1. School system

2. School year
The school year usually starts in spain around the 10 th September and finishes
the third week of June.
We have three breaks throughout the school year Christmas, easter, summer
and a few of bank holidays.

3. Types of school
In our country, there are three different types of school:
1. Public school 2. A kind of a private schools
that are public-funded
3. Private school
It is compulsory for ages between 5 and 16.

4. Schooling is divided into four stages:
1. Nursery school, from the ages of 3 to 5. (It is not compulsory)
2. Primary school, from the ages of 6 to 11.
3. Secondary school, from the ages of 12 to 16.
4. Leaving years or Vocational school, from the ages of 16 to 18. ( It is
not compulsory)

5. Subjects
Primary school
Science
Arts and Crafts
Physical Education
Spanish
Maths
Religious studies
Citizenship
Music
English
2 nd Foreign Language

6. Secondary
school
Years 1 and 2
Science
Spanish
Social Science
Maths
Physical Education
English
2 nd foreign language
Religious or study time
Arts and Crafts
Music
Technology
Year 3
Maths
Spanish
Science
Social Science
Physical Education
Citizenship
Chemistry
Religious Studies
2 nd language or Classic studies
English
Painting
Tecnology

7. Secondary
School
Year 4
Common
subjects
Maths
Spanish
English
Religious Studies
Physical Education
Ethics
Social Science
Option A
Biology or Technical Drawing
Chemistry
2 nd Language or Computer
Studies
Option B
Music
Technical Drawing
2nd language or
Computer Studies

8. Leaving
Years 1 and 2 are a
kind of Pre University
Studies
-Technology
-Health
science
-Humanity
-Social science
-Art
Once we pass Leaving Years 1 and 2 we have to pass a
National Exam before applying to university