Institució La Vall

Girls-only school in Bellaterra, founded in 1972 and the female counterpart to La Farga within the Opus Dei-linked Institució Familiar d'Educació network. Around 1,490 pupils from age 3 to 18.

Single-sex from primary upwards, Christian identity, and the same tutor-and-family model that runs across the Institució group. Boys at La Farga, girls at La Vall, with a shared early years setup before primary splits the cohorts. Director Judith Monés leads the school, which sits on a green Bellaterra campus with two football pitches, a pool, a gym and multiple basketball courts.

Families consistently praise the personal attention, the structured tutor relationship, and the academic level on which children leave. The same caveat as La Farga applies: this is an Opus Dei-environment school choosing to leave concertado funding so it can preserve single-sex teaching, which means fees will rise from the modest concerted level of recent years. The right fit for families who actively want Catholic formation and single-sex education, and the wrong fit for anyone uncomfortable with either.

• La Vall is the girls' school in the Institució Familiar d'Educació network, located in Bellaterra and paired with La Farga in Sant Cugat. Founded 1972, chartered until 2026 and moving to private status alongside La Farga.
• Micole reviews average 4.4 across 84 ratings. Parents praise faculty quality, family-school partnership, personalised attention and strong university outcomes; one summary called girls there "niñas felices" with "mucho acompañamiento."
• The school is part of the same Opus-linked network as La Farga and faces the same pre-enrolment slip and transfers. About 70 families across both schools signed the petition against the move to private.
• Critical commentary echoes La Farga's: opposition to differentiated education and concern that a single-sex, religiously formed model narrows the social experience.
• A long-running thread on Enfemenino is largely positive on the school, with parents recommending it for academic standards and the spiritual framework while some forum participants raise the segregation concern.
• Public signal is consistent on quality of teaching and care; the divisive issue is the model and the network's politics, not classroom experience.