Primary and Secondary Schools in Madrid, Spain
American School of Madrid
Madrid, Spain
The American School of Madrid (ASM) is a not-for-profit K-12 international school with an American curriculum, open to students of all nationalities since 1961. English is the language of instruction. The school states that about one third of its students are American, one third Spanish and one third from some 60 other countries.
ASM is accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools, recognised by the Spanish Ministry of Education and certified by the International Baccalaureate Organization. Its study options include:
American college-preparatory... See full description.
Brewster Madrid
Madrid, Spain
Brewster Madrid is a K-12 American school in Madrid, opened in 2023 as part of the network of Brewster Academy, a school founded in 1820 in Wolfeboro, New Hampshire (United States). It has two campuses: Chamberí, in central Madrid (Calle Eloy Gonzalo), and La Moraleja, just outside the city. Both follow Brewster's shared programme and educational philosophy.
Students can work towards the American High School Diploma and take Advanced Placement (AP) courses; the school has announced that the International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma Programme will be offered at the La Moraleja campus.... See full description.
City Country School
Madrid, Spain
City Country School (CCS) is a small Montessori school in Madrid for children and young people aged 3 to 16. It was founded in 2012 by Sarah Cardelús, a Spanish-American mother, and occupies three buildings in the same neighbourhood: Elementary at Calle Isla Soledad 2, and Children's House and Adolescence at Avenida Juan Andrés 19 (both 28035 Madrid).
Children's HouseElementaryAdolescence programme
The school follows a holistic Montessori approach that considers physical, aesthetic, social, emotional, spiritual and cognitive development. A typical day starts with a three-hour work cycle... See full description.
Colegio Japonés de Madrid
Madrid, Spain
The Colegio Japonés de Madrid (Madrid Japanese School) is a Japanese school in Madrid, opened in 1981. In Spain it is registered as a private foreign school and belongs to the Fundación Cultural Japonesa; in Japan it is approved by the Ministry of Education (MEXT) as an overseas educational facility, and the ministry sends teachers to the school. Its purpose is to provide primary and lower-secondary education to Japanese children living in Spain in accordance with Japan's Basic Act on Education and School Education Act. The school is run by a committee elected from members of the... See full description.
Dallington School
Madrid, Spain
Dallington School is a British school in the Parque Conde de Orgaz area of Madrid, founded and directed by Paola Recio and María Recio. It follows the British curriculum from Pre-Nursery (age 2) to Year 13 and teaches in English. The Early Years site is at Ronda de Sobradiel 20, and the primary and secondary school is on Calle Castillo de Aysa. British schools in Spain are inspected by NABSS (National Association of British Schools in Spain); after its inspection in February 2026, Dallington was awarded full authorisation for four years.
Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS): Pre-Nursery,... See full description.
Ellaluna American School
Madrid, Spain
Ellaluna American School is a small nursery and primary school at Calle de Pandora 23 in Madrid. It is authorised by the Comunidad de Madrid as an American foreign school (Kindergarten and Elementary School), while its first cycle of early years education is authorised as a Spanish centre. It takes children from 18 months to 12 years old, and its teaching approach is based on the Reggio Emilia philosophy.
Nest (Nido): 18 months to 3 years, about 9 children per adultKinder: 3 to 6 years, about 13 children per adultElementary School: 6 to 12 years, about 15 children per adult
English is... See full description.
Greenleaves Montessori International School
Madrid, Spain
Greenleaves Montessori International School is a private bilingual Montessori school in the Moncloa-Aravaca district of Madrid, at Calle Cantos Negros 9. It describes itself as an American and international school and is in the accreditation process with the New England Association of Schools and Colleges (NEASC). Greenleaves belongs to the IB World Schools and combines Montessori pedagogy with the International Baccalaureate programmes.
Infant Community, 6-36 monthsChildren's House, ages 3-6Elementary, ages 6-12, with the IB Primary Years Programme (PYP)Middle Years, ages 12-16, with the... See full description.
Hastings School
Madrid, Spain
Hastings School is a private British international school in central Madrid for children and young people aged 2 to 18. Founded in 1971, it is part of the Cognita group of schools and, according to the school, has 1,375 students. It is spread over six campuses: three in the Chamartín district, within about five minutes' walk of each other, and three in the Arturo Soria and Conde Orgaz areas. Together they cover all stages from Early Years to Sixth Form.
Teaching follows a British education and is fully in English, with teachers mostly from the UK. Older students take IGCSE examinations... See full description.
Highlands School El Encinar
Madrid, Spain
Highlands School El Encinar is a private, Catholic school in La Moraleja (Madrid), founded in 1999. It describes itself as trilingual and belongs to the Regnum Christi network of Catholic schools. The school states that it is accredited as a Cambridge International School. It teaches children from age 1 up to 2º de Bachillerato, the final year of Sixth Form, and reports more than 1,300 pupils on a site of over 22,000 m².
The school follows the Spanish education system, from Infantil through ESO to Bachillerato, with English immersion from age 1. In Bachillerato pupils can follow an A... See full description.
Holy Mary British Catholic School
Madrid, Spain
Holy Mary British Catholic School is a private British and Catholic school in central Madrid for boys and girls aged 2 to 18. It follows the British Curriculum, and its oldest students currently study in Year 13 for A levels. The school was founded by Marta and María Riva de Aldama, who previously ran the Todo Niños centres for 20 years.
All teachers work within the British education system and trained in the United Kingdom or Ireland. Pupils' progress is tracked through regular assessments and external tests, including the Early Years Learning Goals, GL Assessment, CEM/Durham, IGCSEs... See full description.
Instituto Secundaria San Isidro
Madrid, Spain
IES San Isidro is a secondary school (Instituto de Educación Secundaria) in central Madrid, at Calle Toledo 39, close to the Tirso de Molina and La Latina metro stations. Founded in 1580, it has taught without interruption since then. The school is accredited under Erasmus+ and takes part in mobility programmes.
Compulsory secondary education (ESO), with English and French language sectionsBachillerato in all tracks: General, Science and Technology, Arts, and Social Sciences and HumanitiesBACHIBAC dual Spanish-French programme in all Bachillerato tracksInternational Baccalaureate Diploma... See full description.
International School Of Madrid
Madrid, Spain
The International School of Madrid (ISM) is a private, family-owned British school in the Chamartín district of Madrid, founded in 1971. It has more than 800 pupils aged 2 to 18 from over 40 nationalities. The school follows the English National Curriculum, with classes taught in English by British teachers, and aims for all pupils to become fluent in both English and Spanish. ISM is a founding member of NABSS, the association of British schools in Spain.
Early Years: Pre-Nursery to Reception (ages 2 to 5)Primary: Year 1 to Year 6 (ages 5 to 11)Secondary: Year 7 to Year 11 (ages 11 to... See full description.
King's College Infant School
Madrid, Spain
King’s College Infant School is part of King’s School – an institution, dedicated to providing British education in the area of Madrid. King’s College was founded in 1969 and is known for the high standards it sets for its students. The Infant School is located in the Chamartín area of central Madrid, offering spacious, well-equipped classrooms for children of three to six years of age. King’s College Infant School aims to provide a creative and stimulating environment, having set six areas for development for all children. From the age of seven onwards, pupils are educated at... See full description.
La Estrella del Pez Luna
Madrid, Spain
La Estrella del Pez Luna is an active-education school in Madrid, at Avenida Casa Quemada 5 (28023). It is run by El Pez Luna, an organisation founded by Clara Muñoz Beteta in 2010 as an association bringing together families and education professionals. The school is accredited by NEASC (New England Association of Schools and Colleges), a US-based body that accredits schools in more than 70 countries; the accreditation was revalidated in 2024 after a four-day visit.
The school covers Infantil (early years) and Primaria, and added a Secundaria stage in the 2025-26 school year. In... See full description.
Lighthouse American School
Madrid, Spain
Lighthouse American School is an American school in Valdemarín, in the north-west of Madrid, at Camino de la Zarzuela 42. It is accredited by NEASC (New England Association of Schools and Colleges) and follows the International Baccalaureate Primary Years Programme (PYP). The school teaches Kindergarten and Elementary classes.
Day-to-day life at the school is conducted in English, and the school states that all teachers are American and accredited by US universities. Spanish receives particular attention, and Chinese is taught as a third language from the 3rd year of Elementary.... See full description.
Lycée Français de Madrid
Madrid, Spain
The Lycée Français de Madrid (LFM) is a French school directly managed by the AEFE, the agency for French education abroad. It is homologated by the French Ministry of Education and recognised by the Spanish Ministry of Education, and it has been part of Madrid's school landscape for 140 years. The LFM teaches more than 4,300 pupils, from nursery to the final year of secondary school, with about 300 teachers.
The school has two campuses: Conde de Orgaz (Plaza del Liceo, Madrid), from Toute Petite Section (age 2) to Terminale, and La Moraleja (Camino Ancho, Alcobendas), from Toute Petite... See full description.
Madrid Active School
Madrid, Spain
Madrid Active School (MAS) is a small international school in central Madrid, at Calle María Zayas 8, offering infant, primary and lower secondary education (1st to 4th year of ESO). It is authorised by the Comunidad de Madrid as a US foreign school (centro extranjero estadounidense), and the school states that it is accredited by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges (NEASC). Founded by families and education professionals, it started in 2010 as the Nidia project and later became Madrid Active School.
MAS follows active pedagogy: children learn by doing and choose... See full description.
Madrid Montessori School
Madrid, Spain
Madrid Montessori School is a small American school in the El Viso neighbourhood of Madrid, at Calle Genil 11. It provides Montessori education for children from 18 months to 12 years old, following the standards of the Association Montessori Internationale (AMI), founded by Maria Montessori in 1929. All of its teachers, called Guides, hold AMI diplomas. Many of its families are international and internationally mobile.
The school is organised in three Montessori environments:
Infant Community (ages 1-3)Children's House (ages 3-6)Elementary (ages 6-12)
Classes mix ages, children work with... See full description.
Maxwell School
Madrid, Spain
Maxwell School is an inclusive international school in Madrid for pupils aged 3 to 16. Its education is structured by the British National Curriculum and follows the UK Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS), the International Primary Curriculum (IPC), the International Middle Years Curriculum (IMYC) and Cambridge International IGCSE. The school was founded by its head, Linda Barbour.
Maxwell describes itself as an inclusive school that welcomes a wide range of learners and builds special educational needs support into its academic programme. Each pupil follows a bilingual curriculum that... See full description.
Nederlandstalige School Madrid (Hof der Lage Landen)
Madrid, Spain
The Nederlandstalige School Madrid (Colegio Neerlandés, formerly Hof van Holland and later Hof der Lage Landen) is a small Dutch-language primary school in Madrid for children aged 3 to 12 from a Dutch-speaking background. It opened in November 1964 and is officially recognised by both the Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and Science and the Spanish Ministry of Education. Its curriculum and quality are supervised by the Dutch inspectorate for primary education abroad (Inspectie Primair Onderwijs Buitenland), and it is affiliated to the Stichting Nederlands Onderwijs in het... See full description.
Orvalle
Madrid, Spain
Orvalle is a private school in Las Rozas de Madrid, on Avenida de Andraitx, with more than 45 years of history according to the school. It covers every stage from classes for one- and two-year-olds through Infantil (early years), Primaria, ESO (secondary) and Bachillerato. Orvalle is an IB World School with official authorisation to teach the International Baccalaureate Primary Years Programme (PYP) in early years and primary, and the Middle Years Programme (MYP) in secondary. The school describes its identity as Christian, and from primary onwards its classes are for girls.
Teaching is... See full description.
Richmond Park School
Madrid, Spain
Richmond Park School (RPS) is a British school in the Mirasierra neighbourhood on the northern outskirts of Madrid, at Calle Costa Brava 55. Students follow a curriculum based on the British National Curriculum, extended with themes and global projects. The school offers Early Years, Primary, Secondary and the International Baccalaureate (IB), and its building was designed around learning spaces for different ages and subjects, with emphasis on technology, sports and the arts.
Early Years Foundation Stage (Pre-Nursery, Nursery, Reception)PrimarySecondaryInternational Baccalaureate... See full description.
Scuola Statale Italiana di Madrid
Madrid, Spain
The Scuola Statale Italiana di Madrid is a state school of the Italian Republic in Madrid, part of the network of Italian schools abroad set up by the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation. It is located at Calle Agustín de Betancourt 1.
The school describes itself as a bilingual and bicultural institution with a European outlook. Its main aim is to promote the Italian language and culture in a setting where the Italian and Spanish components are fully integrated. It covers the stages of the Italian school system:
Scuola dell'infanzia (pre-school)Scuola... See full description.
Sixth Form 21
Madrid, Spain
Sixth Form 21 (SF21) is a small British sixth-form centre in Madrid that prepares students aged 16 and over for International A Levels, the British pre-university qualification. It teaches Year 12 and Year 13, which correspond to the first and second years of the Spanish Bachillerato, and is an authorised Pearson Edexcel exam centre.
The centre offers individual study programmes with flexible timetables, designed for students who need to combine study with other commitments: elite sport, music, the arts or other life projects. For high-performance athletes, schedules are coordinated with... See full description.
St. Anne's School
Madrid, Spain
St. Anne's School is a co-educational, independent British school in Madrid, founded in 1969 by Margaret Jean Raines. It teaches children aged 1 to 18 on a single campus on Avenida de Alfonso XIII in the Chamartín district. The school has a Catholic ethos.
The curriculum is based on the British National Curriculum. As is required in international schools, pupils also study Spanish Language and Literature, Spanish Social Studies and culture. Secondary pupils take IGCSE examinations and Cambridge English qualifications, and the Sixth Form follows the International Baccalaureate (IB). The... See full description.
St. George Madrid
Madrid, Spain
St. George Madrid is a British international school in Madrid for children from 20 months to 18 years. It follows the British National Curriculum with full English immersion from age 2 to 18, and students finish with the International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma. The school is part of the International Schools Partnership (ISP), a group of international schools, and has students from more than 40 nationalities. According to the school, its teachers are native speakers and teach through the Learning.First approach.
Infantil / Early Years (ages 2-4)Primary (ages 5-11)SecondaryInternational... See full description.
The English Montessori School (TEMS)
Madrid, Spain
The English Montessori School (TEMS) is a British private school in Madrid for children aged 1 to 18, combining the British curriculum with Montessori education. It is part of the Cognita group of schools. TEMS operates four campuses in the same area of Madrid (postcode 28023):
Voyager House (Calle Motrico 3): Pre-Nursery to Year 2Discovery House (Calle Ganimedes 7): Nursery to Year 2Explorer Campus (Calle Sopelana 11): Year 3 to Year 11Nexus Navigator Campus (Calle Zumárraga 6): Year 12 to Year 13
In the pre-university years, students choose between three pathways: the International... See full description.
THP International School
Madrid, Spain
THP International School is an international school with a campus in La Moraleja, at Avenida de Bruselas 31, Alcobendas (Madrid). It belongs to an education group with LMI College and TutorASAP, an academic support academy.
Students choose between two international pathways, or a personalised programme:
American system, with continuous assessmentIB Diploma, with subject combinations geared to fields such as engineering, medicine or businessPersonalised pathways adapted to each student's profile and goals
Classes are small, and up to 10% of lessons are one-to-one sessions built into the... See full description.
Union-Chrétienne de Saint Chaumond
Madrid, Spain
Union-Chrétienne de Saint Chaumond is a Catholic French school in Madrid, homologated in both France and Spain. It is not a bilingual school but a French school in Spain: lessons are taught in French and follow the programmes and methods of the French education system. The school's pages refer to its pupils as girls. Teaching is spread over three sites in Madrid:
Saint Vincent, Avenida Comandante Franco 8: Petite and Moyenne Section (nursery)Sainte Cécile, Avenida Alfonso XIII 155: Grande Section to CM2Saint Chaumond, Calle Rodríguez Marín 30-32: collège and lycée
Under bilateral... See full description.