1. CATALAN EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM
CENTCELLES SCHOOL

2. THE LAW
• In Spain, the educational system is decentralized. That
is, the Generalitat, the Government of Catalonia, also
has a say on the matter.
 LOE: Spanish Education Law
 LEC: Catalan Education Law

3. CATALAN EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM
 The educational system is compulsory from 6 to 16
years old and it is organised by cycles:
 Infant Educational
 Primary Education
 Secondary Education
 Baccalaureate
 Middle Grade Vocational Training
 Upper Grade Vocational Training
 University Education

4. CATALAN EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM
Compulsary Secondary Education 12-16
(Compulsory)
Primary Education 6-12
(Compulsory)
Infant Education 3-6

5. KIND OF TEACHING FACILITIES
 PUBLIC SCHOOLS
 PRIVATE SCHOOLS but subsidised with public funds
 PRIVATE SCHOOLS

6. CENTCELLES SCHOOL’S HISTORY
 The school is 31 years old.
 It has suffered difficult periods, with few pupils and
Department of Education has wanted to close it in
several occasions.
 The closest area of the school is poor: low
social, cultural and economic level of some families.

7. CHANGING THE PRESENT AND THE
FUTURE
 In these last 6 years, the school has changed a lot and
increased the number of pupils and teachers.
 This new period, the pedagogical and methodological
line of the school has changed.
 Now, we bet for an innovative education, taking part
in different projects in order to:
 improve academic results
 educate children in good values and basic habits

8. ORGANISATION OF SCHOOLS
 Directive Team:
 Director
 Head of studies
 Secretary
 Teacher: responsible of one group of students
 Specialist teacher: Music, Foreign Language, Special
Needs, Physical Education
 Non-Teaching staff
 School Council
 Parents’ Association

9. GROUPS - COURSES
 We have two groups in:
 P3
 P4
 P5
 1st level
 2nd level
 3th level
 4th level
 5th level
 We have one group in:
 6th level

10. CLASSROOMS
 One classroom per group
 Library
 English and Music classroom
 Small rooms for flexible groups
 Computer room
 Aula d’acollida

11. TEACHERS, PUPILS AND WORKERS
 Number of teachers: 31
 Number of pupils: 284
 Non-teaching staff: 4
 Dinning room instructors: 6

12. CALENDAR
 Teachers start: 1st September
 Children start: 12th September
 Christmas holiday: 23th December to 8th January
 Easter Holidays: 2nd to 9th April
 Children finish: 22nd June
 Teachers finish: 29th June
 5 days off

13. TIMETABLE
 Generally, the students are in the school 5 hours. In our
case, 6 hours per day.
 Mornings: from 9.00 to 13.00
 9.00 – 10.00: First lesson
 10.00 – 11.00: Second lesson
 11.00 – 11.30: Break
 11.30 – 12.15: Third lesson
 12.15 – 13.00: Fourth lesson
 Lunch: from 13.00 to 15.00
 Afternoons: from 15.00 to 17.00
 15.00 – 16.00: Fifth lesson
 16.00 – 17.00: Sixth lesson

14. SOME IMPORTANT POINTS OF THE SCHOOL WORK
 The school pedagogical line has these big objectives:
 To improve the students academic results
 To improve the coexistence in the school among all the
community members
 Methodological Line:
 Working in small groups
 Using new technologies
 Learning basic competences

15. PROJECTS
 PAC: Autonomy School Plan
 Library Project
 Reading and writing Project
 New technologies Project
 Emotional Project
 Green School Project
 Comenius Project