The ALEA SCHOOL is an independent school with a cosmopolitan profile. The school combines the German curriculum with International Baccalaureate (IB). The bilingual primary school allows children to start school at the age of five. Students in the bilingual G9 secondary school can finish with either the German Abitur or the IB Diploma as an internationally recognized university qualification.
“The ALEA SCHOOL will be a place where children laugh and learn – in the midst of the natural wonders of the Spessart region, like flora and fauna right outside the classroom window, and the woodpecker forest within easy reach for classroom excursions. We are creating a learning atmosphere in which curiosity and a thirst for knowledge can flourish and where strong roots can grow into the soil of a student’s personality. At the ALEA SCHOOL, global citizens will grow up knowing how to take on social and ecological responsibility. Our world needs this more than ever.”
– ALEA founder and park sponsor Henning Strauss.
Do you want to become part of the ALEA SCHOOL team? Take the chance now to be part of the start-up phase – and benefit from further training and stays abroad as part of the IB Program. Submit your application now!
Learning in a green environment: The ALEA SCHOOL is located in the middle of the wondrous Spessart forest – and right next to the ALEA PARK. The botany is, so to speak, the trellis on which the curriculum and students grow. The flora and fauna of the woodpecker’s forest surround the school both sensorially and spiritually. The woodpecker is also the institute’s heraldic animal: ALEA SCHOOL – Home of the Woodpeckers!
Over the next few years, an ensemble of buildings is to be created that will also implement the school concept from elementary school to upper secondary level architecturally. Various locations are being examined. The lower secondary school is scheduled to open in late summer 2025 in a transitional building. The school ensemble will fit in with the future-oriented ALEA architecture – and as is usual for ALEA, the botany is part of the architectural concept.
The ALEA SCHOOL is aimed at educating local and regional children: because understanding requires communication. Our student body is structured to include both children from local families whose parents would like to relocate their workplace internationally and children from families who also place great importance on a sound linguistic education. ALEA SCHOOL also aims to attract international professionals to the region.
As an internationally oriented, privately run school, the ALEA SCHOOL combines the German curriculum with that of the International Baccalaureate (IB), an internationally recognized educational standard. The IB curriculum developed by international schools in the 1960s is now taught in more than 5,700 schools in 160 countries. The bilingual G9 high school can be completed with both the German Abitur and the IB Diploma as an internationally recognized university qualification.
Botany as a separate school subject? ALEA SCHOOL does it! As a special elective, students can study botany in the Botanical Science Lab, create a herbarium, and explore the secrets of nature.
In the spirit of cosmopolitanism, the ALEA SCHOOL is based on two pillars: the youth should be educated to become global citizens, and they should be socially committed. An appreciative approach to fellow human beings, regardless of their origin, is central to ALEA’s philosophy. Understanding requires a common language, common values, and a common experience. In addition, an attitude towards nature shapes life and teaching at the ALEA SCHOOL, and the school has adopted a resource conscious approach to the surrounding world – especially its botanical heritage.
The ALEA SCHOOL is a privately run school. We are currently developing a sophisticated scholarship program to help local students take advantage of a high-quality educational program that is unique in the region. School fees and financial aid are based on household income. You can get all the information about the registration process for your child for the 2025/26 school year from our ALEA SCHOOL office. Write us an email at learn@alea.school and subscribe to the ALEA SCHOOL newsletter to stay up to date on all the new information about school enrollment!
ALEA is the new destination brand in Bad Orb. The ALEA PARK operates under the umbrella brand ALEA: a green oasis, a family-friendly place-to-be, a health hotspot, and a botanical gathering place. Numerous sports and outdoor activities are in development around the ALEA PARK, such as the brand new padel court and the mini golf course at TAPATA. The new bathhouse and diagnostic center BALNOVA position Bad Orb as a premier medical hub. The ALEA SCHOOL supports the community with added infrastructure for elementary education.
