St. Julian's School is a private British

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, located in Carcavelos,

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, on the

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, in the

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region. It is housed at Quinta de Santo António, a historic Pombaline '' quinta'' (estate) near Carcavelos Beach.

History

St. Julian's is a British international

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located in the parish of Carcavelos e Parede, in Cascais, close to Lisbon, Portugal. The school takes its name from São Julião da Barra Fortress, overlooking nearby Carcavelos beach, originally erected in the mid-16th century to keep the British, among other raiders, out of the

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estuary. The school opened on 25 November 1932 in the buildings, including residential palace, of the 18th-century estate founded by José Francisco da Cruz, treasurer to King D.

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. This academic year, 2022/23, school is celebrating its 90 year anniversary. At the time of the school's founding, the palace and grounds were the property of the British

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, which had installed and maintained a system of submarine cables that helped to transform global communication at the turn-of-the-century.

Academics

St Julian's has just over 1,200 students from age three to age 18. The schools is divided into two linguistic sections: *International (British) section, where the language of instruction is English, runs from ''Nursery'' (age 3) to ''Year 13'' (age 18). Students broadly follow the

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leading to

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s in Years 10 and 11 (Key Stage 4) and the

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in Years 12 and 13. *

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section, runs from ''Primeiro Ano'' to ''Nono Ano'' (Ninth Grade, age 15). The final two years of the school are given through the

(IB) program.

Organisation

St Julian's is run by a not-for-profit association, whose 50+ members, as trustees, appoint the Board of Governors. The Board in-turn appoint the Head and Bursar. St Julian's School is jointly accredited by the

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and the New England Association of Schools and Colleges, and the Head is a member of the

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. The School is also a member of the

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. Just under half the students at St. Julian's are Portuguese, with British the next largest nationality, and more than 40 other countries represented.

Notable alumni

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* Pedro Pinto, journalist *

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, artist *

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, singer *

Ana Free Ana Gomes Ferreira (born 29 June 1987), known professionally as Ana Free, is a singer, musician, songwriter and performer who has had a series of top-five hit singles, including 4 number one hits, in Portugal. She has a growing musical presence ...

, singer (Class of 2005) *

Daniela Ruah Daniela Sofia Korn Ruah (born December 2, 1983) is an American-Portuguese actress and film director best known for playing NCIS Special Agent Kensi Blye in the CBS police procedural series '' NCIS: Los Angeles''. Early life Ruah was born in Bo ...

, actress * Paolo Marinou-Blanco, film director *

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, footballer (Class of 2005) * Afonso Taira, footballer * Luka Zahovic, footballer *

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, footballer * April Ivy, Singer (Class of 2017) * Pedro Lucas, rugby union player for the Portuguese national team (Class of 2019)

References

External links

St Julian's official website

St Julian's School IB information

HMC entry for St Julian’s School
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