IES CAÑADA DE LA ENCINA

What IES CAÑADA DE LA ENCINA does

IES Cañada de la Encina is a public secondary school (Instituto de Educación Secundaria) located in Iniesta, Cuenca, in the Castilla-La Mancha region of Spain, established in 2000 and operating under the Junta de Comunidades de Castilla-La Mancha's Consejería de Educación, Cultura y Deportes. The institution delivers compulsory secondary education (ESO), Bachillerato, and a portfolio of vocational training programmes including CFGM in Microcomputer Systems and Networks (SMR), CFGS in Multiplatform Application Development (DAM), and CFGB in IT operations (IO), alongside ATECA applied technology, APE entrepreneurship, and STEAM initiatives. Its student base is drawn from the local rural catchment, supplemented by adult learners in community digital literacy courses.

The school's technology stack centers on the regional EducamosCLM education management platform, with Microsoft 365 and SharePoint supporting administrative and instructional workflows. In 2025 the institution launched an AI-powered Smart Garden and Smart Classrooms innovation project in collaboration with the Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha (UCLM), applying AI to irrigation control and classroom monitoring. It holds Erasmus+ accreditation valid through 2027, enabling international student mobility, and was designated a European Parliament Ambassador School in 2025. These designations, alongside the Premio Carrión Navarro cultural recognition, form its primary institutional credentials beyond its public-sector mandate.

The business model is non-commercial: IES Cañada de la Encina is government-funded and tuition-free, with revenue (in the budgetary sense) derived from regional education allocations and supplementary EU programme grants. There is no disclosed pricing model, no commercial customer base, and no revenue-generating product line. The institution employs approximately 16 staff and operates within a tightly defined geographic catchment, making its operational model structurally dependent on continued regional and EU-level public funding.

Name

IES CAÑADA DE LA ENCINA

Legal name

IES Cañada de la Encina

Website

https://iesiniesta.es

Company type

Private

Founded year

2000

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

IES Cañada de la Encina is a public secondary school in Iniesta, Cuenca, Spain, offering ESO, Bachillerato, and IT vocational training (SMR, DAM, CFGB) to local students, funded by the regional government of Castilla-La Mancha.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Public Secondary Education

NAICS

Elementary and Secondary Schools (6111), Technical and Trade Schools (6115)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

International/Global Curriculum Schools (IB, Cambridge, etc.) (EDAJABAG)

Keywords

• Secondary education programs
• Vocational training courses
• Erasmus student mobility
• Public secondary school
• STEAM education programs

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

IES Cañada de la Encina is a public secondary education institution (Instituto de Educación Secundaria) located in Iniesta, Cuenca, Spain. It delivers compulsory secondary education (ESO), upper-secondary Baccalaureate (Bachillerato), and Vocational Training (Formación Profesional) programmes including intermediate IT (SMR), advanced multiplatform application development (DAM), and basic computing (IO). The school supplements core academics with international mobility (Erasmus+), applied technology labs, entrepreneurship training, and STEAM activities.

Product overview

IES Cañada de la Encina is a public secondary education institution (Instituto de Educación Secundaria) in Iniesta, Cuenca, Spain. Rather than a single product, its offering is a portfolio of interconnected educational programmes: the core provision consists of three vocational training (Formación Profesional) programmes — CFGM SMR (Microcomputer Systems and Networks, intermediate level), CFGS DAM (Multiplatform Application Development, advanced level), and CFGB IO (Basic Vocational IT) — supplemented by specialized labs ATECA (Applied Technology) and APE (Entrepreneurship). Parallel enrichment programmes include Erasmus+ international mobility (with EU accreditation through 2027), a pioneering AI-powered Smart Garden Innovation Project, the STEAM educational programme with its annual STEAM Fair, the European Parliament Ambassador School designation, and the Premio Carrión Navarro student award. Administrative services include the integrated Book Bank (Banco de Libros) on the regional EducamosCLM platform, digital literacy courses for adults, and the TITULA-S+ educational success programme co-funded by ESF+. The institutional website (iesiniesta.es) is built on WordPress and serves as the primary digital product for communicating all programmes to students, families, and the broader community.

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Products and services

• CFGM SMR — Técnico en Sistemas Microinformáticos y Redes Intermediate Vocational Degree (Ciclo Formativo de Grado Medio) providing foundational training in IT systems, networking, hardware, and operating systems, targeted at secondary students pursuing IT careers.
• CFGS DAM — Técnico Superior en Desarrollo de Aplicaciones Multiplataforma Advanced Vocational Degree (Ciclo Formativo de Grado Superior) training students in software engineering, mobile and desktop application development, databases, and programming, for students seeking professional software development careers.
• CFGB IO — Ciclo Formativo de Grado Básico en Informática y Comunicaciones Basic Vocational Degree (Ciclo Formativo de Grado Básico) offering introductory IT literacy and computing skills, intended for students needing additional support before progressing to higher vocational studies.
• Compulsory Secondary Education (ESO) Compulsory secondary education (Educación Secundaria Obligatoria) covering students typically aged 12-16, forming the academic backbone of the school's curriculum.
• Bachillerato (Upper Secondary Education) Upper secondary education (Bachillerato) preparing students aged 16-18 for university entrance examinations and higher education.
• Erasmus+ International Mobility Programme International student and teacher mobility programme under Erasmus+ KA1/KA122/VET and accredited frameworks through 2027, offering exchanges to Portugal, Italy, Malta, Austria, Germany, Lithuania, Finland, France, Ireland, Poland, and Denmark, including dual vocational mobility, job shadowing, structured courses, and student exchanges.
• Smart Garden & Smart Classrooms Innovation Project FP Innovation Project ('Autonomía y Sostenibilidad apoyada por IA: Huerto y Aulas Inteligentes') — a pioneering AI-powered smart agriculture system that detects garden water needs and automatically irrigates, developed with I3A-UCLM technical support and positioned as a model for agricultural AI applications.
• Digital Literacy Courses for Adults Free digital skills training courses for adults (18+) covering office software, digital transactions, and cybersecurity, delivered on weekday afternoons at the school facility.
• Banco de Libros (Book Bank) School-managed textbook lending programme integrated with the Castilla-La Mancha regional book bank on EducamosCLM, providing textbooks to students with subsidy tiers (Tramo I and II) and modest compensation fees for non-returned or damaged books.
• Programa TITULA-S+ Co-funded support programme under the VI Plan for Educational Success and Early School Dropout Prevention in Castilla-La Mancha, co-financed by the European Social Fund Plus (ESF+), providing academic support to help at-risk students complete their studies.

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Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

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App detail

Integration6 records

AI capability2 records

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• European Parliament (Escuelas Embajadoras Program)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 24 September 2024IES Cañada de la Encina was selected as one of fifty schools in Spain to participate in the #EscuelasEmbajadoras (Ambassador Schools) program of the European Parliament. The school is the only center in Cuenca province designated as a European Parliament Ambassador School, participating since September 2024 and celebrating its first anniversary in 2025.
• Erasmus+ Programme (EU)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe school holds Erasmus+ accreditation 2020-1-ES01-KA120-SCH-095733 enabling mobility programs until 2027. Multiple Erasmus+ projects including ACC_2020-1-ES01-KA120-SCH-095733, 2021-1-ES01-KA121-SCH-000018425, and 2022-1-ES01-KA121-SCH-000067837. Partnerships with schools in Portugal (Agrupamento de Escolas de Vidigueira), Italy, Germany, Austria (HTL Leoben), Lithuania (Pasvalys Petras Vileišis gymnasium), Finland, and Poland.
• AMPA El Torreón (Parent Association)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerParent association actively collaborating in school events including the Medieval Fair (Feria Medieval) where they organized the tavern with traditional food preparation.
• Club de Tiro con Arco de Tarazona de la ManchaminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerArchery club collaborated during the Medieval Fair to provide an archery activity (tiro con arco) for students.
• Sonrisa Animal (Local Association)OthersLocal animal welfare association benefited from the book and bookmark sale during the Medieval Fair, with proceeds donated to the organization.

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• IES Alfonso VIII: Public IES in Cuenca city under the same Junta de Comunidades de Castilla-La Mancha administration. Directly comparable in mission (ESO, Bachillerato, FP), governance structure, and regional student base within Cuenca province.
• IES Lorenzo Hervás y Panduro: Public IES in Cuenca. Comparable public secondary institution sharing the same regional administration, vocational training portfolio, and student demographics within Castilla-La Mancha.
• IES Pedro Mercedes: Public IES in Cuenca offering secondary and vocational training under the same regional authority. Comparable in curriculum, funding model, and provincial catchment, competing for the same pool of Cuenca students.
• IES Fray Luis de León: Historic public IES in Cuenca. Comparable as a state-funded secondary school offering ESO, Bachillerato, and Formación Profesional programmes within the same regional education system.
• IES Universidad Laboral: Large public IES in Toledo, Castilla-La Mancha. Comparable in offering ESO, Bachillerato, and Formación Profesional under the same regional education authority, though at materially larger scale.
• IES Don Bosco: Public IES in Albacete with a strong vocational training focus. Comparable in being a public IES under Castilla-La Mancha offering FP programmes, particularly relevant given IES Cañada de la Encina's IT-vocational specialisation.
• IES Bernardo de Balbuena: Public IES in Valdepeñas, Ciudad Real. Comparable public secondary school in Castilla-La Mancha offering similar educational pathways including vocational training under the same regional education system.

Broad incumbents

• Salesianos San Juan Bosco: National Salesian network of secondary and vocational training centres across Spain. Comparable in offering ESO, Bachillerato, and Formación Profesional, but operates as a private/concertado institution with significantly broader geographic footprint and specialisation in vocational training.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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