Spain, Barcelona
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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.
Lycée International Barcelona Bon Soleil is an AEFE-affiliated international school near Barcelona, offering French Curriculum alongside IB Diploma Programme for students aged 2 to 18. It also provides Bachibac and is authorized to deliver the IB Diploma. Founded in 1969, the school is secular, humanist, and European in character, with a mission to develop global citizens and foster autonomy and critical thinking. The Gavà campus sits on a 40,000 m2 site with four buildings and 10,000 m2 of built space, alongside 30,000 m2 of outdoor grounds. Facilities include five science laboratories, two media libraries, a technology room with 3D printers, a music room, an arts room, and a 225-seat auditorium, plus six multisport courts and an indoor pool complex. A dedicated kitchen prepares about 1,500 meals daily from local products, with vegetarian and allergy-friendly options. The school emphasises plurilingualism—French as vehicular language with study of Spanish, Catalan, English—and IB core components.