Mine were at an international school in Benalmadena - I cant for the life of me remember how much it was. I know the uniforms were extortionate lol!!! and there was a set deposit. Have a look thru this, it may have some prices and they are, in the main roughly the same prices Welcome to Nabss | Nabss

Jo xxx

 

as jojo says - take a look on the individual websites

here's a link to another organisation Council of British International Schools (COBIS)

 

Mine are at the British School of Benalmadena.

Monthly cost for tuition only last school year were; Year 8 €637 & Year 12 €727 (over 10 months)

The younger ones pay a bit less but not much.

The school uniforms are stupidly expensive. & factor in a €1000 returnable deposit for each child plus another couple of hundred euros here and there for stuff like insurance and materials!

The International schools in the immediate area are much the same cost wise.

FYI - the cost isn't on the website.

 

Hi jojo. ..looked at that site and all the schools I was interested in are all upon request. ..makes me wonder why they are all afraid to post their fees??? Are the state schools any good? My hubby is worried about the kids learning dialect instead of good spanish :-D

 

Angil has posted the fees in her post above. International schools have a good mixture of all nationalities and the children do learn Spanish - there are plenty of Spanish at the school. In fact my son learnt better Spanish than my daughter. He went to the International and she went to a state school - which we moved her from in the end!

Jo xxx

 

Thanks Angil..that's very helpful! ! I suspected as much! Wow int schooling is more expensive there than our international school here in Eindhoven which is almost half tbat!!

 

It is a third of the price we were paying in Asia! The school fees aren't bad here but its what you get for your money which is not a lot!

 

Thanks these replies are very helpful in making our decision. I saw a school Christian Ark school....do any of you know anyhting about it? It's situated in Fuengirola. ...

 

Never heard of it! But a quick google search and their web page states the fees


School Fees | The Ark Christian SchoolThe Ark Christian School

 

Thanks again Angil.:cool2: It seems slightly cheaper and their value system isgood. Wonder if anyone has had experience with the school.

 

I know what you mean...lol...In Singapore we paid 3000 euros for 6 weeks of kindergarten for our girls! The most expensive fingerpaintings on my wall...hahaha

 

International schools not putting their fees on their web page has come up before, but I found when I emailed a few most of them replied giving this info.
State schools, as posted on another thread don't usually work through emails. (It appears estate agents are another area where emails don't really function)
Some state schools are very good and some are not. I can assure you the same can be said of private schools, although maybe you can complain more if you don't agree as you're paying for it?!
The children are maybe taught in a different language, depending on where they are - several are recognised. Here's a basic map where you'll see Gallego, Euskera, Catalan and Valenciano

This has been a hot topic in Mallorca recently because they want to bring in trilingual education (which is already in place in some Basque schools) and the teachers are against it.
Anway, probably another thing to take into consideration is what are your long term plans? If you think you'll be in the region long term you could save a packet of money, send the children to state schools where they would pick up the local language as well as Spanish...

 

Yup you are right..a visit is essential! Thanks for all the info everyone!! Feel a bit more prepared!!

 

http://www.stanthonyscollege.com/FEES_2013-2014.pdf

From the website.

 

Hi. When we lived in La Cala in 2011 many of my friends used the playgroup of the Arc School in Fuengirola. I am nor aware if any of them using it as an infant school though as their children all go to Infantil in La Cala De Mijas. They were all impressed by the playgroup and staff however.