Marbella Schools - Private Education and Public Education

Some of the best schools in Spain are actually in the region of Marbella. But these are private schools and fee costs can be very high. Parents can expect to pay to have between 200 euros and 5,000 euros per month to their children studying in these schools. Not surprisingly, therefore, most students live in these schools the children of rich foreigners, along the coast.

Some examples of the best private schools in the province of Malaga and Marbella are: - StAnthony's College, Mijas Costa, Colegio Salliver in Fuengirola, Sunny View School in Torremolinos, El Colegio Romeral and Sierra Blanca in Malaga City and Colegio Anoreta in Rincon de la Victoria.

Other examples of private schools include: - Benalmadena International College, Colegio Alboran, Calahonda International College, Aloha College International College of San Pedro.

Most of the children and teachers in the private school are bilingual. Schools offerthe best sports activities such as horseback riding, sailing, soccer, cricket, tennis and most of them also offer the British curriculum.

The public schools in the provinces of Malaga and Marbella are the vast majority of children in these areas, but the fact is that, especially in Marbella, there is a relatively big gap between the very rich and the ordinary citizens and workers. The rich can afford to send their children to expensive schools. Unfortunately, costususally means better quality in terms of extracurricular activities and in educational institutions (such as computer suites equipped with Internet access, swimming pools, tennis courts).

The major disadvantage of public schools is the amount of overcrowding. This seems to be a problem in the western Costa del Sol, whose population has grown so than the national average in recent decades. The public education system does not hold in a position to step in with this massive growth in enrollmentand it is therefore an average of 24 students per class.

The obvious answer is then to build more schools to acommodate the growing number. But the problem is suitable land to build on these new schools. The money must be made available from the Town Hall and approved by the Junta de Andalucia. If there is no suitable building land on which new schools, then more and more overcrowded, and there will be at the end, it is the children who suffer.