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UPDATE DATE: 2025/05/26

SDG CODE: Section E1, Subsection Education System - Secondary and Post-secondary Non-Higher Education

This page aims to provide information about secondary education, baccalaureate and vocational training in Castilla y León, as well as all related aspects.

COMPULSORY SECONDARY EDUCATION (ESO)

It is a free, compulsory stage of education and, together with primary education, constitutes basic education. It comprises four academic years, which are norma:

To assume their duties responsibly, to know and exercise their rights with respect for others, to practice tolerance, cooperation and solidarity among individuals and groups, to practice dialogue, consolidating human rights as common values in a plural society and to prepare for the exercise of democratic citizenship.
To develop and consolidate habits of discipline, study and individual and team work as a necessary condition for the effective completion of learning tasks and as a means of personal development.
To value and respect the difference between the sexes and the equality of rights and opportunities between them. Reject stereotypes that discriminate between men and women.
To strengthen their affective capacities in all areas of their personality and in their relationships with others, as well as to reject violence, prejudices of any kind, sexist behaviour and to resolve conflicts peacefully.
To develop basic skills in the use of information sources in order to acquire new knowledge with a critical sense. To develop basic technological competences and to advance in an ethical reflection on their functioning and use.
To conceive scientific knowledge as an integrated knowledge, which is structured in different disciplines, as well as to know and apply the methods to identify problems in the different fields of knowledge and experience.
To develop an entrepreneurial spirit and self-confidence, participation, a critical sense, personal initiative and the ability to learn to learn, plan, take decisions and assume responsibilities.
To understand and express themselves correctly, orally and in writing, in the Castilian language and, where appropriate, in the co-official language of the Autonomous Community, complex texts and messages, and to initiate themselves in the knowledge, reading and study of literature.
Understand and express themselves in one or more foreign languages in an appropriate manner.
Know, value and respect the basic aspects of one's own and others' culture and history, as well as the artistic and cultural heritage.
Knowing and accepting the functioning of one's own body and that of others, respecting differences, strengthening body care and health habits and incorporating physical education and the practice of sport to favour personal and social development. Know and value the human dimension of sexuality in all its diversity. Critically assess social habits related to health, consumption, care, empathy and respect towards living beings, especially animals, and the environment, contributing to their conservation and improvement.
Appreciate artistic creation and understand the language of different artistic manifestations, using different means of expression and representation.

Curricular diversification programmes will be oriented towards the attainment of the Compulsory Secondary Education Graduate Certificate by those who present relevant learning difficulties.

The assessment of students' learning process will be continuous, formative and integrative. Decisions on the promotion of students from one year to the next will be taken collegially by the teaching team, taking into account the achievement of the objectives, the degree of acquisition of the established competences and the assessment of the measures that favour the student's process.

The teaching team may propose, through the guidance council, the incorporation into a basic level training cycle when the academic and vocational profile of the students so advises and when they meet the requirements established in article 41.1 of the LOE.

The general regulation of this educational stage is found in Organic Law 2/2006 of 3 May on Education. The implementation timetable established In the Fifth Final Provision of Organic Law 2/2020, of 29 December.

THE BACCALAUREATE

The purpose of the baccalaureate is to provide training, intellectual and human maturity, knowledge, skills and attitudes that enable students to develop social functions and enter active life with responsibility and competence. Likewise, this stage should allow the acquisition and achievement of the competences that are indispensable for the future training and professional life and enable access to higher education.

Access to baccalaureate studies is open to those who hold the Compulsory Secondary Education Graduate qualification. Those in possession of any of the vocational training, plastic arts and design or Sports Education qualifications and those other cases provided for in the Law may also be admitted to baccalaureate studies.

The baccalaureate, which forms part of post-compulsory secondary education, comprises two years. It will be developed in different modalities, will be organised in a flexible manner and, where appropriate, in different pathways, so that it can offer students a specialised preparation in accordance with their educational prospects and interests, or allow them to enter working life once they have completed it.

The baccalaureate will contribute to the development in pupils of the abilities which will enable them to:

Exercise democratic citizenship, from a global perspective, and acquire a responsible civic conscience, inspired by the values of the Spanish Constitution as well as by human rights, which encourages co-responsibility in the construction of a fair and equitable society.
To consolidate a personal, affective-sexual and social maturity that allows them to act in a respectful, responsible and autonomous way and to develop their critical spirit. To foresee, detect and peacefully resolve personal, family and social conflicts, as well as possible situations of violence.
To promote effective equality of rights and opportunities for women and men, to analyse and critically assess existing inequalities, as well as the recognition and teaching of the role of women in history and to promote real equality and non-discrimination on grounds of birth, sex, racial or ethnic origin, disability, age, illness, religion or beliefs, sexual orientation or gender identity or any other personal or social condition or circumstance.
To consolidate the habits of reading, study and discipline, as necessary conditions for effective learning and as a means of personal development.
To master, both orally and in writing, the Spanish language and, where appropriate, the co-official language of their Autonomous Community.
To express themselves fluently and correctly in one or more foreign languages.
Use information and communication technologies competently and responsibly.
Knowing and critically assessing the realities of the contemporary world, its historical background and the main factors of its evolution. Participate in a supportive way in the development and improvement of their social environment.
To have access to the fundamental scientific and technological knowledge and to master the basic skills of the chosen modality.
To understand the fundamental elements and procedures of research and scientific methods. To know and critically assess the contribution of science and technology in changing living conditions, as well as to strengthen sensitivity and respect for the environment.
To strengthen the entrepreneurial spirit with attitudes of creativity, flexibility, initiative, teamwork, self-confidence and critical sense.
To develop artistic and literary sensitivity, as well as aesthetic criteria, as sources of training and cultural enrichment.
To use physical education and sport to favour personal and social development. To consolidate habits of physical and sporting activities in order to favour physical and mental well-being, as well as a means of personal and social development.
To consolidate attitudes of respect and prevention in the field of safe and healthy mobility.
To encourage a responsible and committed attitude in the fight against climate change and in the defence of sustainable development.

The modalities of the baccalaureate shall be the following: a) Science and Technology. b) Humanities and Social Sciences. c) Arts. d) General.

The baccalaureate will be organised into common subjects, modality subjects and optional subjects. Educational activities will favour the student's ability to learn by himself/herself, to work in teams and to apply appropriate research methods. Likewise, special attention will be paid to the educational and vocational guidance of students, incorporating the gender perspective.

The general regulation of this educational stage can be found in Organic Law 2/2006, of 3 May on Education. The implementation timetable established in the Fifth Final Provision of Organic Law 2/2020 of 29 December.

EDUCATION VOCATIONAL TRAINING (FP).

Vocational training comprises the set of training actions that enable the qualified performance of the different professions, access to employment and active participation in social, cultural and economic life. It includes initial vocational training, actions for the insertion and reintegration of workers into the labour market, as well as those aimed at continuous training in companies, which allow for the acquisition and permanent updating of professional skills.

The purpose of Vocational Training, in the educational system, is to prepare students for activity in a professional field and to facilitate their adaptation to the changes in the labour market that may occur throughout their lives, to contribute to their personal development and to the exercise of democratic and peaceful citizenship, and to enable their progression in the educational system, within the framework of lifelong learning.

Vocational training in the education system comprises basic, intermediate and higher level training cycles, as well as specialisation courses. All of them will have a modular organisation, of variable duration, which integrates the theoretical and practical contents appropriate to the different professional fields.

GENERAL INFORMATION:

In Castilla y León it is the responsibility of the Regional Ministry of Education, which carries out decentralised management at provincial level, through the 9 Provincial Directorates of Education.

The admissions process is carried out in accordance with the regulations and information on the process can be obtained from the Provincial Education Directorates, the nursery schools, the CEIPs and the following link:

Admission of students

General information on secondary education can be found on the Education Portal .

In the Menu, Subjects, there is specific information about SECONDARY EDUCATION, link: Compulsory Secondary Education

Information is provided on:

Social Dialogue: Teaching Units for Baccalaureate and Secondary Education
Organisation of the stage
Prizes
Exemption from Physical Education
Validation

In the Menu, Subjects, there is specific information about BACHILLERATO, link: Baccalaureate

Information is provided on:

Baccalaureate
Research/Excellence Baccalaureate (BIE)
International Baccalaureate (IB)
Social Dialogue: Teaching Units for Baccalaureate and ESO
Daytime Baccalaureate
Evening Baccalaureate
Distance Baccalaureate
Autonomy Projects

In the Menu, Topics, there is specific information on VOCATIONAL TRAINING, link: Vocational Training

Information is provided on:

Vocational training in the education system
Offer of training cycles, with the characteristics of each one.
Access and admission
Regulations. Validation. Evaluation. Promotion and qualifications. Entrance exams.
Work-based learning. FCT and FP Dual. Erasmus+.
Championships and awards

There is a secondary school area with specific content for these students: Secondary school

And also other areas for non-compulsory education (baccalaureate and vocational training): Non-compulsory education area