Runnymede College (Britanico)

Runnymede College is an international British private school located in Alcobendas (Madrid), in the La Moraleja area. Founded in 1967, it is presented as the oldest international British school in Madrid. It offers the English National Curriculum (British Curriculum) and educates its students from the second cycle of early childhood education (3-6 years), Primary (6-12 years), compulsory secondary education (ESO) (12-16 years), and Bachillerato (upper secondary, ages 16–18), with English as the language of instruction.

In Secondary, students follow the curriculum leading to (I)GCSE at the end of Year 11 and A-Levels at the end of Year 13. In Year 9, they take a broad program that includes humanities, languages, creative and performing arts, mathematics, and sciences, with assessment through projects, presentations, and tests. In Years 10 and 11, Mathematics, English, and French form the core of the curriculum, along with Spanish and Social Studies, and students choose elective subjects from humanities, arts, languages, and sciences. The school complements education with academic enrichment and extracurricular activities such as Model United Nations, the Debate Club, and the Duke of Edinburgh's Award, preparing its students for access to national and international universities; among the mentioned destinations are Oxford, Stanford, Imperial, Yale, UPenn, UCLA, Columbia, UCL, NYU, and LSE.

The school has the Runnymede College Foundation, its own shop, and an alumni association, the Old Runnymedians. It also has an ethical channel and promotes a pact among families regarding mobile phone use in childhood. Nearby, there are bus stops and a metro station.