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🇪🇸 International Schools in Barcelona

5 schools, profiled on verifiable public data.

Barcelona's international-school market is anchored by American (Benjamin Franklin International School, American School of Barcelona) and British (The British School of Barcelona) institutions, alongside genuinely trilingual English-Spanish-Catalan schools (Oak House) and Spanish-national hybrids carrying a US diploma (St. Paul's). Many cluster in the Sarrià-Sant Gervasi and Pedralbes districts or in coastal suburbs (Esplugues, Castelldefels, Sitges). Spain has no Ofsted-style graded inspectorate, so quality rests on international accreditation (CIS, MSA, the IB, NABSS) — except British schools inspected under the UK's British Schools Overseas (BSO) framework, where a verbatim 'Outstanding' band is the rare public quality anchor. Fees are quoted in euros.

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SchoolCurriculaAgesFees (SGD)
American School of BarcelonaSpanish Ministry of Education / Generalitat de Catalunya (foreign-school authorization): Authorized as a foreign school (Centro Extranjero); Spain issues no graded inspection bandAmerican / IB3-18EUR 9,404-27,062/year (2026-27, family rate; PK3 half-day to High School). One-time fees apply: EUR 250 application, EUR 975 annual matriculation, EUR 3,000-6,000 capital levy.
Benjamin Franklin International SchoolAmerican / IB3-18EUR 12,950-21,720/year tuition (2026-2027, standard); plus one-time 6,000 entrance fee and 1,100 matriculation
Oak House SchoolNABSS (National Association of British Schools in Spain): Accredited memberBritish / IB / National3-18Admission process fee 3,500 EUR (one-time, non-refundable); annual tuition published separately by the school (not stated as a fixed figure on the public fees page)
St. Paul's SchoolNational / American3-18
The British School of BarcelonaBritish Schools Overseas (BSO): Outstanding in Every CategoryBritish / IB2-18EUR 6,100-20,930/year (2026-2027), plus a one-off EUR 3,400 matriculation fee

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