Jesús, Maria I Josep

The Jesús, Maria i Josep center, known as Manyanet Sant Andreu, is a semi-private school in Barcelona that is part of the network of semi-private schools in Catalonia, Escola de la Gent. It offers early childhood education, compulsory secondary education (ESO), and Bachillerato (upper secondary, ages 16–18), and in its language offerings, it works with Spanish, Catalan, and English. It presents itself as an institution with a long tradition in the integral education of children and youth, placing the individual at the center and building its work in collaboration with families, with an identity based on values such as respect, effort, coexistence, and commitment, and with educational practices that are updated according to new social, cultural, and pedagogical contexts.

Its educational model focuses on the student and their learning pace. The teaching staff seeks for each student to develop their personal capacities and competencies to the fullest, using methodologies such as cooperative learning, emotional education, competency-based work, and cross-cutting and comprehension projects. In early childhood and primary education, the work is supported by iPads, and in ESO by Chromebooks and G-Suite. In the early childhood stage, emotional, neurological, psychosensory, and psychomotor development is attended to, with a creative and sensory atelier; in primary education, the curriculum is based on multiple intelligences and personalized learning; and in Bachillerato, competency-based work is done with active and group methodologies, with tutorial support. The center offers the Dual Bachillerato project, which allows students to start from 2nd ESO and obtain dual certification with the American High School Diploma. It also participates in the European Erasmus+ program and in eTwinning projects with primary and ESO students, and works on group cohesion and coexistence. It defines itself as an inclusive school, providing support to those who need special attention.

Among its services are extracurricular activities in English, chess, dance, and guitar, as well as sports activities in hockey, figure skating, basketball, futsal, hip-hop, and rhythmic gymnastics, open to different ages and levels. The center has spacious areas and playgrounds for all educational stages.