This certificate, proclaiming the school to be “Outstanding in Every Category”, places the school amongst the top 60 International British Schools in the world, and in the top 5 in the whole of Spain.

The inspectors highlighted the following strengths of the school:

• vision and ambition of the school’s owners and headteacher, to continually develop and improve the school;
• passion of teachers to provide outstanding learning opportunities for their students;
• highly motivated, well-behaved students who have excellent attitudes to learning;
• standards achieved by students, both academically and personally;
• personalisation of learning, and support and intervention for individual students, based on assessed need, to enable all to succeed;
• teaching of English, both subject specific and language across the curriculum;
• learning environments in primary, particularly the use of displays and learning walls, to support students’ learning;
• Early Years Foundation Stage practice, which is enhanced by the excellent learning environment;
• rigorous safeguarding procedures and the focus on the well-being of students and staff;
• continuous professional development, linked to teacher appraisal and school improvement planning;
• effective communications with parents;
• strong relationships and a harmonious learning environment;
• pride taken in the school by the whole school community.

See official report.