la marina

do you know what the schools are like in the area?
Ive heard that is like living in England but in Spain, would you say this is true? I do want my children to mix with Spanish kids and learn the language.

La Marina

I personally do not have school age children, but my friend's little boy goes to San Fulgencio School and, although there are quite a few English children, the majority are Spanish. He is now 8 and doing extremely well. He has picked up the Spanish language very well (unlike his parents) !! He is very happy there and has English & Spanish friends which is brilliant !!

Commented Carol in La Marina 2011-05-11 17:11:02 UTC

My son is nearly 10 and has been at the school since we moved here in 2005. He could speak no Spanish when we arrived and the first few weeks were terrible for him. Within weeks he started to learn the language and now speaks it as a native - if only I could!!
The education he gets is superb. Far better than what I remember getting at his age in the UK and I managed a few A levels.
The old school was a bit of a shambles but the new building is well equipped and has good dedicated teachers. I can't praise it enough.
My concern is the High school, which has a really bad reputation and there appears to be no plans in place for a permanent school of the quality of the primary school.

Commented David in La Marina 2011-05-30 18:05:17 UTC

hi, I have 3 children, two go to primary school and one is in the institute (high school) in san fulgencio, and although there is a majority of english children in the schools there is also a lot of spanish children too, and the teachers only speak spanish to them so they pick it up very quickly, my children are aged 7, 9 and 14 and we have only lived in spain 3 years, they speak great spanish and are doing well at school, although in the begining there were a few problems with the language barrier, but the children soon understood and overcome this. My children mix with the spanish children and love it here.

Commented Celebration Cakes La Marina in La Marina 2011-06-03 06:39:49 UTC