For families who have just arrived, or whose kids are at an international school, the language a camp runs in matters more than the activities: these camps are taught wholly or partly in English, so check the split before booking.
The city's own summer holiday camp, run in public primary schools across Madrid. Kids spend the day on play-based group activities, with breakfast and lunch included. Some games use English, but it is not an immersion program.
Only children registered (empadronados) in the city can apply, and places go by lottery, so it suits families who can plan ahead and wait to hear back.
An English-only summer program taught by the British Council's own teachers, with each group pitched to its school stage. Younger kids learn through stories, songs, crafts and simple science; primary kids work on projects with drama, movement and digital tasks; teens take on escape-room challenges and design projects. Days mix classroom work with outdoor games, and Fridays are themed fun days.
An international summer camp on King's College's leafy campus north of Madrid. Kids choose a program: football with Real Madrid Foundation coaches, musical theater with West End performers, STEAM labs or language classes, with extras like horse riding, swimming and robotics. Weekly trips go to water parks, adventure parks and central Madrid. Day campers mix with boarders from around the world.
An English immersion day camp on the American School of Madrid campus in Pozuelo. Each week has a new theme, and kids learn through games, drama, music, art, science, sports, cooking and storytelling in small groups. There is time outdoors every day, and the month closes with an American-style picnic and water games. Suits beginners as well as kids who already speak English well.
Runnymede College, a British school in La Moraleja, opens its campus for the first weeks of summer. Recent editions offered an English-led summer school for younger children (music, water games, cooking, crafts and Forest School) and a sports program for older pupils run by the school's coaches, with climbing and swimming trips. It is open to Runnymede pupils plus their friends and family, not to everyone.
A summer school taught entirely in English at Hastings' two sites in Chamartín: under-5s at the Early Years campus on Paseo de la Habana, older kids at the Primary building on Bendición de Campos. Days mix science, cooking, circus tricks, crafts, multisport, robotics and coding, pottery and water games. Each group goes on one trip a week, with one monitor for every ten children.
A summer camp on Kensington School's campus in Pozuelo, split into groups from toddlers to teens. The youngest do stories, songs, crafts and water games. Primary kids mix English topic classes with sports, drama, dance, cooking and computing. Teens try padel, roller hockey and team tournaments. All but the youngest go on a trip each week. Families joining the school use it to meet future classmates.
The English Montessori School runs its summer camp at Discovery House, its early-years building in Aravaca, for TEMS and non-TEMS children alike. Each week has its own theme, with art, science and water play, and a themed party every Friday. Groups are small and split by age, with lower ratios for the under-threes, in rooms set up on Montessori lines. It suits younger kids who need a gentle English summer.
A day camp in English on the International College Spain campus in La Moraleja, run by Clubs Complete. Each week has a new theme, such as water play with slides, tie-dye and slime, or circus skills with popcorn and cotton candy, and some weeks kids choose a sports track or a STEM track. Kids are grouped as Infants, Juniors and Seniors.
St. George Madrid, a British international school in Hortaleza, runs a summer school open to children from any school, taught by native-level English speakers, with a Spanish track too. Kids can switch weeks between the general camp and, in recent summers, a STEM camp with robotics, coding and 3D design, and a theater camp led by a professional actress that builds to a show. The campus has an outdoor pool.
Thames British School opens its Majadahonda campus for a short summer camp run entirely in English. Days mix sports and outdoor games, creative workshops and daily water activities, in a British school setting with personal attention. Families can book single weeks. It suits kids who want an English summer close to home in the northwest suburbs.
An English-only play camp run by the Kids&Us school in Chamartín, held at a nearby school with covered courts. Groups split by age rotate through outdoor games, water games, theater, songs and crafts, and fill in a camp book as they go; older kids add science experiments and team challenges. The youngest can nap after lunch. It is open to kids who don't study at Kids&Us.
An outdoor English camp with native teachers at a sports club next to Quinta de los Molinos park. Kids swim in the club pool every day and spend the rest of the time on music, dance, theater, crafts, science, cooking, sports and storytime, in groups by age. There is a garden for outdoor play and an air-conditioned room for the hottest days. No English or arts experience needed.
A musical theater camp run entirely in English by native teachers. Each session builds toward one full show: kids learn the songs, choreography and lines, help make costumes and sets, then perform it for families at the end. Mornings rotate through dance, singing, acting and crafts, with games, cooking, yoga and storytime in between. No stage or English experience needed. It takes place in a dance studio in Chamberí.
A summer day camp taught 100% in English by native teachers at La Casita's neighborhood centers around Madrid. Each week has its own theme, from art and world cooking to jungle animals, farm life and the ocean, with crafts, science, yoga, theater and park time when possible. Fridays end with a cooking session. Groups top out at 10 kids.
For families who have just arrived, or whose kids are at an international school, the language a camp runs in matters more than the activities: these camps are taught wholly or partly in English, so check the split before booking.
The city's own summer holiday camp, run in public primary schools across Madrid. Kids spend the day on play-based group activities, with breakfast and lunch included. Some games use English, but it is not an immersion program.
Only children registered (empadronados) in the city can apply, and places go by lottery, so it suits families who can plan ahead and wait to hear back.
An English-only summer program taught by the British Council's own teachers, with each group pitched to its school stage. Younger kids learn through stories, songs, crafts and simple science; primary kids work on projects with drama, movement and digital tasks; teens take on escape-room challenges and design projects. Days mix classroom work with outdoor games, and Fridays are themed fun days.
An international summer camp on King's College's leafy campus north of Madrid. Kids choose a program: football with Real Madrid Foundation coaches, musical theater with West End performers, STEAM labs or language classes, with extras like horse riding, swimming and robotics. Weekly trips go to water parks, adventure parks and central Madrid. Day campers mix with boarders from around the world.
An English immersion day camp on the American School of Madrid campus in Pozuelo. Each week has a new theme, and kids learn through games, drama, music, art, science, sports, cooking and storytelling in small groups. There is time outdoors every day, and the month closes with an American-style picnic and water games. Suits beginners as well as kids who already speak English well.
Runnymede College, a British school in La Moraleja, opens its campus for the first weeks of summer. Recent editions offered an English-led summer school for younger children (music, water games, cooking, crafts and Forest School) and a sports program for older pupils run by the school's coaches, with climbing and swimming trips. It is open to Runnymede pupils plus their friends and family, not to everyone.
A summer school taught entirely in English at Hastings' two sites in Chamartín: under-5s at the Early Years campus on Paseo de la Habana, older kids at the Primary building on Bendición de Campos. Days mix science, cooking, circus tricks, crafts, multisport, robotics and coding, pottery and water games. Each group goes on one trip a week, with one monitor for every ten children.
A summer camp on Kensington School's campus in Pozuelo, split into groups from toddlers to teens. The youngest do stories, songs, crafts and water games. Primary kids mix English topic classes with sports, drama, dance, cooking and computing. Teens try padel, roller hockey and team tournaments. All but the youngest go on a trip each week. Families joining the school use it to meet future classmates.
The English Montessori School runs its summer camp at Discovery House, its early-years building in Aravaca, for TEMS and non-TEMS children alike. Each week has its own theme, with art, science and water play, and a themed party every Friday. Groups are small and split by age, with lower ratios for the under-threes, in rooms set up on Montessori lines. It suits younger kids who need a gentle English summer.
A day camp in English on the International College Spain campus in La Moraleja, run by Clubs Complete. Each week has a new theme, such as water play with slides, tie-dye and slime, or circus skills with popcorn and cotton candy, and some weeks kids choose a sports track or a STEM track. Kids are grouped as Infants, Juniors and Seniors.
St. George Madrid, a British international school in Hortaleza, runs a summer school open to children from any school, taught by native-level English speakers, with a Spanish track too. Kids can switch weeks between the general camp and, in recent summers, a STEM camp with robotics, coding and 3D design, and a theater camp led by a professional actress that builds to a show. The campus has an outdoor pool.
Thames British School opens its Majadahonda campus for a short summer camp run entirely in English. Days mix sports and outdoor games, creative workshops and daily water activities, in a British school setting with personal attention. Families can book single weeks. It suits kids who want an English summer close to home in the northwest suburbs.
An English-only play camp run by the Kids&Us school in Chamartín, held at a nearby school with covered courts. Groups split by age rotate through outdoor games, water games, theater, songs and crafts, and fill in a camp book as they go; older kids add science experiments and team challenges. The youngest can nap after lunch. It is open to kids who don't study at Kids&Us.
An outdoor English camp with native teachers at a sports club next to Quinta de los Molinos park. Kids swim in the club pool every day and spend the rest of the time on music, dance, theater, crafts, science, cooking, sports and storytime, in groups by age. There is a garden for outdoor play and an air-conditioned room for the hottest days. No English or arts experience needed.
A musical theater camp run entirely in English by native teachers. Each session builds toward one full show: kids learn the songs, choreography and lines, help make costumes and sets, then perform it for families at the end. Mornings rotate through dance, singing, acting and crafts, with games, cooking, yoga and storytime in between. No stage or English experience needed. It takes place in a dance studio in Chamberí.
A summer day camp taught 100% in English by native teachers at La Casita's neighborhood centers around Madrid. Each week has its own theme, from art and world cooking to jungle animals, farm life and the ocean, with crafts, science, yoga, theater and park time when possible. Fridays end with a cooking session. Groups top out at 10 kids.