Rua do Taralhão, 71, 4420-336 Gondomar, Portugal, 4420-336, Gondomar, Porto.
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Founded in 1964, Colégio Paulo VI is a private school in Gondomar, in the Porto district of Portugal, which now belongs to the Ariston Education group. It offers a continuous route through the Portuguese national curriculum, from its nursery (Creche) and pre-school to the first, second and third cycles of basic education and on to upper secondary education. Its motto, 'Saber, Fazer e Ser' (Know, Do and Be), summarises an approach that combines academic rigour with the personal development of every student, supported by active, differentiated teaching. Beyond the formal curriculum the school runs a broad set of pedagogical projects and extracurricular academies in music, dance, gymnastics, futsal, volleyball, karate, skating, chess, choir, swimming, theatre and tag rugby, together with the optional American Dual Diploma programme. On-site services include a library, an auditorium, a canteen and bar, a psychology and guidance office, speech therapy, a nutrition service, an ICT laboratory, support classes and the school's own transport.
Educational System of Colégio Paulo VI de Gondomar
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The school's mission is to form creative people with critical thinking and intellectual excellence, emotionally healthy and able to act consciously in society, building a school at the forefront of change, summed up in its motto 'Saber, Fazer e Ser'. Its teaching aims to be challenging and rich, encouraging entrepreneurship, autonomy, responsibility and each student's capacity to do more and better, while also valuing non-academic components through a wide diversity of extracurricular activities and distinctive projects. Day-to-day work rests on human relationships and recognises each person as unique, so that every student's path is supported with fairness, respect and safety. This approach has required considerable investment in new technologies and in teaching resources.
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Attention to Diversity at Colégio Paulo VI de Gondomar
Educational Psychologist
Speech therapist
High abilities
Educational Stages of Colégio Paulo VI de Gondomar
Nursery
Nursery
Preschool
Preschool
Primary
Primary
Middle School
Middle School
High School
High School
Vocational / Others
Vocational / Others
Information about the educational stages of the Colégio Paulo VI de Gondomar
Colégio Paulo VI covers the whole school journey in one place. The Creche provides care and education for babies and the youngest children, with a curriculum built around play, exploration and the High/Scope 'wheel of learning'. Pre-school works with a project-based pedagogy in which three, four and five year olds help plan their own learning. The first and second cycles of basic education add distinguishing elements to the national curriculum, including English from the first year and its own pedagogical projects, and the third cycle prepares students for upper secondary. Upper secondary education serves a double purpose, preparing students for national exams and higher education while also equipping them for working life.
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Languages and International Programs at Colégio Paulo VI de Gondomar
Portuguese (Instructional)
English (High)
Information about languages of the Colégio Paulo VI de Gondomar
Teaching at Colégio Paulo VI is in Portuguese. English is a curricular subject from the first year of the first cycle, with two 60-minute lessons a week, and it is reinforced by the school's own Speaking and Listening project, an extra weekly session that focuses on oral expression and comprehension through role-play, games, oral presentations, songs, film and debate. The school also states that contact with a foreign language should start as early as possible in a child's life, and the Paulo VI music academy has been part of the Trinity worldwide network of music examination centres since 2012. International projects with several countries complete the picture.
Information about international degrees and programmes of the Colégio Paulo VI de Gondomar
Colégio Paulo VI offers the Dual Diploma programme, which allows students to earn the American High School Diploma alongside their Portuguese Secondary Education Diploma. The school also develops international projects with several countries and has been a UNESCO associated school since 2016, working from pre-school to higher education. Students take part in Euroscola and Geração Euro, which ends in a national monetary policy competition organised across several European countries, and in Junior Achievement's 'A Empresa' programme and Young Business Talents. The music academy has belonged to the Trinity worldwide network of music examination centres since 2012.
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Extracurricular Activities at Colégio Paulo VI de Gondomar
Activities Artistic
Music
Dance
Singing
Theater
Ballet
Activities Sporting
Soccer
Swimming
Chess
Skating
Karate
Gymnastics
Volleyball
Rugby
Activities Cultural
Study support
Robotics
Information about extracurricular activities of the Colégio Paulo VI de Gondomar
Extracurricular provision is organised through the school's 'Patamar do Ritmo' talent academy, which aims to create cultural, sporting and recreational activities with an educational and social purpose. Families can choose between a music academy covering styles from classical to pop-rock and jazz, a dance academy with Royal Academy of Dance certified training in classical ballet and contemporary dance, a federated gymnastics academy from age three, futsal, volleyball and karate academies, artistic skating, chess in partnership with the Xeque-Mate chess school, swimming, a theatre academy from the first cycle, tag rugby for children aged four to nine, a tuna and a vocal ensemble, Aloha Mental Arithmetics and a set of clubs. Pedagogical projects add robotics with Lego, programming, philosophy for children, animation, Speaking and Listening, volunteering, entrepreneurship, Eco-Escolas and international projects.
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Services and Facilities of Colégio Paulo VI de Gondomar
Dining room
Dining room - Own kitchen
Nutritionists
Information about the dining hall of the Colégio Paulo VI de Gondomar
The school canteen is designed to give students a balanced diet suited to their needs, with daily menus set according to the nutritional recommendations for each school age group so that meals are varied and healthy, and the weekly menu is published online. A bar complements the canteen and is open from 08:30 to 18:00 for lighter and quicker meals for students and the rest of the school community. The nutrition service is responsible for producing the school menus for lunches and afternoon snacks, for guaranteeing the correct preparation process from purchase to serving, and for creating educational food projects and materials for the different age groups.
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School transportation
Scholarships
Information about the services offered by the Colégio Paulo VI de Gondomar
Colégio Paulo VI runs a broad set of support services. The Psychology and Guidance Service (SPO) works from the nursery through to upper secondary, assessing students, supporting learning and socio-emotional development, advising teachers and families and running vocational guidance, a professions fair and learning self-regulation projects. Speech therapy and occupational therapy are available under a protocol with two experienced professionals, and the school is one of the delegations of ANEIS, the national association for the study of and intervention in giftedness. A nutrition service designs the school menus and monitors students' nutritional status, the school runs its own home-school-home transport across Gondomar and neighbouring areas, and support classes are offered to students in all cycles and in upper secondary. There is also an active parents' association, and a secretariat and treasury with published opening hours.
Facilities
Music room
Laboratory
Art room
Library
Computer classroom
Facilities
Sports School
Padel court
Football court
Facilities
Yard
Others facilities
Multipurpose/conference room
Living room/bar
Information about the facilities of the Colégio Paulo VI de Gondomar
The school's main building houses an auditorium seating 120 people, equipped for conferences, seminars, talks, parent meetings and presentations. The library opens from Monday to Friday between 08:30 and 18:30 as a quiet place to study, do homework and work in groups, and it hosts author visits, a book fair and discussion evenings. There is a canteen with daily menus set according to nutritional recommendations for each age group, a complementary bar open from 08:30 to 18:00, a reprographics and stationery shop, and an ICT laboratory. The wider campus is listed as including art rooms, football pitches, an indoor sports hall, a music suite, outdoor fitness and training circuits, outdoor sports fields, padel courts, playgrounds, rooms for extracurricular activities and science labs.
Awards and Recognitions of Colégio Paulo VI de Gondomar
Information about awards and recognitions of the Colégio Paulo VI de Gondomar
Colégio Paulo VI reports standing out in the national school rankings, coming first in the municipality of Gondomar and ninth nationally in the TOP 10 published by Público in July 2022. In January 2026 several of its students were recognised at the Municipal School Excellence Awards gala organised by Gondomar town council, with distinctions in the third cycle and upper secondary and honourable mentions in the first and second cycles. The school also has its own merit prize regulations, which it uses to recognise and reward its best students at different levels.