Close to the beach and far enough away from the crowded tourist center, Poblenou is becoming a more and more popular neighborhood for families in Barcelona. As many families with children move to Poblenou for a quieter, calmer atmosphere without leaving the city, many of them wonder where they can find the best nursery schools close to home for their children. Because it’s such an important decision, we’ve put together a list of the best nursery schools in Poblenou to help out in the search.
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Kinder Barcelona
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Located in the heart of Poblenou Kinder Barcelona is a popular nursery school specializing in multilingual education in Catalan, Spanish, English, and German. Enrollment is open for all children from eight months to six years old, and they focus on the development of children in all areas, including language immersion. Although Kinder Barcelona isn’t a Montessori school, they have adopted a Montessori way of teaching that includes practicing everyday activities with the children such as walking for small children or serving themselves lunch for the four-year-olds. Groups are divided by age and also according to language, so parents can choose the group that will suit their child best. In addition to the regular nursery school, Kinder Barcelona also offers day camps during Easter week and over the summer.
Address: Carrer del Llatzeret, 9, 08005 Barcelona
Xantala
Xantala is another great nursery school in Poblenou that focuses on supporting the self-directed growth of children as they progress through various developmental stages. They’re a non-profit organization dedicated to children’s development in the years before primary school. What makes Xantala stand out is that they focus on the children and their needs instead of the economic needs of the parents who have to return to work. With this model, the nursery schools has established itself as a link between families and education. They even offer parenting groups for families wanting to share their experiences and workshops for the kids in various activities.
Address: Carrer de Pere IV, 190, 08005 Barcelona
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EBM L’Aliança
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Located near Rambla de Poblenou, EBM L’Aliança puts great care into creating a stable environment to make children feel safe and confident in order to aid in their development. They focus on the education of children from 0 to 3 years old and the school is made up of six classrooms spread out across one floor. Each classroom has natural light contributing to their focus on atmosphere, and they have a yard where children can play outdoors. They offer balanced meals made with almost all organic foods and they introduce new foods to children gradually depending on their ages and family instruction.
Address: Carrer de Llull, 163, 08005 Barcelona
No matter what kind of nursery school parents are looking for, chances are they can find one in Poblenou focusing on the areas of child development they find most important. With a bit of research to narrow down the options, it’s easy to find a perfect fit for any child close to home.
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Outside of Barcelona, very near to Poblenou there are many options as well, for instance in Alella, a very nice town15 minutes driving from Poblenou you can find Montessori Village Maresme, a 100% Montessori school, bilingual and enclosed in a very nice village house, I think that whortwhile to have a look.
Any primary schools in this area or just nursery schools?
Hello Billie,
I think this is a good place to start: https://www.barcelona.cat/internationalwelcome/en/needs/compulsory-primary-and-secondary-education
Regards,
Daniella
Hi, this post must be a bit out of date.
Kinder is far form being the best nursery school at the moment in Poblenou. There is a high rotation of educators during the same school year, they are usually students that come from different European countries for a month or 2 and they don’t get paid. Some of them are rude and they don’t even say hello or bye to the parents when you go to pick up your children.
Also, materials and toys are very well used.
I would recommend a new one called Smiles English Kids that opened last year, with more professional and caring owners and educators.