Our Project

Yago School’s principles have been built on the following educational pillars: traditional values, music and art, science and technology, languages, sports and an outstanding curriculum. Six bases that, combined with a demanding academic training, provide our students with an extremely solid foundation from which to succeed in both their personal and professional lives. Yago School offers an international curriculum based on the Spanish educational curriculum using English as the main source of communication during the school day and in order to attain complete mastery of the language.

Vision

Yago School sets the standards for a principled education that enables our students to be part of their own learning journey that is personally and socially transformative in an ever changing world.

Mission

Yago School provides a principled education to become lifelong learners and responsible citizens. We assist students in discovering their talents and in developing their human, intellectual and emotional potential to the fullest. We nurture in them the creative, critical and technical competences necessary to respond to the present and future challenges.

Yago School team is in continuous learning, adding value to the organization, understanding the School’s vision, and are committed to achieve excellence and act as a guide and inspiration to the students. We are responsible for the international, human, social and intellectual formation of our students.

Pupil profile

Yago School promotes in its students the following pupil’s profile: Principled, adaptable, open-minded, collaborative, proactive, analytical thinker, communicator, creative and with emotional intelligence.

At Yago School our main objectives include:

To develop active and analytical minds, and the ability to question, discuss and develop ideas rationally.
Promote strategies of self-evaluation, demanding study and appreciation of a job well done.
To broaden experience, knowledge, imagination and understanding; to develop sports, musical, cultural and artistic activities that shape the personality of the students, providing at the same time healthy habits for their leisure time, as well as encouraging healthy competitiveness as an element of personal improvement and development.
To teach techniques of oral expression and communication in public.
To train them for a rational use of new technologies and to get them to handle with ease the most common computer tools, according to their age.
To encourage students to cooperate with others, to be sensitive to the needs of others and to respect other cultures, religions and international ways of life.
Promote values that foster respect for human rights and dialogue; promote and defend children's rights, such as the right to a healthy life, to a quality education and to be protected from abuse and violence.
To raise students' consciousness of respect for the environment as an articulating element of human life.

Ultimately, at Yago School we are completely transforming the educational-learning system so that our students can successfully confront many of the educational challenges of the 21st century, by offering an international curriculum based on the Spanish educational system and by using the English language as a communicative instrument inside and outside the classroom.

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International Character

From their first days here, Yago School inculcates in its students a marked international character. Our mission is to contribute to the development of the intellectual, personal, emotional and social skills necessary to live, learn and work in an increasingly interconnected and globalised world.

In 2019, Yago School was authorised to teach the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme, becoming part of the exclusive IB World Schools. The International Baccalaureate Organisation aims to establish a common curriculum among a group of international schools for the final two years of study that is recognised by any university in the world, making it easily accessible to students.

From this academic year 2022-2023 we have begun to teach the Primary Years Programme, aimed at our students from 3 to 12 years of age, and whose purpose is the integral development of the student, encouraging their capacity for enquiry, discovery and connection of what they have learnt with the world around them.

In our eagerness to offer our students the best education for their future, we are introducing international educational systems that coexist and integrate perfectly with the Spanish educational model. In this way, students at Yago School will finish their Baccalaureate studies with an excellent preparation for adult life and with the possibility of accessing the world’s leading universities.

Educational Innovation

At Yago School we are at the forefront of educational trends.

Basic methodological principles are established:

We favor autonomy and participation.
We encourage positive criticism.
We help children form moral judgment.
We develop cooperation among students.
We educate in values.
We pay attention to the diversity of learning rhythms with positive reinforcement.
We enhance the individual qualities of each student.
We incorporate an active and participatory learning method, based on the principles of meaningful learning.
Learning is acquired in an atmosphere of affection and trust, to boost self-esteem and the social integration of students.
Learning to learn-Knowing how to perfect their study and research techniques, the students become self-taught. Developing their skills and knowledge means they will get successful results in any task they undertake.
Cooperative. Collaborative learning is a didactic approach that advocates the acquisition of knowledge through the dynamics of group work and social interaction. This interaction activates students’ mental processes such as reasoning, understanding and critical thinking. Its goal is for students to build their own learning and to be enriched through the exchange of ideas and cooperation with their peers.

Culture of thought. "Learning to think and thinking to learn”. The overall aim of teaching how to think is to prepare students for effective problem solving, thoughtful decision-making and a lifetime of learning.
Flipped Classroom, or inverted classroom, which promotes the acquisition of information outside class time – through the support of technology – and the discussion, deepening and construction of knowledge in the classroom. Students assume responsibility for their own learning.
PBL (Project or Problem Based Learning). Project-based or problem-based learning is a methodology that challenges students to become protagonists of their own learning by developing projects that respond to real-life problems. Much more motivating than traditional methods, it helps students achieve meaningful learning.
Multiple intelligences. The 8 intelligences of Gadner never exist in isolation and in each pupil the 8 intelligences work differently. David Goleman’s emotional intelligence delves into intrapersonal intelligence (self-knowledge) and interpersonal intelligence (interaction with others). It posits that people with high emotional intelligence manage to have greater success in their life.