Brains International Private School

• Founded: 1979,
• Location: Spain – the Community of Madrid and Gran Canaria,
• Age of students: 0-18 years old,
• Number of students: ~1000,
• Language of instruction: English/Spanish,
• Type of education: kindergarten and day school.

Brains was founded by Manuel Sánchez and María Hita more than 40 years ago. During this time, the school has grown, becoming one of the most reputable players in the international school and early childhood education market in Spain. Currently, Brains unites five schools located in the Spanish capital and on Gran Canaria and offering programs of various levels - from preschool to IB/Bachelor's preparatory programs, promising high-quality and modern education in both academic and sports, language and technical profiles.

The teaching model is based on the author's unique method of lifelong learning, designed to educate healthy, responsible, well-prepared adults with a global vision.

Brains is a non-denominational school. Students can choose to study Catholic religion.

The school offers many opportunities to increase the efficiency of the educational process and make the stay at school as comfortable as possible for children and their families.

1. Exchange and Language Immersion Programs

• Spanish-Canadian exchanges with accommodation with a host family and tuition in a private Canadian school (10 weeks),
• The British Olympic Games are a series of workshops, competitions and public performances on a given topic, presentations, debates, performances in the genre of improvisation. The duration of this language intensive is 2 weeks, it builds students' skills in teamwork, critical and abstract thinking and analysis, teaches how to negotiate and speak in public, develops leadership skills and teaches how to solve problems together,
• Master's in London is a twelve-day program for first-year undergraduate students, in which students have the opportunity to acquire a range of useful marketing and management skills, as well as direct practical experience of working in the office of one of the London companies, studying their working methods, business models and other secrets. During their studies, program participants live in Christ's Hospital or Royal Holloway school residences.

2. The Department of Instructional Guidance, or the Department of Guidance. Its function is to guide and support students in matters of personal and social development and academic progress, to work with families and faculty, and to look for approaches to conflict resolution. Measures to support families include a staff of tutors and consultants who provide support on various issues of academic and psychological development,
3. Special support programs are addressed to international families: we are talking about cultural and entertainment sessions, talent fairs, shared breakfasts and lunches, and other activities designed to help the families of students demonstrate their national and cultural traditions and share them with the school community,
4. Individual sessions with a speech therapist will help to diagnose and evaluate, treat various speech pathologies, which will allow you to overcome difficulties with language literacy and other problems with learning.

Full English immersion in preschool begins at eight months of age. Children start learning German and French at age three. The Young Learners program at Conde de Orgaz combines an international curriculum, a multiple intelligences approach, and sensory development. Learning takes place entirely in English.

Daily sports are part of the Brains educational model. At Arturo Soria, Brains Warrior Kids began in 2019 as part of physical education for grades 4–6 of primary school. It includes cardiovascular training, strength work, and obstacle training adapted to each student's level.

In the Bachillerato stage of upper secondary school, students can use their own electronic devices for learning, except for mobile phones. iPad tablets help children with different language abilities and special educational needs participate in class. The MYP secondary school program emphasizes inquiry, active student participation, and connections between classroom learning and real-world tasks.

Brains has a counselor for overseas university studies who is a member of the International Association for College Admission Counseling. The counselor develops an individual admissions plan and monitors entrance exams, university applications, and confirmation of a place. The school reports experience supporting applications to universities in the United Kingdom, the United States, the Netherlands, Canada, China, Italy, and Denmark.

During the entrepreneurship Schoolmaster at La Moraleja, four groups of student volunteers spent three months developing startups, taking their projects from an initial idea to a concise business plan and a public presentation. Classes were led by instructors from Universidad Europea.

• PYP is a preschool and primary education program for children ages 3–12,
• MYP is a secondary school program for students ages 12–16,
• DP is an international diploma program for students ages 16–18.

Brains schools have repeatedly taken high positions in international and national rankings. In 2024, the portal Economista.es recognized Brains schools as one of the best non-state school systems. It was also noted that the school's graduates in 2023 successfully passed the entrance exams at 17 universities from the Top 100 according to Times Higher Education.

Two students from Brains La Moraleja won an international NASA competition.

In the Pruebas Censales 2024/25 assessments, La Moraleja's grade 6 students averaged 9.83 in English, the school's highest score in that assessment.

• Popular psychologist and author of a number of innovative pedagogical methods, Javier Urra works with Brains International Schools as an expert in family education,
• Brains Schools are committed to sustainability. Participation in environmental and nature-saving programs has reduced emissions and waste by 37%. The school's contribution to the preservation of the future has been recognized by the EU regional Green Star award,
• Brains Conde de Orgaz celebrated its 25th anniversary. The school was founded by María Hita.

The Brains network comprises five separate schools, each with its own campus and a selection of available programs.

• Private International School of La Moraleja (Alcobendas)

It offers programmes at different levels: IB authorised by the PYP, MYP as a candidate school, authorised by the DP. The magnificent campus boasts bright and airy classrooms equipped with state-of-the-art technology, its own private swimming pool and stadium, a football field with natural turf, tennis courts, a state-of-the-art laboratory complex and a library.

• Children's school in Madrid (Conde de Orgaz)

Kindergarten and school with PYP (primary grades), a safe and cozy place in a prestigious and quiet green area. What sets it apart from other kindergartens and primary schools in Madrid is the combination of innovative teaching methods and the model of natural English language learning, which, together with a personalized approach, gives amazing results.

• Private school in Arturo Soria

All subjects except Spanish and mathematics are taught in English at this school, located in Madrid's Arturo Soria district. Brains Arturo Soria is notable not only for this: the college campus is built with the latest green technologies and can use the resources of bioclimatic architecture to protect the environment, automatically renewing the air as the concentration of carbon dioxide increases, which contributes to increasing comfort, concentration, and invigoration. The school has found a place for a greenhouse and a park, a variety of sports and entertainment facilities that meet all the needs of high school students studying here.

• Rains Las Palmas

The Las Palmas campus offers kindergarten and elementary, high school, and undergraduate programs. Teaching is bilingual, conducted in English and Spanish.

• School in Telda (Gran Canaria)

A state-of-the-art campus, ample opportunities for sports and leisure, modern technology (the first school in Gran Canaria and in the first hundred Spanish schools to receive the status of "Apple Outstanding School") have made this Brains school one of the best on the island. It offers high school and undergraduate programs.

Brains students have access to dozens of electives and continuing education programs, from science, astronomy, and physics to vocal and instrumental music classes. Each school of the Brains family offers the opportunity to practice more than a dozen sports at various levels of difficulty, dramatic, visual and expressive arts classes, rhetoric classes and a debate club, robotics and modeling, drone control and construction, and much more.

Along with other leisure options, Brains International Schools offer summer language and sports camps, the programs of which are complemented by classes in music, drama and visual arts, cooking, dance and dozens of other options. Camps are held both in summer and during the Easter and winter holidays.

La Moraleja students organize BrainsMUN, a Model United Nations simulation of the General Assembly and other multilateral bodies. Brains delegates also take part in other Model United Nations conferences. Brains Warrior Kids participants can join internal leagues, family sports days, and obstacle races, including Farinato Race.

The pool at Conde de Orgaz offers swimming activities for students, visitors from outside the school, and their families. The following options are available:

• Parent-and-child swimming for children ages 4–24 months: 30-minute lessons once or twice a week, with no more than five students per group,
• Individual swimming lessons from 18 months of age, with one instructor per student,
• Shared lessons for two children at the same skill level, with an instructor in the water,
• Group swimming lessons from age three, with no more than five students per group,
• July intensive courses: 20 half-hour lessons on weekdays, offered individually, in pairs, or in groups,
• Water aerobics in groups of up to six participants,
• Classes for pregnant participants in groups of up to four.

Brains schools have a number of advantages that set them apart from other preschool and school educational institutions. These are:

• About cultural diversity – the presence of expats from dozens of different countries mutually enriches students, which contributes to the saturation of the academic environment and broadens horizons,
• intercultural dialogue and tolerance – interaction with students from other cultural, ethnic and religious backgrounds contributes to the development of empathy, teaches respect for other people's views and values,
• multilingualism – along with Spanish and English, Brains schools encourage the study of other languages: French, German, Italian, Korean, Japanese, and others,
• preparation for future opportunities – the diversity of the student community, high-quality and interesting, rich programs, a large number of extracurricular activities for every taste enrich the inner world and broaden horizons, preparing the child for the future academic and professional path in today's increasingly globalized and multidimensional world.

• The Brains quality management system has been certified to ISO 9001 since 2013. The specified version of the standard is UNE-EN ISO 9001.2015,
• Brains has held ISO 14001 environmental certification since 2013. The specified version of the standard is UNE-EN ISO 14001.2015,
• The Brains International Schools group has once again been recognized as an Apple Distinguished School.

At Arturo Soria, playgrounds are separated by age group. Learning spaces are available both indoors and outdoors.

La Moraleja has a climbing wall and a separate Lounge Area for studying, relaxing with classmates, and group work. The space has climate control, Wi-Fi, and charging points for electronic devices.

Conde de Orgaz has its own heated swimming pool with a saltwater chlorination system.

Swimming courses at Conde de Orgaz run year-round. In summer, the pool is open Monday through Friday, 10:00–19:00.

Families of students can use the Lounge Area at La Moraleja in the afternoons and on weekends.

Students from Conde de Orgaz are guaranteed a place to continue their education at Brains María Lombillo or Brains La Moraleja.

Graduates achieved the following results in the PAU 2025 Spanish university entrance exams:

• La Moraleja: the average score on the general section was 7.44 out of 10, and the average total was 9.84 out of 14. Of the candidates, 17.54% scored above 12 and 5.26% above 13,
• Telde: the average score on the general section was 6.98 out of 10, and the average total was 11.23 out of 14. Of the candidates, 45% scored above 12 and 15% above 13.

In the 2024/25 academic year, average IB Diploma results at Arturo Soria and La Moraleja exceeded the global average:

• Arturo Soria: the average score was 33.27 out of 45, with a top result of 44. Of the candidates, 18.8% scored between 40 and 45,
• La Moraleja: the average score was 32 out of 45, with a top result of 44. On the national scale, 28% of candidates scored above 12 out of 14.

• Guardianship services during the studies
• Student supervision