After-School Activities
in Barcelona
We’re Ben and Rahim, two friends and dads raising our kids in Barcelona. Your school sends home its own after-school list. This one covers classes outside school, in English. We checked 98 classes outside school, and every page has the registration status, the schedule, how to sign up, and the price, if the provider gives us one.
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BUC Rugby School
Kids learn rugby in an old quarry inside Montjuïc park.
TBKids
One of the few robotics centers that starts at age three.
Art Lab
Art class where the mess is the point.
Esplac Local Esplais
A club your kid belongs to, not a class you book.
Karate✓
Traditional Shito-Ryu karate in an old Hostafrancs dojo.
Judo✓
An old-school Hostafrancs dojo that has trained generations of kids.
Tennis School✓
Barcelona's municipal tennis school on the 1992 Olympic courts.
Judo, Karate and BJJ✓
Serious martial arts pedigree in a neighborhood dojo.
Peona i Peó Club d'Escacs✓
A 30-year-old neighborhood club, not a chess academy.
Skate School✓
Kids learn to ride at a real public skatepark, not a gym.
Drama and Screen Acting in English✓
Acting in English, on stage and on camera.
Musical Theater Year Course✓
A New York musical theater school, landed in Sarrià.
Science Club✓
Founded by working scientists who teach kids to think like one.
IB and academic tutoring✓
The tutors international-school families in Barcelona already pass around.
Kids Circus✓
Aerials are the main event here, not a sideline.
Lluïsos d'Horta activity sections✓
A club since 1866, with its own 320-seat theater.
Teen Circus✓
A small Sants studio where teens train on aerials.
Theater in English✓
An English-language theater where the course ends on a real stage.
Athletics School
Track athletics at three sites, from the seafront to Vall d'Hebron.
Little Kickers football classes
A real team sport for kids barely out of the stroller.
Sports Schools at Bonasport
Serious coaching pedigree inside a family members' club.
Handball
The neighborhood handball club at the heart of Sants.
Kids&Us Barcelona
A listening-first method that treats English like a second mother tongue.
Swim classes for babies and kids
Four small warm pools built for kids, not adults.
Natació Nadons
A gentle first splash you and your baby take together.
Year-Round Football Courses
A high-performance academy's weekly session for kids who already play.
Sarky F.C. football school
Train, compete, or do both at the club's own Sarrià pitch.
Barça Escola Barcelona
Football training from FC Barcelona itself, not a licensed spin-off.
Mini Sports
The only Kinobs after-school program that starts at age 3.
Horta Esportiva swim courses
A separate teaching pool keeps lessons shallow, warm, and calm.
British Council Young Learners English
Kids climb a level ladder that tops out at Cambridge C2.
Spanish Lessons
Spanish tutoring built around one kid, not a class schedule.
EDAMI Escuela de Ajedrez Miguel Illescas
Run by an eight-time Spanish champion since 1999.
Swim School
A Barceloneta members' club that enrolls non-member families too.
Projecte 5 PALS multi-sport
Kids sample the club's sports instead of picking one at four.
Artistic Gymnastics
Sants' own artistic gymnastics club, founded by fans of the sport.
Helen Doron English Barcelona
The mother-tongue method: kids absorb English like a first language.
Parkour
Barcelona's first parkour gym, purpose-built and fully indoors.
French Courses
France's official language school, with perks beyond the classroom.
Swim Lessons
A learn-to-swim program inside Barcelona's 1992 Olympic pool complex.
Martial Arts
Martial arts built around child development, not just belts.
Athletics School
A competitive athletics school on two municipal tracks.
Español en Familia
The Spanish class you take with your kids, not for them.
Artistic Gymnastics School
From first cartwheels to the Via Olímpica competition track.
TBKids
One of the few robotics centers that starts at age three.
Natació Infantil
A gentle first swim course where kids go in without you.
Artistic Roller Skating
Not speed skating: think choreography, rhythm and turns.
Swim, tennis and multi-sport
One family membership covers swim, tennis, and a staffed kids club.
Language Courses
Family-run academy that sorts kids by level, not just age.
Swimming Courses
The learn-to-swim arm of a serious competition club.
Swim and Water Polo School
The club school that turns swimmers into water polo players.
Futsal School
The rare club that posts every price and date up front.
Ice Skating School
Learn to skate at Barça's own rink, no experience needed.
Musical Theater
Serious musical theater training, scaled down for four-year-olds.
Climbing School
Kids train at the climbing gym that hosts Barcelona's youth league.
Rock band programs
Kids learn by rehearsing for a real concert, with a date and an audience at the end of it.
ECADE Escola Catalana d'Escacs
A chess school proper, not a class squeezed into a gym.
Padel Course
Padel coached for character as much as technique.
BUC Rugby School
Kids learn rugby in an old quarry inside Montjuïc park.
CEM Júpiter activity sections
One municipal center covering swim lessons, dance, martial arts and parkour.
Kumon Barcelona
Self-paced worksheets that build a daily study habit.
Peón Negro Club d'Escacs
A chess club, a shop and a kids' school in one.
Basketball School
One of the cheapest ways into a real basketball club.
Theater Programs in English
Full English immersion, with groups split by age and fluency.
Lluïsos de Gràcia sections and workshops
Most of a Gràcia childhood fits under one roof.
Art Lab
Art class where the mess is the point.
Escola de Música del Palau
A teachers' cooperative that has run this school for 50 years.
L'Escola de Música de Barcelona
Serious classical training with a real conservatory pathway.
Xamfrà, Centre de Música i Escena del Raval
Arts training in the Raval for kids who'd otherwise miss out.
Escoltes Catalans local scout groups (caus)
Not a class you buy but a group you join.
Creative Drawing
Technique-focused drawing for kids who already love to draw.
Padel School
A padel school that runs from age 4 to federated competition.
Art Classes
Each project starts with a real artist, Kusama to Frida Kahlo.
Ballet, Jazz and Urban Dance
Built for kids who want to keep going with dance.
Escuela de Ballet David Campos
Serious classical ballet training rather than a weekly dance class.
Robotics and Coding Courses
A progression to grow into, not a one-year robotics class.
Escoles Municipals de Música de Barcelona (5 schools)
The city's own music schools, built around playing in groups.
L'Escola de Músics
A Raval institution where kids can grow into working musicians.
Little Rock School
Built to slot into the after-school run in Sant Andreu.
First Steps robotics and coding
One of the few tech programs that starts at age three.
Logiscool Barcelona Les Corts
Barcelona's first outpost of the global Logiscool coding franchise.
Theater School
A professional theater conservatory that also teaches six-year-olds.
Ballet to Hip-Hop Dance
The whole year builds to a real theater festival.
Art Workshops
Three art disciplines a year, one weekly workshop slot.
Climbing School
Learn to climb at Chris Sharma's own Poblenou gym.
PonyClub Riding School
Kids train at a working competition yard, not a trekking stable.
Table Tennis School
Table tennis in a neighborhood cultural club, not an academy.
Cooking Club
One of the few after-school clubs run from a professional kitchen.
Tinkering and Making
Engineering thinking for kids who ask how things work.
Codelearn
A multi-year coding curriculum, not a one-term taster course.
Drawing and Painting
An art academy that teaches kids the way it teaches adults.
Hip-Hop, Ballet and FitKid Dance
Ten different classes a week, so most kids find their style.
Escola Luthier de Música i Dansa (Dance Department)
Four decades of dance in one Eixample building.
Esplac Local Esplais
A club your kid belongs to, not a class you book.
Drawing and Painting
Art-school training for ages 10 to 14 who want real technique.
Ceramics Classes
A working ceramics studio, not a school art room.
Duo Workshop: visual arts and drawing
Two art disciplines a week, priced below booking them separately.
Circus School
Kids train in the same tents as Barcelona's professional circus students.
Creative Sewing
A working Poblenou sewing studio, not a craft table.
Sailing and Windsurf
Barcelona's municipal sailing school, not a private yacht club.
98 activities
Karate✓
By Club Judo Condal
Judo✓
By Club Judo Condal
Tennis School✓
By Centre Municipal de Tennis Vall d'Hebron (Eurofitness)
Judo, Karate and BJJ✓
By Dojo Tamashi Barcelona
Peona i Peó Club d'Escacs✓
By Peona i Peó
Skate School✓
By Skatia
Drama and Screen Acting in English✓
By Creation Drama Studio
Musical Theater Year Course✓
By Show Kids
Science Club✓
By Galileo Galilei Club de Ciencias
IB and academic tutoring✓
By AE Teaching
Kids Circus✓
By La Colombina
Lluïsos d'Horta activity sections✓
By Lluïsos d'Horta
Teen Circus✓
By La Colombina
Theater in English✓
By The BCN Studio
Athletics School
By Barcelona Atletisme Club
Little Kickers football classes
By Little Kickers
Sports Schools at Bonasport
By Club Bonasport
Handball
By Club Esportiu Handbol BCN Sants
Kids&Us Barcelona
By Kids&Us
Swim classes for babies and kids
By Penguins Barcelona
Natació Nadons
By Claror
Year-Round Football Courses
By Fundació Marcet / Marcet Football
Sarky F.C. football school
By Kinobs
Barça Escola Barcelona
By FC Barcelona Academy
Mini Sports
By Kinobs
Horta Esportiva swim courses
By Horta Esportiva / UE Horta
British Council Young Learners English
By British Council Barcelona
Spanish Lessons
By Dime Barcelona
EDAMI Escuela de Ajedrez Miguel Illescas
By EDAMI
Swim School
By Club Natació Barcelona
Projecte 5 PALS multi-sport
By Club Natació Barcelona
Artistic Gymnastics
By Club Esportiu Sants Gimnàstic
Helen Doron English Barcelona
By Helen Doron English
Parkour
By Ourpark Parkour Academy Barcelona
French Courses
By Institut français de Barcelona
Swim Lessons
By Forus / CEM Piscines Bernat Picornell
Martial Arts
By Golden Kyu
Athletics School
By AAC
Español en Familia
By Languages4Life
Artistic Gymnastics School
By Club Gimnàstic Barcelona
TBKids
By TBKids
Natació Infantil
By Claror
Artistic Roller Skating
By Kinobs
Swim, tennis and multi-sport
By David Lloyd Turó
Language Courses
By Academia Avanç
Swimming Courses
By Club Natació Atlètic-Barceloneta
Swim and Water Polo School
By Club Natació Montjuïc
Futsal School
By CEM Bogatell
Ice Skating School
By FC Barcelona
Musical Theater
By MEMORY La Escuela de Teatro Musical
Climbing School
By Climbat, CEM d'Escalada La Foixarda
Rock band programs
By School of Rock
ECADE Escola Catalana d'Escacs
By ECADE
Padel Course
By Padel Tibidabo
BUC Rugby School
By BUC
CEM Júpiter activity sections
By CEM Júpiter
Kumon Barcelona
By Kumon
Peón Negro Club d'Escacs
By Peón Negro
Basketball School
By CBSAPS
Theater Programs in English
By Collage Barcelona
Lluïsos de Gràcia sections and workshops
By Lluïsos de Gràcia
Art Lab
By Little Makers
Escola de Música del Palau
By Escola de Música del Palau
L'Escola de Música de Barcelona
By L'Escola de Música de Barcelona
Xamfrà, Centre de Música i Escena del Raval
By Fundació L'ARC Música
Escoltes Catalans local scout groups (caus)
By Escoltes Catalans
Creative Drawing
By Little Makers
Padel School
By Artós Sports Club
Art Classes
By PlayMakers
Ballet, Jazz and Urban Dance
By PobleNou Dance School
Escuela de Ballet David Campos
By Escuela de Ballet David Campos
Robotics and Coding Courses
By Techlab Kids
Escoles Municipals de Música de Barcelona (5 schools)
By Ajuntament de Barcelona
L'Escola de Músics
By L'Escola de Músics i Juan Pedro Carrero
Little Rock School
By Rock School Barcelona
First Steps robotics and coding
By Techlab Kids
Logiscool Barcelona Les Corts
By Logiscool
Theater School
By El Timbal Escola de Teatre
Ballet to Hip-Hop Dance
By Dance esCool
Art Workshops
By El Burot
Climbing School
By Sharma Climbing
PonyClub Riding School
By Open Hípica
Table Tennis School
By Centre Catòlic de Sants (secció tennis taula)
Cooking Club
By The Playcook Kids
Tinkering and Making
By Little Makers
Codelearn
By Codelearn
Drawing and Painting
By Academia La Gràcia
Hip-Hop, Ballet and FitKid Dance
By SocDansa
Escola Luthier de Música i Dansa (Dance Department)
By Escola Luthier de Música i Dansa
Esplac Local Esplais
By Esplac
Drawing and Painting
By Escola Traç
Ceramics Classes
By Recrea Taller de Cerámica
Duo Workshop: visual arts and drawing
By Escola Traç
Circus School
By Centre de les Arts del Circ Rogelio Rivel
Creative Sewing
By Vernita Studio
Sailing and Windsurf
By Centre Municipal de Vela
Escola Coral de l'Orfeó Català
By Orfeó Català, Palau de la Música Catalana
Escola de Circ Infantil i Juvenil
By Ateneu Popular 9 Barris