IB Curriculum International Schools in Barcelona, Spain

Barcelona’s IB schools sit inside a diverse private and international sector that mixes full IB-continuum campuses (PYP - MYP - DP) with schools that offer only the Diploma in the senior years; instruction models range from fully English-medium to bilingual and some trilingual timetables. Parents should expect Spanish and Catalan to be part of the language offer (usually taught as language subjects alongside English) and to check whether a school delivers the IB programmes in English, Spanish or both. Published fee data for IB schools in Barcelona clusters around a mid-teens figure per year (the city’s IB median is roughly €13,000), though early-years fees are generally lower and senior/sixth-form years can be notably higher; published citywide international-school medians sit near €10,600. The local school year runs from early September to June, most international schools run their own admissions calendars, and families relocating from abroad should plan six to twelve months ahead for popular entry points while allowing extra time for document legalisation for non-EU pupils.