The Bilingual Education Programme
Our Bilingual Education Programme (BEP) was launched in 1996 with the Ministry of Education to provide wider access to a bilingual and bicultural education for children across Spain. Based on the education offered by the British Council School in Madrid, the programme now reaches 40,000 students in 90 Early Years / Primary schools and 58 Secondary schools in 10 Autonomous Regions.
Curriculum and methodology
BEP methodology is characterised by a focus on literacy and on the development of linguistic, scientific and intercultural competencies in Spanish and English. At the heart of the BEP is the competency based Integrated Curriculum which combines content and approaches from Spanish and UK curricula. The Spanish Ministry of Education has published new Integrated Curriculum Guidelines for Early Years and Primary in line with the new education law in Spain (LOMLOE).