The Spanish Education System

(according to L.O.E.) the last Spanish Educational Law, 2006

• The Spanish Constitution of 1978, divides competences over educational matters between the State, the Autonomous Communities, local administrations and educational institutions.

• The Ministry of Education enacts of the basic standards which specify the constitutional right to education

• The Autonomous Communities are responsible for the implementation of basic national standards and for the regulation of non-basic aspects of the education system, as well as for the administration of the education system in their respective regions.

SPAIN AND ITS AUTONOMOUS

REGIONS

Schools in Spain can be divided into 3 categories:

•Privately run schools funded by the State (colégios concertados)

•Purely private schools (colégios privados)

•State schools

•All non-university state education is free in Spain, but parents have to buy all of their children's books and materials. This, nominally at least, also applies to colegios concertados

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Initial Vocational Training(15, -18)

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Preschool Education

University Entrance Exam

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Superior Grade Vocational Professional Training

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PRE-SCHOOL EDUCATION:

1st cycle: 0-3 years 2nd cycle: 3-6 years (free)

COMPULSORY EDUCATION: (free)

Primary Education (free) Secondary Education (free)

POST COMPULSORY EDUCATION: (free)

Baccalaureate (free) Vocational training (free) University (free depending on the degree)

COMPULSORY EDUCATION (free) PRIMARY EDUCATION:

1st cycle: 6-8 years 2nd cycle: 8-10 years 3rd cycle: 10-12 years

COMPULSORY SECONDARY EDUCATION:

COMPULSORY SECONDARY EDUCATION CERTIFICATE

1st cycle (12-14 years) OCCASIONAL CURRICULA ADAPTATIONS.

2nd cycle (14-16 years): CURRICULAR DIVERSIFICATION PROGRAMME: For those students who are in the 2nd cycle and can´t get the educational objectives because of different reasons but they have a good learning attitude and try hard. Students can do the whole 2nd cycle within this programme, and some other students will join it in the last year of the cycle, depending on each individual case. They share common subjects with other students who have a common curricula but they go to another class just for them in Linguistics and Communication, Mathematics and World knowledge.

COMPULSORY EDUCATION (Continuation)

INICIAL VOCATIONAL TRAININGThose students who didn´t manage to obtain their Compulsory Secondary Education Certificate and they are over 15 and under 18 can join a programme called INITIAL VOCATIONAL TRAINING

1º course – It mixes basic skills in mathematics, reading and writing, general knowledge and vocational training.

At the end they will be able to get the CERTIFICATE. Or the student can do a second course to get the COMPULSORY SECONDARY EDUCATION CERTIFICATE

Some Notes on Compulsory Education

• Important: attendance is compulsory till 16.

• If you have to take a course again, you can only do it once per cycle. If you have already done so, you will be automatically promoted to the next educational level.

• In Secondary school you have to take the year again if you fail more than two subjects but if you fail Spanish language and literature and Mathematics you cannot pass to the next academic level.

• Textbooks are free in primary school and secondary school in some regions: the school buys them with the money the government gives for it. Students cannot write on them, so students have to buy the workbooks.

• Financial issues: schools receive different amounts of money depending on: number of students but especially depending on the different projects the school is enrolled in

• In some scholl there are Bilingual Program.

AREAS 1ST CYCLE

2ND CYCLE

3RD CYCLE

Environmental, social and cultural knowledge

3 3 3

Artistic Education 2 2 2Physical Education 2 2 2Spanish language and literature

5 5 5

Foreign Language 3 3 3

Maths 5 5 5

Religion 1,5 1,5 1,5

Citizenship and Human Rights Education

- - 2

Reading 1 1 1

PRIMARY EDUCATION

SECONDARY EDUCATION

  

  FIRST SECOND THIRD FOURTH

NATURAL SCIENCES 3 3 4 3*

SOCIAL SCIENCES 3 4 3 3

PHYSICAL EDUCATION 2 2 2 2

CITIZENSHIP - 1 - -

VISUAL ARTS - 3 2 3*

SPANISH LANGUAGE 5 4 4 4

ENGLISH 3 3 3 3

MATHS 4 4 3 3

MUSIC 3 - 2 3*

TECHNOLOGY 3 - 3 3*

RELIGION 1 2 1 2

OPTIONAL 2 2 2 2

TUTORIAL 1 1 1 1

CIVICS - - - 1

BIOLOGY AND GEOLOGY - - - 3*

PHYSICS AND CHEMISTRY - - - 3*

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES - - - 3*

LATIN - - - 3*

2nd FOREIGN LANGUAGE - - - 3*

POST COMPULSORY EDUCATION

When you are 16 and you get your Certificate, you have two options depending on what you want to do in the future:

For those that aim at going to university, there is the BACCALAUREATE (Arts, Science and Technology or Social Sciences and Humanities)(2 years). When they get their Baccalaureate Certificate and they wnat to go to University:

They have to take a UNIVERSITY ENTRANCE EXAM.* It is the same exam for the whole region. * They are tested on the compulsory subjects of their

Baccalaureate (English, Spanish language, History or Philosophy, and the subjects of their field of specialization).* GRADE: 60% marks from the Baccalaureate + 40% marks

from the exam.

POST COMPULSORY EDUCATION (continuation)

They can go to a MIDDLE GRADE TRAINING CYCLE for (2 years). They get a certificate as a Technician, and then:

they go to work. or they continue their studies in a SUPERIOR GRADE TRAINING CYCLE with a exam (2 years). (students who finish their baccalaureate can do

this as well)

When students have a SUPERIOR GRADE TRAINING CYCLE, they can have access to University without having to take the UNIVERSITY ENTRANCE EXAM.

UNIVERSITY GRADO (4 YEARS) + MASTER (1 OR 2 YEARS)

ADULT EDUCATION• For those over 18 it is possible to follow their school education.

• Adult Education is regulated by law: objectives, contents, etc.

• 2 modalities: 1) Normal course2) Distance learning

• And at the end you get the

COMPULSORY SECONDARY EDUCATION CERTIFICATE

ADULT EDUCATION• There are PERMANENT EDUCATION CENTRES in many

towns in Spain providing basic training for adults, concentrating basically on reading and writing skills, ICT, general knowledge, basic English, etc. There are people who manage to get their Compulsory Secondary Education Diploma at 60 or even later, which is lowest academic level you can have in our system.

• Councils also organise and offer courses for unemployed people who are interested in learning any of the contents above for a future job, or for the sake of learning.

OUR SCHOOLL

COURSE 2011-2012

1304 STUDENTS 113 TEACHERS

OUR INSTALLATIONS

35 classrooms

Science laboratory

Phisycal and chemical laboratory

gym

3 sports court

Assembly hall

library

Cafeteria

gardens

EDUCATIONAL OFFER

COMPULSORY SECUNDARY EDUCATION - 420 students

1º ESO - 5 groups -2º ESO - 4 groups3º ESO - 4 groups

4º ESO - 4 groups

Initial Vocational Training programme 2 groups - 38 students

Curricular Diversification programme2 groups - 30 students

EDUCATIONAL OFFER

BACCALAUREATE - 275 studentes

• Science y Tecnology• Social Sciences and Humanities

1º Bach - 5 groups - 2º Bach - 4 groups

EDUCATIONAL OFFER

VOCATIONAL TRAINING- MIDDLE GRADE TRAINING CYCLE

8 groups - 196 studentes

SUPERIOR GRADE TRAINING CYCLE

14 groups - 345 students

EDUCATIONAL OFFER

VOCATIONAL TRAINING- MIDDLE GRADE TRAINING CYCLE

8 groups -

SUPERIOR GRADE TRAINING CYCLE

14 groups

4 PROFESSIONAL FAMILY

– BUILDING AND CIVIL WORS– ELECTRICITY AND ELECTRONICS– COMPUTER– CHEMISTRY

BUILDING AND CIVIL WORKS

TWO SUPERIOR GRADE TRAINING CYCLE

– “BUILDING PROJECTS”– “ DEVELOPMENT OF URBAN PROJECTS

AND TOPOGRAPHY”

ELECTRICITY AND ELECTRONICS

TWO MIDDLE GRADE TRAINING CYCLE– “CONSUMER ELECTRONICS”– “ ELECTRICAL AND AUTOMATIC INSTALLATIONS”

ONE SUPERIOR GRADE TRAINING CYCLE

– “COMPUTER AND TELLECOMUNICATION SYSTEMS”

COMPUTER

ONE MIDDLE GRADE TRAINING CYCLE– “MYCROCOMPUETER SYSTEMAS AND NETWORKS”

TWO SUPERIOR GRADE TRAINING CYCLE– “COMPUTER SYSTEMS MANAGEMENT NETWORKS”– “WEB APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT”

CHEMISTRY

ONE MIDDLE GRADE TRAINING CYCLE– “LABORATORY”

TWO SUPERIOR GRADE TRAINING CYCLE– “LSBORSTORY ANALYSIS AND QUALITY CONTROL”– “INDUSTRIAL CHEMISTRY”

THERE ARE MANY EXTRACURRICULAR

ACTIVITIES FOR STUDENTS

SPORTS

EXHIBITONS AT DE CENTER

TOURS AND VISITS

MUSEUMS

STUDY TOURS

OUR SCHOOL CALENDAR

BEGINNING OF CLASSES – 14 SEPTEMBER

CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS – 23 DECEMBER – 8 JANUARY

EASTER HOLIDAYS – 31 MARCH - 8 APRIL

END OF CLASSES -23 JUNE

IF YOU WANT TO KNOW MORE

THE WEBSITE IS

www.iespalomeras.net