international school in Esplugues de Llobregat serving students aged 1 to 18. It combines the Australian Curriculum and Cambridge programs (Cambridge Secondary and Cambridge IGCSE) with the IPC (International Primary Curriculum) and a bespoke curriculum, offering Infant, Primary, Secondary, and Baccalaureate stages. The school operates as a Cambridge International School with trilingual instruction, using English from infancy and integrating the Cambridge framework across age groups. Highlands is the only Catholic Cambridge International School in Barcelona and holds official language accreditations from Oxford, Cambridge, and DELF. The student–teacher ratio is 7:1, supporting personalized attention. The campus comprises about 19,000 m² of facilities for comprehensive education, including 10,000 m² of sports facilities and green areas, with technologically equipped classrooms, laboratories, an audiovisual room, a library, a chapel, a dining room and an orchard. Phase IV adds 1,170 m²—six base classrooms, an art classroom, a science lab—and expands total space to 7,500 m², with sustainability improvements.