Spain, Barcelona
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The school provides British, local, and International Baccalaureate programmes in an open, modern learning space near the Collserola park. It promotes oracy, creativity, STEM projects, teamwork, sustainability and education in values. The journey to academic excellence emphasizes nurturing the intellectual growth of students and a culture of achievement. The school supports multilingualism and international-mindedness as core elements of learning.
The campus includes 7 music rooms, supporting music education. An enrichment programme extends learning beyond the classroom, encouraging creativity and personal development. The combination of music facilities and enrichment activities fosters students' artistic and creative pursuits.
The school teaches three curricula: the British national curriculum, the Spanish local curriculum, and the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme, taught in English. This approach promotes fluency in English, Spanish, and Catalan.
The enrichment programme emphasizes oracy, creativity, STEM projects, teamwork, sustainability and education in values.
The quality of teaching and the individual attention given to each student are the defining factors of Oak House School. The focus is on developing students' social and emotional skills to the maximum. The school promotes values such as integrity, honesty, respect for others, self-respect, empathy, social responsibility, and self-confidence, and learner dispositions like intellectual curiosity, critical thinking, creativity, effort and resilience, and personal responsibility. The campus offers facilities to support wellbeing and activity including 2 basketball courts, 2 football courts, 2 indoor gyms, an indoor swimming pool, a climbing wall, 7 music rooms and 3 science labs.
Oak House School is a private, non-profit campus in Barcelona that offers British, local, and International Baccalaureate education to ages 3 to 18. The school follows the British National Curriculum, Cambridge IGCSE, and the IB Diploma Programme, with a tri-lingual approach across primary and secondary. Primary teaching is in English, Spanish and Catalan and aligns with English standards, preparing pupils for the Secondary's multilingual program. In the first year of ESO, a fourth language (French or German) enters, and coding becomes a fifth language. At age 16, students sit Cambridge IGCSE/ GCSE exams, with post-16 options including Bachillerato Nacional and the IB Diploma Programme. The campus comprises eight buildings with facilities: science laboratories, a technology room, music rooms, an arts area, an auditorium, and eco-conscious senior facilities opened in 2015. Enrichment includes Oracy, Debate and MUN, Duke of Edinburgh, and Work Experience alongside a sports, music, and STEM program.