- TypeLanguage schools
- LocationPalma del Río, Spain
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The Escuela Oficial de Idiomas Balma is a public official language school in Palma del Río (Córdoba province, Andalusia), run by the Junta de Andalucía and part of the national network of official language schools. It opened in 2007 under the Junta de Andalucía's plan to promote multilingualism. It teaches English, French and Spanish for foreigners (español para extranjeros), and students obtain official certificates, which can be apostilled for use abroad.
The Spanish for foreigners offer is currently Nivel Básico A1; the school states that it is adding a further level each year. For 2026-27, admission was open to a first-year Básico A1 Spanish course running in the first four-month term (cuatrimestre). Classroom courses have four and a half hours a week, on two afternoons (Monday and Wednesday or Tuesday and Thursday). English is certified from A2 to C1 and French from A2 to B1, and the school also runs short courses in English. According to the school, it is a small centre with six teachers and small classes.
Admission for 2026-27 ran from 1 to 20 May 2026, preferably online through the Secretaría Virtual, with a copy of the applicant's DNI, NIE or passport. In September 2026 the school announced that official enrolment would continue in person at its office throughout October.
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Language School
+34 957 379 753
de la Paz, s/n, Palma del Río, Córdoba, Spain, 14700
- Spanish for foreigners: Nivel Básico A1 (first-term course in 2026-27; further levels added year by year)
- English: certificates from A2 to C1
- French: certificates from A2 to B1
- Short four-month and year-long courses in English, such as business or healthcare English
Classroom classes take four and a half hours a week on two afternoons; the school year runs from September to June.
New students apply for a place (preinscripción) during the admission period; for 2026-27 the Spanish for foreigners A1 admission ran from 1 to 20 May 2026. Applications are made preferably through the Junta de Andalucía's Secretaría Virtual, or at the school office, with the signed application form and a copy of the DNI, NIE or passport.
Applicants on the final admitted list enrol from 1 to 10 July; places still free are allocated in September in list order. In 2026 the school continued in-person enrolment through October.