Open Learning grew, organically, out of homeschoolers and students who’d been told elsewhere that there wasn’t a place for them. No investors. No outside backers. A small team, a building in Benitachell, and a way of teaching we believed in.
We’re small on purpose. The goal was never to fit as many children as possible at the highest fee — it was to help as many children as we could, really well, at a school that fits the student rather than the other way round.
“My aim was never to have as many kids as possible at the highest fee. It was to help as many kids as we could.”
What Open Learning is.
A full-time, bilingual day school in Benitachell — Cambridge IGCSE and A-level, from the earliest class to sixth form. Small groups placed by level rather than age, on a shorter school day so afternoons can happen outside.
Cambridge International Education
Our students earn top results in Spain at IGCSE — recognised by Cambridge themselves.
Also from Charlee
Charlee also runs Easy Education — after-school tutoring, languages and exam prep, in the same building behind its own door. A separate business, open to families from any local school.
Visit Easy Education →About the building
We’re honest: the building isn’t our dream space. Our reference for that is LearnLife in Barcelona, and we’ve been hunting for the right place on the Costa Blanca for years. Spaces here are scarce. Until the right one comes up we work with what we have — smaller classrooms, a different layout, and a calm atmosphere that suits the way we teach.
How we make up for what the building lacks
You won’t find a swimming pool, a tennis court, or a commercial kitchen on site. Instead we partner with people who do those things for a living — Ferrer Tennis Academy, the municipal pool in Benitachell, the local stables, Food Adventure in Javea, a local gym. Most afternoons happen off-site, on purpose. Students get more, not less.
About inclusion
Education should be reachable. Before Open Learning, Charlee ran a shadow-teacher service for parents whose children needed extra support to access mainstream school. That commitment runs through everything we do: where it makes sense, we’ll bend the school to fit a child, not the other way round.
We’re a small school built by hand. We’ve been growing one year at a time, learning from every family we work with. If that’s the kind of school you’re looking for, come and see us.