1. Differences between the Spanish and English Education Systems.

2. Reception 1 2 3 4 5 6 11 10 9 8 7 12 13 English Education System
Primary School
Infant School
Junior School
Reception 1 2 3 4 5 6
Age 4-5
5-6
6-7
7-8
8-9
9-10
10-11
High School 11 10 9 8 7
16-17
15-16
14-15
12-14
11-12
College or Sixth Form 12 13
16-17
17-18
University or Vocational Career

3. Full-time education in England is compulsory from age 5 to 16.
English children enter the education system aged 4 or 5, where they go directly from nursery or home schooling into Reception class of Infant school. There they stay until they enter Junior School aged 7. This stage is called Year 3.
Primary Education ends age 11, when children go to High School. This stage is called Year 7. They stay in the school for 5 years, studying towards their GCSEs. In Year 11 (their final year), students will take exams in the compulsory subjects of Art and Design, Design and Technology, Geography, History, Science, English Language and Literature, Maths, IT, Modern Foreign Languages, Music, PE and RE. They can also elect several different subjects such as Drama, Graphics, Electronics, Textiles, Food Technology, Economics, Ceramics, and in some schools; Psychology and Sociology.

4. In English Schools the students generally have to wear a uniform, which usually includes a shirt, tie, trousers for boy, skirts for girls and a blazer, however now, more modern items are becoming more common such as t-shirts and jumpers.
The students call the teachers by Mr or Miss followed by their surname, and it would be considered a punishable offence to ever call a teacher by their first name.
Each school has it´s own system for punishment and reward, but generally there are detentions either after school or in break times as punishments, with more serious offences being given suspension or even expulsion. And merits are given for good behaviour.
Generally, each school has a Head Boy and a Head Girl, who are two carefully selected students from Year 11, who act as representatives of the school. As well as this there are prefects who act as representatives from each House.

5. When English students reach 18, they can either go to a College or Sixth Form, to continue their studies or they can take a more vocational career.
At College, the student chooses 4 or 5 subjects from a wide range in order to specialise towards their chosen career or degree. The exams in the first year of college are called AS-Levels and the second year is called A-Levels.

6. Sistema Educatiu Espanyol
Llar d’infants Parvulari Segon Cicle Primer Cicle Cicle Superio Cicle Mitjà Cicle Inicial Parvulari
Educació infantil Educació primaria Educació secundària
Batxillerat
FP Grau
Mitjà 16 16 18 18
1r.cicle
FP grau
superior
Estudis universitaris
2n. cicle
3r. cicle

7. The Spanish Education System is compulsory aged between 6 and 16
Educación Infantil is from age 3 to 5, Educación Primaria is from age 5 to 11, Educación Secundaria Obligatoria is from age 12 to 15, and Bachillerato is age 16 to 17.
The Educación Infantil is optional, but most parents do decide to send their children there.
Once the children enter into Educación Primaria, they spend three years there until moving on to Educación Secundaria Obligatoria or the ESO. Here they study many different obligatory subjects such as Spanish Language and Literature, Co-Official Language (Catalan, Basque, Galician), First Foreign Language, Maths, Chemistry, Biology, Music, PE, History.
When the students finish ESO, they have the option of continuing on for two years of Bachillerato.

8. For the Bachillerato, they students have those same compulsary subjects and then they also have to choose a specialism.
Arts:
History of Art
Volume (sculpture)
Colours (painting)
Nature and Health Sciences:
Biology
Chemistry
Physics, Earth Sciences or Mathematics
Sciences & Engineering:
Physics,
Maths,
Chemistry or Technical Drawing
Social Sciences:
Applied Maths,
Economics,
Geography,
World History (only 1st year)
Humanities:
Latin,
Greek,
History of Art/World Literature

9. In Spanish state run schools, the students are not obliged to wear a uniform and call their teachers by their first name, and more commonly “Profe”.