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The school offers a solid academic formation in a tri-lingual environment, using English, Catalan, and Spanish across the curriculum with real immersions in English. English instruction is delivered by native-speaking teachers, ensuring competence in English, Catalan, and Spanish. The school operates with a one-form-entry structure that enables personalized attention and strong coordination between teaching staff, department heads, and the psycho-pedagogy department. Education in values underpins the program, guiding academic, cultural, and social development within the Catalan curriculum framework.
The school has an exclusive music and fine arts program. It offers Dance and Hip-Hop, a Pop Choir, and Performing Arts, alongside music instruction in piano, guitar, and violin. Additional artistic offerings include a language lab for French and German and clubs such as Chess and Reading Club, contributing to a broad arts and creative pathway.
The school uses English, Spanish, and Catalan in equal measure, with real immersions into the English language. English-taught courses are delivered by native-English-speaking teachers, ensuring full competence in English, Catalan, and Spanish. The language program includes a language lab for French and German as part of its multilingual approach.
Extracurricular offerings include Dance/Hip-hop, Pop Choir, Performing Arts, and Kids football. Students can participate in Chess and Reading Club, with language-lab activities supporting multilingual exposure and socially engaging pursuits.
The PTA (AFA JT) is the voluntary association of families that actively participate in school projects. Its main objectives are to facilitate communication between families and the school, promote new initiatives for families and the school, attend meetings and assist in education-related matters, and carry out activities that reinforce the school's educational aims. It also promotes and develops training activities and workshops to encourage and support active family participation in school life.
The PTA promotes and develops training activities and workshops that encourage and support the active participation of families in school life, fostering leadership and collaborative involvement within the school community.
A Summer Day Camp runs on the school campus for three weeks from the last week of June through the first two weeks of July for children aged 3 to 6. The program is run by an English-speaking team to maximize English-language exposure and includes swimming lessons and a range of fun, team-building activities in an enriching English-language environment. The camp welcomes both John Talabot students and external participants, offering a personal and family-like setting.
John Talabot School is a Barcelona-based charter school for children aged 3 to 16, organized across infant, primary and secondary sections. Founded in 1976, it sits in the Sant Gervasi district at the foot of Collserola, and its three interconnected buildings host a single campus with extended day hours and on-site kitchen facilities. The school delivers a bespoke, tri-lingual curriculum in English, Catalan and Spanish from preschool onward, with native-speaking teachers and an emphasis on project-based learning. Real English immersion shapes daily learning, alongside Catalan and Spanish development. The program includes early access to Cambridge assessments from Starter to PET, supporting multilingual progress and external examination preparation. Facilities include ICT labs, Chromebooks for primary and ESO, diverse libraries, a music room, and language labs for French and German. Extracurriculars cover dance, performing arts, music, and literacy clubs, including Chess and Reading, within a values-based Catalan framework fostering curiosity and collaboration.
