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Lycée International Barcelona Bon Soleil

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The school at a glance
Instructs in French
Fees Fees not listed
Ages 2 - 18 years
Pupil numbers 1400
Type Co-educational
Opened 1969
Bus Service Yes
Academic offering
Curriculum French Curriculum, IB (DP)
Taught languages French, Spanish, English
Typical class size 14
Strengths Sport, Languages, STEM
Clubs Social and Hobbies, Community and Service, Leadership and Professional
Stages Primary School, Secondary School, Sixth Form, Preschool
Introduction

Lycée International Barcelona Bon Soleil is an AEFE-affiliated international school near Barcelona, offering French Curriculum alongside IB Diploma Programme for students aged 2 to 18. It also provides Bachibac and is authorized to deliver the IB Diploma. Founded in 1969, the school is secular, humanist, and European in character, with a mission to develop global citizens and foster autonomy and critical thinking. The Gavà campus sits on a 40,000 m2 site with four buildings and 10,000 m2 of built space, alongside 30,000 m2 of outdoor grounds. Facilities include five science laboratories, two media libraries, a technology room with 3D printers, a music room, an arts room, and a 225-seat auditorium, plus six multisport courts and an indoor pool complex. A dedicated kitchen prepares about 1,500 meals daily from local products, with vegetarian and allergy-friendly options. The school emphasises plurilingualism—French as vehicular language with study of Spanish, Catalan, English—and IB core components.

Camí de la Pava, 15, 08850 Gavà, Barcelona, Spain

The Essentials

Lycée International Barcelona Bon Soleil has 1,400 pupils, typical class sizes of 14, instruction in French.

Location
Camí de la Pava, 15, Gavà, 08850, Barcelona, Spain. Gavà is in the Barcelona Province, Catalonia. The campus is served by a multi-route school bus network connecting Barcelona and nearby towns, including Route 1 (Sant Pere de Ribes / Sitges / Castelldefels), Route 2 (Barcelona / El Prat / Gavà Mar / Castelldefels), and Route 3 (Cornellà / Sant Boi / Viladecans / Gavà / Castelldefels).

Stages
Preschool; Elementary; Middle; High School (Maternelle; École Élémentaire; Collège; Lycée). Ages 2–18.

Type
Private international school; AEFE-affiliated; Bachibac and International Baccalaureate programs offered; Vehicular language is French.

Pupil Nationality Mix
30 nationalities represented.

Country affiliation
France (AEFE-affiliated)

Bus service
Bus service exists with routes from Barcelona, Sitges, Cornellà and Castelldefels. Route 1 – Sant Pere de Ribes / Sitges / Castelldefels; Route 2 – Barcelona / El Prat / Gavà Mar / Castelldefels; Route 3 – Cornellà / Sant Boi / Viladecans / Gavà / Castelldefels.
Diving Deeper

Uniform Requirement
The full Bon Soleil uniform is mandatory. It includes a Bon Soleil polo shirt (white, blue or red), a Bon Soleil sweater, a grey sweatshirt, Bon Soleil pants (bermuda or trousers) or a Bon Soleil navy-blue skirt, and a Bon Soleil blue anorak. Head coverings are only allowed outdoors. City shoes should have a heel not exceeding 5 cm. Sandals or beach shoes are not allowed. Piercings or tattoos are not allowed, nor non-natural hair coloring.

Food Options
LIB Bon Soleil has its own kitchen and prepares 1,500 meals on site daily. We choose fresh local ingredients, preferably organic, to prepare balanced menus in consultation with a nutritionist. Vegetarian menus are offered, and menus can accommodate all allergies or intolerances. Menu options for Nursery and for Primary/Secondary (CP to 2º BAC) include General, Gluten-free, and Vegetarian choices, with lunch ideas provided for each level.

Governance and Ownership
The LIB Bon Soleil is a private French international school operating under local law. It is an AEFE partner and is recognized by the French Ministry of National Education, the Department of Education of the Generalitat de Catalunya, and the Spanish Ministry of Education. The school is authorized to implement the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme.
Fees
Règlement financier (document)

- Le Lycée International Barcelona Bon Soleil publie un "Règlement Financier" référençant les conditions et les grilles de frais pour l'année scolaire.
- Le fichier PDF contenant la grille tarifaire (nommé 25-26_RF_FR.pdf) n'a pas pu être téléchargé : la tentative d'accès a renvoyé une erreur d'autorisation (401 Unauthorized), rendant le document chiffré inaccessible pour extraire les montants précis.

Coordonnées utiles confirmées (pour contact administratif / financier)

- Adresse et téléphone : Camí de la Pava, nº 15, Gavà 08850, Barcelona, Espagne ; Téléphone (+34) 93 633 13 58.
- Contacts e‑mail administratifs identifiés : courrier@bonsoleil.es ; service administratif et financier : administration@bonsoleil.es ; inscriptions : inscription@bonsoleil.es.

Éléments demandés que je peux confirmer seulement au niveau documentaire, sans montants

- Application / frais d'inscription : mentionnés comme éléments gérés dans le règlement financier mais les montants et conditions d'application (nouveau dossier, réinscription, acompte, frais non remboursables éventuels) ne peuvent pas être fournis ici en l'absence d'accès au PDF.
- Frais de scolarité par niveau et par trimestre/année : la grille détaillée par cycle/niveau figure dans le règlement financier mais les valeurs numériques par niveau, par trimestre ou par an n'ont pas pu être extraites à partir du document protégé.
- Modalités de facturation et conditions de paiement (échéances, remises pour paiement annuel, pénalités, délais) : ces modalités sont répertoriées dans le règlement financier mais leurs conditions et calendriers précis ne peuvent être reportés ici sans accès au fichier.
- Internat / hébergement (boarding) : l'offre d'hébergement n'est pas explicitement présentée sur les pages publiques consultées ; si l'établissement propose des services de résidence, les montants et conditions seraient listés dans le règlement financier.
- Autres coûts (cantine, transport scolaire, fournitures, tenue/uniforme, activités extra‑scolaires, examens, voyages) : la rubrique Restauration et Transport scolaire existe séparément, mais les tarifs unitaires et options payantes figurent dans la grille financière inaccessible.
- Politique de remboursement (annulation, désistement avant la rentrée, conditions de remboursement partiel) : la rubrique financière couvre ces règles mais les règles et montants de remboursement ne peuvent être reproduits ici sans ouverture du document.
- Moyens de paiement acceptés (virement, carte, prélèvement) : le règlement financier contient la section “modes de paiement” mais ses mentions exactes et éventuelles commissions associées n'ont pas pu être extraites.

Résumé bref de l'état de l'information

- Le détail chiffré et exhaustif des frais (frais d'inscription, frais par niveau et par trimestre/année, calendrier de facturation, options payantes, remboursement, modes de paiement) est contenu dans le "Règlement Financier" officiel du Lycée International Barcelona Bon Soleil. L'accès au PDF de la grille pour l'année 2025–2026 (nommé 25-26_RF_FR.pdf) a été tenté mais le document est protégé et renvoie une erreur 401 Unauthorized ; par conséquent, je ne peux pas reproduire ici les montants chiffrés demandés.

- Pour toute utilisation dans une base de données nécessitant montants précis et conditions complètes (application fees, frais par niveau et par terme, calendrier, remboursements, options, modes de paiement), il faudra obtenir la version accessible du règlement financier ou une communication officielle chiffrée du service financier de l'établissement aux coordonnées administratives indiquées ci‑dessus.
Academics

Lycée International Barcelona Bon Soleil teaches French Curriculum, IB (DP) for students aged 2 to 18.

Curriculum
The school offers the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme. It is authorized to implement the IB Diploma Programme. The program consists of a common core and six subject groups. It develops students as inquirers, knowledgeable, thinkers, communicators, principled, open-minded, caring, risk-takers, and balanced individuals. The core includes the Extended Essay (a 4,000-word research project), Theory of Knowledge, and Creativity, Activity, Service.

Exam Results
DELF B2 results show 100% of Seconde students passed the DELF B2.

Higher Education Progression
The school maintains partnerships with higher education institutions. These partnerships support student progression to universities and specialized study programs. The establishment continually develops links with higher education to assist transitions after secondary school.
Wellbeing

Social and Emotional Learning (SEL)
LIB Bon Soleil focuses on holistic development, aiming to educate students academically and personally. It recognises that each child is unique and has talents that should be encouraged. It develops initiative and decision-making, critical thinking, engagement, leadership, cooperation, tolerance, solidarity, and altruism. It emphasises savoir-être, together with knowledge and know-how, as part of a well-rounded education. Its fundamental values include integrity and justice, tolerance and equality, effort, responsibility, respect for self, others and the environment, and a non-discriminatory, egalitarian approach.

Special Educational Needs (SEN)
The school has a psychopedagogue on staff to support students with learning needs.

English as an Additional Language (EAL)
English is supported with an English coordinator (Coordinatrice Anglais) on staff, and English placement is guided by Ev@lang English placement tests used for assessment.

Mental Wellbeing
The school provides wellbeing support with a Well-being Coordinator on staff. There is an on-site infirmary staffed by two health professionals who provide care, administer medications, and contact families as needed.

Safeguarding
The school operates a Protocole protection mineurs (safeguarding protocol) aligned with LO 8/2021 (LOPIVI) to protect children and adolescents from abuse and violence. It creates a COCOBE (Coordinateur(trice) de la coéducation, de la coexistence et du bien-être) to coordinate wellbeing and protection and to act as a communications contact; it defines internal reporting circuits and procedures, outlines intervention with authorities and services, and includes staff training, family information, and an annual interventions report.
Parent Experience

History
The LIB Bon Soleil is apolitical and secular, independent, humanist, and European in character. Founded in 1969, it is homologated by the French Ministry of Education and Youth (MEN), by the Spanish Ministry of Education, and by the Departament d'Educació of the Generalitat. It is authorized to offer the International Baccalaureate diploma and forms part of the AEFE network. The school aims to provide a comprehensive education that develops culture and knowledge as well as a rational, critical approach, autonomy, and experimentation. It prepares students to become global citizens and to develop their full potential, whatever their needs or abilities.

Community
The LIB Bon Soleil has a diverse, multinational community with about 1,400 students, 103 teachers, and 30 nationalities. Students range from 2 to 18 years old and four languages are taught. The school participates in charitable and educational activities, including Chocolatada Solidaria to support Hospital Sant Joan de Déu, the Epitech Game Jam, and the International Day of the Rights of the Child.
Facilities

Facilities Overview
The school is located in Gavà, twenty kilometres south of Barcelona, in a privileged, natural setting at the edge of a pine forest, two kilometres from the sea. There are 30,000 m2 of outdoor space, six multisport courts, and an indoor swimming pool with both a small and a large pool for physical education. Students have age-appropriate play areas and a vegetable garden. The school occupies a 40,000 m2 site with four buildings totaling 10,000 m2, including five science laboratories, two media libraries, a technology room equipped with 3D printers, a music room, an arts room, and an auditorium with a capacity of 225. The Bon Soleil campus has its own kitchen to prepare 1,500 meals on site daily, using fresh local products, preferably organic, and offering vegetarian and allergy-friendly menus.

Sports Facilities
The school has six multisport courts and an indoor swimming pool with a small and a large pool for physical education.

Academic Facilities
The school includes five science laboratories, two media libraries, a technology room equipped with 3D printers, a music room, an arts room, and an auditorium with a 225-seat capacity.
Extra-Curricular Activities

Academic & Intellectual
The seconde is a general and technological year with a common core and optional subjects. The school offers the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme (IB) and the Bachibac program. The IB Diploma Programme provides a global and holistic education that develops inquiring, knowledgeable, and open-minded learners. The Bachibac program is a mixed program that represents about a third of the weekly timetable; it includes the subjects French language and literature and the history of Spain and France taught in French, enabling students to obtain both the French Baccalauréat and the Spanish Bachillerato.

Arts & Creative
Arts are one of the six subject groups in the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme; different arts subjects are offered at standard and higher levels.

Cultural & Language
The vehicular language of the school is primarily French, and the school bases its educational and linguistic project on plurilingualism. Children begin learning Spanish, Catalan, and English from Petite Section, building an oral foundation before reading and writing, and later deepening study in each language. For francophone and non-francophone students, immersion in the language they know the least is progressive, and mastery of the new language is supported by acquiring skills in the other languages. Students master English, French, Spanish, and Catalan.

Social & Hobbies
The school's social life includes debates and student projects, English placement testing (Ev@lang), participation in events such as the Epitech Game Jam and Plastique à la loupe, and charitable and cultural activities like Chocolatada Solidaria, Carnaval, and book exchanges.

Community & Service
Chocolatada Solidaria unites the school community to support Hospital Sant Joan de Déu, and the school collaborates with the Fundación Antonio Cabré for charitable initiatives.

Leadership & Professional
The International Baccalaureate program includes the Creativity, Activity, Service (CAS) component, through which students develop projects that showcase initiative, perseverance, problem-solving and decision-making.

Lifestyle & Wellbeing
The school provides an infirmary with two health professionals who care for students, administer medications, and provide minor medical attention, with health staff contacting families when needed. LIB Bon Soleil also offers a sports program for students.
Languages

Language Provision
French is the vehicular language, and the school bases its education and linguistic project on multilingualism. Children begin learning Spanish, Catalan, and English from early years, starting with oral skills and then developing reading and writing. Immersion in the language they know least is progressive, and language mastery comes from building skills across languages. Students master English, French, Spanish, and Catalan.

Bilingual Teaching
Multilingual program; French is the vehicular language; English, Spanish, and Catalan are taught from early years.

Immersion Programs
Progressive immersion in the language they know least for both francophone and non-francophone students.
Reputation

Awards
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Accreditations
The French Ministry of Education, the Spanish Ministry of Education, and the Department of Education of the Generalitat de Catalunya.
Admissions

Admissions
LIB Bon Soleil has an admission policy for Lycée International Barcelona - Bon Soleil (LIB). The policy explains the criteria that guide admissions to the lycée and the specific conditions to apply for the lycée program. The policy aligns with the standards of the Spanish Ministry of Education and Science (Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia, MEC), the Departament d'Educació de Catalunya, the Agency for French Education Abroad (AEFE), and the International Baccalaureate (IB). The school's mission is to provide comprehensive education that develops intellectual, moral and civic formation within an inclusive, diverse, international community and to offer stimulating, high‑quality international programs. The admission and enrollment in the Très Petite Section (TPS) are subject to space available and a priority order is established as follows: children whose siblings attend the school; children of French nationality; children whose parents are alumni; children of Spanish nationality or other nationalities depending on the date of application. In all cases, enrollment requires explicit adherence to the internal regulations attached to the document. For students joining the school mid‑cycle, eligibility criteria include three additional factors besides the above: a personal and family project, a linguistic profile, and academic aptitudes (which means more than success in some subjects, but the willingness to strive and the sense of responsibility). These students are supported in their social and academic integration through peer tutoring and personalized academic and linguistic support, with provisions to assist inclusion of students with learning difficulties or special needs in line with our BEP policy. The student profile encompasses academic aptitudes (in keeping with evaluation and BEP policies), linguistic background in a plurilingual context (from kindergarten French as language of schooling and/or mother tongue; English as living language and/or mother tongue; Spanish and Catalan as mother tongues and/or living languages), and attitude toward work. After seconde, three pathways are offered to students: the Spanish Bachillerato diploma (since 1983); the Franco‑Spanish Bachibac diploma (since 2011); and the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme (IB). Orientation of students is central to the project of the establishment, particularly its axis 4 “Construire l'avenir.” The orientation policy is based on detailed knowledge of the student, their profile and their project in relation to the family context, made possible by the stability of the student body and admissions during ongoing schooling in relation to the overall intake. The policy also foresees the possible continuation of admission during the lycée pathway in relation to the overall numbers. The profile of the student includes their academic aptitudes, their multilingual linguistic pathway from early schooling (French as language of schooling and/or mother tongue, English as living language and/or mother tongue, Spanish and Catalan as mother tongues and/or living languages), and their attitude toward work. The admission policy is reviewed annually through the school's establishment project and is approved by the appropriate governance bodies. Enrollment in the establishment implies acceptance of and commitment to the provisions of the internal regulations, which are emailed to families at the start of the year and available on the site; at the start of each school year the regulation is read and discussed in class. The regulation covers general provisions for the entire community, as well as cycle‑specific provisions, and is signed by families at the start of the school year.
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