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Yago School
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Yago School

Yago School Admissions

Studying at Yago School makes the difference and will ensure the future of all our students

Why Yago School?

  • We work on our students social and emotional intelligence, giving them a global mentality and the capacity to take on new challenges in the future with strength and security.
  • Because we have developed a programme of education in values as the basis for the whole education of the student.
  • Because Yago School students achieve the best command of the English language and an advanced level of communicative Chinese as a second foreign language.
  • Because the international character offers its students the possibility of knowing and adapting to different cultures, which will allow them to study or work in an increasingly globalised world.
  • Our students have guidance for access to the top universities in the world through our University & Career Guidance Programme.
  • Because we work the multiple intelligences of our students.
  • We pay special attention to practicing sports, with the introduction of “Brain Gym” in Infant and the study of different disciplines, to lay the foundation for a healthy life.
  • Because musical education occupies a prominent place in the school. All pupils play the piano and have musical theory classes during school hours. Reading (in English and Spanish), artistic education (Art), interpretation (Drama) and public speaking are also introduced and reinforced in a broad curriculum such as ours.
  • Because our indoor and outdoor facilities, and our multitude of resources, invite learning.
  • Because we have extraordinary technological resources that favour individualised learning in virtual environments. Due to the evident development of new technologies in recent years, we have introduced a methodological change that is bringing about a substantial improvement in our students’ learning, which we call YProject.
  • Because our team of professionals has designed the most avant-garde educational model in which they design learning experiences in which the student is the protagonist and which focuses on transversality and the learning of competencies.
  • We have a committed, innovative and enthusiastic teaching staff who are constantly in constant training.
  • The teacher guides the student in a motivating and individualised learning process, advised by our Counselling & SEN Department, adapting to the human, social and academic needs of our students, and attending to diversity by working on High Abilities and curricular adaptations.
  • Because the students achieve remarkable academic results and excellent grades in external examinations of Cambridge English, Chinese by the Confucius Institute and piano by ABRSM.
  • Because their academic education is completed with a wide range of schools of knowledge in after-school hours that guarantees their personal growth:
    • Sports Clubs: Judo, Gymnastics, Volleyball, Football, In-line skating, Basketball, Ballet, Flamenco
    • Music, Art and Drama Clubs: Initiation to Music, ABRSM Exam Preparation, Choir, Instruments: piano, violin, guitar, sax; Painting; Musical Interpretation.
    • New Technologies Clubs: Robotics and Drone Piloting.
    • Homework Club: Educational reinforcement, Duties.
Yago School

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We can provide information via videoconference and in-person meetings to visit our facilities by appointment.

Please, call to make an appointment on +34 955 51 1234 / +34 600 782 037
or complete the form below and we will contact you as soon as possible.

Admissions

Admissions process

1. Inquiry

Our admissions team is available to answer any questions you may have and to help guide prospective families during the admissions process. Inquiries can be made:

Once your inquiry is received a member of our team will contact you in order to arrange a video conference or in person meeting.

2. Application

This process allows us to learn more about prospective students and their families:

Confidential form completed by student where we obtain information about their academic and extracurricular background as well as any other relevant data that may be important to consider during the application process.

Items required during this process:

  • Online or in person interview with the prospective student´s family or legal guardians and a member of the admissions team.
  • From PYP 5 onwards (Primary 2), an interview with the future student in person or by videoconference and a representative of the school will be required.
  • An English language test may be required.
  • From PYP 4 (Primary 1) onwards, academic reports from the last two years are required.
  • For students with special needs, a copy of their most recent psychoeducational assessment must be submitted. Additional tests may be requested in the case of receipt of such documentation. If you are interested in studying one of the International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma Programmes, please check here for additional requirements.
  • Letter of recommendation or letter of motivation from Secondary school onwards will be considered will be considered
  • A letter of recommendation will be valued from the 3rd year of Secondary.
  • Non-native English speakers applying for a place in the IB bilingual programme must provide a B2 level certificate or pass the specific level tests.

This process could take up to one month depending on the amount of time it takes to gather the required documentation.

Starting the admissions process does not commit either party.

3. Acceptance

Once all documentation has been received, the admission committee will review the prospective students file, availability in the solicited course as well as possible services required such as language support or special education needs support.

This process can take anywhere between 2 and 10 calendar days.

The family will be notified of the admissions decision.

4. Enrollment

Once we offer the place to the student, we begin the formal enrollment process. 

The enrollment procedure for accepted students requires the submission of the following documents:

  • Copy parents or legal guardians DNIs or passports.
  • Copy of the student´s DNI or passport.
  • Passport sized photos of student and each parent or legal guardian.
  • Copy of legal custody agreement in the case of separated parents.
  • Proof of payment or transfer of enrollment fee.
  • Transfer Certificate from previous school.

Once the enrollment process has been completed:

  • The finance department will charge the appropriate fees.
  • The family will receive a welcome pack closer to the date that the student starts with all of the information that they will need to know about their child’s stay and the first few days Yago.

A students place is not confirmed until the following fees have been paid:

  • One-off payment required to confirm place. Non refundable enrollment Fee. This fee is non-refundable.
  • Counselling Department tests: One-off payment for the duration of school life. This fee is non-refundable.

Once these payments have been made the students place is confirmed.

From Yago School we are looking forward to having the opportunity to have you with us.

Admissions Policy for the Diploma Program (IB) at Yago School

We are a young and inclusive school with a strong commitment to guarantee the best education for our students even beyond their own personal abilities. Therefore, this policy will be flexible and as personalized as possible.

Academic and professional guidance process

At Yago School, we have a Counseling and SEN department that accompanies students from an early age (Secondary 1-Secondary 4), advising them on the learning paths they should follow according to their academic, personal and vocational profiles.

For this, we have implemented programs that facilitate and guide students in the decision making as it relates to future academic and professional choices, as well as the development of their “life project”, based on the recognition of their skills, competencies, interests and professional development needs.

Below, we show some of the follow-up and guidance actions carried out by our Counselling Department, as well as the Deputy Headmistress of Secondary & Baccalaureate, who is also the IB Coordinator, where development phases are highlighted:

  1. General information about the Secondary and Baccalaureate curriculum for families: Secondary and Baccalaureate curricula and their characteristics are offered. There are specific parent meetings in the months of October and May.
  2. General information about Secondary and Baccalaureate curricula and their characteristics are offered to students. This will be in March for Secondary 1, 2 & 3 students and in February for Secondary 4 students.
  3. General information about Secondary and Baccalaureate curricula and their characteristics are offered to students. This will be in March for Secondary 1, 2 & 3 students and in February for Secondary 4 students. The Counseling & SEN Department will do testing, activities and monitoring of academic and professional preferences, as well as aptitudes of Secondary 4 students (April). Test results are treated individually among Secondary 4 tutors, the IB Coordinator, parents and students in question, in a tutorial during the month of May.
  4. By the end of May, students must express their preference in relation to the type of baccalaureate they would like to do and the subjects they would like to take.
  5. Secondary 4 students must express, in writing, their willingness to pursue the Diploma Program at Yago School and assume the commitments it demands. This request must be duly signed by parents or legal representatives, and the student.

Admission process Diploma Program (IB)

To begin the process of admission to the IB Diploma Program at Yago School, the first requirement will be to submit student willingness to participate in writing, and assuming the commitments that the IB philosophy demands.

The following is a difference between the admission process for internal and external students:

Internal students:

  1. Academic record and positive behavior report from Secondary.
  2. Student profile: Responsibility; Interest in study; Attitude of personal improvement; Skills and aptitudes that demonstrate predisposition and perseverance, and individual and cooperative research.
  3. Spanish level. Those students who choose subjects in Spanish must pass a specific Center test (minimum level B2 according to the MERC for foreign students).
  4. Students must have a minimum B2 level of English according to the MERC.
  5. Results of diagnostic tests and tests filed by the Counseling & SEN Department (C&S) throughout school years spent at Yago School.
  6. Academic and professional interests detected by C&S and tutors.
  7. Personal interview.
  8. Student leadership related to proactive participation in group activities for social, educational, cultural or community benefit, will be positively valued.
  9. Lack of serious academic or behavioral misconduct.

Applications will be assessed collectively by a team formed by the professionals listed below, who will authorize or deny a student’s enrollment in DP:

  • Head of Secondary and Head of IB.
  • Head of Global Languages Department.
  • Tutors of the 4th year of Secondary.
  • Head of Counseling & SEN Department and Secondary Counselor.
  • Head of CAS

External students

  1. Academic record and report or certificate of positive evaluation of the student throughout Secondary School.
  2. Student profile: responsibility; interest in study; learning styles; skills, abilities and aptitudes that demonstrate predisposition and perseverance for individual and collective research study and an attitude of self-improvement.
  3. Level of Spanish. Those students who opt for subjects in Spanish must pass a specific test at the Centre (minimum level B2 according to MERC for foreign students). [cf. Language Policy].
  4. Level of English for students opting for the bilingual programme (minimum recommended level B2 according to MERC). If they do not have the certified level, they will have to pass a specific test at the centre.
  5. Personal interview.
  6. Student leadership related to proactive participation in group activities for social, educational, cultural or community benefit, will be positively valued.
  7. Lack of serious academic or behavioral misconduct.

Applications will be assessed collectively by a team formed by the professionals listed below, who will authorize or deny a student’s enrollment in DP:

  • Head of Secondary and Head of IB.
  • Head of Admissions
  • Head of Global Languages Department.
  • Head of Counseling & SEN Department and Secondary Counselor.
  • Head of CAS

Selection criteria

During the selection process, the following criteria will be taken into account:

  • Student’s Secondary academic record.
  • For students from foreign countries: a letter of recommendation from the school of origin.
  • Individual student assessment consisting of a personal interview and entrance exams.
  • Commitment to the philosophy and principles of the school.

Students with Special Needs

Yago School serves diversity and is committed to offering curricular or customized adaptations based on intervention plans that students with special needs may require. Parents must present psychological reports and the student’s history in the interview, as well as all documentation and information relevant to the special needs of their children at the time of making the request, in order to be able to evaluate each case independently.

The YAGO SCHOOL Counselling team will study the possibility of the student’s admission and will determine, in a positive case, the necessary internal or external support measures. Special support will have an additional cost. Students with special educational and/or social needs will only be admitted if the School can offer a program that meets their individual needs.

Any omission of data in the submitted reports could be cause for cancellation of the enrollment spot.

For more information, please consult the Special Educational Needs Policies.

Admissions

Frequently asked questions

In all three cases, you must provide the following information:

  • Name and surname of the student/s
  • Date of birth of the student/s
  • Stage for which you are requesting a place
  • Name of father and/or mother, contact telephone number and email

Once you have had an interview with the Director of Admissions in person or by phone (in the case of parents residing abroad or outside the province of Seville) you can fill out an enrollment form that you will find in the Admissions section of this website.

If the child is joining Primary, Secondary or Baccalaureate, once said request has been received the school will contact you to do an interview and / or admission test with the student.

Once the tests are completed, the student will be informed of the admission criterion or not of the student in our school.

If you have made the decision and want to formalize the registration, you must deliver the documents listed below together with the registration fee.

  • Enrolment, Medical and Payment forms.
  • Photocopy of vaccination record
  • Rules and Regulations and Authorisation forms.
  • Copy of parents’ / guardians’ N.I.E. or passport.
  • Birth certificate.
  • 1 passport size photograph of father and mother or legal guardian
  • Four passport-sized student’s photographs
  • Payment of the enrolment fee.
  • Photocopy of the last evaluation and report of the previous course
  • Certification for transfer from the center of origin
The Director of Admissions will provide the prices and economic conditions during your interview at the school.

There are many reasons to choose Yago School.

Those parents who are looking for the best bilingual private school in the Aljarafe area of Seville where their children can attain the best communicative standards in English and Chinese in an international setting; where diverse needsare served (gifted children and curricular adaptations); with a team of excellent teachers that attends pupils according to their individual needs; where the educative methods are at the forefront of the advances and methodologies that 21st century society demands, and special attention is given to new technologies, sport, art and music, will enroll their children in Yago School.

  • Bilingual-international project, providing two foreign languages as a necessary communication tool in the globalized world in which we live.
  • Drama and Public Speaking, Promotion of reading, and writing workshops, developing the maximum linguistic competence.
  • Teckman method helping to develop mathematical competence.
  • ICT Project: Yproject, applying technologies to the teaching-learning process, and developing technological competence including computer science, programming and robotics from Early Childhood Education.
  • “Ten months, Ten Values” Project, instilling the universal values of order, obedience, gratitude, solidarity, peace and joy, responsibility, friendship and companionship, effort, resilience and respect for the environment
  • “EcoYago” Project, making our pupils aware of the importance of taking care of the environment, using our orchard and promoting recycling.
  • “Do it Yourself” Project, promoting autonomy through the culture and practices of the teaching-learning process.
  • “We are all Musicians” Project, offering classes in musical theory and piano to all our pupils from 5 years.

Yes, we offer stays of 1, 2 or 3 months at our sister school, Riddlesworth Hall, which belongs to the international CIEG chain. We also offer a two week stay at the end of the year at this wonderful school.

The teaching schedule for all pupils is:

  • From 8:55 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. *On some days marked on the calendar and on Fridays in September and June the pupils leave at 3:00 p.m.
  • Morning club: from 7:30 to 8:30. Breakfast included.
  • Evening club: from 17:00 p.m. to 18:00 p.m.
  • Extracurricular: from 17:15 p.m. to 18:15 p.m.
  • School office: Hours during the academic year: from 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Summer time: from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
  • School shop: From Monday to Thursday from 8:30 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. and from 16:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. from October to June.

We also have a uniform order service through email uniforms@yagoschool.com

Yes, we have a psycho-pedagogical department formed by a psychologist and a pedagogue. The department advises the teaching staff and attends to the diverse needs of our pupils, offering programs for gifted children, and curricular adaptations for pupils who need it.

We offer the possibility of studying Catholic Religion or Values to all pupils.

Those children who study Religion can also receive the courses of catechesis for First Communion and receive it in Primary 4 in the school itself.

Then they can continue with the Confirmation catechesis.

Yes, all Secondary pupils belong to a volunteer group that collaborates, through our foundation, The Yago Foundation, with different NGOs

In Spain we call bilingual those schools that follow the Spanish system but which have a high percentage of the teaching load in English. However, most of them only offer between 6 and 10 hours of English lessons per week. In this sense, Yago School is considered a truly bilingual school since its pupils receive 70% of the load in English compared to 30% of Spanish, and English is the official communication language between employees and between teachers and pupils.

We should not confuse a bilingual school with a British one. The latter are those that follow the National British Curriculum, where the contents demanded by U.K. are studied, and the exams and certificates obtained are the official English ones.

Yago School is a school with a bilingual project which means that it has an important teaching load entirely in English and Chinese from 2 years, but following the Spanish curriculum. This allows the pupil to acquire a high level of English without having any problem accessing a Spanish university. We have also started the process to offer a double degree, Spanish and international American, so that our pupils can access any university in Spain, the United States or anywhere in the world.

  • It teaches children to study and to work like at university.
  • They are taught to investigate.
  • They are taught in a practical way.
  • It emphasises oral and written expression in Spanish and English.
  • The international system is complete, rigorous and balanced.
  • Pupils are required to participate in artistic, musical, sports and community service activities both inside and outside the school, which contributes to their all-round education.

Yago School is strongly committed to bilingualism and our goal is that when pupils finish their second year of Baccalaureate speaking English fluently (level C1-C2) and Chinese to B1-B2 level.

  • In classes of 0, 1 and 2 years 80% of classes are taught in English.
  • In classes of 3, 4 and 5 years old and in Primary 70% of classes are taught in English.
  • In Secondary, 65% of classes are taught in English.

We have two campuses:

  • Yago School Nursery with classrooms for children from 4 months to 2 years old.
  • Yago Senior School from Infant 3 years, Primary and Secondary.

The school has a distribution service for uniforms and books in the school itself.

Yes, the food is made in the kitchen of the school. Our menus are carefully planned by a team of nutritionists who provide our pupils with a balanced and healthy diet.

Yes, pupils with allergies, intolerances, diabetes, celiac disease or religious or cultural restrictions who must follow a specific diet, must provide a medical certificate and notify in School Office so that they can be offered a menu adapted to their needs.

The school has an outdoor swimming pool and during the hot months, September-October and May-June, pupils from Primary 1 onwards receive two hours a week of swimming as part of P.E.

Yes, the school offers a wide range of after-school activities at lunchtime or from 17:15 p.m. to 18:15 p.m.

No, buses leave school at 17:00. Parents will be responsible for picking up those pupils who attend extracurricular activities.

Yago School

Admissions form

"(Required)" indicates required fields

Name and surname of the student(Required)
DD slash MM slash YYYY
Name and surname of the father / mother / legal guardian requesting the information(Required)
How do you prefer that we contact you?(Required)
This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged.

We can provide information via videoconference and in-person meetings to visit our facilities by appointment.

Please, call to make an appointment on +34 955 51 1234 / +34 600 782 037
or complete the form below and we will contact you as soon as possible.