Colegio Bilingüe Zola Villafranca

Name

Colegio Bilingüe Zola Villafranca

Legal name

CENTRO EDUCATIVO ZOLA S.A.

Website

https://colegiozolavillafranca.es

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Private Bilingual K-12 Education

NAICS

Elementary and Secondary Schools (611110), Language Schools (611630)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200), Services-Child Day Care Services (8351)

akta.pro primary industry

Language Immersion & Bilingual Private Schools (EDAJABAL)

akta.pro secondary industry

Bilingual/Language-Immersion Preschools (EDACABAH)

Keywords

• Bilingual K-12 education
• Emotional thinking program
• Active learning methodologies
• International diploma dual
• Private preschool schooling

Headquarters

HQ city

Villanueva de la Cañada

HQ country

Spain

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Tuition Fees - Concertada: Concertada (publicly subsidized) education for Infantil, Primaria, and ESO stages, partially funded by government.
2. Tuition Fees - Private: Fully private education for first cycle of Infantil (1-2 years) and Bachillerato.
3. Additional Services: Revenue from extracurricular activities, summer camps, school transport, dining services, and other auxiliary services.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels9 records

Core offering

Colegio Bilingüe Zola Villafranca delivers bilingual (English, with German from Infantil) education for students aged 1 through 2º Bachillerato under its proprietary Modelo Educativo Zola, combining active methodologies, a 15+ year Pensamiento Emocional program, and international programs including the Diploma Dual. The school offers both concertada (publicly subsidized) stages—Infantil, Primaria, and ESO—and fully private stages (first-cycle Infantil and Bachillerato), complemented by ancillary services such as extracurriculars, summer camps, transport, and dining.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Fundación Zola: Foundation supporting educational projects and community initiatives
• Eduemoción
• Henko Emocional
• Programa de Pensamiento Emocional

Products and services

• Escuela Infantil Primer Ciclo (1-2 años) — Private First-Cycle Infant School

Quantifiable outcome

• 100% of students passed PAU 2026 with average score of 7.42
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration2 records

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Twelve partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• Colegio Fengtai (China)minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024International partnership with Chinese school for cultural exchanges and educational collaboration, building on previous visit where Zola students acted as ambassadors of the educational model.
• British CouncilcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2023Collaboration agreement from 2023/2024 school year enabling students to receive English classes from the prestigious British Council organization, enhancing bilingual education quality.
• U-Tad (Centro Universitario de Tecnología y Arte Digital)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 18 June 2018Collaboration agreement for workshops in digital arts, video game design, and audiovisual creation. Students from Arts Bachillerato participate in workshops including character design, video game creation (Unity), and infographic design. The agreement provides updated training aligned with current technology and art trends.
• NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2016Space Academy project inspired by NASA JPL missions, involving design and launch of projectiles by students in collaboration with La Cañada Flintridge sister city association.
• Grupo AnayacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership to expand the Emotional Thinking Program through Henko Emocional service, implementing the 15+ year program in other Primary education centers. Collaboration includes presentation in educational forums with Rafael Bisquerra, emotional education expert.
• ECA MéxicominorStrategic or Co-development PartnerInternational collaboration on 'El arte de la cocina sostenible' (Sustainable Cooking Art) project, combining Spanish and Mexican educational institutions for innovative cross-cultural learning.
• BB&N (Boston, USA)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCultural exchange partnership with American school in Boston for student mobility and international experience.
• Mattliden (Helsinki, Finland)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCultural exchange partnership with Finnish school for student mobility and international educational experience.
• Fundación ZolacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAssociated foundation supporting educational projects, emotional education congress (Eduemoción), and social responsibility initiatives including solidarity projects, scholarships, and community development.
• Colegios Zola NetworkcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNetwork including Colegio Zola Las Rozas, Colegio Zola Villafranca, and newly added Colegio Zola Valdemorillo, sharing educational model, methodologies, and programs across institutions.
• AGUA ONGminorOthersSolidarity partnership through Fundación Zola for 'Con Shakinah' project supporting school in Kenya with educational materials and resources.
• IBM SkillsBuild / CSICminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerParticipation in Investiga I+D+i program in collaboration with IBM SkillsBuild, providing students access to real scientific research guided by CSIC researchers.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves9 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Brains International Schools: Brains operates bilingual K-12 schools in the Madrid region with a strong academic results focus. Comparable in bilingual offering, academic outcomes orientation, and target families in affluent Madrid suburbs.
• British Council School: British Council School in Madrid is a long-established British-curriculum K-12 school offering premium English-language education. It targets internationally-oriented families in Madrid and represents a comparable premium positioning, while the British Council partnership gives Villafranca an indirect link to this competitor.
• King's College Madrid: King's College Madrid is a British-curriculum bilingual K-12 school serving premium-segment families in Madrid. Comparable in target demographic, premium pricing, and English-language curriculum offering.
• Gredos San Diego: Gredos San Diego runs a network of concertada bilingual K-12 schools across multiple Madrid locations. Comparable in scale, concertada revenue mix, bilingual curriculum, and target segment, and represents one of the most established scaled operators in the same competitive set.
• Colegio Everest: Colegio Everest is a bilingual concertada K-12 school in the Madrid region. Comparable in concertada funding model, bilingual English-Spanish curriculum, and active methodology emphasis, serving a similar demographic of suburban Madrid families.
• Casvi Group: Casvi operates multiple concertada and private bilingual K-12 schools in the Madrid region with a similar Modelo Educativo approach. It is the most directly comparable peer given shared concertada funding model, bilingual positioning, multi-site strategy, and target demographic of middle-to-upper-income Madrid families.
• Colegio El Valle: Colegio El Valle operates a network of concertada bilingual K-12 schools across the Madrid region. It overlaps closely with Zola Villafranca in funding model, bilingual curriculum (English/Spanish), and target families in middle-to-upper-income Madrid suburbs.
• Colegio San Patricio La Moraleja: Colegio San Patricio La Moraleja is a long-established premium K-12 school in Madrid's affluent La Moraleja area. Comparable in premium positioning, English-language curriculum, and high-income target segment, though with a different geographic focus within Madrid.

Broad incumbents

• SEK International Schools: SEK is a larger international education group operating K-12 and international schools across Spain and internationally. It is broader in scope than Zola but competes for the same premium international-bilingual segment in Madrid.

Emerging players

• Montessori School Madrid (Colegio Montessori Madrid): Colegio Montessori Madrid operates alternative-pedagogy K-12 schools in Madrid. Comparable in private-school model and parent-driven demand for differentiated education, though differentiated by pedagogical approach rather than bilingual positioning.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/user/CentroEducativoZola
• Facebookfacebook.com/colegioszola
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/colegio-biling%C3%BCe-zola-villafranca
• Instagraminstagram.com/colegioszola
• TikToktiktok.com/@colegioszola

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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Investments

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