In Baccalaureate, teachers integrate effective study techniques to maximise performance in the PAU and university life. These include planning, scheduling, spotting key ideas, summaries, underlining, memorization techniques and practical work. Tutoring and the guidance department reinforce these skills.

In the Sixth Form, we make critical thinking a priority, with a focus on managing and handling information. Our students identify strengths and weaknesses, respond rigorously, make considered and respectful decisions and seek the truth, growing into leaders who take positive action.

We teach our students to defend their ideas with solid arguments and tools in both Spanish and English.

To work on and improve their oratory skills, students give public presentations in various disciplines and participate in the National Debate Program.

In our arts pathway (bachillerato artístico), we are firmly committed to art and culture as key elements in our students’ all-round development. Every subject is geared towards excellent PAU results while keeping motivation, interest and a passion for knowledge, culture and art alive, so that students discover the true values of truth, goodness and beauty in every subject and in their own lives.

Within the curriculum, we prepare our students to obtain certifications in the two highest levels of English: Cambridge Advanced (C1) and Proficiency (C2). To ensure your success in these demanding tests, our English department offers:

• Extended hours: 4 hours of class per week and the possibility of extending by two more hours.
• Customized preparation
• The possibility of taking the subject “English Extension”
• Study a third language: French or German

As part of our international model, we have agreements and collaborations with various entities that support us in offering our graduates a range of international experiences that can help them in their transition to the academic, university and professional world.

• Visiting lecturers
• Specialized consulting on university education abroad
• Debates

We have 15 British, Irish and American teachers working across all stages of the school.

Form tutors guide students in their academic and personal development through one-to-one interviews. They support them in their careers guidance, offering the tools and support they need to make an informed choice that fits each student’s profile.

We offer our students the Work Experience programme, in which they receive advice on university degrees and on the careers each one leads to. They also have the chance to do a week’s work placement in a company or institution of their choice, according to their professional interests.

We support our students through workshops, round tables with university students and presentations on various courses. We also have the support of our Francisco de Vitoria University and its professionals who guide each student in choosing their university course.

Students, together with their teachers and instructors, undertake a pilgrimage at the beginning of each year of high school. In the first year of high school, a five-day pilgrimage to the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela and in the second year of high school, a pilgrimage to Poland “In the footsteps of John Paul II”.

We encourage our students’ social commitment through a social participation programme. Working with a range of institutions, our students discover the needs of others and learn to respond to them in a committed and effective way, developing greater charity and empathy towards everyone around them.

During the summer, our students, accompanied by their instructors and former students, have the opportunity to voluntarily dedicate part of their vacation to carry out missions in Latin America or to help those most in need at the Hospitality of Our Lady of Lourdes.