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St. Paul's School

Spain, Barcelona

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The school at a glance
Instructs in English
Fees Fees not listed
Ages 3 - 18 years
Pupil numbers 650
Type Co-educational
Opened 1968
Bus Service Yes
Academic offering
Curriculum American Curriculum
Taught languages Spanish, English, French, Cantonese
Typical class size 17
Strengths Sport, STEM, Languages
Clubs Arts and Creative, Social and Hobbies, Cultural and Language
Stages Early Years, Primary School, Secondary School, Sixth Form
Introduction

St. Paul's School Barcelona is a trilingual, non‑profit foundation that educates students from Early Years to Bachillerato. It follows the Generalitat de Catalunya curriculum with English as a key language, while English, Spanish and Catalan are core languages and French is taught as a fourth language. The school combines a bilingual program with English immersion from the first year and offers an international project supported by native teachers to foster global understanding. Students have opportunities for exchanges and study‑abroad experiences in English‑ and French‑speaking countries, and can pursue the Bachillerato Dual along with the American High School Diploma through its Global Learning framework. Founded in 1968, the school remains committed to excellence, innovation and integrity within a non‑profit foundation. The campus spans four buildings and 12,000 m², housing facilities, libraries, music and art spaces, a STEM room, Greek theatre and outdoor areas. Extracurriculars include soccer, dance, swimming, judo and hockey.

Av. de Pearson, 41-45, Les Corts, 08034 Barcelona, Spain

The Essentials

St. Paul's School has 650 pupils, typical class sizes of 17, instruction in English.

Location
Av. Pearson, 41, 08034 Barcelona, Spain. Located at the foot of the Collserola natural park, the campus offers a privileged setting for learning.

Stages
Early Years to the end of Bachillerato; four educational stages: Early Years, Primaria, Secundaria, Bachillerato.

Type
concertado (semi-private) bilingual school; private non-profit foundation; tri-lingual program with English immersion from the first year of schooling.

Additional learning support
The Psychopedagogical Office provides prevention programs for mental health and bullying; offers individual and group interventions for emotional, behavioral and academic issues; specialists provide psychological, psychopedagogical and speech evaluations; designs enriched and accelerated programs for high-ability students; individualized plans (PAI) for students with special needs; supports autism spectrum disorders, ADHD, speech difficulties and dyscalculia; provides teacher guidance.

Bus service
The school runs three morning routes and three afternoon routes within Barcelona. Morning routes: Route 01 Av. Paral·lel to St. Paul's School; Route 02 Cartagena with Travessera de Gràcia; Route 03 Av. Diagonal with C/ de Badajoz. Afternoon routes: Route 01 Gran Via de les Corts-Farell; Route 02 Cartagena with Mallorca; Route 03 Av. Diagonal with C/ de Badajoz.
Diving Deeper

Uniform Requirement
The school has a uniform. Uniform is listed among the school's services and forms part of the student dress code.

Food Options
The St. Paul's School kitchen consists of four chefs, twelve support staff, and a nutritionist who work together to prepare over 900 daily meals. The dining room service includes lunch and a snack for students from I3 to PRI2, and breakfast and lunch for students from PRI3 to BACH2. The menus feature over 150 eco-friendly ingredients, and the school provides special menus to meet dietary needs and offers nutrition workshops.

Governance and Ownership
The school is a private non-profit organization. It operates under a private foundation, St. Paul's Foundation.
Fees
Application fees

- The school does not publish a public, itemised application or enrolment fee schedule for the current academic year on its publicly available materials.

Tuition fees by year group

- There is no publicly available, detailed tuition-rate table (by term or by year group) for the current academic year on the school's publicly accessible pages or published transparency documents. The school is a private–concertado centre: the infant, primary and compulsory-secondary stages are managed under public concert arrangements while Bachillerato (post‑compulsory years) is listed as non‑subsidised; the distinction in funding status is indicated in the school's transparency/legal documentation.

Billing schedule and payment terms

- The school does not publish a standard public billing schedule (term dates with corresponding instalments), payment-deadline policy or advertised penalty/late‑payment terms in its publicly available materials. Families should note that formal billing and payment terms are not listed in the documents and pages that are publicly available.

Boarding fees (if applicable)

- St. Paul's School operates as a day school; no boarding or residential provision is listed among the school services. Accordingly, there are no boarding fees published because boarding is not offered. The school lists day services such as dining and transport.

Other costs and fees

- Dining (school meals / comedor): the school operates its own dining service and describes the catering team and menus, but no fixed per‑term or per‑meal price list for regular school meals is published in the school's public pages. Families should expect a separate charge for school meals when used.

- School transport: the school publishes organised bus routes and a transport service for families, but does not publish route pricing or per‑pupil transport tariffs in the school's public materials.

- Extracurricular activities and summer/sport camps: these services are offered with specific event pricing when scheduled. As an example, a recent Sport Camp listing shows published short‑program prices (examples: €195.00 and €240.00 for specific weekly options). These prices apply to the listed camp sessions and do not substitute for a published annual tuition schedule.

- Uniforms, books, supplies and school insurance: the school lists typical school services (including dining, activities and insurance in its foundation's activity list) but does not publish a public itemised cost schedule for uniform, textbooks, school insurance or materials. Families should expect separate, additional costs for uniforms, textbooks and consumable materials when required.

Refund information

- The school does not publish a public refund policy or a publicly available fee‑refund schedule for application, enrolment or tuition payments in the materials available online. No explicit, publicly posted rules for refunds, reimbursements or cancellation penalties are available in the school's public disclosures.

Fee-payment options (methods accepted)

- The school's publicly accessible pages and transparency documents do not publish a definitive list of accepted payment methods (for example, bank transfer, credit card or direct debit). No public, itemised payment-method instructions are listed in the materials reviewed.

Short summary of the public information available

- St. Paul's School publishes its institutional, service and legal/transparency information, and it clearly lists day services such as the dining room, school transport and extracurricular programmes. The school's publicly available listings and transparency documents do not include an itemised, up‑to‑date tuition schedule, application fee, payment schedule, refund policy or a published list of accepted payment methods for the current academic year. A small number of specific event prices (for example, short sports-camp fees) are published when those events are advertised.
Academics

St. Paul's School teaches American Curriculum for students aged 3 to 18.

Curriculum
St. Paul's School Barcelona is a trilingual institution that educates students from Early Years to Bachillerato. It follows the Generalitat de Catalunya curriculum with emphasis on English. English, Spanish and Catalan are core languages, with French taught as a fourth language. The school offers an international project with native teachers to support global development. Students have opportunities for exchanges and study abroad programmes in English- and French-speaking countries. The curriculum is complemented by international experiences and pathways to the American High School Diploma through its Global Learning framework.

Exam Results
In Secondary, the school promotes multilingual education and external examinations as indicators of success, including Cambridge First and Cambridge Advanced English exams and DELF French. The school reports outstanding results in these assessments.

Gifted and Talented
The school stimulates talent and high performance and provides support for learners with special educational needs through the Psycho-pedagogical Department.
Parent Experience

History
St. Paul's School was founded in 1968 in Barcelona by a group of families. It runs a trilingual language programme with a particular emphasis on English and on the comprehensive development of each student. The school and its private foundation pursue an educational project based on excellence, commitment, innovation, and integrity, operating as a non-profit foundation. The founding spirit remains alive, characterized by growth, continuous improvement, lifelong learning, and adaptation to a changing reality.

Community
St. Paul's is a tri-lingual school whose community is described by families as closely connected. Parents endorse the educational project, highlighting English proficiency, a global vision, a family atmosphere, and personalised attention as core strengths. Translated testimonials note that students feel integrated, are highly motivated, and benefit from the international outlook; one family cites Oxford admission as a representative outcome of the school's approach.
Facilities

Facilities Overview
St. Paul's School comprises four stages across four buildings. The campus spans 12,000 m², with 7,000 m² built and 2,000 m² of landscape areas. The Cube houses Management, Administration, and Reception, while the Early Years Building covers 3,000 m² with 18 classrooms, a library, a music room, a computer room, a dining room, a kitchen, a psychomotricity terrace, and dedicated spaces for speech therapy and psychopedagogical support. The Joan d'Alós Buildings span 4,300 m² and include 22 classrooms, an auditorium, a computer lab, a sports hall, two libraries, two music rooms, two art rooms, three laboratories, a STEM project room, a Greek theatre, and other shared facilities. The campus also features playgrounds, recreational spaces, offices, meeting rooms, sport tracks for psychomotor skills, a gymnasium, and a sports hall for PE and extracurricular activities.

Sports Facilities
Sports facilities include sport tracks for psychomotor skills, a gymnasium, and a sports hall used for physical education and extracurricular activities as well as training and matches for school teams.

Academic Facilities
Early Years Building covers 3,000 m² and provides 18 classrooms, a computer room, a music room, a library, a covered terrace for psychomotricity, a multi-purpose gym, speech therapy offices, a psychopedagogical support office, a sensory room, a kitchen, and a dining room. The Joan d'Alós Buildings span 4,300 m² and contain 22 classrooms, an auditorium, a computer lab, a sports hall, two libraries, two music rooms, two art rooms, three laboratories, a STEM project room, and a Greek theatre.

Extra Curricular Facilities
Extracurricular activities include soccer, dance, swimming, judo, and hockey.
Extra-Curricular Activities

Academic & Intellectual
The language programme includes English, Spanish, and Catalan, with French as the fourth language, taught by native teachers. The Generalitat de Catalunya curriculum is complemented by Bachillerato Dual with the American High School Diploma, enabling study abroad. The international project offers opportunities to participate in exchanges, stays, trips, and cultural events. The school uses a hybrid system that combines digital technology with traditional teaching.

Arts & Creative
Dance is offered as an extracurricular activity.

Cultural & Language
The language programme teaches English, Spanish, and Catalan, with French as a fourth language. The international project offers exchanges, stays, trips, and cultural events.

Social & Hobbies
Extracurricular sports include soccer, introduction to sports, dance, swimming, judo, and hockey. Our teams participate in school leagues featuring male and female teams and have, on several occasions, become champions of Barcelona in various disciplines.

Lifestyle & Wellbeing
The sports programmes promote physical fitness and health and instill discipline, respect, and cooperation.
Languages

Language Provision
English, Spanish and Catalan are taught, with French taught as a fourth language. The curriculum is the Generalitat de Catalunya curriculum, with emphasis on the English language. An international project offers exchanges and study abroad programmes in English and French-speaking countries.

Bilingual Teaching
The school is a trilingual institution in Barcelona. It offers education from Early Years to Bachillerato. English, Spanish and Catalan are the core languages of the program, with French taught as a fourth language.
School Events
The school has not added events
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