Aljezur International School | |
Native Name: | Escola Internacional de Aljezur |
Motto: | Education with Inspiration |
Motto Translation: | Educação com Inspiração |
Location: | 16km North of A22; 4 km South of Aljezur |
Streetaddress: | Sitio de Azenha, Barranco de Vaca, Aljezur |
Region: | Western Algarve |
Postcode: | 8670-999 |
Country: | Portugal |
Coordinates: | 37.2749°N -8.8042°W |
Schooltype: | International Secondary |
Established: | September 2010 |
Principal: | Karen Whitten |
Years: | UK years 7 – 11 |
Age Range: | 10 – 17 years of age |
Avg Class Size: | Small class sizes |
System: | Cambridge IGCSE |
Classes Offered: | Broad and rounded curriculum with an emphasis on the academic, creative and community aspects of education. |
Language: | English |
Sports: | School grounds, local sports grounds and beach sports. |
Aljezur International School is located a short distance from the town of Aljezur in the western Algarve, Portugal.The school provides secondary education, taught in the English language, to children from 10 – 17 years of age following the Cambridge International syllabus and leading to Cambridge International IGCSE qualifications in a broad range of subjects.[1] Aljezur International School is an accredited Cambridge International Examinations Centre and, as the only open exam centre in the western Algarve, accommodates both internal and external students for IGCSE examinations.
Aljezur International officially opened as the area's first International school in September 2010.[2] [3]
The school houses several classrooms, library, art room, dining room and kitchen, and has access to laboratory facilities, sporting complex and multi-sport gymnasium.[4]
The school serves the municipalities of Aljezur, Lagos, and Vila do Bispo.