Most families come to us with a question about teaching. Venezuelan families more often come with a question about geography — not where they are, but where their children might be in five years, which is a genuinely open question in a way it is not in most of the countries we serve. That changes what the right answer looks like, and it is worth setting out carefully.
The problem, stated plainly
A national school record is assessed by foreign universities through recognition procedures, and those procedures differ in every country. What a Spanish university asks for is not what a Chilean, American, Portuguese or Canadian one asks for. Each conversion takes time, each produces a different result, and none of them can be done in advance because you have to know the destination first. For a family whose members are already spread across several of those countries, that is a real planning problem rather than a theoretical one.
The answer, and why it is not complicated
A qualification read directly in all of them. UCAS reads Cambridge A-Levels natively. American and Canadian universities read A-Levels, the IB Diploma and AP records without conversion. Spanish and Portuguese institutions assess them through equivalence routes they use every year. Colombian and Chilean universities recognise them within established procedures. A-Levels are accepted in 160+ countries. One record, prepared once, that does not need to be reconstructed depending on where a child ends up applying from.
Which is why our arrangement runs alongside a school
This is worth being clear about. We do not replace a Venezuelan school and could not — we are not an authorised Venezuelan institution and issue no Venezuelan qualification. The school carries the domestic record; we teach the international track alongside it. That is also the arrangement that raises none of the legal questions we could not verify, which is a second and independent reason to build it that way.
Fees, in one number
We quote and invoice in USD, which is widely used here for larger commitments. USD 2,160-6,480 a year for live small-group teaching through to A-Level. I would rather present a five-year education commitment as one stable figure than as something that has to be recalculated, and in this market that matters more than it does in most.
Examinations, which we plan at enrolment
This is the operational commitment I would most want a Venezuelan family to hear. We raise the examination question when you enrol, not in the term before the series. Caracas provision is checked first; regional families from Zulia, Carabobo, Guayana and the Andes plan travel into each window well ahead; and where a domestic sitting is not practical for a particular series, we discuss alternatives in good time, including sittings arranged where relatives live in Colombia, Panama, Spain or the United States. Families do that more often than you might expect, and it works when it is planned and does not when it is not.
And what I would say about Venezuelan schooling itself
That it has a long and distinguished record, that Venezuelan universities have produced engineers, doctors and scientists who work everywhere, and that nothing we offer is a comment on the quality of Venezuelan teaching. Our value here is narrow and specific: a qualification that does not need translating, fees that do not need recalculating, and examination logistics planned properly rather than assumed.
Frequently Asked Questions
Which qualification travels best for a family with members abroad?+
Cambridge A-Levels and the IB Diploma, with AP for US-focused applications. All are read directly in Spain, the United States, Colombia, Chile, Portugal, Canada and the UK, whereas a national record is assessed through different procedures in each.
Do you replace our Venezuelan school?+
No, and we could not — we are not an authorised Venezuelan institution. The school carries the domestic record; we teach the international track alongside it.
Where would our child sit examinations?+
We plan this at enrolment. Caracas is checked first, regional families plan travel ahead, and where a domestic sitting is not practical we discuss alternatives in good time — including sittings where relatives live abroad.
How does the timezone work?+
Seven hours, fixed. Venezuelan mornings and very early afternoons both land in our teaching day, and turno mañana/tarde leaves most students one window genuinely free.
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