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School details
Number of students |
Total of 550 |
Number of nationalities represented in the school |
More than 20 |
Most common nationality |
Spanish |
Ratio of local students to international students |
90.23% of the total student is Spanish |
Native English and Spanish speaking teachers |
Yes |
Language support for students not fluent in English and Spanish |
Yes |
Additional language classes offered by the school |
Classes in Spanish, English, French and German curricula. Spanish and Chinese in extra. |
Max. number of students per class |
25 |
Average number of students per class |
20 |
Does the school employ teaching assistants? |
Yes |
Use of technology in the classroom |
Certified by Google as "GOOGLE REFERENCE SCHOOL"
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Is the school ready to use virtual classrooms when needed? (e.g. teaching lessons online if the school is closed, e.g. during COVID-19 closures) |
We never stop, we are ready to deliver School Online, we've done it during the lockdown without losing any lessons |
Do students practice religion at the school? What religion? |
Yes in PEP, Catholic. |
How does the school accommodate non-religious students or students of a different religion? |
In PEP always within the values of Christian humanism, in PAI and Diploma is not taught a subject of a specific religion, exists in PAI Individuals and Societies: Religion and Ethics. |
External examinations or assessments available |
Exams International Baccalaureate Organization and languages (Cambridge, DELE, Goethe and Alliance Française) |
Do teachers assign homework to their students? |
Yes, understood as individual or group work that the student has to do outside the school with the aim of creating personal work habits, enhance autonomy and learn on the basis of planning and reflection capacity. When teachers propose a task they share with the students the purpose of the proposed realization: to investigate a topic, to bring to the experience content, to strengthen knowledge, to prepare a test or to demonstrate the level of acquired knowledge. |
Approximate hours of homework given |
They are adapted to the age of the students, their evolutionary needs and to allow time for other activities. The teachers of the same course coordinate to plan the time and the way in which they are going to ask for homework in order to distribute them with criteria throughout the different weeks of evaluation through a calendar.
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Percentage of students who pursue further education post-graduation |
100% |
Dedicated staff/programs for students with special learning needs |
Each student receives individualized attention according to their evolutionary development, learning style and personal characteristics. The tutor along with the Guidance Department develops plans for students with specific needs that are carried by their teachers in the classroom. |
Learning support offered |
Individualized attention in the classroom, psycho-pedagogical and speech therapy assessments, individualized work plans, curricular enrichments for high capacity students, flexible classrooms, support teachers, language and reading stimulation, specific guidelines for students with learning needs (written tests and homework). |
The school supports gifted, able and talented students |
Scholarships of excellence are offered to new students. |
Student access to education psychologist |
There is an Orientation Department with three psychologists, trained in emotional intelligence, positive discipline, autodidact, high capacities, in addition to having a speech therapist, trained in primitive reflexes. This Department also carries out a complete program in university orientation. |
Entry evaluation for students |
Students entering from 5th grade PEP take level tests. For residence students, personality tests are also passed. At all levels, interviews are carried out by the Guidance Department and the Coordinators of the Programmes and Technical Directions. |
Brief description of entry evaluation required |
Students who wish to enter the San Patricio Toledo International School, once the application for a place has been confirmed by the family and the school, must attend the admission interviews: a. Admission interviews for 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th PEP: The PEP Coordinator and the corresponding Counselor per course are present.
b. Admission interviews from 5th to 9th PEP: The PEP Coordinator and the corresponding Counselor per course are present.
Evaluation Criteria And
Basic competency tests have been developed: Areas: Mathematics, Language A, Language B.
c. PAI and Diploma admission interviews: Present are the Coordinator of the corresponding programme and the Course Orientor.
Evaluation Criteria And
It should be borne in mind that students come from different educational systems and different learning methodologies. Basic competency tests have been developed:
Correction criteria: The percentage of contents resolved as an indicator that the student has studied in his school of origin the previous contents required.
APPRENTICESHIP PLAN: It consists of the necessary contents so that the students can successfully complete the course to which they wish to enter, this Plan is not standard and is defined individually according to the particularities of each student. |
Waiting list |
No |
Deadline for registration (new academic year) |
Whole year. As long as there are vacancies. |
Students can join after academic year begins |
Depending on the results of interviews and level tests and never in Diploma. |
School start time |
The general timetable of the school is from 9 AM to 5 PM, with the possibility of a morning and afternoon classroom, extending this timetable from 07:45 to 18:15 and taking into account that the residence students live 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, except holidays. |
School finish time |
Please see above. |
Supervised care before/after school |
Please see above. |
School bus service available |
Yes |
School provided lunches |
Yes |
Food alternatives for special dietary needs (ie. vegan, kosher, halal etc) |
Yes, as long as there is a doctor's prescription to determine it. |
Uniform required |
Yes |
Extracurricular activities or clubs offered |
PAI students have the possibility of attending different clubs: mathematics, relaxation, and mindfulness, reading in English and Spanish, study techniques, sports, science.
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Sports activities included |
Within the integral formation of the student, for the development of his autonomy, the leadership of himself, the school gives a special importance to the physical activity and the sports in all the educational levels fomenting a wide programming inside the subject of physical education that includes the swimming, badminton, tennis, gymnastics sports, acro sport, rugby, soccer, athletics, basketball, corporal expression? |
Sports teams or sport competitions available for students |
Please see above |
Sports facilities at the school |
Please see above |
Qualities and characteristics best defining the school |
Please See the educational model.
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Teaching approach of the school |
Please See website. |