Founded in 1962, the American School of Barcelona is a private, coeducational day school positioned as a leading center of international education in Europe.
Located in Esplugues de Llobregat (Barcelona), the school currently has close to 1000 students from more than 60 countries, offering a world-class education to both international and Spanish students.
The American School of Barcelona offers educational programs in the Early Childhood Center, Elementary, Middle and High School, and was the first international school in Barcelona to offer the prestigious International Baccalaureate Diploma Program (IBDP).
Mission
Our mission is to empower pre-school through 12th grade students to become global citizens with the critical thinking skills and the self-confidence to maximize their potential.
Vision
The American School of Barcelona inspires students to lead with integrity, to be
open-minded, and to make the world a better place.
ASB Core values
• Joy
• Caring
• Innovative
• Rigorous
• Resilient
Core ideology
• Continuously improve through innovation
• Create responsible global citizens
• Develop independent and critical thinkers
• Provide a caring environment that provides students the self-confidence to maximize their potential
• Educate for diversity
We are the only school in Catalonia with a science laboratory for children from 0 to 6 years old, the first to introduce subjects such as blockchain, nanoscience, neuroscience, and artificial intelligence in its curriculum, and the only school in Barcelona to offer the IB Continuum in English across all stages: Nursery, Primary, Middle Years and Diploma Program
A high-performing, all-through British International school for students aged 3-18.
Inspirational campuses in Barcelona, Castelldefels and Sitges welcoming students from 74 different nationalities.
The only international school in Spain to offer a genuine choice of Pre-University pathways: A Levels, IB Diploma and PCE.
Graded as one of the best British schools in the world: Rated as Outstanding in every category by the inspection run by the English Department for Education (DfE) of the British Government (BSO Inspection 2021). This places BSB as one of the only five schools in Spain that are currently recognised as outstanding by BSO and the only school in Catalunya to have gained this prestigious accreditation.