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Runnymede College

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Established
  
1967

Headmaster
  
Frank M. Powell

Age
  
3 to 18

Phone
  
+34 916 50 83 02

Founded
  
1967

Founder
  
Arthur F. Powell

Gender
  
Co-educational

Enrollment
  
750 (approximate)

Province
  
Community of Madrid

Number of students
  
750 (approximate)

Address
  
Calle de la Salvia, 30, 28109 Madrid, Spain

Motto
  
Delight, Ornament, Ability

Similar
  
Colegio Liceo Europeo, Internatio College Spain, Colegio Brains, Hastings School (Early Ye, St George's School

Profiles

Runnymede College is a highly selective co-educational independent school for located in La Moraleja, Madrid, Spain. It was founded in 1967 by Arthur Powell CBE as the first British school in Spain. It is a private non-denominational British school offering a British education to boys and girls of all nationalities from the age of three to eighteen.

The education offered follows the English National Curriculum, with pupils taking IGCSEs at the end of year 11 and their A levels at the end of year 13. Runnymede has been referred to as probably the most academically achieving British school overseas, scoring higher than many of the prominent English Public Schools.

As of 2010 there were 750 students, with about 50% being from Spanish families and 20% being from British families; there were 37 nationalities in the student body. Warwick Mansell of The Telegraph wrote that Runnymede was "medium-sized" in terms of its student body.

History

Runnymede College was founded as a private senior school in 1967, to provide a British education for English-speaking students of all nationalities who were resident in Madrid. In 1987 the primary school was inaugurated. In 1998 the school moved to its current location.

References

Runnymede College Wikipedia