At Gaztelueta we work with an educational model that seeks personalised attention for all pupils. In this way, each student can achieve an integral development of his or her abilities and personality.
EVAU results and access to top universities
100% of our students complete Bachillerato and the vast majority enrol in their first-choice degrees. 88% of the pupils who are currently studying Bachillerato entered the school in the first year of primary school or in the infant stage.
Ranking best schools
En el Curso 24/25 Gaztelueta ha sido seleccionado entre los 100 mejores colegios de España según el ranking publicado por El Mundo, situándose en 4º lugar en el País Vasco.
Otros reconocimientos este curso y en ediciones anteriores han sido la inclusión en la prestigiosa lista de los 100 mejores colegios de España según los ránkings Forbes y El Español.
En el Curso 23/24 Gaztelueta ha obtenido notables reconocimientos, destacando su inclusión en la prestigiosa lista de los 100 mejores colegios de España según los ránkings Forbes y El Español.
In January 2024, Gaztelueta was also awarded the "Micole 2024" Seal, a school search platform with more than 5 million users. With this seal, Gaztelueta is recognised as one of the best schools in Spain in 2024.
Science Olympiad Awards
La trayectoria en competiciones científicas es significativa, con ocho medallas en Olimpiadas de Física y Química en los últimos siete años. La participación activa en Olimpiadas tanto en fase autonómica como nacional, resalta el rendimiento académico del alumnado. En 2023, cuatro alumnos fueron clasificados como finalistas en la Olimpiada de Física obteniendo la medalla de oro y de bronce en la fase autonómica clasificándose para la Olimpiada Nacional de Física. En 2024, un alumno ha logrado el tercer puesto en la Olimpiada de Física del País Vasco clasificándose también para la Fase Nacional.
Official qualifications English
Gaztelueta is recognised as an official examination centre by the British Council for Cambridge qualifications. 80% of the pupils finish 2nd Baccalaureate with the FCE (First Certificate) and 55% also do so with CAE (Advanced) or Higher. It has different projects of internationalisation as well as exchange.
Personalised attention and educational reinforcement
Personalised attention is a fundamental pillar for us. We dedicate more than 265 hours per week to reinforcement hours, small work groups, conversation assistants... (If we also add the hours of tutoring we would be talking about 490 hours per week in total).
Sports in Gaztelueta
Facilities: Gaztelueta has 17,000 m2 dedicated to sport, a third of its total surface area. Football pitch, swimming pool, 2 paddle tennis courts, indoor multi-sports courts and a complete sports centre are some of our facilities.
More than 400 students, distributed in more than thirty football, basketball, handball and athletics teams, participate in federated sports activities representing Gaztelueta.
We compete in four sporting disciplines:
Football125 pupils compete in official tournaments in the categories of Alevín, Infantil, Cadetes and Juveniles. Sportsmanship is the hallmark of our teams.
HandballWe have seven handball teams in the whole school. It is a sport with a great tradition, as we managed to be in the honorary division in the 60s.
BasketballThere is a high level of sportsmanship in our basketball teams. The coaches manage to get the best out of the kids. Many pupils play in these teams.
AthleticsCompatible with the other three sports, different athletics disciplines are learnt and pupils can take part in local, regional and national competitions.
More than 400 students participate in Gaztelueta in our Sports Campus and activities that are organised every year during the holidays in June, July and the first days of September.
National and international educational innovation projects
Alumnado de Bachillerato ha sido premiado en el curso 2023-2024 en el certamen Startinnova, un concurso de ideas de negocio que impulsa la innovación y el emprendimiento entre los jóvenes. Este éxito se enmarca en el Proyecto de Empresa Simulada de la asignatura de Economía. Los estudiantes tienen la oportunidad de formar equipos y crear su propia empresa virtual con el objetivo de proporcionarles una experiencia realista en el mundo empresarial. La final tuvo lugar en el Aula Magna de la Universidad del País Vasco.
Forensic ScienceFinalist of the 1st STEAM Euskadi Sariak 2020 Awards. International educational project in Baccalaureate and supported by institutions such as Innobasque, the Ertzaintza or the University of the Basque Country, among others, in which 450 students from 15 countries and more than 13 schools and institutes in the Basque Country participate. The aim of the project is to foster students' STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts & Mathematics) skills through Forensic Science.
Greenpower: Bizkaia Business Association (Bizkaired) Innovation Award 2019. More than 20 schools take part in the Greenpower competition, backed by different companies. 130 racing cars built by teams from England, Singapore, China, USA, Poland and Portugal at the Silverstone race. This project aims to instil in students, in a very attractive way, a commitment to the environment, through the construction of non-polluting electric cars made, as far as possible, with recycled or biodegradable materials.
First Lego League: The students take part in the international competition every year. FIRST LEGO League (FLL), using thematic challenges to engage students in research, problem solving and science. In the last edition they won 1st prize for robot design and behaviour.
Beebots and robotics from the age of 3 years oldThe school's project in Early Childhood Education to work on analytical skills through STEAM competences and robotics, has been recognised as a winner of the 5th Nursery School Magazine Awards.
Gaztelueta is part of the International Boy's Schools Coalition (IBSC), an international coalition of schools of differentiated education for boys that brings together hundreds of schools from 20 countries (on 5 continents) and allows, on an international level, to exchange experiences and to evolve together towards more applied and real-life teaching systems.
In October 2023, secondary students from the school became finalists in the "Law and Society" awards of the RocaJunyent Law Firm's RSA Programme. This recognition underlines the school's participation in programmes that promote knowledge of the civic value of the law.
In June 2023, the primary school pupils have been awarded the first prize by the President of the European Commission. RepsolAntonio Brufau, in the 2nd edition of the Zinkers Awards The primary school pupils won the first prize in June 2023 from Repsol Chairman Antonio Brufau in the second edition of the Fundación Repsol's Zinkers Awards on energy and sustainability. This award recognises the best primary and secondary school initiatives.
La reciente solicitud de autorización para el Bachillerato Internacional (IB) en las etapas de infantil y primaria y la reciente solicitud de autorización en la etapa de secundaria, subraya el compromiso por la excelencia académica del colegio.
También se hace hincapié en la formación continua del profesorado por medio de cursos. Los últimos especializados en Reggio Emilia (Italia), Aprendizaje Cooperativo y Disciplina Positiva. La formación en Competencias Digitales para todo el profesorado refleja la adaptación a las demandas educativas contemporáneas.
La responsabilidad hacia el desarrollo profesional del claustro se refleja a través de otros programas internacionales, como el Programa de Grandes Libros of the University of Navarra, con visitas a Harvard y Boston o también por medio del Programa Erasmus, por medio de la cual, los alumnos participan activamente en proyectos y colaboran con estudiantes de otros países mediante intercambios. Esta iniciativa ha llevado a profesores, que también se benefician del programa, a visitar centros educativos europeos para explorar espacios educativos innovadores y participar en proyectos de innovación. A su vez, el colegio ha recibido visitas de diversos países interesados en su proyecto educativo.
Solidarity and service to others
More than 340 hours a year are dedicated by the students to solidarity and service to others.
The Ireki Associationwhich helps to coordinate the various solidarity activities in the school, has been awarded the Barakaldo Solidarity Award XIII edition for its work of social interest. Among its various social initiatives, which it has been promoting for many years, is the accompaniment of elderly people in the residence that the Foundation manages in Barakaldo by students from the school.
Además de todas las acciones previstas para todas las etapas durante el curso, en noviembre de 2024 antiguos alumnos han coordinado una campaña de ayuda con motivo de la DANA de Valencia. En febrero de 2023, llevaron a cabo una acción similar tras el terremoto en Turquía, demostrando un fuerte compromiso social y solidario.
Services
Canteen Service. Gaztelueta has two dining rooms and two kitchens of its own, equipped with the necessary equipment to prepare healthy and natural cuisine. It also has the advice of a nutritionist who supervises each menu and offers a balanced nutritional proposal, including dinners, taking into account the school's daily lunch menu. Monthly, families are sent the MEALS MENUS.
More than 25 different menus are prepared daily in order to meet everyone's nutritional needs.
Bus Service. The bus service has 10 routes que nos permiten abarcar amplias zonas geográficas: Getxo, Barakaldo, Santurce, Bilbao, Berango, Sopelana, Plencia, Laukariz, Castro Urdiales, etc
Ampliación de la oferta de extraescolares: se ha ampliado la oferta ofreciendo en los últimos cursos también Pádel, Ballet, gimnasia deportiva o hockey patines junto a un amplio listado de actividades.
General information about Gaztelueta
Número de alumnos: 1213. El 88% desarrolla toda su etapa escolar en Gaztelueta.
Number of families: 740
Número de profesores: 108 ( dos profesores por cada 15 alumnos en la etapa de 0-2 años y un profesor por cada 15 alumnos desde el segundo ciclo de la etapa de infantil).
Class size: The maximum number of pupils per class varies according to the age of the pupils. For example, the number of pupils in the crèche classrooms does not exceed 8 pupils and in the 1 year old classrooms it does not exceed 13 pupils. In the 2 year old classrooms there are no more than 18 pupils and from the 1st year classrooms (3 year olds) onwards, the classrooms do not exceed 25 pupils.
Average age of teaching staff: 41 years.
Average professional experience: 17 years.
No. of old (Alumni Association): more than 7,000
Percentage of students enrolled who are children of former students: 33%
Overall level of satisfaction of families with the school: 8.8
How the school staff rate their pride in belonging to the school: 9
No. of square metres of green area: 52,969 m2.
Interviews between parents and tutor: Three interviews per year is the average number of tutorials that each family has with the tutor. This is one of the aspects that makes Gaztelueta one of the best schools in Bizkaia.
More than 10,000 interviews with parents and pupils every year.
Number of training and educational sessions for parents, family counselling courses each year: 140.
