Spain · Nueva Andalucía, Marbella · Founded 1982
Aloha College Marbella
The academic day school of Marbella, IGCSE and IB with strong results, and a community of families from fifty countries.
The character
Aloha is a British-curriculum day school with an IB sixth form and results that send pupils to the best universities in Britain, Spain and the United States. It is the natural choice for families who have moved to Marbella and want their children at home in the evening. Sport and music are good; the climate does the rest.
Good for
Families living in Marbella, day education, the IB
Less suited to
Boarders
Getting in
Rolling admissions with assessment and interview; waiting lists in the primary years.
What it costs in total
At about € 16,000 a year for boarding (€ 16,000 for day pupils), the 5 years from 13 to 18 add up to roughly €90,000 in today’s money including typical extras, before fee increases, tutoring and flights. The Education Cost Calculator adds inflation, extras and a second child.
Fees are rounded 2025/26 figures from the school’s own schedule and change every year. The school’s current fee sheet prevails. The picture is an impression of the setting, not a photograph of the campus.
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