Spain
Alicante
A Type 1 European School on Playa de San Juan, not a Madrid British campus. Category I is not a tour of La Moraleja. The school reprints the 2026/27 Board table.
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The letters on the leaver’s certificate matter. They are not the whole child. Here is how to tell them apart without a headache, and without pretending every door stays open.
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You do not need a perfect algorithm. You need a few true things about your child, a boring list on the fridge, and the courage to ignore a beautiful campus that does not fit.
15 minHow to read a European school fee PDF without being sold
Tuition is the number on the homepage. The PDF is the number that arrives in March. Here is how to read the second one, without inventing a euro, a krona, or a deadline.
12 minTen questions that make a school tour actually useful
Skip the question about last year’s average. Ask the ones that make a teacher’s face change. Then look at the corridor while they answer.
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Four Madrid climates: two British doors on the north side, an American campus in Pozuelo, and a French AEFE lycée on two sites. Ask which paper, then time the ring.
Barcelona
Three climates: Esplugues American-and-IB, a Sarrià British-Catalan house, and BFIS against Collserola. The patio language is the first question.