Inspiring the leaders of tomorrow.
Secondary school is a key stage for consolidating identity, self-sufficiency and personal growth. We support this process with a balanced education that seamlessly integrates academic, artistic, sporting and socio-emotional development.
We offer every student the opportunity to display their talents and discover new vocations, shaping individuals equipped to pursue higher education and positively influence society.
Our project aims to provide academic training focused on the development of genuine bilingualism and a strong foundation in values. We aim for our students to learn to live together in diversity within a democratic society.
Based on an educational approach of academic excellence and diversity, we support the development of study skills, research, critical thinking, creative expression and collaborative work. We shape responsible individuals and committed citizens dedicated to society and democracy. We also focus on developing linguistic, mathematical and digital competencies, while encouraging access to integrated knowledge and an understanding of culture and art.
Secondary School
- Self-awareness, personal recognition, acknowledgement of others and active listening are central to our educational proposal.
- Development of a variety of solidarity programmes focusing on social and community work.
- Artistic education including musical instrument workshops, choir, the Drama Club, and literary and expressive activities.
- Athletics and team sports such as hockey, rugby and volleyball.
- Study trips focusing on the value of our cultural and natural heritage, and training for sustainable and ecological living.
- Extracurricular activities such as robotics and programming workshops, debate and mathematics olympiads.
- This wide range of initiatives includes developing TED Talks, debates in English, project management, leadership activities, research projects, active participation in cultural, social and sporting events, and the intensive use of technology and the laboratory as tools for experiential learning.
- Workshops are included to address topics such as nutrition and body care, substance abuse, the responsible use of social networks, and sexuality, among others.
Our proposal addresses the uniqueness of our students to support their individual pathways together with their families as key members of our educational community.
Our teaching practices are therefore diverse, project-based, active, experiential and meaningful, with our students at the heart of this learning within an environment where they can feel appreciated and accepted. Our learning assessments likewise embrace diversity, making use of a variety of instruments and tools with a view to valuing processes rather than simply final products or results.
Teaching interventions respond to the needs of each student, respecting the principle of educational equity: educating according to individual needs and differences. To achieve this, Southern Cross relies on an empathetic, sensitive teaching team with human values who work from a pedagogy of care. Furthermore, they are flexible, open to innovation and committed to continuous professional development and training.
- The Lower Secondary Cycle (1st, 2nd and 3rd year) seeks to consolidate overall basic development based on bilingualism, with students developing study habits, reading comprehension, writing skills, mathematical reasoning and problem-solving, among other skills.
- The Upper Secondary Cycle (4th, 5th and 6th year) further develops this training, with the specific purpose of achieving academic literacy and the 21st-century skills essential for higher/university education and the working world.
As part of our focus on English, students prepare to sit Cambridge international examinations.
- In 4th and 5th year, students sit the 7 compulsory IGCSE examinations (English, Spanish, Global Perspectives, Mathematics, Environmental Management, Literature, and History or Business), which allow them to obtain their International Certificate of Education (the ICE Diploma).
- In 3rd and 6th year, students have the option to sit the B2 First and C1 Advanced exams, respectively. Our programme includes study trips, educational exchanges and sports tours, as well as links with universities and higher education institutions. The school thus promotes early contact with a variety of professional fields to provide them with tools for decision-making and designing a life project.
Our programme includes study trips, educational exchanges and sports tours, as well as links with universities and higher education institutions. The school thus promotes early contact with a variety of professional fields to provide our students with tools for decision-making and designing a life project.
The Guidance Department works alongside tutors, teachers and families to accompany each student on their educational pathway. Close monitoring of each student involves timely and sustained support, while strengthening support and learning networks. In their final year, students are offered a Vocational Guidance Programme that invites them to reflect on their interests, skills, values and life projects. This space fosters a self-awareness and exploration process that helps them make informed, sensible decisions concerning their academic and professional future.
This stage likewise cultivates our students’ spirit of solidarity. Our community service projects—which students, families and teachers take part in of their own accord—foster empathy, commitment and the collective building of a fairer world. We actively participate in various community projects and links with NGOs. We train students to play an active, leading role, heading activities and managing internal projects such as the Music Interhouse festival, the General Knowledge quiz and Sports events, while likewise supporting and coordinating activities for pupils in Blooming (Early Years), Primary and Secondary.
All of these initiatives consistently prioritise values-based education. Through tutorials, convivial gatherings and trips, we address universal values from a contextualised, everyday perspective that invites reflection, personal awareness and group work. Southern Cross adopts a 1-to-1 teaching model, where each student works in class with their own device. Teaching is delivered by way of various educational digital platforms, either proprietary or as part of the Google ecosystem. At the same time, digital citizenship content is included as part of the syllabus in Citizenship Education (1st to 3rd year), Health and Adolescence (4th year), Politics and Citizenship (5th year) and Work and Citizenship (6th year) to prepare responsible, critical and proactive global digital citizens for today’s society.
