Maxwell School

The Maxwell School is located at Calle Serrano 158, Madrid 28002, Spain. The school has two campuses: the Serrano building and a second campus in El Viso, Madrid. Both campuses are close to the República Argentina metro station (Line 6), and several bus routes stop near the school gates (bus numbers 51, 7, 16, 19, C1 and C2). The El Viso neighbourhood is in the Barrio de Salamanca district.

Primary (EYFS to KS2) and Secondary (Middle Years to Cambridge IGCSE).

British international school offering a bilingual curriculum

Arrowsmith Program is currently piloted to support individual learning needs.

Spain; British National Curriculum aligned with homologation by the Spanish Ministry of Education.

The school day runs Monday–Friday from 9:00 to 16:15, with morning supervision from 8:00 and after-school supervision until 17:15.

Maxwell School teaches students from 3 to 16 years and follows the UK Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS), the International Primary Curriculum, the International Middle Years Curriculum, and Cambridge International IGCSE.

The school has small class sizes and an exceptional teacher–student ratio.

The school provides a well-rounded bilingual curriculum that targets academic, emotional, and social communication needs through a multi-disciplinary team of professionals. Students are encouraged to become informed citizens of the world who respect others, work effectively in groups, and treat each other with compassion and open mindedness. Global citizenship is promoted through engagement with diverse perspectives and service to local and world communities.

The school is an inclusive special needs school that caters to a diverse range of learners. The Arrowsmith Program is currently piloted to support each student's learning journey. The Arrowsmith Program is a cognitive intervention that strengthens memory, attention, processing speed, problem-solving, and independence in learning.

The school delivers a bilingual curriculum to support language development and learning. It follows the UK EYFS and international curricula (International Primary Curriculum, International Middle Years Curriculum, Cambridge IGCSE), enabling bilingual learning across primary and secondary.

Safeguarding and mental wellbeing are supported through access to the school psychologist as the designated safeguarding lead. Staff and volunteers receive safeguarding training and are expected to report concerns to the designated lead. The policy addresses personal safety and Life Skills discussions, including self-harm, and requires secure recording and confidentiality for safeguarding information. Immediate risk cases are escalated to emergency services or Social Services as appropriate. The psychologist maintains safeguarding records separately from educational records.

The designated safeguarding lead is the school psychologist Juli Blasco, with the Headteacher Cliff Seabrook acting in their absence and the Director Linda Barbour taking responsibility if both are unavailable. All staff and volunteers are trained and aware of safeguarding procedures and must report concerns to the designated person. The policy outlines procedures for dealing with suspected or confirmed child protection concerns, including referrals to Social Services and emergency action if the child is at immediate risk. It acknowledges four types of abuse (physical, sexual, neglect, emotional) and requires careful documentation and secure records. Recruitment and vetting include references and Criminal Record checks for staff; volunteers are police-checked and supervised. The policy also governs photography, confidentiality, and information sharing, including controls on publishing pupil images and sharing data in line with the law.

1. Initial enquiry: Parents will be asked to provide information by telephone or in person about the child´s birth date and the assumed starting date.
2. School visit: On receipt of this information, parents will be invited to visit the School, preferably with their child/children.
3. Application: Following the visit parents may be invited to make a formal application for the enrolment of their child/children. The application is made as follows:
• Completion and signature of the application form.
• Provision of copies of school reports for each child covering the previous year of education (where relevant).
4. Assessment: Each applicant will be assessed in order to create an appropriate and individualized program of study.
5. Parents will be asked to attend a short formal meeting with the Head or Deputy Head of Primary once relevant assessments and (where necessary) trial days have been undertaken. Any specific conditions attached to the offer of a place will be discussed.
6. Offer of a place: Following receipt of the assessment results and school reports the school will decide whether a place is to be offered. The Head of Primary will inform parents of the outcome of the assessment and the interview and make clear any specific conditions attached to the offer of a place. Maxwell School has rolling admissions which means we accept applications and make offers on an ongoing basis throughout the academic year.