Algarve’s Aljezur International School shut down by authorities after alleged rule-breaking, “worrying situation” for 85 pupils left in limbo
Founded in 2010, the Aljezur International School began life in temporary classrooms, shipping containers placed on farmland provided by the local council. “We were granted a provisional operating licence, effective from 1 September 2010,” recalls headteacher Sílvia Catarino. “That licence had to be renewed annually for up to three years. We received two more temporary permits and, in 2013, moved into our current premises. On 24 February 2014, we submitted all the documentation and applied for a permanent licence. On 15 April, two inspectors from the Algarve’s regional education authority visited the school and recommended that we be granted permanent authorisation. The only note they left was that we hadn’t yet submitted the list of students for 2014/2015, which was absurd, as it was April and we didn’t yet know who would be enrolling the following year.”
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Are you looking for an International Baccalaureate World School in Portugal? Here you can find a list of Portuguese schools that have a profile in the IB World Schools Yearbook.
The Algarve International School aims to raise the standard of education in the Algarve.
With twenty highly qualified teachers and a prestigious location in the Algarve’s Golden Triangle, moments away from elite golf courses, the beach and the Ria Formosa nature reserve, the new school is a popular choice.
Deutsche Schule Algarve Deutsche Schule Algarve is a bilingual (German/Portuguese) international school.
Curriculum: German
Languages of instruction: German, Portuguese
Ages: 5 to 18
Yearly fees - 2020/2021: Fees not public.
A Collective Dream - Escola Livre do Algarve Portugal: In 2008, a group of parents from children of the local Waldorf kindergarten Infancia Viva decided it was time to go further with Waldorf education. Together they created the Escola Livre do Algarve, which opened with just one class and nine children. Despite all the difficulties, the school community felt very confident and managed to open the first state-recognized Waldorf School at the Primary Level in Portugal. The initiative was so convincing that the school was provided with an abandoned school building by the authorities. Currently, the school is growing by one class each year and has received the official recognition for class 6 in 2015.
Story Forest is a multilingual outdoor learning centre for children aged 3 – 11 in the beautiful Western Algarve.
The Story Forest is located in the municipality of Aljezur, Portugal. Situated in the Parque Natural do Sudoeste Alentejano e Costa Vicentina, a large natural park that extends along the western coast of the Algarve, Aljezur is a small agricultural town lying on the fertile plains that border the Aljezur river.
Nobel International School Algarve
As the largest private boarding and day school in southern Portugal, at Nobel International School Algarve Lagoa and Almancil we provide our students with an educational experience that challenges their minds, inspires their creativity and instils a desire for discovery that will last a lifetime. In fact, echoing Portugal’s celebrated history of exploration, the theme of “Discovery” guides every aspect of academic inquiry and campus life at Nobel Algarve.
266-E Vale Verde International School
INTRODUCTION of the Vale Verde International School has been a fully recognised International school operating since 2002. The school provides parents in the Western Algarve with the opportunity to give their child an international secondary education, based on the British National Curriculum.
