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PRE-ENROLMENT
GUIDE
2020-2021
PRE-ENROLMENT
STEP BY STEP
· Second infant-school cycle
· Compulsory primaryschool education
www.edubcn.cat
(Català / Castellano / English / Français)
PRE-ENROLMENT STEP BY STEP 3
SCHOOL PRE-ENROLMENT
AND ENROLMENT:
WHAT, WHO AND HOW?
PRE-ENROLMENT ENROLMENT 5 STAGES
Pre-enrolment is essential for Enrolment means confirming AND 10 KEY DATES
securing a place for your your child’s registration for
child at one of the more a place assigned at the new FIND OUT ALL FEBRUARY
INITIAL INFORMATION
than 400 schools in Bar- school. ABOUT IT
celona’s education system 01. You as a family attend your district’s information sessions.—25 february to
maintained by public funds. It is mandatory 10 march*
Process calendar and times
It is done from 16 to 22 (+info, p. 4-7) 02. You as a family go and visit schools, in particular the ones closest to your
It is mandatory June home, on open days. You can also study the initial offer.*
It is carried out from 23 Priority criteria and
March to 1 April, including required documents MARCH
MAKE A DECISION
both of those dates (+info, p. 8-13)
03. You as a family choose the schools where you’ll be applying for places, by order of
Proximity of schools preference.
(+info, edubcn.cat)
SUBMIT YOUR APPLICATION
FAMILIES HAVE TO PRE-ENROL THEIR Places on offer at schools
04. Fill in and submit your pre-enrolment application as a family, with its 10
CHILDREN FOR THE COMING SCHO- (+info, edubcn.cat)
prioritised options and requisite documents.—23 march to 1 april.*
OL YEAR WHEN THEY... Educational projects,
extracurricular activities
and private state-assisted APRIL WE’LL SORT OUT THE APPLICATIONS
schools (+info, p. 4 and When and how will you know the place that has been secured?
edubcn.cat)
Once the applications have been submitted, places will be allocated according
to the following steps:
Remember: 05. Publication of the lists with provisional eligibility scores—22 april.
It is very important
06. Challenges to provisional eligibility scores.*
to submit your
Are starting P3 They are starting their 1st year of applications and 07. Tie-break draw—5 may.
(born in 2017) compulsory secondary-school documents within the 08. Publication of the lists with final eligibility scores—8 may.
education (ESO) at a new school established deadline. 09. Lists with the allocated places and waiting lists—9 de june.
All children aged 3 to JUNE
ENROL
16 who are registered
residents of Barcelona 10. You as families confirm your acceptance of the place secured by
enrolling at the corresponding school.—16 to 22 june. *
are guaranteed the
right to a place in the SEPTEMBER
city’s education sys- WE START THE NEW SCHOOL YEAR *
Need to change You are newcomers to
school Barcelona and want access to tem.
any level of education for the *Provisional dates. Confirm the dates at edubcn.cat
first time
PRE-ENROLMENT STEP BY STEP 5
IT’S TIME TO FIND OUT MAKE A DECISION
ALL ABOUT IT! BASED ON CONFIDENCE
WHERE? WHAT A good A STAGE IN LIFE with specific needs will vary
attitude is
99%
according to the school and the
INFORMATION? THINK ABOUT... area. Find out about them at
INFORMATION SESSIONS
The Consortium organises talks
your best ally each school.
When you are researching a
in each district, aimed above all school, focus on: of students get a Your preferences.
01THE CENTRE AND ITS place at one of their
at families whose children are
starting their school education
School educational project, Visit, experien- SURROUNDING AREA prioritised options.
unique activities or flagship pro- Think about your child’s personal
for the first time.
jects, style of learning, values,
ce and explore as
and educational itinerary. The
support for students and so on. many schools as you new school and neighbourhood This system ensures
OPEN DAYS can and meet their network will accompany them educational quality
Educational community:
Go and visit schools, especially
teaching team (profiles, careers
teams in person. through a stage of relating, at any school in the
the ones closest to your home. That’s the most reli- living and growing that will last education system.
etc.,) families and AMPA or AFA
Discover their spaces and able way for getting for several years. Do you like Choose your 10
(school life and participation).
projects and ask everything the educational project, values, prioritised options.
information and
you need to know about their Functioning: timetables, ex- educational style, etc.? What faci-
teaching teams. cursions, quotas, extracurricular taking a decision.
lities, services and resources are
activities, canteen service and there in the neighbourhood for
WEBSITES so on. Ask, listen and children and young people? 10 OPTIONS AND
contrast, with an
Consult the websites of the
schools and the Consortium.
School and living environ-
open mind, with A NETWORK OF
ment: amenities, neighbourho-
They contain important infor- od facilities, school path and so families and teac- 02 PROXIMITY CONFIDENCE
mation on educational pro- on. hers you know (from Opting for a school close to You as a family take part in cho-
jects, extracurricular activities your child’s nursery home makes organising the osing the school by stating whe-
Places on offer, provision for family easier. But, above all, it re you would like your children
etc. or current primary
siblings in P3 and places reser- fosters your children’s indepen- to be educated. Sometimes,
ved for students with specific school) and from dence, by going to school on however, a school can receive
FAMILIES educational needs. the schools you visit. their own, building up a circle of more applications than it has
Ask other families, the AMPA
Barcelona’s entire friends or arranging to do school available places. All Barcelona’s
[Student Parents’ Association]
or AFA [Student Families’ As- education system is work. schools offer extremely interes-
committed to inte- ting projects and enjoy support
sociation] at the schools. They
100% of the city’s pri- resting and innova- from a large network of profes-
will offer you their own perso- ALLOCATION AND
mary and secondary state
03
sionals, facilities and resources.
nal assessments. tive projects. You’ll
ASSIGNED SECONDARY
schools will be part of be amazed by the
SCHOOLS
Networks and Tools for range of schools we Primary and secondary schools Mark 10 schools in order of
Change innovation pro- have on offer near-
Make no grammes during the next by you!
make a huge effort to coordina- priority and take your decision
te projects, methods and edu-
assumpti- school year. cational content. This enables
bearing in mind the following:
ons before Think ahead and students to connect one edu-
you visit a prepare any ques- cational level to another Each Priority criteria (p. 8 and 9).
school. tions or queries you primary school will have a as- Provision for places reserved
signed secondary school, which for siblings and students with
would like to raise at ensures educational continuity. specific needs. For the purposes
each of your visits or of advancing towards desegre-
meetings. gation and ensuring fairness,
places reserved for students
PRE-ENROLMENT STEP BY STEP 7
FILL IN THE APPLICATION
01 02 03 04
FILL IN SUBMITTING WHEN AND HOW YOU WILL KNOW ENROLMENT
It is mandatory to
APPLICATIONS APPLICATIONS WHAT PLACE YOU HAVE OBTAINED?
provide an email Fill in the 8 sections of the form Don’t leave it to the last day to 01You will be notified about your allocated place from June Once places have been alloca-
address and according to the student’s fa- take your application to your onwards, after the applications have been processed step by step. ted, do not forget to confirm your
advisable to give mily and personal situation: first-choice school. You can do registration by enrolling at the
a mobile phone that at the Consortium’s Help 02 This information will be sent to you by email or, specifically, on new school. Pay attention to the
01 Student’s data
number. Make sure and Information Office, the Mu- your mobile phone if you provided the number. dates on edubcn.cat.
02 School data nicipal Enrolment Offices (OME)
you write it clearly or at a Citizen Help and informa- 03 The school you originally applied for is your main source of informa-
If you do not enrol within the
and correctly. 03 Place applied for established period, you will lose
tion Office (OAC). tion.
04 Specific criteria your reserved place (+info on p.
You must pay attention to the edubcn.cat calendar at the fo- 13).
05 General criteria ONLINE PRE-EN- 04
llowing times: Enrolling at one school does not
Think hard about 06 Supplementary criteria ROLMENT
Publication of the lists of provisional eligibility scores: check invalidate the possibility of simul-
your first option: Fill in the data online
Voluntary choice on religion and print out the appli- that the criteria scores are correct. 22 April * taneously being on the waiting
it has to be the one
07
cation on edubcn.cat list for another school.
you prefer and the 08 Signed declaration Challenges: you can point out any mistakes in the provisional
one that the criteria All the data supplied (residen- eligibility scores at the school chosen as your first option.*.
PRE-ENROLMENT
scores will mark. ce, criteria etc.,) must be true Publication of the eligibility scores once all the claims have
and verifiable. Legal action can
ON PAPER
been resolved. 4 May *
Fill in the 10 Fill in the application
be taken to verify whether the
options: all schools form you will find at any Tie-break draw for families with the same score and place. 5
data are true. And, if any fraud
school, on the Consor- May *
have quality projects occurs, the reserved place is
tium’s website or at its
and you will have lost. Publication of the lists with final eligibility scores. 8 May *
Help and Information
more possibilities to The application must be submit- Office, at Enrolment Extending applications: families without a place at any school
Schools have to accept
secure a place in one ted within the established time offices (OME) and at they applied for may extend their application to schools with vacan-
limit. Order of allocation does cies.*
all the applications
of the schools you Citizen Help and Infor-
not imply priority or reservation mation Offices (OAC). within the deadline
prefer. Final offer. *
of places. and under no
You cannot change Publication of the lists of students admitted and, where neces- circumstance may they
the order of your op- DOCUMENTS sary, waiting lists. You will receive a message showing your allocated receive any payment
Consult page 12 for basic school. It is important that the contact information is correct. 9 June * for accepting them or
tions once you have
supporting documents reserving places.
submitted them. 05 Once submitted, applications are processed under equal con-
that you have to enclose in
your application when you ditions and objectively under priority criteria. Every application has
submit it. an identification number, which guarantees the traceability of the A single application
documents submitted and assessed. form only may
CALENDAR be submitted. If
Confirm final data at more than one is
edubcn.cat or the schools submitted, this will
concerned. invalidate priority
rights.
*Provisional dates. Confirm the dates at edubcn.cat
PRE-ENROLMENT STEP BY STEP 9
POINTS SYSTEM,
CRITERIA AND DRAW: HOW
DO YOU OBTAIN A PLACE?
PRIORITY
L
THE SCORE GEN
ERA
GEN RION
E 8 out of every 10
CRIT
CRITERIA AND THE CRITEERAL
RION families educated
ELIGIBILITY LIST their children in a
01 If a school receives more
applications than it has avai-
SIBLINGS OR PA- CHILDREN OR local school and
lable places, the priority criteria
Access to a school place is de-
termined solely by the applicati-
RENTS AT THE PARENTS WITH A obtained 30 points
(2019).
establish which child has prefe-
rence.
on of general criteria and, where SCHOOL* DISABILITY*
appropriate, complementary
02 These criteria give scores to criteria (large or single-parent Where a student or their pa-
families according to various family). Where a student has a sibling rent, guardian or sibling has an Any criterion that is
circumstances. educated at the school, or accredited disability equal to or not accredited within
It is important to carefully parents or legal guardians who above 33%: 10 points.
03 The catchment area is the consider which school to choose the deadline shall
work there: 40 points.
area delimiting the public and as your first option, because the not be considered
subsidised public education total number of points (or eligi- This also applies to students GEN for eligibilityscor
CRITEERAL
centres where you will recei- bility score) is applied in relation who are being fostered by a RION purposes.
ve the maximum score from to this centre and it is maintained family, based on the members
of the foster family. Look at the do-
the proximity criterion. You
can find out which schools are
for all the other options. LOCAL cuments that have
An infant and primary state
within the area of influence for
A person who has fewer points
for the general criteria cannot be school and the secondary scho- SCHOOLS* to be produced for
your residence or workplace at ol it is affiliated to are regarded You need to state unique lo- each criterion on
placed above an application with
edubcn.cat.
a higher score. Exception: stu- as a “single centre” where the calschool circumstances, taking page 12.
former is only affiliated to the into account the school stated
dents with a reserved place due
latter. The scoring applies where in the application’s first option.
to specific educational needs. Points for these various situati-
two schools are in the process Complementary
ons cannot be accumulated.
of merging or integrating to criteria.*
become a single centre. If the student’s usual residen- If the student is
4 out of every 10 THE DRAW ce is in the catchment area of
part of a large or
families had siblings at the school: 30 points.
In the case of a tie (total score single-parent fa-
the same school and SPECIFIC If the workplace (of the pa-
from general and complemen- CRITERIO ERA
L
rent or guardian) is in the scho-
mily: 15 points.
obtained 40 points tary criteria), applications shall
N GEN ERION
CRI
T ol’s catchment area: 20 points. Important: Re-
(2019). be allocated by public draw (tie- AFFILIATION In the case of infant and member that having
break number).
primaryschool education, if the a chronic illness
The system prioritises The draw number (and not
In general, affiliation is taken
into account when a place is
MINIMUM usual residence is in the same (digestive, endo-
a local (infants and the application identification requested in a secondary school. INCOME* municipal district as the school,
but not in its catchment area:
crine or metabolic,
number) will be used as a refe- However, in exceptional cases, including coeliacs)
primary) and edu- 15 points.
rence for assigning the place. families with children who are Where the parent or guardi- or cases where pa-
cational continuity
After the draw, the published in the last year of a centre that an is a beneficiary of income If the usual residence is in the rents or siblings have
(secondary) school support, calculated according to same municipality as the scho-
list of eligibility scores show the only offers primary education been students in the
model. Consult the will also have to mark affiliation children under their care: ol applied for in the first place
catchment area for
definitive order. Only families
but not in its catchment area: school are no longer
with reserved places, because and request to continue primary 10 points.
your home and the 10 points. considered as com-
of specific educational needs, education in a centre where they plementary criteria.
local schools. are not subject to this definitive have affiliation.
order. * Requires supporting documents.
PRE-ENROLMENT STEP BY STEP 11
WHERE CAN YOU FIND
FURTHER INFORMATION?
FACE-TO- OTHER ONLINE
FACE ASSIS- INFORMATION ASSISTANCE Information points for
TANCE POINTS families with children
edubcn.cat
with specific needs:
Barcelona Education Con-
Infant, primary and Citizen Help and sortium
secondary schools. Information Offices1 Each district has a
Ajuntament de Barcelona educacio.gencat.cat
Help and Information psycho-educational
Department of Education
Office Sant Miquel Citizen Help advisory and guidan-
Barcelona Education and Information Office1 Pl. barcelona.cat/educacio ce team (EAP) speci-
Consortium Pl. d’Urqui- de Sant Miquel, 3 Barcelona City Council alising in providing
naona, 6. District of Ciutat Vella guidance and assis-
012 Citizen Help and
School Enrolment Offi- C. de les Ramalleres, 17 tance to families with
Information2
ces Families opting for a District of l’Eixample children with specific
school in Ciutat Vella, Nou 010 Barcelona City educational needs.
C. d’Aragó, 328
Barris and Sant Andreu Council2
can contact, get informa- District of Sants-Montjuïc
C. de la Creu Coberta, 104 You as a family can
tion and submit a preen-
rolment application to the arrange a private visit
District of les Corts
municipal offices opera- Pl. de Comas, 18
with your district’s
ting in these districts. EAP.
District of Sarrià–Sant Ger-
Ciutat Vella vasi C. d’Anglí, 31
Placeta del Pi, 2 Contact information
District of Gràcia at edubcn.cat or by
Nou Barris Pl. de la Vila de Gràcia, 2
C. de Nil, 27 baixos
calling 010.
District of Horta–Guinardó
Sant Andreu C. de Lepant, 387
C. de Sant Adrià , 20 (for-
mer Fabra i Coats offices) District of Nou Barris
Pl. Major de Nou Barris, 1
District of Sant Andreu
C. del Segre, 24
District of Sant Martí
01 1. You will need to book an appoint-
Pl. de Valentí Almirall, 1 ment in advance for requesting informati-
on and/or carrying
out this procedure in a Citizen Help and
Information Office (OAC) by:
- Accessing ajuntament.barcelona.cat/cita.
– Using a procedures and services booth (BCN-Point).
– Calling 010.
– By mobile, downloading the Mobileid app
(www.mobileid.cat/ca).
02 Cost of the call according to the ope-
rator. Consult the office addresses as well as
the locations of the booths and the 010 service
conditions at
ajuntament.barcelona.cat/atenciociutadana.
PRE-ENROLMENT STEP BY STEP 13
REQUISITE
DOCUMENTS
PRE-ENROLMENT ENROLMENT
BASIC DOCUMENTS GENERAL CRITERIA Where the usual residence Once the process for alloca-
(MUST BE SUBMITTED IN Siblings educated at the same that is stated does not coincide ting places has ended, enrol-
with the one given on the natio- False or fraudulent ments must be formally made
ALL CASES) school
within the established deadline.
There are some circumstances nal ID or residence card stating data provided as
the national identification num- The following has to be produ-
Original copy and photo- that can be directly verified by well as a submission ced:
copy of your family book and the school and which therefore ber or the person concerned
other parentage-related docu- do not require any documents has no foreign-resident identi- of more than one Documents confirming com-
ments. If the student is being to be submitted: fication number, the student’s application, will in- pliance with the academic or
municipal certificate or cohabi- other requirements set by the
fostered, the fostering decision Where, on submitting the
validate any potenti- school.
tation certificate will have to be
issued by the Departament de preenrolment application, the submitted and it must state that
al priority rights
Treball, Afers Socials i Famílies. If the renewed national ID
student has a sibling educated they live with the applicant. with the new address could not
at the school. Applications (or be submitted (where a change
Original copy and photo- Renewed national IDs that
copy of the applicant’s natio- Where, on submitting the have not been previously
receipts of applica- of residence has occurred, de-
nal ID (parent or guardian) or, preenrolment application, the tions sent online) monstrated by the cohabitation
submitted must be produced certificate produced with the
where they are a foreign natio- parent or guardian has been during enrolment. and documents application), it will have to be
nal, a residence permit showing performing an uninterrupted must be sent within
Where, under these criteria, a produced during the enrolment.
either their foreign-resident activity in person for a minimum
identification number (NIE) or of 10 hours a week, with the workplace is treated as a resi- the established Photocopy of the vaccination
their passport number. If they corresponding interim or subs- dence, a copy of the employ- deadline. card showing the doses of vac-
titute appointment or under an ment contract or a certificate cines received along with their
are a foreign national from the
issued by the company to that corresponding dates. If the stu-
EU, an ID from their country of employment or administrative
end must be submitted. Where dent has not been vaccinated,
origin. contract. on medical or other grounds, an
workers are freelancers, account
Original copy and photo- Where it is argued that the is taken of the residence con- official medical certificate justi-
copy of the student’s national sibling has been educated at firmed with the Inland Revenue fying this must be produced.
ID where they are older than a state school that is regarded and supported by a copy of the
14 or have their own ID despite as the same school the place is form for Tax Register Registrati-
being younger than 14. As an being applied for, a certificate on, Amendment and Deregistra-
exception, students’ identifi- from the centre where they have tion with the Taxpayers’ Register
cation or parentage may be been educated must be submit- (form 036). COMPLEMENTARY CRI-
confirmed with an ID, the family ted. TERIA
book of their country of origin Minimum income (family unit’s
Local schools by usual residen- annual income) Documents Large or single-parent family
or alternative documents they ce Original copy and photocopy
may produce. confirming the person concer- Original copy and photocopy of
of the applicant’s national ID, or, ned is a beneficiary. the currently valid large or single-
Supporting documents for where they are a foreigner, the parent family card, issued by the
the criteria only need to be residence permit stating their Disability of student, parent
or sibling. Departament de Treball, Afers
submitted where they have foreignresident identification Socials i Famílies. Where this is
been marked in the application. number. Original document and
photocopy of the certificate of not available, the person concer-
disability of the person who ned must produce the provisional
claims to have this condition, certificate issued by the Depart-
issued by the Departament de ment itself during the processing
Treball, Afers Socials i Famílies. of the card. Applications for cards
are not used for confirming this
situation.
STUDYING IN Education thrives in
every neighbourhood
BARCELONA There is a network of primary and
secondary schools, education
professionals and programmes near
you. Check them out!
EDUCATION THRIVES IN EVERY NEIGHBOURHOOD 3
A NEW STAGE, WE ARE
GROWING BY MAKING A TEAM EQUITY
A new stage of education is about to start for your children
at Barcelona’s secondary schools. The city will pull together to 20.000
support you in their growth and learning and ensure each child
and young person in Barcelona can build their future educatio- PROFESSIO-
nal itinerary. You will also play a key role as families.
NALS
THE SCHOOL
PROXIMITY
P3 FAMILIES AND CHILDREN:
WELCOME!
This is an important time Discover how teachers,
WE WANT...
for your family. And for monitors, porters and other By cooperating, primary and
Barcelona’s education professionals are preparing
system, which will usher in a to welcome you into the secondary schools support
school year with over 13,800 city’s large educational 180.000 Coherent and future
children in P3. community! It’s time for us to
get ready to start. educational itineraries
EDUCATIONAL
PATION CONTINUITY
PARTICI-
DI TY
SI
180.000
VER
INNOVATION
STUDENTS 150.000
FAMILIES
EDUCATION THRIVES IN EVERY NEIGHBOURHOOD 5
HOW DO WE CREATE SCHOOLS
WHERE EVERYONE WINS?
With education thriving all over the city, we create schools where everyo- What
ne wins. Because education thrives if we create communities, with schools education do
that reflect the diversity inherent in every neighbourhood, with stimula- we want in
ting classes where everyone takes part. This is when we form a team and Barcelona?
we get involved in the educational opportunities for everyone, when the
success of every child and young person means success for us all. We are
stronger as a city and we thrive as a community.
GROWING UP INNOVATION IN DIVERSITY IN
NEAR HOME EVERY SCHOOL EVERY
Local schooling is a value We are innovating for a qua- CLASSROOM
for growth for children and lity, diverse and equivalent
young people. Walking to education. During the next sc- We believe we want a scho-
school and back, combining sc- hool year, 100% of primary and ol for everyone. Because we
hool time with afternoon activiti- secondary state schools will be know that educational progress
es near home, meeting up with part of Networks and Tools for improves when we grow in di-
neighbourhood friends... Local Change innovation program- verse, balanced groups. Hence
schooling means balancing life, mes. Barcelona has a wealth our educational support (CRP,
education in the community and of educational projects and EAP, ELIC…), school scholars-
neighbourhood life. centres. And they all enjoy the hips and reserved places for stu-
support of a network of profes- dents with specific educational
sionals, services and resources, needs... To guarantee fairness
to guarantee the quality and and educational opportuniti-
LINKED PRIMARY equivalence of their educational es for every child and young
person. Because every indivi-
AND SECONDARY itineraries.
dual success is a success for the
SCHOOLS entire system.
THE KEY IS
Educating, growing and en-
suring educational continuity. RECEIVING AND
We work to ensure that every CONTRIBUTING
primary school has an affilia-
ted secondary school. That is Taking part enriches schools
why centres and professionals while students learn better in
share educational methods a dynamic school. Co-respon-
and programmes with a single sibility is a necessary condition
goal: linking the transition from for educational success. All of
primary to secondary edu- us, including families, have to
cation and thereby ensuring be involved in children’s educa-
that students follow coherent, tion. Because the active interest
well-focused educational itine- of families in their children’s
raries. school activities is vital for
their success at school. Placing
trust in professionals and each
school’s capacities also means
accompanying them.EDUCATION THRIVES IN EVERY NEIGHBOURHOOD 7
WHO IS THRIVING Barcelona is an
educating city
IN THIS TEAM? with educational
resources and
En la educación, todos somos importantes y cada services for families,
uno tiene una misión. Dentro y fuera del aula. Hemos children and young
aprendido que, para hacerlo bien, tenemos que trabajar people.
como un equipo: colaborando, enriqueciéndonos y
compartiendo. Cooperamos y trabajamos en red para
hacer realidad un proyecto educativo de ciudad. Centro
a centro, barrio a barrio y distrito a distrito.
SCHOOLS NEIGHBOURHOODS
The educational community con- ATION Neighbourhoods form a local
CA
TION THRI
sists of all of us bringing life to UC network for each family. Besides
VE
ITY · ED
OD · EDU
THRIVES
Barcelona’s primary and secon- the primary schools, secondary
S IN EVERY
dary schools every day: students, schools and the professionals
families, teachers, monitors, who work to provide them with
HO
NE
IGHBOUR
IN THE C
porters, administrative staff and support, each and every Bar-
other professionals. celona neighbourhood has a
network of facilities, organisa-
tions and projects that supple-
180.000 150.000 20.000 + 400 ment and enrich the educati-
students families professio- centres
nals onal, training and recreational
options for your children.
EDUCATIONAL SERVICES 40
Libraries
208
Cultural
facilities
10
Districts
Parks and
squares
CATION T Hundreds of us, as educational
DU professionals, are accompanying
HR
NALS · E
schools and offering them
IVES WITH
teacher-training services and pro- 52 School Sports and Open
Civic paths leisure play-
grammes, educational inspec- centres grounds
SIO
TH activities
E PROFES
tions, innovation and academic
guidance.
Comprehen-
Learning Inspection Overseers sive support
camps classroom
(AIS)
CRP Specific
ELIC educa- Academic SIEI
EAP tional guidance
services
School and Accom-
Teacher student
panying
training support
programmes innovationEDUCATION THRIVES IN EVERY NEIGHBOURHOOD 9
AN AUTHORITY SUITABLE
FOR A CITY EDUCATIONAL The teachers network
NETWORK and receive expert advi-
ce from services such as
the Educational Resour-
The Barcelona Education Consortium has working hand in hand
with the Generalitat of Catalonia and Barcelona City Council for ces Centres. Together,
the last ten years, to improve the management of education and we meet the educational
make it more local. We are the sole educational authority for Bar- needs of every classroom
celona, promoting and coordinating a large educational network and every centre.
made up of 235 state and 173 state-assisted centres, with over
11,000 professionals. And we aspire: to develop bold, em-
powered citizens with a future.
WE ARE WE ARE THE
DEMANDING HEIRS TO A BOLD,
Education is dynamic and in COHERENT
constant evolution. We are
involved and alert teachers and
DECISION
professionals well aware of the A complex city such as Barcelo-
realities of education. Over 22 na needs combined efforts and
networks and working groups a single authority for educati-
work towards change and for on, able to align and coordina-
educational innovation in the te every authority and every
more than 400 centres in the one of us working in educa-
city. We provide responses tion with a shared perspective
and more opportunities in the and project. When we combine
educational itineraries for chil- resources efficiently we can
dren, young people and adults multiply the expected results!
in Barcelona.
WE ARE LOCAL
AND FACILITA-
TORS
We are over 500 locally ba-
sed professionals serving and
supporting state schools. We
accompany them in their every-
day activities, facilitating the
necessary conditions to create
unique, singular educational
projects in all city schools,
while reinforcing the indepen-
dence of each one.EDUCATION THRIVES IN EVERY NEIGHBOURHOOD 11
WE WANT TO
SHARE SOMETHING
WITH YOU: WE
WANT TO EDUCATE,
GROW AND THRIVE
AS A TEAM
Why is ‘working as a team‘ important in educati-
on? Why is it important for education to thrive in
every neighbourhood?
Because working as a team and thriving is the
same as wanting every child and young person to
make a success of their education.
Because everyone, the educators and professio-
nals, the families and all of us who live in the city’s
neighbourhoods are moving to the same beat:
to support our children and young people with
educational resources, experiences and opportu-
nities that will help them to grow and begin their
chosen paths in life with everything that a city like
Barcelona can offer them.
If every childand
young person is
successful, that is
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