This is not your traditional school, this is Open Learning.

We teach by conversation, not recital.

Ten or twelve students around a table. Teachers who sit with them, on first-name terms. Project-based work, placed by level rather than age, paced so no one is set up to fail.

The day school

A school day on first-name terms.

A full-time Cambridge day school for ages 4 to 18 — bilingual, project-based, and paced to the student.

Open Learning · Day School

What a day actually looks like.

A full-time Cambridge programme for ages 4 to 18 — IGCSE and A-level. Bilingual from the earliest class. Project-based, conversation-led, paced to the student.

  • Class size10–12 students per group
  • PlacementBy level and emotional readiness, not by birthday
  • ExamsiGCSE & A-Level taken at the student’s pace
  • Day length8:45 – 14:00 — afternoons for sport, sea & hobbies
See the programme
Every child is different

Other schools said no. We start with the child.

We know how it feels to be told a school “isn’t the right fit”. Big international schools often turn away children who need a little more — more time, more support, a different pace. We were built for exactly those children. Before we read a report, we look at the child in front of us.

How admissions works
How we teach

Four commitments we don’t compromise on.

We borrowed the best ideas we could find — from the Harkness method, from project-based learning, from years of teaching kids who didn’t fit other schools — and built a day around them.

1

The Harkness table

Lessons happen as conversations, not lectures. A teacher and 10–12 students discuss a stimulus — a film clip, a problem, a passage — and understanding emerges from the discussion.

2

Project-based learning

Real projects across subjects — marine science, enterprise, textiles, art and more — that build skills the way work outside school does. Life skills sit inside the curriculum, not outside it.

3

Placed by level, not age

For core subjects we group students into support, middle and high so each one moves at the right pace. A student can be in “high” for English and “support” for maths — that’s normal.

4

Own pace through exams

IGCSEs and A-levels stepped one at a time, taken when the student is ready. Some sit Enterprise IGCSE early; some A-level students take Maths IGCSE later. We don’t set anyone up to fail.

1012
Per class
Around the table

Small enough to actually know each kid.

We’re a first-name school. With ten or twelve students in a group, you can know who needs more time, who’s bored, who’s having a rough week — and you can do something about it.

C
Charlee
Founder & Head of School
10–12
Per class
3
Levels per core subject
100%
GCSE Spanish pass rate
Beyond the classroom

A small school with a big village.

Our building doesn’t have a swimming pool or a tennis court — and that’s a feature, not a bug. We work with the people who do this stuff for a living, all within a few minutes of campus.

Ferrer Tennis Academy
Tennis
Ferrer Tennis Academy

Weekly coaching on the courts where champions train.

Benitachell Pool
Swimming
Benitachell Pool

Year-round swim sessions two minutes from school.

Local Stables
Equestrian
Local Stables

Afternoons riding, mucking in, learning the work behind it.

Food Adventure, Javea
Cooking · Catering
Food Adventure, Javea

Cooking projects in a real working kitchen.

Local Gym
Strength · Conditioning
Local Gym

Supervised training for older students, a few times a week.

The Cove
Marine science · Diving
The Cove

Field-based marine biology; the Mediterranean is a 12-minute walk.