Lycée International Barcelona Bon Soleil

Camí de la Pava, 15, Gavà, 08850, Barcelona, Spain. Gavà is in the Barcelona Province, Catalonia. The campus is served by a multi-route school bus network connecting Barcelona and nearby towns, including Route 1 (Sant Pere de Ribes / Sitges / Castelldefels), Route 2 (Barcelona / El Prat / Gavà Mar / Castelldefels), and Route 3 (Cornellà / Sant Boi / Viladecans / Gavà / Castelldefels).

Preschool; Elementary; Middle; High School (Maternelle; École Élémentaire; Collège; Lycée). Ages 2–18.

Private international school; AEFE-affiliated; Bachibac and International Baccalaureate programs offered; Vehicular language is French.

30 nationalities represented.

France (AEFE-affiliated)

Bus service exists with routes from Barcelona, Sitges, Cornellà and Castelldefels. Route 1 – Sant Pere de Ribes / Sitges / Castelldefels; Route 2 – Barcelona / El Prat / Gavà Mar / Castelldefels; Route 3 – Cornellà / Sant Boi / Viladecans / Gavà / Castelldefels.

The school offers the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme. It is authorized to implement the IB Diploma Programme. The program consists of a common core and six subject groups. It develops students as inquirers, knowledgeable, thinkers, communicators, principled, open-minded, caring, risk-takers, and balanced individuals. The core includes the Extended Essay (a 4,000-word research project), Theory of Knowledge, and Creativity, Activity, Service.

DELF B2 results show 100% of Seconde students passed the DELF B2.

The school maintains partnerships with higher education institutions. These partnerships support student progression to universities and specialized study programs. The establishment continually develops links with higher education to assist transitions after secondary school.

LIB Bon Soleil focuses on holistic development, aiming to educate students academically and personally. It recognises that each child is unique and has talents that should be encouraged. It develops initiative and decision-making, critical thinking, engagement, leadership, cooperation, tolerance, solidarity, and altruism. It emphasises savoir-être, together with knowledge and know-how, as part of a well-rounded education. Its fundamental values include integrity and justice, tolerance and equality, effort, responsibility, respect for self, others and the environment, and a non-discriminatory, egalitarian approach.

The school has a psychopedagogue on staff to support students with learning needs.

English is supported with an English coordinator (Coordinatrice Anglais) on staff, and English placement is guided by Ev@lang English placement tests used for assessment.

The school provides wellbeing support with a Well-being Coordinator on staff. There is an on-site infirmary staffed by two health professionals who provide care, administer medications, and contact families as needed.

The school operates a Protocole protection mineurs (safeguarding protocol) aligned with LO 8/2021 (LOPIVI) to protect children and adolescents from abuse and violence. It creates a COCOBE (Coordinateur(trice) de la coéducation, de la coexistence et du bien-être) to coordinate wellbeing and protection and to act as a communications contact; it defines internal reporting circuits and procedures, outlines intervention with authorities and services, and includes staff training, family information, and an annual interventions report.

LIB Bon Soleil has an admission policy for Lycée International Barcelona - Bon Soleil (LIB). The policy explains the criteria that guide admissions to the lycée and the specific conditions to apply for the lycée program. The policy aligns with the standards of the Spanish Ministry of Education and Science (Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia, MEC), the Departament d'Educació de Catalunya, the Agency for French Education Abroad (AEFE), and the International Baccalaureate (IB). The school's mission is to provide comprehensive education that develops intellectual, moral and civic formation within an inclusive, diverse, international community and to offer stimulating, high‑quality international programs. The admission and enrollment in the Très Petite Section (TPS) are subject to space available and a priority order is established as follows: children whose siblings attend the school; children of French nationality; children whose parents are alumni; children of Spanish nationality or other nationalities depending on the date of application. In all cases, enrollment requires explicit adherence to the internal regulations attached to the document. For students joining the school mid‑cycle, eligibility criteria include three additional factors besides the above: a personal and family project, a linguistic profile, and academic aptitudes (which means more than success in some subjects, but the willingness to strive and the sense of responsibility). These students are supported in their social and academic integration through peer tutoring and personalized academic and linguistic support, with provisions to assist inclusion of students with learning difficulties or special needs in line with our BEP policy. The student profile encompasses academic aptitudes (in keeping with evaluation and BEP policies), linguistic background in a plurilingual context (from kindergarten French as language of schooling and/or mother tongue; English as living language and/or mother tongue; Spanish and Catalan as mother tongues and/or living languages), and attitude toward work. After seconde, three pathways are offered to students: the Spanish Bachillerato diploma (since 1983); the Franco‑Spanish Bachibac diploma (since 2011); and the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme (IB). Orientation of students is central to the project of the establishment, particularly its axis 4 “Construire l'avenir.” The orientation policy is based on detailed knowledge of the student, their profile and their project in relation to the family context, made possible by the stability of the student body and admissions during ongoing schooling in relation to the overall intake. The policy also foresees the possible continuation of admission during the lycée pathway in relation to the overall numbers. The profile of the student includes their academic aptitudes, their multilingual linguistic pathway from early schooling (French as language of schooling and/or mother tongue, English as living language and/or mother tongue, Spanish and Catalan as mother tongues and/or living languages), and their attitude toward work. The admission policy is reviewed annually through the school's establishment project and is approved by the appropriate governance bodies. Enrollment in the establishment implies acceptance of and commitment to the provisions of the internal regulations, which are emailed to families at the start of the year and available on the site; at the start of each school year the regulation is read and discussed in class. The regulation covers general provisions for the entire community, as well as cycle‑specific provisions, and is signed by families at the start of the school year.