🇪🇸 Madrid
Best International Schools in Madrid
The top-rated international schools in Madrid include King's College, The British School of Madrid, American School of Madrid, Hastings School. BrightKey has independently rated 5 schools on verifiable public data — ordered by inspection & accreditation tier, with no payments from any school.
What “best” means here
This is not a paid ranking — no school can buy a position. Order follows our transparent tier: in markets with a graded public inspectorate (e.g. Dubai's KHDA), by the verifiable inspection band; where there is none, by accreditation depth and curriculum authorisation, capped at A. Within a tier, schools are listed alphabetically. School-reported university placement is always flagged and never tiered.
Read the full tiering methodology.
Madrid's flagship British-and-IB school: a 1969-founded, 1,580-pupil through-school with boarding and a 2024 'Outstanding' BSO inspection across every category.
A long-established American international school in Pozuelo de Alarcon offering a triple-credential pathway (US diploma, IB Diploma, Spanish Bachillerato) backed by three independent accreditations.
An established British-curriculum day school (founded 1971) across six small Madrid campuses, now Cognita-owned, offering a dual A-Level / IB Diploma sixth form and full English immersion from age two.
Madrid's longest-established full-IB-continuum international school, with deep IB pedigree and dual CIS/NEASC accreditation.
Madrid's oldest and most academically selective British school: a day school with elite A-Level and IGCSE outcomes and a strong Oxbridge / Russell Group / US pipeline.
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