Values & belonging
Personal growth, empathy, responsibility and a safe community in which each student is known.
A school should prepare students for life
Be yourself.
Become more.
Brains is where my educational vision becomes tangible: personal ambition without losing humanity, an international outlook with strong roots, and wellbeing understood as the foundation of achievement.
“The best school is not the one that fills a student’s agenda. It is the one that helps them discover who they are, what they can contribute and how far they can go.”
Luis Manuel Tolmos · Director General
The educational experience
Five dimensions that belong together.
Brains describes its educational model through values, international education, sport and health, innovation and academic formation. The value is not in listing them—it is in making them coherent in a student’s day.
Languages in context
English from the earliest years, with further languages and intercultural experiences as students progress.
Sport & health
Daily movement and healthy habits as part of development, confidence and readiness to learn.
Meaningful innovation
Technology as a tool for creativity, investigation and collaboration—not as an end in itself.
Personalised challenge
Detecting talent, strengthening autonomy and preparing students academically and emotionally.
International outlook
Learning to think beyond borders while building a clear sense of identity and purpose.
Madrid · Gran Canaria
Five campuses, designed around different stages of the journey.
Official age ranges are those published by Brains for the 2026–27 school year.
From early years to university
A continuous conversation with the learner.
In early years, immersion and discovery. In Primary, bilingual literacy, values, technology and daily sport. In Secondary, growing autonomy and the practical connections that make learning matter. In Baccalaureate, academic depth and informed university guidance.
Explore every educational stageInternational Baccalaureate
Inquiry. Concepts. Collaboration. A global context.
Brains presents the PYP (ages 3–12), MYP (12–16) and Diploma Programme (16–18) as a connected international pathway. Families should always confirm the programme available at their chosen campus and the qualification route that fits their university plans.
PYP3–12MYP12–16DP16–18
Official Brains IB information A school is understood when you walk through it.
Visit, observe, ask how students are known and supported, and see whether the daily life of the campus reflects the educational promise.
Conversations that build
Let’s talk about the education
the next generation deserves.
Families, educators, institutions and purpose-led projects: if we share an important question, it deserves a direct conversation.
Luis Manuel TolmosDirector General · Brains International Schools