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Revealed: These are the best FREE schools in Spain’s Andalucia – including 5 on the Costa del Sol

MOVING to Andalucia can be an exciting time for any family, but making sure your children receive a good education is understandably paramount.  Unfortunately, many...

Boy genius from Spain’s Andalucia lands a place at Britain’s prestigious Oxford University at just 15 years old

A CHILD genius from Andalucia is set to begin a degree at the prestigious Oxford University at just 15 years old. Miguel Donaire Arcas-Sariot, a...

Angry parents at overcrowded Murcia school that sent children away hear from Spain’s Ombudsman

PARENTS at a Los Alcazares school have heard back from Spain's Ombudsman after a lack of classrooms forced children to study at home for...

Children start new school year in old classrooms as council dithers over site for replacement building in expat area...

ORIHUELA COUNCIL has been slammed for 'snubbing' children on the Orihuela Costa after it said that a new infant and primary school in Dehesa...

Back to school: 6 tips to keep the start of term stress-free

AS ‘Back to school’ season is right around the corner, parents all over the country will be fretting about the upcoming year while their...

EXPLAINER: Why going back to school is such an expensive business in Spain

SEPTEMBER'S start of the new school year in Spain is dreaded by most youngsters after the long summer break, but there's a different concern...

New website to support upcoming university students has launched today

A new website to provide support and resources to upcoming university students has launched today. Moving abroad for higher education can be a very challenging...

UK students can now go to university in Spain without taking extra entrance exams

GOT A STORY? Email us at tips@theolivepress.es A NEW agreement between Spain and the UK allowing students to access universities and other higher education institutions...

Spain’s schools bring in new measures to combat soaring suicide rate among teens

WITH rates of suicide creeping up alarmingly among teens in Spain, school teachers are being trained in techniques to support at-risk youth.  The move has...

Vast majority of people aged 20 years and under can’t speak English in Spain’s Costa Blanca area

OVER TWO-THIRDS of young people in the Valencian Community have told a survey that they cannot speak or understand any English, with just one...

Hard of hearing school children to receive additional support in Islas Baleares

The Balearic Government has allocated €1.2m to supporting deaf and hard of hearing children in educational settings. Funds will go towards hiring sign language...

To Marbella via the world: An interview with Laude San Pedro Headteacher Andrew Atkinson

IT was while watching a TV series on a soldier who returns from war to go into teaching that Andrew Atkinson, 56, first had...

Forbes Magazine lists five Malaga schools among best in Spain

FOR the third consecutive year, the Spanish edition of Forbes magazine has published its list of the best schools to be found in Spain. A...

Route to the top: The American College in Spain, celebrating 10 years of excellence in American education

THIS year The American College in Spain (ACS) celebrates its 10th anniversary since it was founded in 2013. ACS offers fully accredited American education, both...

Bilingual benefits: Students at the International Montessori School Sotogrande are masters of both English and Spanish

CHILDREN at International Montessori School in Sotogrande learn both English and Spanish effortlessly in a curriculum taught in both tongues. It’s been operating since 2020,...

Inclusive and caring: Sunny View School, outstanding education on the Costa del Sol Inclusive and caring:

SUNNY View is a British, privately owned school. It was established in 1971 to provide quality, affordable education with attention to high academic achievement,...

LOST IN THE MATRIX: With social networks and influencers affecting education, will the Spanish curriculum eventually go online?

IN the late 1980s, when I was a secondary school pupil in England, there were no smart devices. Phone calls were made from a...

Schools in Spain’s Costa Blanca and Valencia areas have biggest number of Ukraine refugee children

VALENCIAN COMMUNITY classrooms have absorbed the highest number of Ukraine refugee children in Spain since Russia's invasion of their homeland on February 24 last...

Teacher in Spain’s Cordoba province slammed for using blackface and exaggerated accent in video about Africa

A TEACHER at a school in the Andalusian province of Cordoba has been widely criticised online after a video circulated in which she appeared...

Spain’s government planning to offer temporary residency to illegal migrants who take vocational training 

THE SPANISH government is planning on granting temporary residence permits to illegal migrants in the country if they sign up for vocational training, which...

Nearly half of Spain’s families pay for children to get private lessons

ALMOST half of families in Spain paid for private lessons for their children between 2019 and 2020 according to a study from the Esade...

More than 6,000 schoolchildren in Spain’s Malaga to take part in School Chess League

AS of yesterday, January 30, chess tournaments are being played across schools in Malaga province. More than 60 primary schools in Malaga are taking part...

School kids in Spain’s Andalucia to receive compulsory extra reading from September in bid to improve shocking literacy levels

Primary and secondary schools in Andalucia are to include an extra two and a half hours a week of dedicated reading time in the...

Schoolteacher in Spain’s Mallorca gets death threats after demanding students remove Spain flag from classroom

A SCHOOLTEACHER in the Balearic island of Mallorca has been receiving death threats after she ordered a class of students to remove a Spain...

How to motivate your teen for the new academic year in Spain’s education system

GETTING your teen back to school after the long summer vacation can be tricky – especially when they’ve developed lazy summer habits or, as...

School’s Back in Spain

WITH the holiday season winding down, tourists heading home and the nights drawing in, this can only mean one thing: the kids are back...

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