Is it co-educational or exclusive? Does it apply the new methods of teaching? What is its technological performance? Does it possess a high level of English and other languages? These questions and many others are asked by more than 7.5 millions of families of students of General System of Education and not of University level, who look for school. Thirty two percent (32% ) of them will strongly favor private and State-assisted centers over public. The decision is crucial; the little boy will pass most of his time in the chosen college, he will be academically and personally developed and will establish his first relationships with his peers.
The El Mundo daily has published for fourteen (14) consecutive years its ranking of the best colleges of Spain, among which is seen once again the Colegio Agustiniano de Madrid which belongs to the Augustinian Recollects. We reproduce next a brief description of this center which, along with the others, can be consulted in Orbyt (https://quiosco.elmundo.orbyt.es)
Colegio Agustiniano de Madrid
ADDRESS: Pez Austral, 13 bis
TELEPHONE: 915 740 000 / www agustiniano.es
CHARACTERISTICS: Religious/Co-educational/ 1,293 students and 77 professors / 360 Euros per month for secondary studies/ State-assisted.
Its standard of management continues to improve and last year its score in EFQM (European Forum For Quality Management) system had gone up from 200+ to 300+ . More than 30 % of the students of ESO (Educación Secundaria Obligatoria = Cumpulsory Secondary Education), obtained the Certificates of Achievements and Honorable Mention of the Community of Madrid, which are the key to the High School Excellence.
There is a system of remedial classes, support and expansion that makes a failure of a student of the center practically impossible.
SCORE: Total: 90/100. Group A: 35/39. Group B: 32/34. Group C: 23/27.
Educating More Than 80,000 Young People In 11 Countries
About 200 Augustinian Recollects are dedicated to education – a mission that is shared with more than 3,500 laymen and laywomen. Founded on the Augustinian pedagogy of love, they educate more than 80,000 young people in 11 countries. Their educational centers, among which are three universities, aspire to be places of evangelization, integral formation and inculturation.
There are all in all 50 educational centers managed by the Augustinian Recollects in 11 Countries of America, Europe and Asia. The biggest number of students are concentrated in the Philippines, where the Order has two prestigious universities in Cebu and Bacolod. In Asian Archipelago every year, 40,000 young people receive Catholic education inspired by the Augustinian pedagogy of love. However, Colombia and Spain have more educational centers: a university and eight colleges in Colombia and nine colleges in Spain.