SANTA CRUZ DIOCESAN SCHOOL

OUR SCHOOL Santa Cruz is a pre-primary, primary and secondary school in Guadalajara, Spain about 55 kilometers from Madrid.

• It has 26 units, about 700 pupils and 43 teachers, 2 teachers for pupils with special needs. The social background in the area is lower middle class.

•We have students who come from different countries and with different backgrounds.

We strive to include all, respecting their habits and quality features and integrating them into European standards.

We have pupils with special needs who want to involve in the project: 3 in pre-primary, 6 in primary and 6 in 15 in secondary.

We try to integrate these pupils, as far as possible in the academic and social order in the classroom and with their partners..

• Our school has a great relationship with the refugee aid organizations such as Caritas and Manos Unidas and regularly they give lectures at the center.

From the school ,support and awareness activities for supporting and awareness of the topic are done such as collecting money, clothes for those countries.

DESCRIPTION OF SPANISHEDUCATIONAL SYSTEM

INFANT EDUCATION

PRIMARY EDUCATION

COMPULSORY SECUNDARY EDUCATION

NON COMPULSORY

EDUCATION

HIGHER SECONDARYEDUCATION ≈SIXTH FORM

MIDDLE LEVEL SPECIFIC VOCATIONAL

TRAINING CYCLES

HIGHEREDUCATION

UNIVERSITYHIGHER LEVEL SPECIFIC

VOCATIONAL TRAINING CYCLES

LANGUAGE STUDIES

ARTISTIC STUDIES

SPORT STUDIES

SPECIALISEDSTUDIES

COMPULSORY EDUCATION

or

or

in language schools

in conservatories

in sport schools

VOLUNTARY EDUCATION

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Pre-Primary Education•Up to the age of 6, children can attend pre-primary schools, which are divided into two stages (0-3,3-6 years).

Compulsory full-time education• Stages:–(Educación Primaria) Primary Education 6-12 years.–(Educación Secundaria Obligatoria)

Lower Secondary Education12-16 years.

•Upper secondary and post-secondary education.• Bachillerato (general Upper Secondary Education).

• Formación profesional Específica de grado medio (intermediate-level Specific Vocational training)•Age 16-18.

•Higher Education.•University• Advanced-level of Fine Art Education (Enseñanzas Artísticas de Grado Superior).

• Advanced-level of Specific Vocational Training (Formación Profesional Específica de Grado Superior).•Other very specific specialized institutions.