2º
1º
HIGHER VOCATIONAL
TRAINING
2º
INTERMEDIATE VOCATIONAL
TRAINING
BACHILLERATO
SECONDARY EDUCATION CERTIFICATE
4º
COMPULSORY BASIC EDUCATION
2º
1º
UNIVERSITY
SECONDARY
3º
2º
1º
6º
5º
PRIMARY
4º
3º
2º
1º
Inf.5
INFANT
Inf.4
Inf.3
1º
BASIC EDUCATION
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Basic education is compulsory and free
for everyone.
It consists of 10 years of schooling
carried out between the ages of 6 and
16.
Basic education is organized into:
PRIMARY EDUCATION
COMPULSORY SECONDARY EDUCATION (CSE).
Bachillerato
Distance
Learning
Education
Adult
Education
Vocational
Training
The Spanish
Law also
organizes
Sports
Education
Language
Education
Arts
Education
ORGANIZATION
Infant education (Ages 0 to 6).
 Primary education (Ages 6 to 12).
 Compulsory secondary education (Ages 13 to
16).
 Bachillerato / Intermediate level vocational
training (Ages 17 to 18).
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It includes children from birth to the age of 6.
 It is voluntary.
 It is organised into two cycles:
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The first cycle (from birth to 3).
 The second (from 3 to 6).This cycle is free.
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Main aim: To develop the physical, affective, social
and intelectual development of children.
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Primary education starts from age 6 to 12.
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This stage is compulsory and free.
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Main aim: Facilitate learning in oral and written
expresion and comprehension, calculation, basic
notions of culture and habits of coexistence, of study
and work, etc, preparing them for the next educative
stage.
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CSE lasts 4 years between the ages 12 to 16.
CSE is organised according to 2 principles:
1. Access for all students to core
education.
2. Attention to students diversity.
The purpose:
To acquire the basic cultural elements.
 To develop and to consolidate study and work
habits.
 To prepare them for their incorporation into
higher education or the labour market.
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•Students advance to the next year when they
pass all the subjects or when they fail no more
than 2 (excepcionally 3 if they are not Spanish
language and Maths.)
•Students may only repeat the same year once
and may only repeat twice during the whole of
the secondary stage.
Natural sciences.
 Physical education.
 Social sciences,
geography and
history.
 Spanish language and
literature and, if
applicable, the coofficial language and
literature.
 Foreign language.
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Mathematics.
 Plastic and visual
arts.
 Music.
 Technology.
 Education for
citizenship and
human rights.
 Second foreign
language.
 Communicative
practice.
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Students who are in possession of the
Certificate in CSE may study
bachillerato.
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Bachillerato consists of 2 years and it is
a post-compulsory secondary education.
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Bachillerato offers different modalities :
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a) Arts.
b) Sciences and technology.
c) Humanities and social sciences.
In order to access university, students
will need to pass one single exam.
It aims to prepare students to carry out a
range of jobs in a professional capacity.
It consists
of formative
cycles at different
levels:
Lower level
(European level 1)
Access: No certificate
Intermediate level
(European level 2)
Access: Certificate in CSE
Higher level
(European level 3)
Access: Bachiller Certificate
University
18 Bachillerato
17
16 Compulsory
15 Secondary
14 Education
13
12 Primary
… Education
6
5
…
0
Infant
Education
Higher
vocational
training
Intermediate
vocational
training
Lower
vocational
training
Labour
market
Management
board
The
principle
Viceprinciple
Governing
body
membership
Head of
studies
Secretary
School
Council
Teaching
Staff Body
Didactic
Coordination
Teaching
staff
body
Out-of-school
activities
departament
Education
Guidance
departament
Tutors
Pedagogic
Coordination
Commitee
Didactic
Departaments