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Colegio Alemán de Valencia — Deutsche Schule Valencia

In Valencia city. You are in it. Metro, tram and bus across the city; most families here do not need a car.

Curriculum
German curriculum to the Deutsches Internationales Abitur, with the Spanish Bachillerato by homologation. Not IB, not British
Ages
3 to 18
Language of teaching
German is the language of instruction in most subjects. Spanish and Valencian are compulsory subjects. English is added from year 3 of Primaria
Published fees
€5,541–6,103 a year in tuition, plus a €1,750 first-child registration and a €1,000 deposit
2026-27

Figures checked against the school’s own published source on 3 September 2026. School website.

How much of the week is taught in which language

There is no official figure for this school, and that is worth knowing. The Generalitat publishes a language split, stage by stage, for público and concertado schools, because they are inside the plurilingual programme. Private schools are outside it, so nobody is obliged to tell you how much of your child’s week will be in Valencian, in Spanish or in English — and the schools an English-speaking family looks at first are almost all private. Ask the school for its Plan Lingüístico de Centro, by stage, in writing. Centre 46011090.

The only school in this part of the city that tells you the price

Every fee below comes from one document: the school's Cuotas escolares curso 2026/2027, dated in Valencia on 3 July 2026 and approved by the association's general assembly on 25 June 2026. The German-language version carries identical figures. VAT is not mentioned on any amount.

Tuition, by year group:

Stage A year A month Charged
Kindergarten (3–6) €6,103.00 €610.30 September–June
Years 1–4 €6,103.00 €610.30 September–June
Years 5–8 €5,541.00 €554.10 September–June
Years 9–10 €6,051.00 €605.10 September–June
Year 11 €6,103.00 €610.30 September–June
Year 12 €6,103.00 €678.11 September–May, nine instalments

Everything else that is published:

Registration, one-off, for entries from 2027/28 1st child €1,750.00 · 2nd €1,575.00 · 3rd and after €1,400.00
Deposit, all new pupils €1,000.00
Application fee, per family €150not refundable and does not secure a place
Association membership €40.00 a year, in December
Spanish as a foreign language, years 1–2, 3 h a week €805.00 a year
Spanish as a foreign language, years 3–12, 4 h a week €1,035.00 a year
Tablet scheme, years 5–8 €190.00 a year

Direct debit between the 4th and 6th of each month, or one annual transfer between 17 and 31 August. A returned payment costs €10.

The sibling discount, in euros rather than percentages, because this is where families miscalculate. The same PDF states it two ways: the covering letter says "2nd sibling 10%, 3rd 20%, 4th and after 30%", while the footnote to the table says "1st sibling 10%, 2nd 20%, 3rd and after 30%". They do not contradict each other — the table calls the second child the "first sibling". The registration amounts, which are printed in euros, settle it: the second child pays 10% less, the third 20% less, the fourth and after 30% less. The discount does not apply in Kindergarten.

A pupil abroad for a term who holds their place pays 25% of the regular tuition.

The deadline is the real gate

Admission is only at the start of the year or the start of a semester, and the dates are far ahead of when most families are thinking about it:

Entry Apply by You hear back
September 1 February mid-May
End of January 15 October mid-November

You pay the €150 before you fill in the form. Then documents, an internal review, an admission interview or trial day, and a contract. The school asks families not to chase during the wait.

Two harder lines it publishes itself: admission carries a six-month probation, after which the staff meeting decides on regular admission and may place the child in a lower year group"there is no right of admission" — and "as a rule, admission into years 11 and 12 as a new pupil is not possible."

If nobody in the family speaks German

There is a published route, and it is free. The Test de Admisión — 19 September 2026, registration by 13 September — is for children in year 3 of Primaria and leads to the Cursillo de Acceso: a year of intensive German, two afternoons a week with native teachers, at no cost, while the child stays at their current school. No German is required. Spanish is — the test is in Spanish.

In Kindergarten neither language is a requirement and mid-year entry is possible when there is space. In Secundaria a mid-year change is "as a rule not possible", and entry requires reports from the last two or three years, sufficient German, a placement test or interview, and a place. A pupil coming from a British or American school can move across, assessed on language, academic level and availability.

Arriving with no Spanish puts the child into the SpaF programme at €805 or €1,035 a year. In Primaria, for the first two years of immersion, that is 4 hours a week at an outside academy, with staff walking the children there and back.

What it does not publish

Canteen prices (managed through the school's platform after enrolment), morning care, after-school clubs, the music school, books and licences. There is no school transport at all and no uniform — only PE kit.

Who it suits

A family with a German-speaking parent, or one landing early enough to use the free access year, and one whose timetable can meet a February deadline for the following September. It does not suit a family arriving in October needing a place now.

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Where families live for Colegio Alemán de Valencia — Deutsche Schule Valencia

Colegio Alemán de Valencia — Deutsche Schule Valencia is in Valencia city. Family flats in Russafa and El Cabanyal commonly listed between €1,200 and €2,200 a month. You are in it. Metro, tram and bus across the city; most families here do not need a car.

Living in Valencia city: schools, the padrón and what it costs

Does Colegio Alemán de Valencia — Deutsche Schule Valencia have a place in your child’s year?

Places are allocated by year group, not by school, and no website answers that. It takes calling the admissions office about that exact year and getting the answer in writing. That is The Shortlist, €989.

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