IES Fuente

What IES Fuente does

IES Fuente Fresnedo (Instituto de Educación Secundaria Fuente Fresnedo de Laredo) is a public secondary education institute located in Laredo, Cantabria, Spain, operated by the Gobierno de Cantabria through the Consejería de Educación, Formación Profesional y Universidades. The school delivers compulsory secondary education (ESO, ages 12-16), three modalities of Bachillerato (General, Sciences and Technology, Humanities and Social Sciences), and an extensive vocational training (Formación Profesional) portfolio spanning Basic, Intermediate (Grado Medio), and Advanced (Grado Superior) cycles. Vocational specializations cover hospitality and gastronomy, automotive technology (including bilingual offerings), administration and finance (bilingual), tourism guidance, and event management. The institution also offers three Cursos de Especialización in drones (500 hours), hybrid and electric vehicle maintenance, and electronic commerce, plus an optional trilingual French-English program at ESO level.

The school's technology stack is built on standard public-sector educational infrastructure: the regional Yedra platform (Educantabria) for enrollment, grade management, attendance, and family communication, available via web and mobile applications; Moodle for virtual/distance learning including the Ciclo Superior de Dirección de Cocina Virtual program; webmail for staff and student communication; and Cambridge English examination integration for English proficiency certification. The institution also participates in an applied drone and multispectral imaging project with the Universidad de Cantabria and CIFP La Granja for precision agriculture education. It holds three external certifications: LabelFrancÉducation (French language excellence, granted September 2021), ISO 14001 environmental management (recertified November 2024), and Erasmus+ ECHE mobility charter (granted August 2022).

The business model is non-commercial. As a public secondary education institution within the Spanish public education system, IES Fuente Fresnedo provides tuition-free education funded by regional government appropriations. There are no commercial pricing models, no enterprise customers, no parent company, and no fundraising activity. Enrollment is managed through the regional Yedra platform under standard Cantabrian government admission procedures. The institution's expansion and competitive positioning are driven by certification accumulation, curriculum differentiation (bilingual programs, new specialization courses), skills competition performance (notably four gold medals at CantabriaSkills 2023 in automotive and hospitality categories), and Erasmus+ international partnerships with vocational schools in Italy and France.

Name

IES Fuente

Legal name

I.E.S. Fuente Fresnedo (Instituto de Educación Secundaria Fuente Fresnedo de Laredo)

Website

https://iesfuentefresnedo.es

Company type

Public

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

IES Fuente Fresnedo is a public secondary education institute in Laredo, Cantabria, Spain, offering ESO, Bachillerato, and vocational training (Formación Profesional) funded by the regional government, with bilingual French programs and Erasmus+ international mobility.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Secondary Education

NAICS

Elementary and Secondary Schools (6111)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Integrated Education & Training (IET) / Contextualized ABE (Workforce-Linked) (EDAAAAAK)

Keywords

• Secondary education
• Vocational training
• Bilingual education
• Environmental certification
• European mobility programs

Headquarters

HQ city

Laredo

HQ country

Spain

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

IES Fuente Fresnedo is a public secondary education institute that delivers free compulsory secondary education (ESO), upper secondary education (Bachillerato), and Formación Profesional (vocational training) programs at basic, intermediate, and advanced levels, including bilingual Spanish-French-English options. It also runs specialization courses in drones, hybrid/electric vehicles, and electronic commerce, alongside Skills competitions and Erasmus+ mobility programs. Education is delivered on-campus in Laredo and via virtual/distance learning channels across Cantabria.

Product overview

IES Fuente Fresnedo is a public secondary education institute offering a comprehensive educational portfolio comprising compulsory secondary education (ESO), upper secondary education (Bachillerato) in three modalities, and extensive vocational training (Formación Profesional) programs at basic, intermediate, and advanced levels. The institution operates both in-person and virtual/distance learning formats, with specialized bilingual program options. Additional offerings include professional specialization courses in emerging fields such as drone technology, hybrid/electric vehicle maintenance, and e-commerce. The school also runs skills competition programs (CantabriaSkills, Spainskills, WorldSkills) and international exchange programs through Erasmus+.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Educación Secundaria Obligatoria (ESO)
• Bachillerato
• Formación Profesional Básica
• Ciclos Formativos de Grado Medio
• Ciclos Formativos de Grado Superior
• Curso de Especialización en Aeronaves pilotadas de forma remota (Drones)
• Curso de Especialización en Mantenimiento y seguridad en sistemas de vehículos híbridos y eléctricos
• Curso de Especialización en Comercio Electrónico
• Ciclo Superior de Dirección de Cocina Virtual
• CantabriaSkills Program
• Spainskills Program
• Erasmus+ Mobility Program

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

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No

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration4 records

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• Istituto Professionale di Stato per l'Enogastronomia e l'Ospitalità Alberghiera 'Pietro Piazza' (Italy)minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 February 2025Italian vocational school participating in Erasmus+ COOKING INTERNATIONAL GASTRONOMIC DAYS program, hosting joint gastronomic activities at IES Fuente Fresnedo.
• Lycée des métiers de l'hôtellerie et du tourisme d'Occitanie (France)minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 February 2025French hospitality and tourism vocational school participating in Erasmus+ COOKING INTERNATIONAL GASTRONOMIC DAYS program, collaborating on international gastronomic education activities.
• European Commission (Erasmus+)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 August 2022Granted Erasmus+ ECHE (Erasmus Charter for Higher Education) in August 2022, enabling student and staff mobility programs across European countries. The charter certifies the institution to participate in mobility projects for work placements and learning abroad.
• Institut français d'EspagnecoreGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 January 2021French language education certification body that granted LabelFrancÉducation seal recognizing excellence in reinforced French language instruction.
• Universidad de CantabriacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration on innovation project for sustainable agricultural management using drone technology and digital tools. The project involves multiespectral imaging and geographic information systems for precision agriculture education.
• CIFP La GranjaminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner in the drone technology and agricultural management innovation project alongside Universidad de Cantabria, focusing on sustainable field management practices.
• Talleres DiegusaminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerLocal automotive workshop that collaborates with the school by bringing vehicles for testing on the dynamometer (banco de potencia), supporting practical automotive training.
• CantabriaSkills / SpainSkills / WorldSkillsminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerParticipation in vocational skills competitions at regional (CantabriaSkills), national (SpainSkills), and international (Euroskills, WorldSkills) levels for automotive and hospitality programs.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Istituto Professionale di Stato 'Pietro Piazza': Italian state vocational institute specializing in hospitality and gastronomy — existing Erasmus+ partner for the COOKING INTERNATIONAL GASTRONOMIC DAYS program with IES Fuente Fresnedo, with directly comparable Ciclo Superior de Dirección de Cocina training and trilingual curriculum ambitions.
• IES La Albericia: Public secondary education institute in Santander, Cantabria, offering ESO, Bachillerato and multiple Formación Profesional cycles across administrative, commercial, and technical tracks — a same-region IES with overlapping FP curriculum and similar bilingual program positioning.
• CIFP Río Tajo: Integrated vocational training center in Talavera de la Reina offering higher-grade FP cycles in automotive, electromechanics, and digital fields — directly comparable to IES Fuente Fresnedo's automotive/hybrid-EV specialization tracks at the same advanced vocational tier.
• IES José del Campo: Cantabria-based public IES offering ESO, Bachillerato and vocational training cycles including administration and technical tracks — same regional ecosystem as IES Fuente Fresnedo with overlapping program portfolio and bilingual vocational offerings.
• IES Augustóbriga: Public secondary education institute offering ESO, Bachillerato and Formación Profesional including automotive and administrative cycles — a comparable regional IES with similar FP breadth and bilingual vocational ambitions to IES Fuente Fresnedo.
• Lycée des métiers de l'hôtellerie et du tourisme d'Occitanie: French hospitality and tourism vocational lycée that is an Erasmus+ partner for COOKING INTERNATIONAL GASTRONOMIC DAYS at IES Fuente Fresnedo; directly comparable in offering specialized FP-equivalent cycles in hôtelellerie and bilingual French/English instruction.
• CIFP La Granja: Cantabria-based integrated vocational training center and explicit partner in the IES Fuente Fresnedo drone/precision-agriculture innovation project; offers overlapping FP cycles in agricultural, environmental, and technical fields with comparable regional scope.

Broad incumbents

• Consejería de Educación, Formación Profesional y Universidades del Gobierno de Cantabria: Regional government body that funds and oversees IES Fuente Fresnedo plus the entire Cantabria IES and CIFP network; comparable as the broader incumbent ecosystem in which IES Fuente Fresnedo operates and competes for student enrollment and program funding.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance2 records

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Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

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