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International School of the Algarve
| Education in Portugal More and more people decide to come and live in Portugal and start a new life. Quite often now people are not prepared to wait till the education of their children has been completed in their home country. There is no doubt to my mind that a good and sound education will be the corner stone of a child?s future. For parents with children the Algarve has the following to offer. Basically there are two options: ? State schools ? Foreign ? language international schools. Education in all state schools in Portugal is free and each town has its primary school (escola primário) and the bigger towns have their secondary school (escola secundário). In between these 2 schools the Portuguese systems has a 2-year bridge school (ciclo). Normally young foreign children pick up the Portuguese language pretty quickly and adapt to state schooling. You may however for personal reasons decide that you wish to give your child a more international education and if so you have the choice of some recognised English-language schools. Three of them educate pupils up to the age of 16 and the curriculum is the English I.G.C.S.E. level (Internal General Certificate of Secondary Education. The language of instruction is English, although Portuguese is compulsory as a second language. The course is divided in a Primary School (4 to 10 years of age) and a Senior School (11 to 18 years of age). The following schools are available: ? The Algarve International School at Porches, Lagoa, founded in 1972. ? Colégio International de Vilamoura, Quintinhas, Vilamoura ? The São Lourenço School in Almancil. and a newer one in the Lagos area, the Vale Verde school in Luz. Besides that there is a primary school ? The Barlavento English School ? in Espiche ( west of Lagos ) and the ? British School of the Algarve (BSA) based in new premises in Lagôa Although in the past the school only went up to the IGCSE exams (age 16) the Algarve International School in Porches now also offers Advanced Levels (?A ?levels ) or a GNVQ course. Educating your children in a private school is not cheap and school fees and one should inform at the respective school the present fees applicable. Having completed the above schemes the one could attend English colleges or universities. Note for parents of Dutch children: Having completed the IGCSE exams after years 10 and 11, this will be considered in under certain circumstances as equivalent to HAVO (assumed that one sits the ICE exams and get sufficient marks) Besides the below mentioned schools in the Algarve there are several primary and secondary schools in the Lisboan area: ? The American International School, based in Monte Estoril ? St. Dominic?s International School in Oeiras ? St. Julian?s School in Carcavales. Furthermore the primary and secondary curriculum some of them also offer advanced courses in the form of IB (International Baccalaureate), which normally is of such a high standard that admission in many Universities all over the well is guaranteed. If you want a more complete list of International Schools in Portugal you could link to the Website from the British Concil. ALGARVE INTERNATIONAL SCHOOLS |
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| International School of the Algarve Apartado 80 Porches 8400-400 Lagoa Algarve, Portugal Tel: +351 282 342 547 Fax: +351 282 353 787 www.internationalschoolofthealgarve.com Vilamoura International School Apartado 856 8125-911, Vilamoura Algarve, Portugal Tel: +351 289 303 280 Fax: +351 289 303 288 Vilamoura International School Escola Internacional São Lourenço Sítio da Rabona 8135 Almancil Algarve, Portugal Tel: +351 289 398 328 Fax: +351 289 398 298 Website Vale Verde International School Council of International Schools |
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