  THE SCHOOL
Cambridge School, Granollers was set up in 1984. Two years later, having outgrown its original premises, it moved to the present site. Since 2000, we have opened four other schools in the area. Our geographical expansion has gone hand in hand with an expansion in student numbers, number of teachers, number of contracts with local companies and state schools, and other language services. Last but not least, our reputation over the years has grown and grown. We have an excellent reputation for quality of teaching and teacher training, not only amongst the people of the towns in which we are based, but also amongst the other schools in Catalonia. |
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FACILITIES
Cambridge school is housed in an attractive late 19th Century building. It has three floors.
On the ground floor is the reception area with a shop that sells coursebooks, dictionaries, grammar books, readers etc. There is also a large book and video library for the students.
On the first floor, we have a students' waiting area with vending machines and a selection of up to-date-foreign press. We also have an eating area for teachers and CELTA trainees with a fridge, microwave and water cooler and tea and coffee making facilities. In addition, on the first floor, we have 12 classrooms and a patio where our younger students play games in their lesson breaks.
On the second floor, we have a further 11 classrooms and our teachers' room and resource centre which has a very large selection of coursebooks and supplementary teaching materials. We also have a wide variety of methodology and resource books.
We have 12 computers for the use of teachers and CELTA trainees with fast internet access plus overhead projectors, video and DVD players and cassette players. We also have excellent photocopying facilities. |
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HOW TO FIND US
We are situated right in the town centre between the 'Porxada' (the most well-known local landmark) and the church. click here |
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THE TOWN
Granollers has an attractive historical centre focused around the 'Porxada', an unusual Renaissance building which looks something like a Roman temple. In fact, it was built as a grain store - hence the name of the town, Granollers. The 'Porxada' is set in a big square flanked by shops bars and restaurants. It is an ideal place if you like sitting at pavement cafés watching the world go by. Nearby is the modern shopping centre. On Thursday mornings, the whole town centre is transformed into a huge market in which you can find a bewildering array of local products. |
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AROUND THE TOWN
Granollers is very well situated as it is only half an hour by train to Barcelona but also within easy reach of the Mediterranean coast and the Pyrenees. Nearby is the national park of Montseny (1,700 metres), which is a beautiful natural area at any time of the year, particularly in the winter when it can often be seen capped in snow. The photograph shows Tossa de Mar, a very beautiful town on the Costa Brava, popular with tourists. |
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OTHER CENTRES
We have five centres in Barcelona province. Our GRANOLLERS centre was the first and is the biggest. We also have centres in CALDES DE MONTBUI (a quiet spa town), CARDEDEU (a small town between Granollers and the mountain of Montseny), LA GARRIGA, another town near the mountain of Montseny, which is famous for its 'Modernist' buildings (a Catalan version of 'Art Nouveau'), and MOLLET (a town between Granollers and Barcelona) |
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OUR STUDENTS
We have about 2000 students whose ages range from 3 to 75 years old in our centres. We also have about 400 business students in local companies. (click on 'Business Department' for more information). In addition to this, we have about 200 students in local primary schools who do extra English with us in their own schools as an extra-curricular activity. |
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OUR TEACHERS
We have about 70 teachers and other staff. Our teachers are all native teachers and all have the Cambridge ESOL CELTA as a minimum qualification. Many of our teachers also have the Cambridge ESOL DELTA or Masters degrees in areas relating to TEFL. |
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OTHER LANGUAGES
As well as English, we also have a flourishing German department and departments of French, Italian, Spanish, Catalan, Chinese and Portuguese. |
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OUR COURSES
Our CELTA courses take place throughout the year. Our language courses, on the other hand, usually start in September and run through to June. In July we do special intensive summer courses and we also run courses for people in English-speaking countries who want to come to Spain to learn Spanish. |
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OTHER SERVICES
Apart from language courses, Cambridge School also offers a wide range of other services. For example,
• Study trips to English speaking countries such as the UK, the USA and Ireland.
• Residential courses in the countryside for business people.
• Summer camps for young people.
• A translation service with a team of fully qualified translators.
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OUR TRAINING DEPARTMENT
Ever since its beginning, Cambridge School has believed that the key to success in the world of language teaching is quality. It is for this reason that we have always placed so much importance on training and development. Our own teachers attend weekly seminars given by members of our highly experienced and innovative Teacher Training Team. They also attend level meetings, which are prepared and run by a 'level leader'. In these meetings, teachers plan lessons together, exchanging ideas and helping each other to make materials. Cambridge School also believes very strongly in the value of observation as a tool for development. As well as observations by senior teachers, our teachers are encouraged to observe each other. All observations are followed by a post-observation feedback session in which teacher and observer discuss the lesson together. Many of our teacher trainers have given seminars in other schools in the area and also in conferences in other parts of Spain. We have also had many articles published in teaching journals and magazines. |
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SOCIAL ACTIVITIES
One of the highlights of the Granollers social calendar is the Cambridge School Christmas pantomime, which attracts about 1000 people every year. The teachers are the actors and we have been putting on a pantomime every year since 1989.
We also arrange meals and nights out with students and there is a weekly English club in a local bar in which students and teachers meet to practise their English and Spanish. |
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EXTERNAL EXAMS
We prepare students for a wide range of Cambridge University ESOL examinations including Starters, Movers, KET, PET, First Certificate (FCE), CAE and Proficiency (CPE). We also offer the full range of Business English Certificates. In addition, we offer external examinations for the other languages that we teach. |
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CAMBRIDGE SCHOOL
Plaça Manel Montanyà, 4 - 08401 Granollers (Spain)
Tel. +34 93 870 2001 - Fax +34 93 879 5111
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