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Colegio San Patricio

Spain, Madrid

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The school at a glance
Instructs in Spanish, English
Fees €8,860 - 12,125
Ages 1 - 18 years
Pupil numbers 700
Type Co-educational
Opened 1958
Bus Service Yes
Academic offering
Curriculum IB (MYP), IB (DP)
Taught languages French, German
Typical class size 20
Strengths Sport, Visual and Creative Arts, Languages
Clubs Academic and Intellectual, Arts and Creative, Cultural and Language
Stages Kindergarten, Elementary, Middle School, High School
Introduction

Colégio San Patricio Madrid is a Catholic day school for ages 1 to 18 across three Madrid campuses: Serrano and La Moraleja for Early Years and Primary, and El Soto for Secondary and High School. The school offers a bilingual education in Nursery and Primary and provides International Baccalaureate programmes (PYP, MYP, DP) from secondary onwards, with English, Spanish, French and German taught by native speakers. Facilities span the campuses, including Early Learning areas, science and technology labs, the San Patricio Art Centre, two libraries, auditoriums, a chapel, a radio studio and extensive sports spaces. Since joining Inspired Education Group in 2019, CSP Madrid has grown within a global network and earned recognitions from Forbes and El Mundo. Signature features include the San Patricio Art Centre, Inspired Metaverse VR School Rooms, and a broad co-curricular programme of debate, sports, music, drama and community service for international-minded learners and families.

C. de Serrano, 200, Chamartín, 28002 Madrid, Spain

The Essentials

Colegio San Patricio has 700 pupils, typical class sizes of 20, instruction in Spanish, English.

Location
Three Madrid campuses: Serrano (Calle Serrano 200, central Madrid), La Moraleja (Paseo de Alcobendas 9, La Moraleja, 28109 Madrid), and El Soto (Calle Jazmin 148, Soto de la Moraleja, 28109 Madrid). Serrano and La Moraleja host Nursery and Primary; El Soto hosts Secondary and High School, including the IB Diploma Programme.

Stages
Nursery and Primary at Serrano and La Moraleja; Secondary and High School at El Soto. Nursery education uses a Reggio Emilia‑inspired approach; Early Years and Primary are bilingual in English and Spanish, with German and French offered as additional languages. In Secondary, the Spanish National Curriculum is combined with the IB Middle Years Programme; a third language (German or French) is studied; the final two years offer the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme.

Type
Catholic school; not affiliated with any religious order.

Additional learning support
Personalised education tailored to learning diversity with small class sizes.

Religious affiliation
Catholic; not affiliated with any religious order; prepares students for sacraments with the assistance of school priests.

Bus service
San Patricio Madrid offers a safe and reliable school transport service with fixed routes to and from each campus and various areas in Madrid. The bus routes include Serrano, Moraleja Morning, Moraleja Afternoon, and El Soto. The service uses the BatOnRoute app for real-time transport information and absences, with dedicated staff overseeing pupil safety.
Diving Deeper

Uniform Requirement
San Patricio has a school uniform. Students wear the uniform to foster a sense of community and reflect values such as neatness, order and respect. Second-year Baccalaureate students are exempt from wearing school uniforms, but are expected to adhere to the school dress code guidelines. The uniform can be bought at El Corte Inglés stores (El Corte Inglés San Chinarro and Castellana) or online.

Food Options
San Patricio provides homemade, fresh and balanced meals on each campus through local kitchens and a cafeteria service. Meals are prepared with fresh ingredients to support a healthy diet and accommodate allergy requirements. Families receive a weekly menu report, and there is a table manners programme for students.

Governance and Ownership
The school is a member of the Inspired Education Group. Inspired Education is a global network of premium schools offering access to opportunities across academics, sports and the arts and enabling collaboration with other Inspired schools worldwide.
Fees

Annual tuition at Colegio San Patricio ranges from EUR 8,860 to EUR 12,125 for 2026/27.

Registration / application fees
- New-student registration (inscripción/derechos de inscripción): EUR 1,300 (single payment due at the time of enrolment).

Tuition fees by campus and year group (annual amount and 10-month instalment)
Note: tuition is charged as the annual amount and collected in 10 monthly instalments (September–June).

Serrano campus
- Special Nursery (1–2 years): EUR 7,385 per year (10 payments of EUR 738.50).
- Nursery (2–3 years): EUR 9,000 per year (10 payments of EUR 900.00).
- Nursery A (3–4 years): EUR 9,955 per year (10 payments of EUR 995.50).
- Nursery B (4–5 years): EUR 10,330 per year (10 payments of EUR 1,033.00).
- Nursery C (5–6 years): EUR 10,330 per year (10 payments of EUR 1,033.00).
- Primary (School A, B, C): EUR 10,610 per year (10 payments of EUR 1,061.00).
- Primary (School D, F, G): EUR 10,655 per year (10 payments of EUR 1,065.50).
- Dining service (annual): EUR 2,550 (10 payments of EUR 255.00); sporadic day dining: EUR 18.70. Transport (annual, round trip): Zone A EUR 1,625; Zone B EUR 1,915; Zone C EUR 2,200. Single-route (one-way) Zone A EUR 1,145; Zone B EUR 1,385; Zone C EUR 1,510. Sporadic day transport: EUR 12.00. The tuition amount includes textbooks, digital books, accident insurance, school materials, psychopedagogical guidance and a range of curriculum enrichment programmes.

La Moraleja campus
- Special Nursery (1–2 years): EUR 7,385 per year (10 payments of EUR 738.50).
- Nursery (2–3 years): EUR 9,000 per year (10 payments of EUR 900.00).
- Nursery A (3–4 years): EUR 9,955 per year (10 payments of EUR 995.50).
- Nursery B (4–5 years): EUR 10,330 per year (10 payments of EUR 1,033.00).
- Nursery C (5–6 years): EUR 10,330 per year (10 payments of EUR 1,033.00).
- Primary (School A, B, C): EUR 10,610 per year (10 payments of EUR 1,061.00).
- Primary (School D, F, G): EUR 10,655 per year (10 payments of EUR 1,065.50).
- Dining service (annual): EUR 2,550 (10 payments of EUR 255.00); sporadic day dining: EUR 18.70. Transport (annual, round trip): Zone A EUR 1,560; Zone B EUR 1,860; Zone C EUR 2,145. Single-route (one-way) Zone A EUR 1,100; Zone B EUR 1,330; Zone C EUR 1,450. Sporadic day transport: EUR 12.00. The tuition amount includes textbooks and digital books, accident insurance for activities, curricular enrichment with language provision (English, French, German), health care service and other standard inclusions.

El Soto campus
- Compulsory Secondary Education (E.S.O.): EUR 11,315 per year (10 payments of EUR 1,131.50) for each year of E.S.O. noted.
- National Baccalaureate (1º and 2º): EUR 12,610 per year (10 payments of EUR 1,261.00).
- International Baccalaureate (1º and 2º IB): EUR 15,205 per year (10 payments of EUR 1,520.50).
- Dining service (annual): EUR 2,325 (10 payments of EUR 232.50); sporadic day dining: EUR 18.70. Transport (annual, round trip): Zone A EUR 1,625; Zone B EUR 1,915; Zone C EUR 2,200. Single-route (one-way) Zone A EUR 1,145; Zone B EUR 1,385; Zone C EUR 1,510. Sporadic day transport: EUR 12.00. The tuition amounts include textbooks and digital resources, accident insurance for activities, psychopedagogical and pre‑university guidance, technology fee and curricular enrichment activities.

Sibling discounts
- Third child enrolled: 25% discount on teaching fees.
- Fourth child enrolled: 50% discount on teaching fees.
- Fifth child enrolled: 100% discount (no tuition charged for the fifth child). These sibling discounts apply to teaching fees as shown in the campus fee schedules.

Billing schedule and payment terms
- Regular tuition billing: collected in 10 monthly payments (September–June).
- Standard payment method: automatic direct debit (SEPA bank debit). Bank account must be from a SEPA country. Alternative payment methods are available only by written request to the school's finance office (approval required). Late or missed payments may incur bank charges and legal interest; a EUR 15 fee is charged for each returned payment. If non-payment persists for 60 days the school reserves the right to take legal measures and to deny access; continuation of non-payment up to 90 days may lead to contract termination and permanent withdrawal of the pupil. There is a 1.25% discount for paying the full annual tuition in a single payment, provided that payment is completed before the established deadline (payment-before date communicated annually; typical deadline is prior to 15 July for the following academic year).

Boarding
- Not applicable for Colegio San Patricio Madrid's Serrano, La Moraleja and El Soto campuses: these operate as day-school campuses and do not publish boarding fees.

Other costs and optional services
- Dining service (annual) and transport (annual) are optional and billed separately; per-campus annual and per-day occasional rates are listed above.
- Textbooks, digital books and many standard school services (accident insurance on activities, school nurse, psychopedagogical guidance, technology fee, selected curricular enrichment activities, school photography/yearbook and some extracurricular programme administration) are included within the published tuition amounts. Additional optional activities that do not run all year (overnight trips, ski courses, certain external excursions, some short-term extracurricular items) are charged separately and must be paid before the activity.
- Uniforms: no separate, school-wide uniform charge is published in the fee schedules; parents should budget separately for any uniform purchases required by the school. Occasional campus handbooks reference a school uniform policy but the fee schedules do not list a uniform price line.

Refund and cancellation terms (payment and enrolment cancellations)
- A 15-calendar-day right of withdrawal is granted from the moment the matrícula or the reservation of a place is paid; within that period families may withdraw without penalty and are entitled to a refund of amounts paid tied to that act of enrolment or reservation. The reservation-of-place payment is treated as an amount on account of tuition and is deducted from the September instalment for the following year; after the 15-day withdrawal period the reservation payment is generally non‑refundable. In general, registration/inscription fees are charged to cover administration and are not refundable except to the extent of the statutory withdrawal right described above.

Fee payment options (how payments are taken)
- Standard method: automatic SEPA direct debit processed monthly; receipts are charged in the first days of each billing month. If direct debit is impossible, families must submit a written request to the finance director for an alternative arrangement. Full-course prepayment (single payment) is accepted with a 1.25% reduction if paid by the school's published deadline (typically before 15 July). Returned-payment charge: EUR 15 per rejected transaction.

If you need the figures presented as individual campus fee lists or a short printable summary, those campus fee schedules contain the full itemised amounts for the current academic year.
Academics

Colegio San Patricio teaches IB (MYP), IB (DP) for students aged 1 to 18.

Curriculum
The school provides a bilingual education in Nursery and Primary and offers International Baccalaureate programmes from secondary school onwards. Languages taught with native teachers include Spanish, English, French and German. The three campuses—Serrano and La Moraleja for Early Years and Primary, and El Soto for Secondary and High School—feature state-of-the-art facilities to support learning across academics, sports and the arts.

Exam Results
IBDP 2025: Average Point Score 33.5; Highest Diploma Score 44; 90% earned bilingual IBDP. PAU 2025: Average score 7.9 out of 10; Highest score 13.75 out of 14; 55% achieved 11 or more.

Higher Education Progression
90% of graduates progress to leading universities in Spain—Autónoma, Complutense, Carlos III, Comillas and IE—and to top international universities, including many institutions in the Russell Group.

Gifted and Talented
Unique High Abilities Programme from 1-18 offered across all three campuses for gifted students to reach their full potential, with Enrichment Workshops, a High Abilities specialist and personalised support.
Wellbeing

Social and Emotional Learning (SEL)
The school supports development with a focus on life skills, including emotional abilities, multilingualism, artistic competencies, and health-related habits. The educational model develops emotional skills and interpersonal relationships through a broad set of competencies such as communication, public speaking, autonomy, critical thinking, creativity, teamwork, leadership, time management, sportsmanship and emotional skills. Multilingualism is encouraged across the school with an early introduction to English alongside Spanish, with German and French also taught. Personalised Education customises specially designed lessons to cater for learning diversity and works with students in small class sizes. As an Inspired School, well-being alongside academics, sport and the arts is a pillar of holistic development.

Special Educational Needs (SEN)
Personalised Education customises specially designed lessons to cater for learning diversity and small class sizes. The Gifted & Talented Programme offers enrichment and specialist support for high-ability learners, with enrichment workshops and bespoke socio-emotional development. A dedicated Guidance Department, in collaboration with the teaching staff and the student's family, carefully monitors each child's well-being and development. Learners with high abilities have access to specialist professionals (Experts in High Abilities, Psychologists and Psychopedagogists).

English as an Additional Language (EAL)
Multilingualism is encouraged with an early introduction to English alongside Spanish. The curriculum is bilingual in the Early Years and Primary School, with German and French taught as additional languages. In Secondary School, students choose German or French as a third language, and coursework can be delivered in English, French or Spanish within the IB programme.

Mental Wellbeing
Well-being is a pillar of San Patricio's holistic development within the Inspired framework, alongside academics, sport, arts and technology. The Gifted & Talented Programme includes bespoke socio-emotional development and emotional intelligence training to support students' mental well-being. The Guidance Department monitors students' well-being and development in collaboration with families and staff, with access to psychologists and psychopedagogists where appropriate. An emphasis on emotional intelligence and social skills runs through enrichment and support programmes, including high-ability development.

Safeguarding
The school's Guidance Department monitors students' well-being and development in collaboration with the teaching staff and families. Gifted & Talented enrichment includes bespoke socio-emotional development to address emotional and social needs. Specialist professionals, including psychologists and psychopedagogists, are available to support high-ability learners and safeguarding of pupils.
Parent Experience

History
San Patricio has educated tens of thousands of young people in Madrid since 1958. The Serrano campus opened in 1958, with San Patricio El Soto following in 1967; La Moraleja opened in 1983. Founders were Luisa Murias, Luz Murias, Jaime Marugán and Gabriel Castellano, who formed the first Governing Board. Since the first external examinations in 1984, students have achieved top results, and the school has received recognitions such as Forbes' Top 10 Best 100 Schools in Spain and El Mundo naming it the Number 1 School in Spain. In 2019, Colegio San Patricio Madrid joined the Inspired Education Group, and in 2021 Forbes recognised CSP Madrid as a top 10 school in Spain while El Mundo ranked it Number 1 in 2022.

Community
Social Responsibility is part of San Patricio's program. It teaches students about the importance of solidarity and encourages community service to help those in need. San Patricio promotes volunteer programmes for families and students, such as supporting St Patrick's School in Turkana, Kenya, building homes for the elderly, and more.
Facilities

Facilities Overview
Colegio San Patricio operates on three Madrid campuses: Serrano (Nursery and Primary, 1 to 11 years), La Moraleja (Nursery and Primary, 1 to 11 years), and El Soto (Secondary and High School, 12 to 18 years). The school is rooted in Christian values and provides facilities across academics, sports and the arts with multilingual education. Serrano features an Early Learning area, fully equipped Primary classrooms with technology, three playgrounds, a psychomotricity gym, an auditorium, two libraries, an infirmary, two orchards and the San Patricio Art Centre. La Moraleja offers a purpose-built building with extensive sports facilities (football, basketball and volleyball), an indoor sports hall, a martial arts room, a gym and a swimming pool, plus an auditorium, specialist art rooms, two libraries, a dining room and an infirmary, as well as an enrichment room for the High Abilities programme. El Soto provides dedicated facilities for Secondary and High School, including science labs (physics, chemistry and biology), technology labs (robotics, design and technology) and Inspired Metaverse VR School Rooms, the San Patricio Arts Centre, a library, a chapel, a radio studio, an assembly hall, a cafeteria and an infirmary.

Sports Facilities
Serrano has three playgrounds and various sports spaces for active learning. La Moraleja features sports fields for football, basketball and volleyball, an indoor sports hall, a martial arts room, a gym and a swimming pool. El Soto offers an indoor sports hall, basketball courts, an athletics track, an indoor football pitch and ping pong tables.

Academic Facilities
Serrano provides an Early Learning area, fully equipped classrooms with technology, and the San Patricio Art Centre, complemented by two libraries, an infirmary and two orchards. La Moraleja includes a state-of-the-art auditorium, specialist art rooms, two libraries, a dining room with a kitchen and an infirmary, plus an enrichment room for the High Abilities programme. El Soto features fully-equipped classrooms and science labs (physics, chemistry, biology) and technology labs (robotics, design and technology) along with Inspired Metaverse VR School Rooms and the San Patricio Arts Centre, plus a library, a chapel, a radio studio, an assembly hall, a cafeteria and an infirmary.

Extra Curricular Facilities
Extracurricular activities at Serrano include Chess, Multisport, Martial Arts, Tennis and Basketball, with Arts offerings in Music, Dance, Performance, Drama and Visual Arts, delivered through the San Patricio Arts Centre. La Moraleja provides wide-ranging arts and sports options such as Athletics, Basketball, Chess, Indoor Football, Martial Arts, Multisport, Swimming, Tennis and Volleyball, plus enrichment outings and programs like the Duke of Edinburgh Award, Debate Club, Model European Parliament, Model United Nations and CICAE Debate League, with language lessons and certifications. El Soto offers extensive co-curricular and enrichment opportunities across sports, arts and language study, including languages certifications and internationally oriented programs (e.g., Duke of Edinburgh, Model European Parliament, Model United Nations, CICAE Debate League).
Extra-Curricular Activities

Academic & Intellectual
Debate club and public speaking; participation in international academic competitions and Olympiads.

Arts & Creative
Visual & Plastic Arts; Music; Drama; Dance; San Patricio Art Centre supports sculpture, film studies, and drama; drama and musical productions are staged each year.

Cultural & Language
Multilingual education with English and Spanish from early years; German and French taught as third languages; students study English, Spanish, German, and French.

Social & Hobbies
Clubs and after-school lessons include public speaking, debate, emotional intelligence classes, mindfulness, and catechism; Houses hold competitions throughout the year.

Community & Service
Community service and volunteer programmes for families and students; activities include supporting St Patrick's School in Turkana, Kenya, and building homes for the elderly.

Leadership & Professional
Leadership, teamwork, public speaking, autonomy, and other professional skills are developed through co‑curricular activities and the school's framework.

Lifestyle & Wellbeing
Emotional intelligence, healthy habits, mindfulness, well-being, and regular physical activity.
Languages

Language Provision
Languages taught include Spanish, English, French and German. Nursery and Primary receive bilingual education. All students develop multilingual skills in Spanish, English, French and German with native teachers. From secondary school onwards, students can pursue the International Baccalaureate (IB) programmes.

Bilingual Teaching
The school provides bilingual education for Nursery and Primary. It supports multilingual development in Spanish, English, French and German with native teachers.
Admissions

Admissions
The school operates across three Madrid campuses: Serrano, La Moraleja, and El Soto. It serves children from 1 to 18 years old. The admissions process consists of five steps: Complete the Enquiry Form; Campus Meeting; Interview & Entrance Exams; Receive an Offer; Enrolment. Enquiries can be submitted online via the Enquire Now link, and a personalised tour can be booked. The Head of Admissions contacts families with the offer and enrolment requires submission of documents and payment for the enrolment fee.

Scholarships
The Nsouli Scholars Programme provides up to 50 full scholarships at any one time to attend Inspired's prestigious schools worldwide for the duration of the education. It aims to expand the CSP community and to empower children of all backgrounds with opportunities in academics, sports, arts and extracurricular activities. The endowment honours Nadim Nsouli, founder of Inspired in 2013, and several scholarships are awarded to individuals of Lebanese origin.
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