The short version: the official register of the Balearic education authority lists seventeen schools for children on Mallorca with a foreign curriculum, and one more, a Spanish school, teaches the full International Baccalaureate. Almost all of them are in Palma, Calvià and Marratxí, between 40 and 70 km from the south-east. The exception is Rafa Nadal International School in Manacor, about 26 km from Campos and 31 km from Santanyí, which is also the school that briefly carried the name “American International School of Mallorca”. This guide lists every school with its curriculum, ages and official website, the real driving distances from Santanyí, Ses Salines and Campos, and how the public system, the nurseries and the 2026-2027 calendar work.
Is there an “American International School of Mallorca”?
It is the most searched school name on the island among Americans, so it deserves a precise answer. According to the official gazette of the Balearic Islands (BOIB), the school authorized in Manacor in 2015 under the education system of the United States changed its name to American International School of Mallorca in 2016, and in July 2019 changed it again to Rafa Nadal International School, the name it uses today. There is no other school with that name on the current register of the Conselleria d’Educació i Universitats.
Today the school teaches the British curriculum from pre-nursery (from age 2) to Year 6 and an American programme from Grade 7 to Grade 12, which leads to an American High School Diploma and includes Advanced Placement courses. Classes are taught in English, with Spanish and Mallorquín as subjects, and the school offers boarding. It sits inside the Rafa Nadal Academy campus on the Cales de Mallorca road, just outside Manacor.
Every international school in Mallorca, from the official register
The list below comes from the register of schools published by the Conselleria (updated 7 September 2026), where foreign-curriculum schools appear as centres docents estrangers. Each curriculum and age range has been checked against the school’s own website. Agora Portals is included because, although it is registered as a Spanish private school, it offers all three IB programmes, the only school in the Balearic Islands to do so according to its website.
| School | Municipality | Curriculum | Ages or stages | Official website |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rafa Nadal International School | Manacor | British to Year 6; American Grades 7-12 (US High School Diploma, AP) | 2 to 18 | rafanadalschool.com |
| Agora Portals International School | Calvià (Portals Nous) | IB PYP, MYP and Diploma, plus the Spanish system | 4 months to 18 | agorainternationalschool.es |
| Baleares International College (two campuses) | Palma (Sant Agustí) and Calvià (Sa Porrassa) | British, IGCSE, A Level | 3 to 11 in Sant Agustí; 5 to 18 in Sa Porrassa | balearesint.net |
| Bellver College (formerly Bellver International College) | Palma | British: Cambridge Primary, IGCSE, A Level | 5 to 18 | bellvercollege.com |
| Queen’s College | Palma | English curriculum, A Level and IB Diploma | 3 to 18 | queenscollege.es |
| King Richard III College | Calvià (Portals Nous) | British to A Level, plus the Spanish system | 3 to 18 | kingrichardcollege.com |
| The Academy International School | Marratxí | National Curriculum of England, IGCSE, IB Diploma | 2 to 18 | theacademyschool.com |
| Escola Global International School | Palma (ParcBit) | British with Spanish studies, IGCSE, A Level | 2 to 18 | escola-global.com |
| Green Valley School | Palma | British, IGCSE, IB Diploma | Preschool to Year 13 | greenvalleyschool.es |
| Raoul Wallenberg International School (RWIS Palma) | Palma (La Vileta) | Cambridge International | Preschool and primary | raoulwallenbergschool.com |
| Lycée Français International de Palma | Palma | French national programme (brevet, baccalauréat) | 3 to 18 | lfipalma.es |
| Svenska Skolan Mallorca | Palma | Swedish national curriculum | Förskoleklass (6) to gymnasium | svenskaskolanmallorca.com |
| Eurocampus Deutsche Schule (Deutsche Schule Mallorca) | Palma (s’Arenal) | German system, Abitur after grade 12 | Kindergarten to grade 12 | dsmallorca.de |
| MySchool, Mallorca International School | Sa Pobla (Crestatx) | British (Edexcel) | 3 to 16; sixth form at Palma College | mallorca.school |
| The Montessori School of Mallorca | Santa Maria del Camí | Montessori with the British curriculum, IGCSE and Spanish ESO | 3 to 16 | montessorimallorca.org |
| Escolasofia Waldorf School | Palma | Waldorf education | 2 to class 10 | waldorfpalma.com |
The same register also lists Happy Faces (El Terreno, Palma) and The Blossom International School (Marratxí), for which we could not verify an official website at the time of writing. Teaching is in English at Rafa Nadal International School, Bellver College, King Richard III College and The Montessori School of Mallorca; Green Valley works in English and Spanish; Eurocampus teaches in German.
How far each school is from Santanyí, Ses Salines and Campos
Distances by road from each village centre to the school, calculated with OpenStreetMap routing. The times assume free-flowing traffic; at school-run hours, the Palma ring road adds time that varies from day to day.
| School | From Santanyí | From Ses Salines | From Campos |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rafa Nadal International School (Manacor) | 31 km, about 31 min | 38 km, about 37 min | 26 km, about 25 min |
| Eurocampus Deutsche Schule (s’Arenal) | 41 km, about 35 min | 40 km, about 35 min | 28 km, about 23 min |
| Lycée Français (Palma) | 58 km, about 47 min | 57 km, about 46 min | 45 km, about 35 min |
| Queen’s College (Palma) | 60 km, about 49 min | 59 km, about 49 min | 47 km, about 37 min |
| Bellver College (Palma) | 62 km, about 50 min | 61 km, about 50 min | 49 km, about 38 min |
| Baleares International College, Sant Agustí | 61 km, about 51 min | 60 km, about 51 min | 49 km, about 39 min |
| Baleares International College, Sa Porrassa | 70 km, about 57 min | 69 km, about 57 min | 58 km, about 45 min |
| Agora Portals (Portals Nous) | 64 km, about 51 min | 63 km, about 51 min | 51 km, about 39 min |
| King Richard III College (Portals Nous) | 65 km, about 53 min | 64 km, about 53 min | 53 km, about 41 min |
| The Academy (Marratxí) | 54 km, about 46 min | 53 km, about 46 min | 42 km, about 34 min |
| Escola Global (ParcBit, Palma) | 59 km, about 51 min | 58 km, about 50 min | 47 km, about 39 min |
| Green Valley (Palma) | 58 km, about 50 min | 57 km, about 49 min | 45 km, about 38 min |
| RWIS Palma (La Vileta) | 57 km, about 47 min | 56 km, about 47 min | 44 km, about 35 min |
| Svenska Skolan (Palma) | 54 km, about 47 min | 53 km, about 47 min | 41 km, about 35 min |
| Escolasofia Waldorf (Palma) | 54 km, about 44 min | 53 km, about 44 min | 41 km, about 32 min |
| The Montessori School (Santa Maria del Camí) | 63 km, about 53 min | 62 km, about 53 min | 50 km, about 41 min |
| MySchool (Crestatx, Sa Pobla) | 67 km, about 61 min | 66 km, about 61 min | 54 km, about 48 min |
Why many families in the south-east look at Manacor
Among the families we work with in the south-east, the choice usually comes down to two options: Rafa Nadal International School in Manacor, or one of the schools in Palma and Portals. The numbers above explain part of it. From Santanyí, Manacor is half the distance of any school in Palma or Calvià, and the drive runs through inland roads rather than the Palma ring road. It is also the only school in the table above that teaches an American programme.
The picture changes depending on the village. From Campos, Manacor and the German school in s’Arenal are both within about 25 minutes, and Palma is within 40. From Ses Salines, Manacor and the German school in s’Arenal are both about 35 minutes away, and the schools in Palma just under 50. That is why the map matters as much as the curriculum when a family chooses where to live.
The village school: how the public system works
Public education in Spain is free and compulsory from 6 to 16, and most children start earlier, at 3, in the second cycle of infant education. In the Balearic Islands it is managed by the Conselleria d’Educació i Universitats. Children aged 3 to 12 attend a CEIP (infant and primary school); from 12 to 18 they attend an IES (secondary school), which covers compulsory secondary education and the two-year Bachillerato. Teaching is in the island’s two official languages, Spanish and Mallorquín.
These are the public schools in our three municipalities, according to the Conselleria’s register. Santanyí: CEIP Blai Bonet in the village, CEIP Calonge, CEIP Mare de Déu de la Consolació in s’Alqueria Blanca, CEIP Sant Domingo in es Llombards and CEIP Santa Maria del Mar in Cala d’Or, plus IES Santanyí. Ses Salines: CEIP Ses Salines and CEIP Colònia de Sant Jordi; the municipality has no secondary school of its own. Campos: CEIP Joan Veny i Clar and CEIP de Call Vermell, plus IES Damià Huguet. Santanyí and Campos also each have a private school, Bisbe Verger and Fra Joan Ballester.
Nurseries: the municipal escoletes
For children under 3, each town hall runs its own escoleta. The register lists two in Santanyí (Santanyí and Cala d’Or), two in Ses Salines (the village and Colònia de Sant Jordi) and one in Campos (Taperons). Admission to these nurseries follows a separate process for the first cycle of infant education, with its own calendar and criteria published by the Conselleria each spring.
How to apply for a place
For public and publicly funded schools, the ordinary admission process opens in spring for the following September, under rules set by the Conselleria (Order 4/2026 for the current cycle). Families who arrive outside that window can file an out-of-period application at any time of year. The official checklist asks for a current certificate of registration on the municipal roll (empadronamiento) for the child and one parent, passports or NIE for the child and both parents, a birth certificate, and the last school report if the child comes from another school system. In villages with only one primary school, the school itself can register the application; elsewhere it goes through the schooling office for the area. Mallorca has offices in Palma, Calvià, Marratxí, Inca and Manacor, listed on caib.es.
International schools run their own admissions. Rafa Nadal International School, for example, asks for an application form and the previous year’s reports, and may ask middle and high school applicants to sit a written test in English and math.
The 2026-2027 school calendar
According to the resolution published in the BOIB on 31 March 2026, classes in infant, primary, secondary and Bachillerato start on 10 September 2026 and end on 18 June 2027, a total of 176 school days. Christmas holidays run from 23 December 2026 to 6 January 2027, and Easter holidays from 25 March to 4 April 2027. There is no school on 12 October, 8 December, 6 January, 1 March (Balearic Islands Day) and 26 February 2027, plus the two local holidays of each town and two days chosen by each school. International schools publish their own calendars on their websites.
School hours and the daily drive
The published timetables give a sense of the day. Bellver College starts lessons at 9:10 and finishes at 4:15 pm in primary; Baleares International College runs from 8:45 to 4 pm in Sa Porrassa and to 3:45 pm in Sant Agustí; Queen’s College starts at 8:50 and finishes at 3:50 pm; The Montessori School runs from 9 to 4 pm, until 3:30 on Fridays. Agora Portals offers supervised care from 7:50 am and until 5:30 pm.
On transport, Agora Portals publishes a bus service from Palma (El Corte Inglés Avenidas), Son Verí and Marratxí (Festival Park), and Eurocampus runs a school bus line from Palma (Auditorium). Rafa Nadal International School does not publish bus routes on its website. For a family in the south-east, the practical rule is to plan on driving, or on sharing the drive with other families.
What you need to know
Is there an American school in Mallorca?
Rafa Nadal International School in Manacor teaches an American programme from Grade 7 to Grade 12 with a US High School Diploma. Between 2016 and 2019 it was officially named American International School of Mallorca.
How many international schools are there in Mallorca?
The Conselleria’s register lists seventeen foreign-curriculum schools on Mallorca, fifteen of which we verified, plus Agora Portals, a Spanish school with the full IB.
Which international school is closest to Santanyí?
Rafa Nadal International School in Manacor, about 31 km and around half an hour by car. The schools in Palma and Calvià are between 54 and 70 km away.
When does the 2026-2027 school year start in Mallorca?
On 10 September 2026 for public and private schools under the Balearic calendar, ending on 18 June 2027. International schools set their own dates.
Can my child join a public school in the middle of the year?
Yes. Families who arrive outside the ordinary period file an out-of-period application with their empadronamiento, passports and birth certificate, at the village school or at the area’s schooling office.
Where we work
If you are planning a move with children to the south-east, these are the villages where we work every day: homes in Santanyí, homes in Ses Salines and homes in Campos. For anything else, contact Villas y Fincas Mallorca and we will answer in English.
Updated October 2026. School data comes from the official register of the Conselleria d’Educació i Universitats, the BOIB and each school’s website at the time of writing; curricula, ages and timetables can change. This guide is for general information only and does not recommend any school.
