SEK History / 130th Aniversary
1892
«San Estanislao’s school» foundation byD. José Olavarrieta y López.
1902
Application for
the School official
recognition.
1932-35
D. Andrés Chiclana Molino
acquires the
School property.
1935
D. Felipe Segovia
Martínez acquires the
School and changes its
name to «San
Estanislao de Kostka».
1936
With the war
Mr. Felipe is mobilized and
appointed to literate soldiers.
Mrs. Carmen his wife,
is therefore in charge of the School,
which is renamed as “Numancia”.
1939
With the end of
the war, the School
retakes its name:
«San Estanislao
de Kostka».
1942-46
– First regulation of
internal regime.
– First study trips,
festivals and
academic events.
– First transport
service.
1947
Mr. Felipe decides
to found a new
headquarter in
Arturo Soria street.
1952
– 60th anniversary of
the institution.
– Creation of the School’s
Medical Service and the
Psychology Cabinet.
1962
– Dr. Felipe Segovia Olmo
joins SEK management.
– The first centers open
in Madrid’s outskirts.
– Didascalia magazine
is created.
1980
The incorporation of
Dr. Jorge Segovia
Bonet to SEK,
supposes the beginning
of the international
expansion stage.
1982
Opening in Santiago
de Chile of the first
«Colegio
Internacional
SEK» in America
1984
SEK Ecuador
Inauguration.
1986
SEK Panamá
and SEK Guayaquil
inauguration.
1988
SEK Paraguay
and SEK Costa
Rica inauguration.
1989
SEK International
Institution is
constituted with independent
management from
Madrid’s old school.
1990
SEK Chile University
inauguration.
1992
Inauguration of the first
SEK School in England.
Eiris International
School acquisition.
1993
SEK Ecuador
International
University
inauguration.
1994
Levante International
School
acquisition.
1995
SEK Pacífico
inauguration.
1996
SEK Las Américas
inauguration.
1997
SEK Budapest
International School
inauguration.
1999
Boca Prep
International School
acquisition.
2000
SEK Guatemala
inauguration.
2004
Grantham Prep
International School
acquisition.
2005
SEK Guadalajara
inauguration.
2005
Hout Bay
International School
and SEK Los Valles
acquisition.
2006
– International Education
System creation, an
autonomous management branch
of English language schools.
– Helderberg
International School
acquisition.
2007
St. John’s
International School
acquisition.
2008
Blouberg
International School
acquisition.
2013
The Unión Española
football team, belonging to
the SEK International Institution,
wins the Chilean League and
the Super Cup.
2017
– UDINE International
School
acquisition.
125th anniversary.
2018
– SEK Austral
inauguration
– SEK Colombia
acquisition.
2019
IUNIT Higher
Educational Center (Madrid)
inauguration.
2021
IES GLOBAL
SCHOOL
inauguration.
2022
– SEK Bucharest
International School inauguration.
– Cesário Verde International School
acquisition.