Policy Statement
The British Council School is committed to the highest standards of education for the pupils in our care. We aim to deliver a broad and balanced curriculum which has been developed to ensure that all pupils are able to achieve their potential. Pupils are expected to leave the British Council School equipped not only with relevant academic qualifications but with the life skills needed to thrive in the world.
Aims and Objectives
The British Council School is a non-selective, co-educational independent day school which predominantly serves the Spanish community in Madrid. The school is part of the British Council which is the United Kingdom's international organisation for educational opportunities and cultural relations.
The school seeks to develop young people who:
- are bi-lingual (as a minimum, many are multilingual) and bi-cultural
- embody the school’s five key life values of caring, loyalty, resilience, flexibility and challenge
- accept and are engaged with the British values of democracy, the rule of law, individual liberty, and mutual respect and tolerance for those with different faiths and beliefs
- have the essential knowledge, skills and competencies to thrive in, and contribute to, their local, national and international communities
The school seeks to achieve this by providing:
- a broad and balanced curriculum based on the English National Curriculum and complemented by Spanish language and cultural studies up to Year 11, continuing onto the Bilingual Baccalaureate (BiBac®) following the Spanish Programmes of study in English or Spanish
- an exceptionally rich supra and extra-curricular programme
- high quality teaching that combines the best of British and Spanish teaching methodologies
- an innovative pastoral system using a vertical grouping system (“Families”) by Key Stages that supports students from 2-18
This document explores this provision in more detail. Other related documents and policies include subject specific policies, the exams policy, the assessment policy, the additional needs policy and the career and university guidance policy.
Reviewed on October 2020