IB Results in Madrid

Madrid runs 32 IB Diploma schools by the curricula tag in our database, more than any other Spanish city. The published-results field is much smaller. About 15 schools publish a recent cohort average; the rest disclose only pass rates, top scores, or Spanish Bachillerato data, or stay silent. The 2024 worldwide IB Diploma average was 30.32, the 2025 figure 30.58, with global pass rates near 80%. Madrid's published averages run from the low 30s at the bottom of this list to 38 at the top.

The Spanish regulatory backdrop is the second factor. Every school operating in Madrid is either delivering the Spanish national curriculum with homologación from the Ministry of Education, or recognised as a foreign-system school teaching a non-Spanish curriculum. The IB Diploma is accepted by Spanish universities through the UNEDasiss route, but the dual IB + Bachillerato path goes direct. That choice sits underneath every Madrid IB pathway and decides which Spanish universities a student enters without revalidation.

Ranked by published DP average

1. Deutsche Schule Madrid: 38 (2024). German curriculum school with the Abitur as its main exit, IB Diploma alongside. The 38-point average is the highest verifiable in the city. CIS accredited.
2. American School of Madrid: 37.9 (2024). Published as the top-30% average, not the whole cohort, which inflates the figure. MSA-CESS accredited, American Diploma plus IB.
3. The Global College: 36.2 (2025). Two-year sixth-form-only IB school in Salamanca, opened 2022, linked to IE University. Top third averaged 40.1; 37% broke 38 points. CIS accredited. EUR 20,940 to 37,440 fees.
4. ICS Madrid: 35.2 (2025). Madrid's longest-running English-medium IB Continuum school, La Moraleja, Nord Anglia operated. CIS, NEASC and Cognia accredited.
5. Hastings School: 35 (2024). British school in central Madrid, IGCSE then dual IB Diploma and A Level. *A Level A / A around 47%**.
6. Mirabal International School: 34.5 (2025). Boadilla del Monte. Dual IB and Spanish Bachillerato; 98% achieved the bilingual diploma; PAU 13.6/14 top score.
7. Colegios Ramón y Cajal: 34.5. Ciudad Lineal, acquired by Inspired in January 2024 and rebuilt around the IB Continuum on a new third campus. PAU 9.82 top score.
8. Kensington School: 34 (2025). Inspired-operated British school, ages 3 to 18. Top score 44; 53% bilingual diploma; PAU 8.22/10 cohort average.
9. Colegio Brains: 34 (2024). Arturo Soria campus is the IB Diploma site; La Moraleja runs PYP and MYP. 94% session pass rate.
10. Logos International School: 33.5 (2020). Bilingual school in Las Rozas. Stale: most recent published figure is five years old.
11. Alegra School: 33 (2023). Small British school running ENC to age 11 then IB. 100% pass rate that year; top score 43/45.
12. Eurocolegio Casvi: 31.76. Villaviciosa de Odón. CIS accredited; full IB Continuum from 2016.
13. Aquinas American School: 31.52 (2025). Pozuelo de Alarcón. MSA-CESS accredited. American Diploma plus IB.
14. Colegio Base: 31.21. Dual IB plus Spanish Bachillerato. 96% IB pass rate; 100% Bachillerato pass rate; PAU 11.26/14.

At a glance

World average IB DP 2024: 30.32. 2025: 30.58. NABSS column reflects schools where membership is confirmed in our profile data; "not confirmed" means the database carries no NABSS marker, not that the school is non-member. Verify current figures with each school.

How to read these numbers

Selection effects sit under every average. ASM publishes the top-30% figure, not the whole cohort, which explains the 37.9. Hastings runs IGCSE as a filter before the Diploma, and Deutsche Schule Madrid offers IB as a parallel route to the Abitur, so the students choosing IB are self-selecting. A school average reflects who sat the exam as much as how they were taught.

Pass rate plus average is more useful than either alone. Hastings at 35 with a 100% pass rate is a different signal from a school at 35 with a 90% pass rate: same average, very different distribution. Colegio Base at 31.21 with a 96% pass rate sits below the elite averages but the floor is high.

Dual-pathway schools cloud comparison. Mirabal, Colegio Base, ICS, SEK and Casvi all publish Spanish Bachillerato data alongside IB. A 31.21 IB average plus a Bachillerato 11.26/14 plus a 100% pass rate at both exits is a different proposition from a single-track IB school at 31. Families choosing the Spanish university route through UNEDasiss may sit either; the dual-credential path goes direct.

Highest scores carry less signal than averages. Several schools publish "top student 44" or "top student 43". One strong student in a cohort of 80 says little about the cohort. The mean and the pass rate together describe the school; the headline 45 describes one teenager.

Schools with no public DP results

About half of Madrid's IB Diploma schools do not publish a cohort average on the open web. The list runs to roughly 15 schools and includes some sizeable names:

• SEK El Castillo and SEK Ciudalcampo: full IB Continuum since 1977 (El Castillo was the first IB school in Spain). The schools describe results as "consistently among the strongest in Spain" and reference perfect 45 scores annually, without publishing the average.
• Internacional Aravaca, Liceo Sorolla, Liceo Europeo, St George Madrid, Thames British, St. Anne's, Dallington, THP, Highlands El Encinar and Brewster Madrid all run IB Diploma without publishing a current cohort average. Some publish EvAU/PAU figures, IGCSE breakdowns, or top scores instead.
• Brighton College Madrid does not run IB at all. The school opens in 2027 with the English National Curriculum, IGCSE and A Level. King's College Madrid and Runnymede College also exit through A Levels with no IB option. The British Council School runs the Spanish BiBac (bilingual Bachillerato) alongside its British pathway.

Most non-publishing schools share results with prospective families during admissions. Published data on a school's own website is a public commitment; a number mentioned in a meeting is not. Asking for a written three-year run is the best test.

Related reading

• Best international schools in Madrid (pillar)
• Best IB schools in Madrid
• Best British schools in Madrid
• What is the IB Diploma?
• IB HL vs SL
• British vs IB vs American curriculum
• IB vs A Levels
• Cracks in the IB

FAQs

Which Madrid school has the highest published IB Diploma average? Deutsche Schule Madrid at 38 points (2024), followed by the American School of Madrid at 37.9 (2024, top 30% of cohort), The Global College at 36.2 (2025), ICS Madrid at 35.2 (2025) and Hastings School at 35 (2024). The worldwide IB DP average for 2025 was 30.58.

Why does Brighton College Madrid not appear on this list? Brighton College Madrid runs the English National Curriculum with IGCSE and A Level at sixth form, not the IB Diploma. The school opens in September 2027. Kings College Madrid and Runnymede College also exit through A Levels, not IB.

Can a Madrid IB Diploma get my child into a Spanish university? Yes, through the UNEDasiss revalidation process, which converts the IB Diploma into a Spanish university entry score. Students with both the IB Diploma and the Spanish Bachillerato enter directly without revalidation, which is the structural argument for the dual-credential schools (Mirabal, Colegio Base, the SEK network, Casvi, Ramón y Cajal).

What is the Spanish Bachillerato and how does it compare to the IB? The Bachillerato is the standard Spanish school-leaving qualification at 18, two years of study assessed by the EvAU/PAU university-entry exam (scored out of 14). The IB Diploma covers six subjects plus core (Theory of Knowledge, Extended Essay, CAS) scored out of 45. The Bachillerato is required for direct Spanish university entry; the IB Diploma is recognised internationally and accepted by Spanish universities through UNEDasiss. Many Madrid schools run both.

Which Madrid IB schools also publish Spanish Bachillerato results? Mirabal, Colegio Base, Kensington, the SEK network, Eurocolegio Casvi, Internacional Aravaca, Colegios Ramón y Cajal, Mirasur and several others publish PAU/EvAU figures alongside IB or as the main exit qualification. PAU 8/10, EvAU 13/14 and pass rates of 100% are the typical strong-school markers.

How does Madrid compare to other Spanish IB cities? Madrid's top-tier published averages (Deutsche Schule 38, ASM 37.9, Global College 36.2) sit alongside Barcelona's top tier (Col·legi Montserrat 38, Oak House 36.0). The cities have similar shapes: a handful of schools five to eight points above the world mean, a longer tail clustered near the global average, and roughly half the IB Diploma field publishing no current cohort number.

Sources: school websites and published exam-result pages (Deutsche Schule Madrid, ASM, The Global College, ICS Madrid, Hastings, Mirabal, Colegios Ramón y Cajal, Kensington, Colegio Brains, Logos, Alegra, Eurocolegio Casvi, Aquinas American, Colegio Base) as of June 2026; IB Organization global statistics for 2024 and 2025; NABSS membership directory; CIS, BSO, NEASC, MSA-CESS and Cognia accreditation registries.