Education System

Information on da education system in Spain:

Educación Infantil (Nursery schooling)
Structure: 2 education cycles of three academic years each one, called:

• Jardín de Infancia (0-3 years of age)
• Preescolar (3-6 years of age)

Educación primaria (Primary schooling)

Structure: Three cycles of two years each one:

• First Cycle (6-7 years of age)
• Second Cycle (8-9 years of age)
• Third Cycle (10-11 years of age)

Educación Secundaria (Secondary education)

Educación Secundaria Obligatoria (ESO) or Compulsory Secondary Education

Structure: two cycles of two academic years each (total 4 years):

• 1st Cycle (12-14 years of age)
• 2nd Cycle (14-16 years of age)

On finishing ESO the student has a number of options:

• To do Ciclos Formativos de Grado Medio (Vocational training) (1º technical college)
• Access to Bachillerato.
• Start work (because ESO is compulsory up to the age of 16, and you have to be at least 16 to get a job)
• Garantía Social (learning a profession in a year)

website to go to: http://www.mepsyd.es/educa/sistema-educativo/logse/siseduc.html (Spanish)

http://www.easyexpat.com/madrid_en/school_school-system.htm (english)

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