First school in Galicia authorized to teach the 3 IB® programmes
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Education model
SEK International Schools are committed to offering each student a learning experience focused on personal perfection, preparing for success in later life.
Located in Poio, near Pontevedra and just 20 km from Vigo, SEK-Atlántico is considered one of the best bilingual schools in Spain, and the only one in Galicia that teaches the three International Baccalaureate® (IB) programmes.
The SEK Education Model:
Focussed on learning and the perfecting of students and the school community.
Ensures the all-round development of our students' emotional, intellectual, cognitive and artistic skills.
Through a balanced, interdisciplinary and relevant curriculum to tackle the challenges of the era of knowledge and learning.
The school acts as a learning gateway towards 21st century content and skills.
Applies assessment systems and data analysis of all the processes and agents involved with the aim of ongoing learning.
Leveraging the necessary resources (people, spaces, time and technology) to create personal learning environments for each student.
Our students are 'professionals of learning' and our educators are facilitators and thought coaches.
Operating in connected and open environments.
Employing different learning methods, in which diverse formats (one-to-one, blended and online) ensure the acquisition of knowledge and foster the development of skills.
Boasting infrastructures that combine physical spaces and virtual learning environments.
Creating creative and collaborative learning and innovation communities, leveraging collective intelligence and generating the habit of 'learning to learn'.
At SEK we are experts in learning and talent management. SEK Schools are social networks that learn and share their knowledge.
Incorporating the latest advances in science (neuropsychology, sociology, technology)
Connecting learning experiences to specific contexts, establishing collaboration between communities and involving new agents in education.
Offering students an uninterrupted learning experience: breaking down the barriers between education centres and professional life.
SEK Education Group is a pioneer in the implementation of the International Baccalaureate® (IB) and SEK-Atlántico is the only school in Galicia that teaches the three IB® programmes in a privileged setting, between the sea and the mountains, very close to Pontevedra and Vigo.
At SEK-Atlántico, the school's space and setting serve its learning objectives, ensuring students obtain the greatest benefits for their development.
SEK-Atlántico Pontevedra
From 4 months to 18 years old
SEK-Atlántico boasts modern and functional infrastructure with spacious areas designed to respond to the educational needs its students.
The school boasts a dynamic model and is recognised internationally for its innovative use of school space and teaching organisation. Our school is an ideal environment for learning, fostering inquiry, experimentation and the acquisition of knowledge, respecting the pace of each student.
The intelligent classrooms thus become the ideal scenarios for the development of social, communication and thinking skills.
SEK-Atlántico students share facilities designed for their physical, social and creative development:
From Secondary School, the school offers a BYOD system (Bring Your Own Device) with lockers fitted with charging points for students' computers and a portal with applications to support their activities.
The technological spaces are integrated in school day and are designed to make the most of its possibilities: absolute portability, tactile use compatible with any space (floor, carpet, table, etc.) and use of keyboard for netbooks and laptops.
All classrooms are equipped with SMART Boards, all computers run the latest software, all spaces have high-speed Wi-Fi and all our students are multiplatform:
Early Childhood
Early Childhood and Primary School
Secondary School and Baccalaureate:
Educational Stages
From 4 months to university
SEK-Atlántico is a member of the IB® World Schools International Community. The only school in Galicia to teach three International Baccalaureate® (IB) programmes, from 3 to 18 years old, integrating them in the national curriculum. http://www.ibo.org/
The International Baccalaureate® (IB) programmes correspond to the following educational stages:
From the second year of Primary school up to Baccalaureate, SEK-Atlántico students prepare to sit Cambridge University Examinations. From Secondary school and Baccalaureate, they can also opt for the Alliance Française Diplôme d'étude de langue française.
The SEK-Atlántico teaching team tackles the challenge of turning each day into an exciting experience full of sensations:
International IB® Primary Years Programme (PYP)
The International Baccalaureate® (IB) Primary Years Programme is integrated into the national curriculum promoting the development of extraordinary abilities in the students, providing them with extraordinary stimuli:
International IB® Primary Years Programme (PYP)
This second stage of International IB® Primary Years Programme (PYP) is also integrated into the national curriculum and focusses on personal perfection:
IB® International Middle Years Programme (MYP)
The IB® Middle Years Programme is integrated into the national curriculum and focusses on the development of student skills:
We educate responsible and balanced students focussed on learning who can establish practical connections between their studies and the real world when solving problems.
IB® Diploma Programme (DP)
SEK-Atlántico students can choose between studying the LOMCE Bachillerato or International IB Diploma Programme.
Bachillerato LOMCE
International Diploma Programme
Camilo José Cela University is a private, pluralistic and independent university, founded in the year 2000, with headquarters in Madrid, with a focus based on three precepts. Innovation, interdisciplinarity and an international mindset.
UCJC offers new fields of study adapted to the new reality of a complex and changing job market and places great importance on the acquisition of skills that enable its students to shine in whichever life-path they choose and in their personal and professional development.
Main Madrid-Villafranca Campus
The UCJC central campus boasts an Open Space concept designed to offer an on-campus life-experience, with modern, open work spaces for teaching staff and students that aims to foster dialogue, interaction and joint and active learning.
The MediaLab communications lab is fitted with next-generation technology, equipment and facilities and attests to our practical and multidisciplinary approach and our university model of converging cross-curricular fields.
The Madrid-Villafranca campus also has two halls of residence with over 130 places.
Madrid-Almagro city campus
Located in Madrid city centre, it houses the UCJC Graduate School, designed to serve as a link between the university and professional worlds.
Admissions procedure
No two students are the same. The admissions process seeks in-depth knowledge of the interests and needs of both the student and their family. This way, we offer the best education options for each student.
Places are limited, the admissions process is as follows:
Request information via the web, email or telephone.
Interview with the Head of New Students and school visit.
Submission of the required documents.
Interview with the Admissions Committee and sitting the corresponding admissions test.
Final decision of the school’s Admissions Committee.
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