Yes

English as a Foreign Language
Spanish as a Second Language

German, French, Gallego.

12

8

Yes

Specific learning platforms. eg ITC are used for certain subjects. Primary and Secondary students have ICT and Robotics as a subject.

Yes: fully implemented learning live lessons platform was deployed since 2020 (for emergency periods only).

Chester College has a Christian-Catholic ethos. Catholicism is offered as an optional subjects in all grades.

The school naturally welcomes students of all religions, or none. The school kitchen caters for student's special diets, for religious or health reasons.

Dual diploma if all requirements are completed: the American High School Diploma and the Spanish Título de Bachiller.
Most students sit the EBAU (Spanish University-access exams). A significant percentage sit SATs and APs.

95% pass rate.

Yes.

It depends on the grade. Lower Primary students normally have 10-15 mins of reading homework, and sometimes a little bit of Math. Upper Primary students normally need around 30 minutes of focused time, but not necessarily every day. Homework time will increase proportionately in Middle and High School, particularly around assessment period.

95%

The school assessed every case individually. A suitable individual learning program is offered to a student with special learning needs, in all cases where - post-assessment - the School's Board decides that the School can pull together all the necessary internal & external resources the student's particular situation requires.

Individual learning programs.

The school is ideally suited for gifted children, due to its small teacher:student ratio that allows very personalised individual learning programs, built around the child's strengths and weaknesses.

Students in need of an educational psychologist are referred to an outside professional who works closely with the school.

Student Assessment.

Interviews with family and prospective students. Presentation of previous school transcripts. Language level assessments (English /Spanish) and subject-level evaluations (particularly Math or Chemistry) performed through in-house internal tests, if required.

No deadline, but registration prior to June is highly recommended.

Yes

Kindergarten - G6: 9:30
G7-G12: 9:00

Kindergarten - G6: 16:30
G7-G12: 17:30

No

Yes

All dietary requirements can be catered for.

Yes

Chester offers many clubs and activities, including sports and instrumental sessions (one-to-one).

Daily Physical Education for all Early Learning and Primary students. Middle and High school students have P.E. lessons almost every day of the week.

Internal competitions only.

Library. Science lab. Reading and Drama clubs.

Ample outdoor fields, including a tennis/basketball court, 2 football/baseball pitches and an outdoor swimming pool.

Chester College International School is a small, private, coeducational, international American day and boarding school founded in 1985, for students from Early Childhood I (age 3) up to Grade 12 (age 18), located in the outskirts of Santiago de Compostela, Spain.

Rigorous educational program, aimed at identifying and developing each students’ knowledge-base, skills and talents.

English and Spanish as core languages of instruction, the percentage of each being dependant on the student’s language level, with the overall aim of reaching a 50:50 balance. The school can cater for students with no Spanish.