School year

Study anywhere in the world

Aimed at students who want to broaden their life experience and have a full language immersion.

Spend a school year or term abroad with the guidance of the best professionals, who will support the student throughout the academic experience.

We advise you

We guide you through meetings with the family and the student. Before, during and after the stay.

Choose your destination

We offer the possibility of doing the stay in Ireland, England, Canada, United States, among other destinations.

Preparing for the school year

We support you throughout the whole process of preparing for the school year in a personalised way.

The role of the family

A personalised advisory process to help you choose the best programme.

When a son or daughter embarks on a school year abroad, how does the family experience it?

Doing a school year or term abroad is a project for the student, but also for their family, and it calls for professional, trustworthy and close advice to understand their needs, with the aim of offering the best-suited course and enjoying the best possible academic experience in another country.

Communication throughout the stay with both the student and the family, to be the bridge that helps the student and the family to support them during the academic experience abroad.

Getting to know the student

A series of preliminary meetings with the family and the student as a way to start the process of selecting the best programme.

Our aim: to get to know the student and offer our advisory services to find the programme and school where they can develop their abilities to the full in every way.

The interests of the student and the family are taken into account, as well as the sports they play, their artistic skills and their cultural and/or personal interests, in order to choose between various countries, regions and/or schools.

Trust us

Valua Languages has the best professionals to guide the student and accompany them during their academic experience abroad.

Accommodation in residence or with a host family
Families interviewed and selected by the school; residences run by the programme managers.
Academic
We find the programme that suits each student and handle paperwork, fees, credit recognition and enrolment.
Transport and insurance
We arrange flights, transfers and the health and accident insurance required by each destination country.
Personalised attention
24-hour supervision throughout the stay and constant communication between the family, the student, the school and the agency.
Special scholarship at an American boarding school
We offer a programme in the USA at five private boarding schools, with scholarships for Valua students based on their academic record.

Academic aspects

Programme

Once the programme has been decided, we will choose from all the proposals we offer you based on the information provided in the interviews and the availability of each school.

The programmes are personalised, tailored to the needs and interests of each student. Academic materials, enrolment, tuition fees and programme administrative costs are included. Depending on the destination and the school's protocol, some aspects may not be included (e.g. part of the student's uniform); please ask in each case.

Validation

We will take care of the full management of the paperwork with the school and the destination country. You will be informed of all the legal documentation needed for the academic year stay in the chosen country.

From 4th ESO onwards, the course must be officially validated. We will follow the official validation tables for official courses.

We will handle all the paperwork needed to make this validation easier, choose the most suitable subjects and guide the student from an academic point of view.

Communication

Contact with the family is continuous before and during the stay. Meetings will be held to talk about the destination country, the culture or what the student may need during the months abroad. The student will feel supported by the agency at all times.

The family is kept informed of the student's adaptation at all times, as well as of their academic results, and we act as a link between the natural family, the host family, the school and the student.

Smooth information flow so that both the family and the student feel at ease and only have to worry about enjoying this experience.

Course validation

Course validation table

It is important to remember that the date of birth determines which year the student must be enrolled in, according to each country's criteria. We advise on and process validations in every case.

Spain	England	Ireland	USA	Canada
1st year of ESO	Year 8	First Year (Junior Cycle)	Grade 7	Grade 7
2nd ESO	Year 9	Second Year (Junior Cycle)	Grade 8	Grade 8
3rd ESO	Year 10	Third Year (Junior Certificate)	Grade 9	Grade 9
4th ESO	Year 11 + GCSE	Transition Year	Grade 10	Grade 10
1st year of Batxillerat	Year 12	Year Five	Grade 11	Grade 11
2nd Bachillerato	Year 13	Year Six (Leaving Certificate)	Grade 12 + High School Graduation Diploma	Grade 12 + High School Graduation Diploma