The English Centre

El Puerto de Santa María, Cádiz, Spain

Early Years (starting at age 2) through Secondary, including Junior School (Primary) and first years of Senior School (Secondary) up to Baccalaureate/Sixth Form

Private, independent, multilingual, non-denominational, co-educational

Addresses diverse educational needs with inclusive education; attention to diversity through a Plan of Attention to Diversity (PAD) and Tutorial Action Plan (PAT)

Spain

Non-denominational; Catholic religion and catechesis offered on request for families who wish their child to receive First Communion and Confirmation

Application / reservation and enrolment fees

- Reservation of place (Reserva de plaza): EUR 369.00 (amount charged for renewing pupils as shown in the school price list).
- Enrolment fee (Matrícula) to formalise registration (applies to new pupils; special sibling/legacy rates apply):
- Age 2: EUR 300.00.
- Age 3: EUR 400.00.
- All other ages: EUR 500.00.

Tuition by school stage (monthly amounts published in the school price list)

- Early Years (2 years old): EUR 405.00 per month.
- Early Years (3 years old): EUR 418.00 per month.
- Early Years (4–5 years old): EUR 486.00 per month.
- Junior School (Primary): EUR 563.00 per month.
- Secondary (ESO): EUR 596.00 per month.
- Sixth Form / Bachillerato: EUR 609.00 per month.

How tuition is billed (billing schedule and related terms)

- Tuition figures are presented as monthly amounts in the published price list; the dining-room (comedor) fee is described as the annual dining cost divided into 10 monthly payments. The school's price list also records specific months in which termly activities are invoiced (typically November, February and May). Payment-in-full for the entire academic year paid before 30 July receives a 2% discount.

Dining, educational and digital charges (additional recurring/annual items)

- Dining (Comedor): EUR 174.00 per month (the price list states this is the annual dining cost divided into 10 monthly instalments).
- Educational complement (Complemento educativo): EUR 95.00 (charged in September and regularised on the June invoice; covers school materials, complementary activities and reprography).
- Digital quota (Cuota digital): charged monthly; examples published:
- iPad 1:1 (pupils from Junior School Year 3 to Secondary Year 2): EUR 17.25 per month.
- Lenovo 1:1 (pupils from Secondary Year 3 to 2nd year Bachillerato): EUR 20.75 per month.

Optional services and activities (published termly/monthly charges)

- School bus (monthly):
- Local routes (El Puerto interior, Valdelagrana, Vallealto, Vistahermosa, Las Redes): EUR 91.50 per month.
- Longer routes (Cádiz, San Fernando, Chiclana, Conil, Puerto Real, Jerez, Rota, Sanlúcar, Chipiona, Arcos/Bornos): EUR 136.00 per month.
- Breakfast / morning club (Aula matinal): EUR 58.25 per month; single occasional days EUR 4.95.
- Sports clubs and extra‑curriculars (examples, termly):
- Basic sporting activity: EUR 107.00 per term.
- Paddle / swimming: EUR 114.00 per term.
- School of Music: EUR 198.00 per term.
- School of Dance: EUR 138.00 per term.
- Flamenco: EUR 182.00 per term.
- School of languages: EUR 142.00 per term.
- Some activities (choir) may be free or have different charging rules; specific clubs/activities are invoiced termly (November, February, May).
- Individual tutoring (per class): one‑to‑one EUR 32.50; two‑pupil group EUR 17.50 per pupil; three or more pupils EUR 13.90 per pupil (per class).
- Books: charged in October according to published book lists; book costs are billed separately and require prior request at the time of place reservation.

Discounts and sibling reductions

- Sibling discounts apply to teaching, dining, bus and morning-club concepts (the reservation advance is excluded). Examples published:
- 2 siblings: 25% discount on the younger sibling's applicable fees.
- 3 siblings: 40% on the youngest (and 50% on the youngest + 25% on the second in some cases).
- Up to 4–5 sibling scales with higher discounts (published schedule applies). Payment of the full course prior to the stated deadline receives a 2% discount.

Registration, enrolment and reserve billing schedule

- The school issues the reservation of place and enrolment charges at the time of admission confirmation; the educational complement is invoiced in September and adjusted in June; many extra‑curricular activities are invoiced termly (November, February, May). Payment-in-full discount deadline is published as 30 July for the academic year.

Boarding

- The school is a day school; no boarding fees are published in the available price documents. (No boarding charges appear in the school's published price list.)

Uniform and other one‑off costs

- The school maintains a uniform code and an internal uniform annex; the price list / circulars indicate a separate school uniform shop and uniform policy but do not publish a consolidated uniform price in the public price list. Parents should expect separate charges for uniform items purchased through the school's uniform service.

Refunds and cancellation rules

- The school's admissions policy states that omission, concealment or falsification of required information can justify rescission of enrolment and/or non‑renewal of place without right to restitution of amounts already paid for place reservation and enrolment in those circumstances. The admissions policy contains the formal rules that define when paid amounts may or may not be returned.

Fee payment options (methods)

- The school's publicly available price list and downloads do not explicitly publish a definitive list of accepted payment methods (credit‑card, bank transfer, direct debit, etc.) in the documents located in the public downloads and price PDF. Parents should expect standard school payment methods (invoiced receipts and bank payment/recurring instalment systems are referenced by the invoicing language), but an explicit list of acceptable payment channels is not published in the publicly available price documents.

Notes about currency and charging

- All amounts above are shown in euros (EUR) as published in the school's price list. Several items are billed monthly, some termly and others annually (with examples and months indicated in the published price list).

Brief summary of findings and limitations

- The most detailed published fee schedule available on the school's public downloads is the "Price List 2021/2022" (document containing the line‑item amounts cited above). The school's Admissions Policy (dated December 11, 2024) sets out cancellation/rescission rules that affect refund entitlement. The school's publicly accessible pages and downloads list the line items and invoicing months shown above but do not publish a more recent consolidated public price schedule for a later academic year or an explicit public list of accepted payment channels.

If you need the exact, current academic‑year price schedule and formal payment‑method instructions for the academic year you are registering for, the school's published price list and admissions policy should be checked directly for any updates beyond the documents cited here.

Pupils mainly from the Cadiz Bay area (El Puerto de Santa María, Cádiz, Jerez de la Frontera, and nearby cities); some students from other countries