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Think Ahead Academy

Think Ahead Academy is a private, non-regulated educational centre specialising in teaching academic subjects of the British System (IGCSE & A-Level), the International Baccalaureate (IB) and the Middle Years Programme (MYP).

For the proper functioning of the academy, the Think Ahead Academy student undertakes to attend all lessons regularly and punctually.

Think Ahead Academy reserves the right of admission for students who, for reasons of behaviour, are deemed unsuitable to attend lessons at the academy.

Support Classes (2025-2026 Academic Year)

IGCSE, A-LEVELS, MYP & IB

Support Classes (2025-2026 Academic Year) refer to the group lessons scheduled by the academy in the afternoon from Monday to Friday, or in the morning at weekends, and which take place over the course of the academic year. This term does not include Extra Classes or Intensive Courses.

The period during which the Support Classes (2025-26 Academic Year) are delivered lasts 10 months for students in Year 10 and Year 11 (IGCSE), Year 12 and Year 13 (A-Level), Grade 10 (MYP) and Grade 11 and Grade 12 (IB), with the exception of students in Year 11, Year 12 and 13 taking subjects with the Cambridge International Examination (CIE) examination board, students in Year 12 taking subjects with the IAL Edexcel examination board, and students in Grade 12; for these exceptions the period during which the Support Classes (2025-26 Academic Year) are delivered lasts 9 months.

The Support Classes (2025-26 Academic Year) begin on 8 September 2025 and end in the week of 8 June 2026 for students whose Support Classes last 10 months, comprising a total of 37 lessons.

The Support Classes (2025-26 Academic Year) begin on 8 September 2025 and end in the week of 11 May 2026 for students whose Support Classes last 9 months, comprising a total of 33 lessons.

Lessons normally last 2 hours, from Monday to Friday, in the time slots from 17:15 to 19:15 and from 19:15 to 21:15. However, for students of Colegio Runnymede, lesson times may be from 16:45 to 18:45 and from 18:45 to 20:45. In addition, for students of the IB Double Pack (Maths AA HL + Physics HL) lessons last 3 hours and the timetable is 17:15–20:45.

Lessons may be in-person or online, as agreed.

On Saturdays and Sundays, groups will be opened based on demand, provided there is a minimum of two students per group.

A maximum of 5 students per class is permitted.

In the Support Classes Holiday Calendar (2025-26 Academic Year), Think Ahead Academy will specify the days considered as Holidays, on which no Academic Year lessons will be taught, and the days considered as Recoverable Holidays, for which the manner and means by which the corresponding lessons will be made up will be established.

All Support Classes (2025-26 Academic Year) are taught in English, except for those IB subjects taught in Spanish, depending on the school the students come from.

Enrolment and reservation of places

To formalise the reservation of a place before the start of the 2025-26 Academic Year, it will be necessary to pay the amount corresponding to the registration fee and the deposit through the issuing of an invoice.

The registration fee costs 100 euros for those who enrol in one subject, and 160 euros for those who enrol in two or more subjects. The deposit amounts to 100 euros and is paid once only, regardless of the number of subjects.

The registration fee will not be refunded under any circumstances. The deposit will only be refunded in the account statement adjustment (final settlement of the course), and only if the student remains enrolled until the end of the 2025-26 Academic Year.

Once the 2025-26 Academic Year has begun, it will not be necessary to pay a deposit but a registration fee will be required, which will not be refunded under any circumstances:

In the first term, the registration fee will be 100 euros to enrol in one subject or 160 euros to enrol in two or more.
From 1 January 2026, the registration fee will be 50 euros to enrol in one subject or 100 euros to enrol in two or more.
From 6 April 2026, the registration fee will be 20 euros to enrol in one subject or 30 euros to enrol in two or more.

Annual amount and monthly instalment

As set out in the following tables, the group Support Classes (2025-26 Academic Year) have a fixed annual price, prorated over 9 or 10 monthly instalments, which depends on:

The number of weeks the Academic Year lasts, 37 or 33 weeks.
The number of subjects contracted and, therefore, the associated discounts:
- 5% discount when two subjects are contracted.
- 15% discount when more than two subjects are contracted.
The class format, in-person or online.

The monthly instalments into which the annual amount is divided, which are shown explicitly in the tables below, will be invoiced at the beginning of each month.

This price does not include complementary services such as Extra Classes, Intensive Courses, the University Guidance Service or the Pick-up Service from school.

37 WEEKS (10 MONTHS) – IN-PERSON CLASSES

No. of subjects	Annual amount (including discounts)	Monthly proration (10 months: September–June)
1	€3,450	€345
2	€6,555 (5% discount included)	€656
3	€8,798 (15% discount included)	€880

33 WEEKS (9 MONTHS) – IN-PERSON CLASSES

No. of subjects	Annual amount (including discounts)	Monthly proration (9 months: September–May)
1	€3,105	€345
2	€5,900 (5% discount included)	€656
3	€7,918 (15% discount included)	€880

37 WEEKS (10 MONTHS) – ONLINE CLASSES

No. of subjects	Annual amount	Monthly proration (10 months: September–June)
1	€3,300	€330
2	€6,270 (5% discount included)	€627
3	€8,415 (15% discount included)	€842

33 WEEKS (9 MONTHS) – ONLINE CLASSES

No. of subjects	Annual amount	Monthly proration (9 months: September–May)
1	€2,970	€330
2	€5,643 (5% discount included)	€627
3	€7,574 (15% discount included)	€842

37 WEEKS (10 MONTHS) IB DOUBLE PACK – IN-PERSON CLASSES

No. of subjects	Annual amount (including discounts)	Monthly proration (10 months: September–June)
1	€4,800	€480
2	€6,555 (5% discount included)	€912
3	€12,240 (15% discount included)	€1224

33 WEEKS (9 MONTHS) IB DOUBLE PACK – IN-PERSON CLASSES

No. of subjects	Annual amount (including discounts)	Monthly proration (9 months: September–May)
1	€4,320	€480
2	€8,208 (5% discount included)	€912
3	€11,016 (15% discount included)	€1224

37 WEEKS (10 MONTHS) IB DOUBLE PACK – ONLINE CLASSES

No. of subjects	Annual amount	Monthly proration (10 months: September–June)
1	€4,600	€460
2	€8,740 (5% discount included)	€874
3	€11,730 (15% discount included)	€1173

33 WEEKS (9 MONTHS) IB DOUBLE PACK – ONLINE CLASSES

No. of subjects	Annual amount	Monthly proration (9 months: September–May)
1	€4,140	€460
2	€7,866 (5% discount included)	€874
3	€10,557 (15% discount included)	€1173

Method of payment

The collection of the registration fee, deposit, lessons and, in general, any type of service provided by Think Ahead Academy is carried out by direct debit, with clients providing the payer’s tax and banking details on the SEPA direct debit mandate sent by Think Ahead Academy. The repeated return of receipts implies the student’s discontinuation from their lessons.

If, in exceptional cases, the payment cannot be direct debited, the lessons will be paid quarterly in advance during the first five working days of the first month of the quarterly instalment. Delay in the advance quarterly payment will prevent the student from continuing in their lessons at the academy.

Enrolments during the Academic Year

In the event of enrolling once the 2025-26 Academic Year has begun, the annual amount will be calculated on the basis of the number of lessons remaining in the course. An adjustment will be made to the invoice for the first monthly instalment so that the remaining instalments match the tables set out above.

Absence policy

For enrolments in the first term, the student has 1 annual absence of any kind for one subject taken, 2 absences for two subjects, and 3 absences for three or more subjects.

For enrolments in the second term, the student has 1 annual absence for two subjects taken and 2 absences for three or more subjects.

For enrolments in the third term, the student has no absences for the subjects taken.

Rules on the use of absences

In the event of an absence, one of the assigned absence credits is automatically used, regardless of whether or not prior notice has been given.

Once all available credits have been used as indicated above, any additional absence will be invoiced in full.

For organisational reasons, it remains compulsory to report any absence before 14:00 on the day of the lesson, either by email to Clara Aragoncillo (clara.aragoncillo@thinkaheadeducation.com) or via the WhatsApp group shared with the family.

Extra Classes

Extra Classes are a Think Ahead Academy resource to provide additional help (at a greatly reduced cost) for students who need it.

An Extra Class may be requested by the client or recommended by the academy following a request from the student’s teacher.

Extra Classes may be individual or group, at the client’s request, provided the centre can meet such requests given the availability of teaching staff.

As they are conceived as a complementary educational tool, they are priced at 25 euros/hour.

Extra Classes may only be booked for those subjects in which the student takes part during the Support Classes period (2025-26 Academic Year).

Extra Classes will be invoiced month by month.

Account statement adjustment (settlement)

Upon completion of the Support Classes (2025-26 Academic Year), whether because the client withdraws or because the 2025-26 Academic Year has ended, an account statement adjustment (settlement) will be carried out, taking into consideration the lessons that have already been delivered out of the total planned for the year, with the aim of ensuring that only the lessons delivered have been invoiced. This adjustment consists of a single invoice.

Pick-up Service

The pick-up service will only be available as a one-way journey and from Kings College Soto de Viñuelas school.

The price per journey is 12€.

In the event of an absence for the Pick-up Service, the Secretary’s Office must be notified before 14:00 on the day of the lesson.

Reporting an absence after 14:00 on the day of the lesson will not exempt the client from the payment corresponding to that journey.

In the event of a delay in the Pick-up Service, Think Ahead Academy undertakes to deliver the 2 hours of lessons established.

Changes in teaching staff and making up lessons

Teaching staff may be replaced for justified cause, for a limited period or permanently, by another teacher with the same qualifications.

In the event that any Support Class (2025-26 Academic Year) is suspended at the academy’s instigation or coincides with a recoverable holiday indicated in the Think Ahead Academy calendar, that lesson will be made up. If it is not possible to arrange such a make-up for reasons attributable to Think Ahead Academy, the amount will be refunded in the account statement adjustment (settlement).

Christmas, Easter and Ad Hoc Intensive Courses

The Christmas and Easter Intensive Courses are group lessons delivered by Think Ahead Academy in the morning or afternoon, online.

The Ad Hoc Intensive Courses are individual lessons delivered by Think Ahead Academy online and at a time to be agreed with the client.

Generally, the sessions of the Intensive Courses last 2 hours, although there may be exceptions duly described by Think Ahead Academy in the specifications of each session.

All sessions corresponding to the Intensive Courses in academic subjects of the British System and the International Baccalaureate in English are taught in English. Only the sessions relating to International Baccalaureate subjects in Spanish are taught in Spanish.

Registration

Those interested in attending the Christmas and Easter Intensive Courses may register, through the means and procedures provided by Think Ahead Academy, in as many sessions as they wish, it being necessary to register in at least one session.

The student will be formally registered in each of the reserved sessions upon receipt by Think Ahead Academy of the registration form, with the corresponding invoicing process starting in parallel.

Once registration for a session has been formalised, Think Ahead Academy undertakes to deliver the session on the scheduled date and time, for which it will provide the necessary human and material resources.

For the Ad Hoc Intensive Courses, the academy will agree with the client the total duration of the Intensive Course. The student will be formally registered when the client pays the corresponding invoice.

Absence policy

If, due to force majeure, Think Ahead Academy is unable to deliver a session of an Intensive Course, an attempt will be made to reschedule it. In the event that it cannot be made up, the client will be refunded the amount corresponding to that session.

If the registered student is unable to attend a session for personal reasons or any type of indisposition, they must report it at least 24 hours in advance by email to Clara Aragoncillo (clara.aragoncillo@thinkaheadeducation.com). In that case, the corresponding amount will be refunded, with such refund being limited to a single absence throughout the Intensive Course. Any other additional absence, even if it has been reported with the required notice, will not be refunded.

If notice is given less than 24 hours in advance, the session will be considered non-recoverable and its amount will not be refunded.

Price and method of payment

Each session of a Christmas, Easter and Summer Intensive Course is priced at 45 euros/hour.

Each session of an Ad Hoc Intensive Course is priced at 45 euros/hour.

Payment must be made by bank transfer to the account provided by Think Ahead Academy, although Think Ahead Academy may also debit the amount of the sessions to the client by means of a SEPA receipt, provided that the client has given the corresponding authorisation.

Summer Intensive Courses

The Summer Intensive Courses are also blocks of group lessons delivered by Think Ahead Academy in the morning or afternoon, online.

With a model that seeks to revise the most important topics of the previous year (Revise model) or to get ahead with key content of the following year (Get Ahead model), these courses are planned to be covered over one week, with a teaching load of 2 hours per day from Monday to Friday (10 hours in total per block), although there may be exceptions duly described by Think Ahead Education in the specifications of each session.

All lessons corresponding to the Intensive Courses in academic subjects of the British System and the International Baccalaureate in English are taught in English. Only the sessions relating to International Baccalaureate subjects in Spanish are taught in Spanish.

Also, as part of the offer, in addition to the regular lessons, we will offer some special courses that will be delivered in person.

Registration

Those interested in attending the Summer Intensive Courses may register, through the means and procedures provided by Think Ahead Academy, in as many sessions as they wish.

The student will be formally registered in each of the Revise or Get Ahead blocks reserved upon receipt by Think Ahead Academy of the registration form, with the corresponding invoicing process starting in parallel.

Once registration for a block has been formalised, Think Ahead Academy undertakes to deliver the sessions on the scheduled dates and times, for which it will provide the necessary human and material resources.

Absence policy

For the Summer Courses, a block of 5 sessions is contracted, scheduled over a period of one week. If, due to force majeure, Think Ahead Academy is unable to deliver a session of an Intensive Course, an attempt will be made to reschedule it. In the event that it cannot be made up, the client will be refunded the amount corresponding to that session.

If notice is given less than 24 hours in advance, the session will be considered non-recoverable and its amount will not be refunded.

Price and method of payment

Each subject contracted for the Summer Courses, whether in the Revise or Get Ahead model, costs 450 euros/block (5 sessions of 2 hours over one week).

The special courses may have a different cost from the regular lessons depending on the nature and duration of the course.

When contracting two subjects/courses during the Summer Courses of one period, a 10% discount is applied to the total amount contracted.

If 3 subjects/courses are contracted, the discount increases to 15% on the total amount contracted.

Examination Centre

Think Ahead Academy is a private, non-regulated educational centre and, at the same time, an official IGCSE and A-Level examination centre for the Edexcel examination board. For Cambridge examinations, students will be referred to Virtus College, with which Think Ahead Academy has an exclusive agreement.

Think Ahead Academy cannot examine any subject of the Diploma Programme (International Baccalaureate).

Think Ahead Academy reserves the right of registration for these examinations, taking into account the established quota and the internal limits that the centre may have at any given time.

Think Ahead Academy undertakes to safeguard the interests of candidates, ensuring examination conditions set by the examination board and fully managing the sending of the examinations to the United Kingdom for marking and the subsequent issuing of official grade certificates once received from the competent British authority.

Registration

Those interested in sitting an official Edexcel or Cambridge examination may register, through the means and procedures provided by Think Ahead Academy, in as many examinations as they wish.

The student will be formally registered in each of the official examinations upon receipt by Think Ahead Academy of the registration form, with the corresponding invoicing process starting in parallel.

Once registration for a session has been formalised, Think Ahead Academy undertakes to hold the examination on the date and time scheduled by the corresponding examination board, for which it will provide the necessary human and material resources.

If, due to force majeure, Think Ahead Academy is unable to carry out the scheduled examination sitting, the invoicing process under way will be halted and, eventually, the registered student will be refunded the full amount paid.

If the registered student is unable to attend the examination, due to a problem of their own or any type of personal indisposition, the amount of the session will be invoiced in full; likewise, if payment has been made, the amount of that payment will not be refunded, although Think Ahead Academy will assess each case individually.

Price and method of payment

The price of this service varies depending on the type of subject, the examination board and the point in the course at which registration takes place.

Home Tuition

Description, prices and method of payment

Home tuition is delivered individually, normally at the student’s own home. It is aimed at students in Year 5, 6, 7, 8 or 9 of the British System, or Grade 4, 5, 6, 7 or 8 of the MYP programme. Lessons usually last one and a half hours, except for students in Year 9 or Grade 8, whose duration is extended to two hours.

Its price and the applicable discounts are shown in the following table.

Prices and discounts

	Prices	Discounts
Home tuition classes	60 euros/hour	10% (2 subjects), 15% (3 or more subjects)
Registration fee	100 euros	No discount

At the end of each month, the client will be invoiced for the amount corresponding to the lessons delivered, a SEPA debit being carried out for this purpose against the direct debit mandate previously completed by the client.

Absence policy

Absences must be reported directly to the teacher 24 hours in advance; lessons cancelled by the client and not reported to the teacher with the aforementioned notice will be charged.

Private Candidates Programme (external students and elite athletes)

Think Ahead Academy

Think Ahead Academy is a private, non-regulated educational centre owned by THINK AHEAD ACADEMY, S.L., specialising in the preparation of academic subjects corresponding to the British System (IGCSE and A-Level), the International Baccalaureate (IB) and the Middle Years Programme (MYP).

Private Candidates Programme (2025-26 Academic Year)

The “Private Candidates” programme is designed for students who wish to prepare one or several IGCSE, A-Level or IB subjects independently, with the academic support of Think Ahead Academy.

The programme is flexible and adapts to the specific needs of each student. This means that the start date, duration and number of weekly hours will be defined according to the personalised strategy agreed between the academy and the family.

Format:

Lesson duration: 2 hours per session, regardless of the subject.
Format: Lessons may be in-person, online or hybrid, as previously agreed.
Timetable: Lessons are mostly held from Monday to Friday between 09:00 and 14:00, depending on the availability of students and teachers.
Maximum capacity: 3 students per class.
Language: All lessons are taught in English, except for specific subjects such as Spanish IGCSE, Spanish A-Level or IB subjects taught in Spanish.

Think Ahead Academy will specify in its school calendar the non-teaching days (holidays) and the so-called “recoverable holidays”, indicating the ways in which the corresponding lessons will be made up.

Shared commitments

Think Ahead Academy undertakes to:

Ensure that the Centre complies with the laws and regulations of the Community of Madrid, the Kingdom of Spain and the European Union.
Provide a safe teaching space, in accordance with the requirements set out in Organic Law 8/2021 of 4 June on the comprehensive protection of children and adolescents against violence.
Hold an Educational Centre Insurance policy covering its civil liability and accidents on the Centre’s premises.
Duly inform about possible updates to these Terms and Conditions.

Parents undertake to:

Inform the Centre of any support need required by the student, or of whether the student presents any type of special educational need (SEN).
Ensure, under their responsibility, that the student has been vaccinated with the compulsory vaccines specified in Spain’s vaccination schedule.
Ensure, under their responsibility, that the student has medical insurance before entering the Centre, on the understanding that the Centre does not assume any type of medical or pharmaceutical expense arising from any illness or accident of the student.
Ensure that the student arrives at the Centre on time and properly equipped for lessons.
Inform the Centre of any scheduled absence or report supervening causes that prevent the student from attending lessons.
Avoid all unnecessary absences, including holidays during the teaching period.
Share with the Centre any concern or worry that may affect the student’s learning or behaviour.
Inform the School of any medical condition of the student, illness or situation of functional diversity known to the parents and which may affect the student’s wellbeing during school activities.
Encourage and support the student’s personal work at home.
Read, apply and keep informed of all communications issued by the Centre, responding to them when required.
Relate to the Centre’s staff in a constructive and respectful manner.
Provide up-to-date contact details and report any possible changes to them.

The student undertakes to:

Attend their lessons regularly and punctually, thus contributing to the proper functioning of the centre.

Admissions and Fees

Admission to the centre

Think Ahead Academy reserves the right of admission to and continuity in the Private Candidates Programme for those students whose behaviour is deemed incompatible with the dynamics of the Centre.

Parents understand and accept that having provided false, inaccurate or misleading data may lead to the rejection of the enrolment application or to the expulsion of the student from the Centre, with the Centre being exempt from all financial or any other type of liability arising from the rejection of the enrolment application or the expulsion of the student.

Parents are responsible for ensuring that the student has the visa/permit to study in accordance with the laws of the Kingdom of Spain. The absence of this visa/permit would invalidate the student’s admission, with the Centre being exempt from all financial or any other type of liability.

Cost of the Programme

The start date of the Programme and the number of teaching hours will be defined according to the personalised strategy agreed between the academy and the family, without prejudice to both parties agreeing, during the academic year, to increase or reduce the number of teaching hours due to relevant changes in the student’s educational strategy.

The cost of the programme is calculated at a rate of €60/hour and on the basis of the total number of teaching hours scheduled from the start date of the Programme until the week of 15 June 2026 (the last teaching week of the 2025-26 Academic Year).

The total amount of the course is divided into three instalments, invoiced in accordance with the payment schedule in clause 48.

Lessons during official examination sittings

There are up to three official examination sittings during the school year. The dates comprising each sitting and the specific dates of each examination are published by the examination boards (Edexcel, CIE) or by the Diploma Programme.

To facilitate study during official examination periods, the Centre modifies students’ timetables applying the following criteria:

Cancelling lessons on the day before an official examination, unless the lesson is in the same subject as the examination.
Cancelling all lessons on the day there is an official examination.
Adding online lessons during the week and/or at weekends to make up for some cancellations.

The Centre undertakes to send parents, at least two weeks in advance of the date of the student’s first official examination, the lesson timetables during official examination periods.

The centre will calculate the net number of lessons cancelled in each official examination period and will refund the amount of each lesson in the final account statement adjustment.

Other fees

The following services are not included within the Cost of the Programme:

Registration fee

Payment of the registration fee constitutes a non-refundable fee intended to cover the operational, administrative and technological infrastructure costs associated with the organisation, management and maintenance of the academic services offered.

300 € when enrolling in one or two subjects.
500 € when enrolling in three or four subjects.

Official examinations

The Centre’s students will sit A-Level examinations with the Edexcel, IAL Edexcel and Cambridge International Examinations (CIE) examination boards. For the 2025-26 course, the fee for each examination (paper) is 200 euros, bearing in mind that the number of “papers” varies according to the subject and the examination board. This fee may vary from one academic year to another.

For late registrations whose delay is not attributable to the Centre, the fee will depend on the cost of that examination at the time of registration.

Additional Classes

Additional Classes are those lessons agreed between the Centre and the parents, in the event that the student is considered to need additional support, and which are not contemplated within the scheduled teaching hours.

Additional Classes may only be scheduled for subjects that the student takes within the programme. The cost of Additional Classes is 60 €/hour and they are invoiced at the end of the month in which they have been delivered.

University application

The Centre is responsible for providing the student’s predicted grades and reference letters as part of the university application process.

The student is responsible for submitting any other type of documentation that a university may require of them.

If, in addition, the student requires help or advice with any service related to the university application, this will be invoiced separately, with the centre drawing up a personalised financial proposal.

UNED Accreditation

The centre is responsible for processing the UNED Provisional Accreditation and the Definitive Accreditation for students who carry out the application process to public or private universities in Spain.

The costs arising from this process, including those related to the generation of predicted grades by the examination boards, will be borne entirely by the client.

Reservation of Place

The Centre will send parents two quotations by email. The first contains the Cost of the Programme together with the Terms and Conditions, and this document must be returned duly completed and signed. The second contains the Reservation of Place, consisting of: (1) the registration fee, (2) the total cost of registration for the official examinations and (3) an advance payment of 1,500 euros of the cost of the programme.

Payment of the invoice corresponding to the Reservation of Place quotation will conclude the student’s enrolment, thereby guaranteeing their place at the Centre. The advance payment of the cost of the programme will be deducted from the first invoice, in accordance with the payment schedule in clause 48.

The Reservation of Place is non-refundable.

Method of Payment

Payment of the Reservation of Place must be made by bank transfer within 10 calendar days of the issuing of the invoice.

Payment of the Cost of the Programme must be made by direct debit, into the bank account indicated by the Centre on the SEPA direct debit mandate. The Centre will carry out the corresponding SEPA debits, in accordance with the following schedule:

First instalment: at the start of lessons.
Second instalment: 1 to 3 December.
Third instalment: 1 to 3 March.

The invoices for each instalment will be issued one week before each of the final direct debit dates.

As a general rule, payment for any other service must be made by transfer.

Surcharges and non-payment

At the Centre’s discretion, depending on the case, delay in payment due to an incident in the SEPA debit of any of the fees described above will be subject to a 5% surcharge.

If the invoices for each instalment are not received one week before the final date stipulated for the SEPA debit in clause 48, it is the parents’ responsibility to contact the Centre.

Failure to receive the invoice corresponding to an instalment does not exempt parents from their obligation to have sufficient funds in the account to meet the direct debit within the scheduled deadlines.

If parents do not pay the sums owed, the student may be excluded from the Centre. Likewise, the Centre also reserves the right not to register the student for the official examinations and to withhold all of the student’s results, certificates and records until the sums owed are paid.

No fee will be refunded for the temporary absence of the student due to illness or another cause.

If a third party is responsible for paying any of the centre’s expenses, parents must inform the centre in advance, providing the third party’s details. Parents accept that it is their responsibility to clearly explain to them all the conditions set out in these terms and conditions, as well as to provide them with a copy of this agreement.

Absence Policy, Changes in Teaching Staff and Making Up Lessons

Student absences, whether justified or not, will not be made up and do not exempt the charging of the lessons.

Teaching staff may be replaced for justified cause, for a limited period or permanently, by another teacher with the same qualifications.

In the event that any lesson is suspended at the academy’s instigation or coincides with a recoverable holiday indicated in the Think Ahead Academy calendar, it will be made up. If it is not possible to arrange such make-ups for reasons attributable to Think Ahead Academy, the amount of each absence would be refunded in the final account statement adjustment.

Health, safety and damages

In the event of a medical emergency, the Centre will do everything possible to contact the parents. However, if this is not possible, parents authorise the Centre to seek medical advice and treatment for the student and undertake to pay all expenses that the Centre may eventually incur, releasing the Centre from all liability.

Parents assure that they understand, under their responsibility, that, in the event of an outbreak of a contagious or infectious disease, the Centre may have to close or prohibit the entry of a student or a group of students for the period deemed necessary by the management. In this event, parents explicitly waive any type of claim against the Centre.

When the student is at the Centre, the father, mother or legal guardian accepts that their mobile phone be kept in the custody of the Centre’s staff, unless the student themselves requests its use in the event of an emergency. Likewise, the electronic devices used by students at the centre will have restricted access to social networks and websites not required for their academic education.

Parents accept that the Centre is not responsible for the death, bodily harm or losses or damage of any kind that the student may suffer at the school and which are not attributable to negligence on the part of the Centre.

Parents are responsible for and must pay for any intentional damage caused by the student to property of the Centre, of the centre’s staff or of other students. Parents of students who lose or misplace books, iPads or other materials that have been provided must reimburse the Centre 100% of the price of the items reflected in the corresponding purchase invoices.

School life

Parents accept the authority of the management and of the other members of staff on their behalf to take all disciplinary or preventive measures necessary to safeguard and promote the wellbeing of the student and of the centre community as a whole.

At the management’s discretion, the Centre reserves the right to temporarily suspend or expel a student in the event of misconduct or a serious breach of discipline.

Students may not smoke or consume illegal drugs or alcohol on the centre’s premises. It is strictly prohibited to bring to the centre or possess any type of drugs or weapons. In the event of suspected consumption of drugs or alcohol, tests may be required, of which the parents will be duly informed.

Any communication by the Centre, or its staff, held with one of the parents will be deemed received by both.

Examination Centre

Think Ahead Academy cannot examine any subject of the Diploma Programme (International Baccalaureate).

Think Ahead Academy reserves the right of registration for these examinations, taking into account the established quota and the internal limits that the centre may have at any given time.

Those interested in sitting an official Edexcel or Cambridge examination may register, through the means and procedures provided by Think Ahead Academy, in as many examinations as they wish.

The price of this service will be 200 euros per examination (paper), bearing in mind that the number of “papers” varies according to the subject and the examination board.

University Access

Think Ahead Academy is a private, non-regulated educational centre.

Think Ahead Academy students who sit the official examinations, whether on the premises of the centre itself or at Virtus College (an institution with which a collaboration agreement exists), will obtain an official IGCSE and/or A-Level certificate for each subject in which they have been assessed.

These certificates are sufficient for access to universities in countries such as the United Kingdom, the United States, the Netherlands, among others, provided that the rest of the specific admission requirements established by each university institution are met.

For access to a large majority of universities in Spain, both public and private, obtaining the UNED Accreditation is sufficient. However, for some universities it may be necessary to have A-Level studies officially recognised (homologación). Owing to its status as a non-regulated educational centre, Think Ahead Academy students do not have the possibility of having their studies officially recognised.

Therefore, it is the parents’ responsibility, prior to the student’s enrolment at the Centre, to find out whether, for the universities in Spain to which the student intends to apply for a place, official recognition is required or whether, on the contrary, presenting the UNED Accreditation is sufficient.

The procedure for obtaining the UNED Accreditation may be carried out through the so-called “Direct Access Route” (Studies of Annex I: Educational systems of the EU or countries with a reciprocity agreement and access requirements of Art. 2.1.I.), provided that the student meets the conditions stipulated by the UNED. All applicable regulations can be consulted in the «UNED Regulations for the accreditation of students coming from International Educational Systems for access and admission to the Spanish University», available on the official website: https://unedasiss.uned.es/home

Think Ahead Academy will handle the necessary procedures for obtaining the UNED Accreditation on behalf of the student. The costs arising from this process, including those related to the generation of predicted grades by the examination boards, will be borne entirely by the client.

Duration, modifications and termination

The agreement between the parents and the Centre set out through the clauses of this Terms and Conditions document enters into force on the date of its signing.

The agreement will be valid until the student ceases to be enrolled at the Centre and as long as each of the parties fulfils the obligations incumbent upon them under this agreement.

A student who has, or has had, behaviour contrary to the internal regulations may be excluded from the Centre at the moment these facts become known to the Centre, regardless of the date on which such behaviour took place.

The exclusion or expulsion of a student in the cases set out in clauses 54 and 88 implies the termination of the agreement set out between the parents and the Centre by means of this document, this termination not entailing the refund of any fee previously paid by the parents to the Centre.

Parents may unilaterally terminate the agreement, provided they notify it in writing and on the understanding that:

The amounts previously paid will not be refunded to them.
A final account statement adjustment will be carried out, taking into account the lessons delivered up to the date of termination. If the difference between the amounts previously paid and the total lessons delivered results in an amount owed to the Centre, a final invoice will be issued to the client. This invoice will take into account the refund of any lessons cancelled during the examination sittings.
The Centre reserves the right to demand payment of up to 30% of the unpaid instalments of the programme for the damages caused by way of loss of profit.

Final Provisions

Think Ahead Academy reserves the right to modify these Terms and Conditions, notifying students and families in advance. This document constitutes the entire agreement between the parties for the Private Candidates Programme 2025-26.

Virtus College

You can consult the terms and conditions of Virtus College via the following link: https://virtuscollege.es/terminos-y-condiciones/

IB Wave

You can consult the terms and conditions of IB Wave via the following link: https://ibwave.org/terminos-y-condiciones/

Data Policy

Your personal data has been collected in accordance with the provisions of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data. We inform you that this data is stored in a file owned by THINK AHEAD ACADEMY, S.L. In accordance with the aforementioned Law, you have the right to exercise the rights of access, rectification, cancellation, restriction, objection and portability free of charge by email to: raul.garcia@academiathinkahead.es or at the address: C/ Valportillo II, 14 C.P. 28108, Alcobendas (Madrid).

In order to comply with Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data, and following the Recommendations and Instructions issued by the Spanish Data Protection Agency (A.E.P.D.), THINK AHEAD ACADEMY, S.L. informs you: That there is the possibility of carrying out communications through instant messaging systems such as WhatsApp in order to expedite the management of the contracted services, for which your express consent is requested.

IT IS HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT:

The personal data requested and provided by you are incorporated into a privately owned file, which is duly registered with the A.E.P.D., and whose controller and sole recipient is THINK AHEAD ACADEMY, S.L.

Only that data strictly necessary to provide the service adequately will be requested, it being possible that it may be necessary to collect contact details of third parties, such as legal representatives, guardians, or dependants designated by them.

All data collected is covered by the commitment to confidentiality required by the regulations, with the security measures legally established, and under no circumstances is it transferred to or processed by third parties, natural or legal persons, without the prior consent of the client, guardian or legal representative, except in those cases in which it is essential for the correct provision of the service.

Once the relationship between the company and the client has ended, the data will be filed and kept for a minimum period of 5 years, after which it will remain filed or, failing that, will be returned in full to the client or legal authorised person.

AND IT BEING RECORDED THAT,

I have been informed that the data I provide will be included in the File called Enrichment Program of THINK AHEAD ACADEMY, S.L., for the purpose of managing the assigned treatment, issuing invoices, contact, etc., to which I express my consent. I have also been informed of the possibility of exercising the rights of access, rectification, cancellation and objection, indicating it in writing to THINK AHEAD ACADEMY, S.L. with registered address at C/ Valportillo II, 14 C.P. 28108, Alcobendas (Madrid).

I consent to the data I provide being used to send academy announcements through the WhatsApp application.

I have read and accept all the Terms and Conditions set out in this document.