The British School of Alicante was founded in 2001 by a parents' cooperative, although the education is overseen by Kings College, Madrid. Situated 5 minutes from the centre of Alicante city it occupies a specially designed building overlooking the Mediterranean.

Our prime motivation is to provide an environment of excellence and quality. Our students are given access to the highest level academic tuition, and are provided with the opportunity to develop their personal and social skills to prepare them to take their place in society as educated, thoughtful and responsible citizens.

The school facilities include modern classrooms, library, music rooms, 3 Science laboratories, Art room, ICT suites, 2 gymnasiums and sports pitches as well as several play areas.

The UK staff have British teaching qualifications, and there are native Spanish teachers to teach Spanish language and History and Geography, as well as Valencian.

All students follow the English National Curriculum. When they are in Year 10 (14 years old) they begin a 2 year course of preparation for Cambridge International GCSEs, and in Year 12 we offer A Level courses which prepare students for university entrance in both the UK and Spain.

Class sizes are an average of 25. The nationality breakdown of our students is approximately 70% Spanish, 25% British and 5% other nationalities.

The academic year starts in the second week of September, and finishes in mid-late June, divided into 3 terms. The school day starts at 9.00am and lessons finish at 4.30pm. There is a wide choice of after school activities which run from 4.30pm-5.30pm