Schools

The Swedish school in Marbella

Nueva Andalucía has one campus, Fuengirola has the bigger, older one. Fees, class sizes and admission rules below come from each school's own site, not an agency's guess.

Fees and places read from each school's own site, 20 August 2026.

Svenska Skolan Marbella

Nueva Andalucía, Marbella · Urb. La Alzambra, C.C. Vasari 1-D, 29660 Marbella (Málaga)

Founded 2003Ages 3–18

Svenska Skolan Marbella sits above Puerto Banús in Nueva Andalucía, a few minutes off the AP-7. It opened in 2003 and runs förskola (preschool) through grade 6 on site in Swedish; from grade 7, students continue through Sofia Distans and Hermods online programmes with an on-site tutor.

Förskola (ages 3–5) through grade 6 taught on site in Swedish; grade 7 and up continues through Sofia Distans/Hermods with an on-site tutor
About 200 students aged 3–18, in classes of roughly 20 (school's own FAQ, read 20 Aug 2026)
Three padel courts, a sports hall, a pool and a football pitch on the La Alzambra campus

Regulatory status: Runs under Skolverket supervision, licensed by the Junta de Andalucía (school's own site, read 20 Aug 2026)

Fees

WhatCostHow often

Förskola (3–5 years)includes lunch€4,450per term

Förskoleklass–Årskurs 6, standard rateincludes lunch€5,350per term

Förskoleklass–Årskurs 6, state-subsidised rateincludes lunch; apply for the Swedish state subsidy 20 Sep–20 Oct€4,250per term

Grade 7 and up (Sofia Distans/Hermods)includes lunch; Sofia Distans and Hermods charge their own fees on top€3,450per term

Fritids (after-school care), 1–2 days/week€650per term

Fritids (after-school care), 3–5 days/week€1,150per term

Enrolment feenon-refundable€1,000one-time, per student

Their fees page → · Read on their own site, 20 August 2026

Places

The school does not publish a fixed total capacity. Its own FAQ says it tries to offer every applicant a place, and that a class is full once it reaches roughly 20 students, so the real constraint is per class, not one number for the whole school.

Their FAQ → · Read on their own site, 20 August 2026

Official site →

Svenska Skolan Costa del Sol

Los Boliches, Fuengirola · Avenida de Acapulco 11, 29640 Fuengirola (Málaga)

Founded 1969Ages 3 to gymnasiet

Thirty kilometres up the coast in Los Boliches, Fuengirola, Svenska Skolan Costa del Sol has taught the Swedish curriculum since 1969, the oldest Swedish school on this coast and, by its own description, the largest Swedish school outside Sweden. Over 320 students go through förskola to gymnasium here, with a full run to a Swedish gymnasium diploma that the smaller Nueva Andalucía campus doesn't offer on site.

Förskola through gymnasium on one campus, with a full Swedish upper-secondary diploma track
Over 320 students and about 50 staff (school's own FAQ, read 20 Aug 2026); classes run 10–20 in the lower years, up to 30 in gymnasium
No place is guaranteed: the school fills them as space allows, full academic year only, no short-term enrolment
Runs its own guest-student programme: gymnasium students from Sweden board with Spanish host families

Regulatory status: Svensk utlandsskola; pupils can qualify for the Swedish state subsidy, statsbidrag (school's own site, read 20 Aug 2026)

Fees

WhatCostHow often

Förskola (3–5 years)€8,000per year

Årskurs F–6€8,050per year

Årskurs 7–9€8,500per year

Gymnasiet€10,000per year

Kompletterande svenska only, ages 6–8€550per year

Kompletterande svenska only, ages 9–18€650per year

Family membership€100per year

Application feeresidents' rate; guest students pay €500€1,000one-time, per family

The four tuition rows include lunch and materials. Students who qualify for the Swedish state subsidy get €1,250 off; a third child gets 25% off tuition, a fourth gets 50% off.

Their fees page → · Read on their own site, 20 August 2026

Places

The school's own FAQ is direct about it: no student is guaranteed a place, and it fills them as space allows, full academic year only, no weekly or monthly enrolment. Class sizes run 10–20 in förskola through mellanstadiet, 20–25 in högstadiet, 20–30 in gymnasiet.

Their FAQ → · Read on their own site, 20 August 2026

Official site →

A third campus is coming

Marbella council has opened the public procedure to hand over municipal land for a new Swedish school: four plots in Lomas del Virrey, north of Puente Romano, construction estimated at €14.94m, and the company behind it described as "linked to the existing Swedish school in Nueva Andalucia." Building hasn't started; there's no fee page yet. Reported by Euro Weekly News, 18 May 2026

Questions

Is there a Swedish school in Marbella?

Yes: Svenska Skolan Marbella, in Nueva Andalucía above Puerto Banús, teaches förskola through grade 6 on site in Swedish, then grade 7 and up through Sofia Distans and Hermods with an on-site tutor. Fees and admission rules above are read from the school's own site, 20 August 2026.

What if I want a full Swedish gymnasium diploma on this coast?

Nueva Andalucía's campus hands off to online programmes from grade 7. For a full on-site run through to a Swedish gymnasium diploma, the option here is Svenska Skolan Costa del Sol in Fuengirola, about 30km up the AP-7 and the older, bigger of the two.

Is a place guaranteed once I apply?

No, at either school. Both say directly on their own sites that they place students as space allows rather than guaranteeing a seat: Nueva Andalucía caps classes at roughly 20 students, Fuengirola runs 10 to 30 depending on the grade.

Do the fees above include everything?

They're the figures each school publishes on its own fees page as of 20 August 2026: tuition, enrolment fees and the discounts each school states. Neither publishes a price list for extras like uniforms or trips, so ask the school directly for those.

Method

Both schools are Swedish-curriculum institutions with their own official site. Every fee figure and every places/admission figure above is read directly off that site, on the date shown; nothing here comes from a schools directory, a forum thread or a Facebook group.