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Colegio Planalto

Portugal, Lisbon

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The school at a glance
Fees €4,720 - 5,700
Ages 1 - 18 years
Type Co-educational
Opened 1978
Bus Service No
Academic offering
Curriculum IB (DP)
Taught languages English
Strengths Academic Enrichment, Languages
Clubs Academic and Intellectual, Cultural and Language, Lifestyle and Wellbeing
Stages Infant/Toddler Care, Early Years, Primary School, Middle School, Secondary School
Introduction

Colégio Planalto is a boys' school in Lisbon, Portugal, located at Rua Armindo Rodrigues 28, 1600-414. Serving ages 1 to 18, it offers education from creche through the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme in the secondary years. The early years follow the Optimist program, and the school emphasizes personalized teaching within a Christian perspective, with a teacher-led approach and close collaboration with families. The school is managed by Cooperativa Fomento de Centros de Ensino and is based on a commitment to cognitive, cultural, and artistic development alongside rigorous academic preparation. The Telheiras campus, moved there in 1983, features a 1996 building housing Pre-School, services, the Salão Nobre, and a Chapel; a Creche building added in 2008 expands facilities. A dedicated Gabinete de Apoio Psicopedagógico (GAP) opened in 2022 to support learning across creche to IB. Signature programs include the Optimist project and Education for Values, promoting reading, logic, and language development.

Rua Armindo Rodrigues, 28, 1600-414 Lisbon, Portugal

The Essentials

Location
Colégio Planalto is located in Lisbon, Portugal. The address is Rua Armindo Rodrigues, 28, 1600-414 Lisboa. It is part of the Cooperativa Fomento de Centros de Ensino network (Fomento).

Stages
Creche and Infantil; 1º CEB; 2º CEB; 3º CEB; Secundário / IB.

Type
Boys' school (after preschool).

Additional learning support
Gabinete de Apoio Psicopedagógico (GAP) provides psychological and psychopedagogical support to students, integrated with the teaching staff.

Country affiliation
Portugal

Religious affiliation
Christian
Diving Deeper

Uniform Requirement
A Uniform Bank circulates uniforms that are still in good condition and would otherwise go unused. The Uniform Bank operates in a room next to the Fomento Hall.

Governance and Ownership
The school is owned by the Cooperativa Fomento de Centros de Ensino, created in 1978 by a group of parents to provide families with a comprehensive education, based on close collaboration between families and the school. Fomento administers four schools—Colégio Planalto and Colégio Mira Rio in Lisbon, and Colégio Cedros and Colégio Horizonte in Porto.
Fees

Annual tuition at Colegio Planalto ranges from EUR 4,720 to EUR 5,700 for 2026/27.

Application fees

- Registration (application) fee: €220.
- Admission / enrolment (matrícula) fees reported historically: €255 for entry to the 1st year of the basic cycle and €293 for entry to the 2nd year of the basic cycle.

Tuition fees by year group (headline monthly amounts found)

- 1st cycle (primary) - monthly tuition reported: €472.
- 2nd cycle (upper primary / lower secondary) - monthly tuition reported: €570.

Note: the figures above were reported together as "mensalidades" (monthly tuition) in the source cited. Full itemised fees by individual school year, per-term breakdowns, and separate fees for nursery, pre‑school stages, middle school, or IB years were not published in the material located.

Billing schedule and payment terms

- The available information identifies fees as "mensalidades" (monthly payments). No formal public schedule specifying the billing cycle (exact number of instalments per academic year), due dates, or late payment penalties for the 2026/27 or 2025/26 academic years was found.

Boarding fees

- No boarding provision or boarding fees were identified; Colégio Planalto operates as a day school serving the local Telheiras / Lumiar community. No published boarding programme or associated fees were found.

Other recurring or one‑off costs

- No current published prices were found for uniforms, lunches/meals, extracurricular activities, school trips, textbooks, technology levies, or capital/development levies specific to the 2026/27 or 2025/26 years. The historical reporting that exists notes that meal costs and extracurriculars are typically charged in addition to mensalidades, but specific amounts or mandatory levies were not publicly listed.

Refund information

- No publicly available policy text specifying refunds for withdrawal, short‑term absence, or termination of enrolment (refund conditions or pro‑rata rules) was located for the 2026/27 or 2025/26 academic years.

Fee payment options

- No definitive, published list of accepted payment methods (for example: bank transfer, direct debit, credit card, instalment platforms) was found for the 2026/27 or 2025/26 academic years. The only fee descriptors located were labelled as monthly tuition amounts rather than payment‑method details.

Summary and data currency

- The most specific fee figures located are from a public article that reported registration, enrolment and monthly tuition amounts (see amounts above); those figures were published in earlier material and were not presented as a current 2026/27 fee schedule. No up‑to‑date, itemised 2026/27 or 2025/26 fee schedule was publicly available in the sources located, and the school's public site returned an access error during retrieval attempts.

Practical note for database use

- Use the registered amounts above only as historical reference: Registration €220; enrolment €255 (1st year) / €293 (2nd year); monthly tuition €472 (1st cycle) / €570 (2nd cycle). Additional, up‑to‑date per‑year or per‑term breakdowns, payment terms, refunds, uniforms and other mandatory costs were not found in publicly accessible documents for 2025/26 or 2026/27.
Academics

Colegio Planalto teaches IB (DP) for students aged 1 to 18.

Curriculum
From the Optimist program in early years to the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme in secondary, Colégio Planalto offers an innovative educational program delivered by a carefully chosen and continuously trained faculty.

Higher Education Progression
In Portugal, the IB Diploma Programme provides access to all universities and is equivalent to completing secondary education in the Portuguese system, using IB exam results in place of national exams.
Wellbeing

Social and Emotional Learning (SEL)
Gabinete de Apoio Psicopedagógico (GAP) is a specialized unit in Psychology and Special Education. It was created as a Learning Support Centre for Colégio Mira Rio and Colégio Planalto and began operating in September 2022. The aim of GAP is to contribute to the cognitive, social and emotional development of students throughout their schooling, reinforcing the schools' integrated and personalized education project. GAP provides tailored responses to the diversity of situations that may arise during students' educational journeys, in close collaboration with the school community, to identify and implement the means to develop each student's abilities. The unit is planned to be actively present in daily school life to detect circumstances that may hinder learning and growth and to intervene as early as possible. Main functions include identifying and assessing educational, behavioral, social and emotional problems; planning responses; providing psychological and/or psychopedagogical support; supporting and participating in the Multidisciplinary Team for Inclusive Education; promoting emotional and mental balance in the school community; conducting vocational guidance for 9th-year students; and promoting methods and strategies for studying to optimize cognitive and motivational processes involved in learning. The GAP team currently includes psychologist Dr. Maria Franco Reis (Coordinator); Special Education teachers Dr. Maria do Rosário Ponte and Dr. Angélica Rosado; and Support teacher Dr. Inês de Castro Pernas.

Special Educational Needs (SEN)
Gabinete de Apoio Psicopedagógico (GAP) is a unit specialized in Psychology and Special Education and was created as a Learning Support Centre for Colégio Mira Rio and Colégio Planalto, beginning in September 2022. Its aim is to support the cognitive, social and emotional development of students across creche to IB, reinforcing the schools' integrated and personalized education project. GAP provides tailored responses to the diversity of situations that may arise during students' schooling so that, in close collaboration with the educational community, the appropriate means are identified and implemented to fully empower each student's abilities. The GAP is integrated into daily school life to detect circumstances that may hinder learning and growth and to intervene as early as possible. The GAP team currently comprises psychologist Dr. Maria Franco Reis (Coordinator); Special Education teacher Dr. Maria do Rosário Ponte; Special Education teacher Dr. Angélica Rosado; and Support teacher Dr. Inês de Castro Pernas.

English as an Additional Language (EAL)
In Creche and Infant, the Small Bird English program facilitates natural learning of English, taking advantage of the most sensitive period for acquiring a second language with minimal effort, and aims to activate verbal and cognitive skills. English development is supported by activities such as Neuromotor Circuit, which stimulates neuromotor development and helps prevent reading and writing difficulties; Learning Journeys that awaken curiosity and develop observational abilities; Activity Corners that respect each child's learning pace while fostering teamwork, mutual help and leadership; Musical Auditions that promote auditory perception and aesthetic sensitivity and aid language learning by expanding the child's range of sounds; and Bits of Intelligence that stimulate a child's intellect and develop attention and memory, expanding vocabulary and general knowledge.

Mental Wellbeing
GAP aims to promote emotional and mental balance within the school community. It provides psychological and psychopedagogical support to students across the whole schooling pathway, fostering social and emotional development. The unit supports healthy emotional and mental well-being and intervenes early when difficulties are identified, to support the personal growth of each student.
Parent Experience

History
Colégio Planalto began operations on October 9, 1978, with the aim of helping parents educate their children from a Christian perspective. The school pursues a personalized education anchored in the central role of the teacher and in human formation, developing students through solid intellectual, cultural, and artistic training alongside rigorous academic preparation, all in close collaboration with parents. The owning entity is Cooperativa Fomento de Centros de Ensino, created in 1978 by a group of parents to provide families with an integrated education and strong family–school collaboration. An initiative in partnership with Colégio Mira Rio was held on World Book Day and Shakespeare's birthday.

Community
Colégio Planalto is an initiative of parents and teachers committed to the holistic formation of students. The school emphasizes learning in an environment of respect and friendship and operates in close collaboration with families. Community life at Colégio Planalto is built on shared values and active family involvement in school life.
Facilities

Facilities Overview
The Colégio Planalto is located in Telheiras, Lisbon and moved there in October 1983. A new building was inaugurated in September 1996 that houses the Pre-School, the cafeteria and bar, central services and administrative services, the Salão Nobre (Main Hall) for conferences and similar activities, and the Chapel. In September 1996 the Pre-School is located there and the central services and the Salão Nobre are included in the building. In 2008 a Creche was built adjacent to the Pre-School building. The Creche offers three rooms: Nursery, 1 Year, and 2 Years, and six mixed-age Infant rooms: two for 3-year-olds, two for 4-year-olds, and two for 5-year-olds.

Academic Facilities
The school offers the International Baccalaureate (IB) program at the secondary level. The Gabinete de Apoio Psicopedagógico (GAP) is a dedicated unit for psychology and special education. GAP began operation in September 2022 and serves as a learning support center for the Colégios Planalto and Mira Rio. The GAP aims to contribute to the cognitive, social, and emotional development of students across the entire school, from creche to IB, reinforcing the integrated and personalized education program.

Extra Curricular Facilities
In the Creche and Infant levels, the Optimist project provides rich and organized stimulation to help children reach optimal maturity, development, and learning according to their individual conditions. The Education for Values program develops self-control and character formation, promoting habits such as order, honesty, work, generosity, responsibility, and obedience, based on a Christian worldview. Reading and Writing activities promote memory development and verbal comprehension through tales, poems, songs, and language games, helping prevent reading difficulties and supporting each child to learn to read and write at their own pace. Logic and Mathematics activities foster the development of logical thinking and mathematical understanding through handling objects and exploring relationships.
Languages

Language Provision
English is taught starting in creche/infantil, with the Small Bird program facilitating natural English learning. The International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme is offered in the secondary years. The school's language provision centers on English language learning across the early and secondary years.

Bilingual Teaching
Colégio Planalto offers bilingual education within the Diploma IB Programme. The Diploma IB was recognized in 1992 by the International Baccalaureate Organization (IBO). The program's bilingual nature supports international study and easier access to universities worldwide. The Diploma IB is taught at the secondary level.
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