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The school has its main La Garriga campus, comprising four buildings—Blancafort, Manuel Raspall, Xavier Calls and Caselles—that host up to 300 students from Nursery to Year 13. The school has a safe play area for younger children and a park with a football field and basketball hoops used by older students. The campus is positioned about 30 minutes from Barcelona city centre and from the beaches of the Costa Brava, with the Pyrenees about 1.5 hours away. The town of La Garriga has shops, restaurants, sport clubs, a cinema and a train station within a short walk, and the nearest airports are in Barcelona and Girona.
The school has a safe play area for younger children and a park featuring a football field and basketball hoops for older students.
The school has four buildings—Blancafort, Manuel Raspall, Xavier Calls and Caselles—that host classrooms for Nursery to Year 13. A library is used by Year 1 for reading and learning activities. The school follows the British National Curriculum and supports small class sizes to enable personalised learning. Forest School pedagogy provides weekly outdoor learning sessions in local forests.
The school has a wide after-school program including Dance, Chess, Cooking Club, Multi-sports, Arts & Crafts, Football Club, Pre-robotics & Robotics, Martial Arts, Little Explorers, Maths Club, Tennis and Homework Club. Activities run Monday to Thursday from 16:10 to 17:10 and are organised by ISCAT staff and other qualified professionals, with further information available on the intranet or at the school office. Forest School sessions take place weekly, led by Forest School teachers in natural settings. The school has a Duke of Edinburgh Bronze Award program for Secondary students, including volunteering, physical, skills and an expedition.
The International School of Catalunya (ISCAT) is a British international day school in La Garriga, Barcelona, educating children aged 3 to 18. It follows the National Curriculum of England and Wales from Early Years through A-Levels, with GCSE around age 16 and a two-year A-Level programme preparing students for university. Early Years Foundation Stage begins in Reception (3–5 years); Primary is Key Stage 1 and Secondary runs from Key Stage 3 to 4. The school operates across four buildings—Blancafort, Manuel Raspall, Xavier Calls and Caselles—serving Nursery to Year 13, with a play area and a park with a football field and basketball hoops for older students. ISCAT emphasizes small class sizes for personalised learning and offers Forest School outdoor sessions. The school holds UNICEF Rights Respecting Gold Award status and runs a Duke of Edinburgh Bronze Award programme for secondary students. An after‑school programme and a multicultural environment complete offering.
