Our high school

Introduction

Our high school is called Institut Dertosa (formerly known as Institut Joaquim Bau).

It's located in Tortosa (Tarragona).

Each year around 1,000 students are admitted.

Institut Dertosa provides the following levels of education:

    • ESO

    • Batxillerat (10 different branches)

    • CFGM

    • CFGS

Foreign languages at Institut Dertosa

Languages play a big role at Institut Dertosa.

From the first year (1st of ESO), students study English and are offered French. In their third year they are offered German and Italian.

Students also take part in eTwinning and Erasmus projects, which improve their skills and knowledge of the foreign languages they study.

Every year trips to Germany, France, Czech Republic, UK and Italy are planned for the students.

CLIL

CLIL has been part of the daily routine of Institut Dertosa for several years now. The following subjects are totally or partially taught in English at some point during the ESO:

    • Technology

    • Ethics

    • Arts

    • Physical Education

It is intended to progressively incorporate CLIL to:

    • Social Science

    • Mathematics

Global Scholars

We are also part of Global Scholars, a program where students between 10 and 13 years old use English as the main language to communicate with different schools all around the world.