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Introduction to Nabss

The National Association of British Schools in Spain was founded in 1978 to promote, uphold and defend British education in Spain.

The Association

Only fully authorised, bona fide, British schools, recognised as such by the British Council and its official inspectorate, are entitled to be members of Nabss.
Affiliate membership is available to universities and bodies of further education or educational providers.
The rigour of the authorisation and inspection procedures, as laid down by the British and Spanish educational authorities are trusted safeguards for parents and teachers, when choosing schools in Spain.
The National Association of British Schools in Spain or ´Nabss´, insists on regular inspection of member schools and provide continuous professional training for Heads and teachers and an annual conference with workshops, throughout Spain.
Nabss is held in high regard by both the Spanish and British educational authorities and is consulted on every new development. Many of the new legislative measures found in the Spanish LOE (National Curriculum) mirror the best of British practise and the Spanish Inspectorate regularly comment on the quality of education to be found in Nabss´schools.

Aims

One of its most important functions is to maintain contacts with the British Council, the cultural arm of the British Embassy, and with the Spanísh Educational authorities in order to satisfy the requirements of Spanish legislation referring to foreign schools in Spain.

Introduction to Schools

The National Association of British Schools in Spain is, as its name suggests, a membership organisation comprising the fully authorised British schools in Spain. As such all queries and requests for information should be directed to the Individual member schools. The Nabss´website lists all schools both alphabetically and by geographical area and each school site contains full information regarding contact names, e-mail and site addresses and telephone numbers. Many schools can be contacted via a link to their own websites.

The Schools

Nabss´schools follow the National Curriculum, employ fully qualified staff and are expected to implement up to date British government initiatives in line with the best tenets of British education.
Students and staff in Nabss´schools find transfer between Spain and the UK easy and benefit from the added dimension of the multilingual and culturally diverse environment that British schools in Spain have to offer, being even better prepared to compete in an ever more competitive and global workplace.
Nabss´schools offering the whole age range are required to run a broad selection of GCSE, AS and A level courses and generally administer UCAS entry to universities in the UK. Thanks to the rigour and quality of the past twenty years´education in Nabss´schools the Spanish authorities give full recognition to A levels and grant automatic access to spanish universities for Nabss´students with A levels; allowing them exemption from sitting Spanish university entrance examinations.
An elected committee of Headteachers and owners of Nabss´schools are responsible for the general organisation of the association´s services. A spanish lawyer is retained on behalf of the membership and members are kept up to date with all relevant legislation, both in Spain and the UK.