In the Basque Country you have the option to choose a certain model of learning depending on your needs. There are four types of school differentiated by their linguistic teaching models: - Model A - 17.3% of students. Education is entirely in Spanish, with Basque as a compulsory subject. - Model B - 18.1%. Education is partly in Basque (experimental subjects, art and dynamic) and partly in Spanish (usually mathematics and reading/writing). - Model D - 64.1%. Education entirely in Basque, with Spanish as a compulsory subject. - Model X - 0.5% of students. Education is entirely in Spanish. Usually for foreign people living temporarily in the Basque Country.
Relatively speaking, and generally, spain has a very good education on a global scale. It’s kinda like any country though, private schools are expensive, but generally guarantee a good outcome, whereas public schools are hit or miss. My friend went to an apparently bad publuc school, but he stayed at home for most of the final year to study himself and came out just fine into university. I understand that alot of people won’t have this drive to do this alone though. It just shows a school definitely helps if it is good but st the end of the day you control it
The problem with schools in Spain is that society makes them like if they were a “bad” place, where you are going to suffer a lot and you are going to learn things you will never use in your entire life. Sometimes it’s like that, but other times no. Then the education system apart of that is quite badly made. But it also has a plus. Spain has the highest rate of integrity in schools; that means that foreign students that come here are integrated into the system very well, and they are accepted nicely. There’s no discrimination, or bullying for these. Somehow the way the society is made makes them feel like if they were from the country in very little time.
My sister and I went to a "colegio concertado" and is really true what you said, It´s really difficult to enter them. My family has to do an interview and they have to say that we were catholic, because the school was running by nuns, even thought I ended up not really catholic felling (I don´t know if You know what I mean) At least the teachers weren´t nuns... uff Just regular people. I can say that at least I received a good education, also in values, but that is something your parents can teach you, or show you at home. I really think you can fine really good public schools, but it depends a lot of the zone of the city that the school is. Normally it has to do with the economy of the neighborhood. My school was actually pretty good at english, we have an american teacher, and later on and english one. I cannot complain, but I also went to a private english academy. In my english class at school, even my french class at school, we can only talk those languages so... it worked, I guess. I wish I don´t seem a fool to say that I know english, and I make a lot of mistakes in this text. That would be a shame for me because I have just get my First Certificate (B2). Thats why it would be a shame... Btw, thank you so much Stuart for taking the time to inform people about Living in Spain. It´s probably difficult to find this information on the internet, plus experience speech.
That's funny because the same happened to me: most of the people educated in catholic schools end up being agnostic. I found more believers in public schools than in "concertadas". The thing that I most enjoyed from my catholic education were definitely values and all the volunteering activities done.
I went to two concertado schools, one ruled by nuns and the other by priests. It is pretty normal to have them as your teachers specially in Elementary and Middle School. When it comes to the last 3 years of school, you have to choose either science or social studies/humanities. In most of the concertado school they may have 2 or maybe 3 options to choose from; but in most public school they have 4 or 5 options like Technological science, health science, social sciences, humanities and arts. This last two options are extremely rare in concertado and pure private schools maybe because they are not valued as much in this institutions. The students who go to pure private/international schools are mostly foreigners and the schools system is a hybrid between the spanish and the other country like Colegio Aleman (Germany) or Liceo Italiano (Italy). If you take the university path this schools will prepare you for the spanish and the German/Italian entrance exam, this schools are known to be much harder academically than the spanish ones.
Hello Steward! Thank you for your video! I can see that this system doesn't really change compared to the Italian one (where I'm originally from) Honestly, I see that the system is always changing (and I don't like it at all), but the quality of outcomes, based on my experience, when we are 17 and going to choose what to do about our life after compulsory schools, is much better than the UK school system. What I am experiencing through families I met here in UK is not a great experience... I think Spain's school system might be a bit chaotic by one side, but the education and culture you get through it are really deep and create good personalities able to access good universities. What I don't agree with this system (but still better than the Italian :) ) is that youngers don't have enough hours of practice on schools for professions like hospitality, mechanics, plumbers, etc. They should prepare the students to face the real work world after the degree. The bilingual programme that are implementing in some schools in Spain it's actually a great idea since English is the international language and necessary to work and travel. Thank you for real life topics you publish!
Hi Vera and thanks for the comment. Sorry for the delay with the reply. I totally agree with some of the points you make. It's difficult to find the perfect education system but all we can hope for is that the kids come out of it prepared for the world in which they are living.
I'm sorry to say Stuart but the vast majority of Andalucian kids I meet are hopelessly prepared for the challenges of the modern world. They are fodder for unemployment statistics.
One thing that is clear is that the education system is failing in Spain. My Spanish wife teaches English in England and she despairs of Spanish standards. My sister in law teaches English in Bilbao and the system sounds terrible. One thing is clear and that is that Spanish universities are dropping in the international ratings. There's not one in the global top 300. A recent U.N survey highlighted that Spanish schoolchildren are amongst the poorest in Europe in problem solving skills. There are a great many poor quality teachers that have a job for life. The system is in urgent need of an overhaul if things are to improve and the future of Spain is dependent on this. Sadly the useless and ineffective political leadership of all parties in this state of crisis seem incapable of halting this decline. Youth unemployment in Spain is staggering especially in the south and the system is doing nothing to address this.The world is becoming a hell of a lot more competitive and Spain is being left behind.
Interesting you say that, my in laws live in Kent having moved back from the US. My niece was 10 when they came back and was made do the 11+. She managed to get into a grammar school, however her younger brother was in a comprehensive and it was shockingly bad, they had to take him out. Crazy how a rather affluent area had such a bad school. Very much a two tier system in the UK with a very bad lower standard. Really only a private education is beneficial.
@@Karl_with_a_K Where in Kent, and specifically which school? I come from there
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As it's said in the Video, there's no such "spanish education system". If you take PISA results, for example, you'd see wild differences in performance between different regions. So you have regions like Castilla y León that are ranking at the TOP of PISA, and others that are ranking waaay below, like Andalucía. And there's still debate on why this happens, because while there are differences between how this systems are run, there isn't any staggering difference. Also, university rankings take in account many metrics, but if you speak with the spanish academic community they complain that complying with international standards of teaching will actually make the lower the level, so most of them are trying to fight that (And students suffer for it in various ways, because there's no consensus on how to keep the level high so every professor plays by his own book). Research is more a problem of money than anything else, but at you see the problem is not as a clear cut as it seems.
@ Interestingly to see is that Shanghai tops the PISA ranks but not China. They only focus on abstract subjects like maths, physics, and science, but not on other important curricular subjects like biology, geography, social sciences. it sucks
Great vlog, I get so much personal advice when looking for a school in Spain, especially from foreigners, its hard to make the right decision. You have clarified a lot. Thank you ;)
There is also some controversy about the Australian education system. They say that children learning a foreign language would hinder their ability to learn their own language and therefore confusing them. I'm Australian myself and went to high school in Italy. I can fluently speak both languages.
thanks for your amazing videos, I am coming from non English speaking countries, but I teach my 4 year old kid to speak English. Now I am moving to Barcelona. My question is that with 2500 euro salary can I send my kid to international schools? if I send him to the public schools is he going to pick up Spanish (not Catalina)? thanks
Watching in 2020, I live in Canada, I'm from Brazil, but I'm also Spanish, planing to move to Spain, don't want my kids to stop speaking English specially my son, a school 100% in Spanish for him I think it would be traumatic, but prices you said are a little scary! Thank you for all the information :)
Fabulous insight, moite. Fanks a lot. Its given me a clearer idea re my intentions to make a move to Spain. Currently, I'm in shanghai where I wouldnt like my kids to start their school life in a couple of years time. Despite having topped the PISA ranks a few years ago, the education in China I don't like, especially in public schools, where theres not much room for creativity, but loads of negative competition. Tuition fees in int'l schools here seem higher than Spanish int'l skools, though. Id thought of Spain as an option, but education is a big turn off as well as cheating developers and home-owners. Sunshine and wine won't make up my kids future. Hasta la vista Espanya!
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Just go for pisa reports. Your kids can get top education depending on the region they study. Most regions rank above average, some of the top, and some waaay below.
@ I like the South buddy, but in another comment you said Andalusia is a no-no...
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@@takoreamexicangrill es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anexo:Resultados_del_Informe_PISA_en_Espa%C3%B1a_por_Comunidades_Aut%C3%B3nomas#2015[12]%E2%80%8B That's the data. As you can see most of them rank above average, even some that aren't at the top within spain. You should also take in account that in many communities even schools are allowed to use different methods. My cousing went to a school that was very good, they even won prizes in maths and stuff, but she had to transfer to another school for verious reasons and she said that she was way ahead (it's true that her previous school was almost considered elite though, but it was also a public one). I can't tell you what your conclussion might be, just do your research. Keep in mind that most data won't be in English, because this country is definitely not anglophone.
Spain has different educational systems depending on the region. The South and the North are very different. The education in Basque Country is one of the best. www.bbc.com/news/business-36517928
Hi. I am a High School Senior in the United States and am working on a project for Spanish class . For this project I need to interview someone that can answer questions concerning my topic (El sistema educativo de España) . Would you be able to complete an interview with me ? If so , I could email you the questions . Thank you !
Hi! Miss Cassandra, I am from the Philippines and currently studying the educational system of SPAIN. If you may do so, can you lend me some information you have gathered about it? It will be a great help not just only to me but also to my classmates and students. Hopefully I can get an answer from you. Thank you and God bless you!
Hi, English is available in public schools as part of a bilingual programme. There is an English curriculum available in some international schools but they are private.
You are excellent Staurt My daghter is to marry a Spanish guy from Gijon. She is very confused as to where to live. Like you we are/Australian. Where we are lucky here with all aspects of life it is very isolated from the rest of the world and that causes problems. She has travelled extensively and now has an excellent high paid job here What do you think
I'm gonna be teaching in a school in spain, and was interesting in looking at how the system worked. It seems like the types of schooling are somewhat like the city I'm from in the US (philadelphia) Here we have the public system, a catholic school system, and a charter school system (kinda like concertados in that they are private but subsidized by the city). the charter schools are also what most people want to get their kids into bc they don't charge monthly fee, but the waitlists are so long that you essentially need to get one one at birth.
Why Spain? Do you want to go there because that is your dream, or because you think it is the only university that you can go to? I spent nine years going to university here in the United States. If you have a great academic record, you can go to a university in many places.
Hey guy, you say many untrue things in your video. Please have a look at the OECD PISA report and compare Spain and England. Both countries performances are very similar. You speak only from the stereotypes!
In the Basque Country you have the option to choose a certain model of learning depending on your needs. There are four types of school differentiated by their linguistic teaching models:
- Model A - 17.3% of students. Education is entirely in Spanish, with Basque as a compulsory subject.
- Model B - 18.1%. Education is partly in Basque (experimental subjects, art and dynamic) and partly in Spanish (usually mathematics and reading/writing).
- Model D - 64.1%. Education entirely in Basque, with Spanish as a compulsory subject.
- Model X - 0.5% of students. Education is entirely in Spanish. Usually for foreign people living temporarily in the Basque Country.
Relatively speaking, and generally, spain has a very good education on a global scale. It’s kinda like any country though, private schools are expensive, but generally guarantee a good outcome, whereas public schools are hit or miss. My friend went to an apparently bad publuc school, but he stayed at home for most of the final year to study himself and came out just fine into university. I understand that alot of people won’t have this drive to do this alone though. It just shows a school definitely helps if it is good but st the end of the day you control it
The problem with schools in Spain is that society makes them like if they were a “bad” place, where you are going to suffer a lot and you are going to learn things you will never use in your entire life. Sometimes it’s like that, but other times no. Then the education system apart of that is quite badly made. But it also has a plus. Spain has the highest rate of integrity in schools; that means that foreign students that come here are integrated into the system very well, and they are accepted nicely. There’s no discrimination, or bullying for these. Somehow the way the society is made makes them feel like if they were from the country in very little time.
My sister and I went to a "colegio concertado" and is really true what you said, It´s really difficult to enter them. My family has to do an interview and they have to say that we were catholic, because the school was running by nuns, even thought I ended up not really catholic felling (I don´t know if You know what I mean) At least the teachers weren´t nuns... uff Just regular people. I can say that at least I received a good education, also in values, but that is something your parents can teach you, or show you at home. I really think you can fine really good public schools, but it depends a lot of the zone of the city that the school is. Normally it has to do with the economy of the neighborhood. My school was actually pretty good at english, we have an american teacher, and later on and english one. I cannot complain, but I also went to a private english academy. In my english class at school, even my french class at school, we can only talk those languages so... it worked, I guess.
I wish I don´t seem a fool to say that I know english, and I make a lot of mistakes in this text. That would be a shame for me because I have just get my First Certificate (B2). Thats why it would be a shame...
Btw, thank you so much Stuart for taking the time to inform people about Living in Spain. It´s probably difficult to find this information on the internet, plus experience speech.
That's funny because the same happened to me: most of the people educated in catholic schools end up being agnostic. I found more believers in public schools than in "concertadas". The thing that I most enjoyed from my catholic education were definitely values and all the volunteering activities done.
I went to two concertado schools, one ruled by nuns and the other by priests. It is pretty normal to have them as your teachers specially in Elementary and Middle School. When it comes to the last 3 years of school, you have to choose either science or social studies/humanities. In most of the concertado school they may have 2 or maybe 3 options to choose from; but in most public school they have 4 or 5 options like Technological science, health science, social sciences, humanities and arts. This last two options are extremely rare in concertado and pure private schools maybe because they are not valued as much in this institutions.
The students who go to pure private/international schools are mostly foreigners and the schools system is a hybrid between the spanish and the other country like Colegio Aleman (Germany) or Liceo Italiano (Italy). If you take the university path this schools will prepare you for the spanish and the German/Italian entrance exam, this schools are known to be much harder academically than the spanish ones.
I prefer a foreign language class,but subjects should be in the local language.
Hello Steward!
Thank you for your video! I can see that this system doesn't really change compared to the Italian one (where I'm originally from)
Honestly, I see that the system is always changing (and I don't like it at all), but the quality of outcomes, based on my experience, when we are 17 and going to choose what to do about our life after compulsory schools, is much better than the UK school system.
What I am experiencing through families I met here in UK is not a great experience... I think Spain's school system might be a bit chaotic by one side, but the education and culture you get through it are really deep and create good personalities able to access good universities.
What I don't agree with this system (but still better than the Italian :) ) is that youngers don't have enough hours of practice on schools for professions like hospitality, mechanics, plumbers, etc. They should prepare the students to face the real work world after the degree.
The bilingual programme that are implementing in some schools in Spain it's actually a great idea since English is the international language and necessary to work and travel.
Thank you for real life topics you publish!
Hi Vera and thanks for the comment. Sorry for the delay with the reply. I totally agree with some of the points you make. It's difficult to find the perfect education system but all we can hope for is that the kids come out of it prepared for the world in which they are living.
I'm sorry to say Stuart but the vast majority of Andalucian kids I meet are hopelessly prepared for the challenges of the modern world. They are fodder for unemployment statistics.
One thing that is clear is that the education system is failing in Spain. My Spanish wife teaches English in England and she despairs of Spanish standards. My sister in law teaches English in Bilbao and the system sounds terrible. One thing is clear and that is that Spanish universities are dropping in the international ratings. There's not one in the global top 300. A recent U.N survey highlighted that Spanish schoolchildren are amongst the poorest in Europe in problem solving skills. There are a great many poor quality teachers that have a job for life. The system is in urgent need of an overhaul if things are to improve and the future of Spain is dependent on this. Sadly the useless and ineffective political leadership of all parties in this state of crisis seem incapable of halting this decline. Youth unemployment in Spain is staggering especially in the south and the system is doing nothing to address this.The world is becoming a hell of a lot more competitive and Spain is being left behind.
Interesting you say that, my in laws live in Kent having moved back from the US. My niece was 10 when they came back and was made do the 11+. She managed to get into a grammar school, however her younger brother was in a comprehensive and it was shockingly bad, they had to take him out. Crazy how a rather affluent area had such a bad school. Very much a two tier system in the UK with a very bad lower standard. Really only a private education is beneficial.
@@Karl_with_a_K Where in Kent, and specifically which school? I come from there
As it's said in the Video, there's no such "spanish education system". If you take PISA results, for example, you'd see wild differences in performance between different regions. So you have regions like Castilla y León that are ranking at the TOP of PISA, and others that are ranking waaay below, like Andalucía. And there's still debate on why this happens, because while there are differences between how this systems are run, there isn't any staggering difference. Also, university rankings take in account many metrics, but if you speak with the spanish academic community they complain that complying with international standards of teaching will actually make the lower the level, so most of them are trying to fight that (And students suffer for it in various ways, because there's no consensus on how to keep the level high so every professor plays by his own book). Research is more a problem of money than anything else, but at you see the problem is not as a clear cut as it seems.
@ Interestingly to see is that Shanghai tops the PISA ranks but not China. They only focus on abstract subjects like maths, physics, and science, but not on other important curricular subjects like biology, geography, social sciences. it sucks
Great vlog, I get so much personal advice when looking for a school in Spain, especially from foreigners, its hard to make the right decision. You have clarified a lot. Thank you ;)
+Jo E'ton Hi, you are welcome. Glad you found it informative.
There is also some controversy about the Australian education system. They say that children learning a foreign language would hinder their ability to learn their own language and therefore confusing them. I'm Australian myself and went to high school in Italy. I can fluently speak both languages.
Muchas Gracias por este video, muy informativo!
Thanks i d to do homework witch is what school like in other schools
thanks for your amazing videos, I am coming from non English speaking countries, but I teach my 4 year old kid to speak English. Now I am moving to Barcelona. My question is that with 2500 euro salary can I send my kid to international schools? if I send him to the public schools is he going to pick up Spanish (not Catalina)? thanks
Thank you Sir @spainspeaks !Very informative. Looking into moving to Spain. I just subscribed. :)
Watching in 2020, I live in Canada, I'm from Brazil, but I'm also Spanish, planing to move to Spain, don't want my kids to stop speaking English specially my son, a school 100% in Spanish for him I think it would be traumatic, but prices you said are a little scary! Thank you for all the information :)
Fabulous insight, moite. Fanks a lot. Its given me a clearer idea re my intentions to make a move to Spain. Currently, I'm in shanghai where I wouldnt like my kids to start their school life in a couple of years time. Despite having topped the PISA ranks a few years ago, the education in China I don't like, especially in public schools, where theres not much room for creativity, but loads of negative competition. Tuition fees in int'l schools here seem higher than Spanish int'l skools, though. Id thought of Spain as an option, but education is a big turn off as well as cheating developers and home-owners. Sunshine and wine won't make up my kids future. Hasta la vista Espanya!
Just go for pisa reports. Your kids can get top education depending on the region they study. Most regions rank above average, some of the top, and some waaay below.
@ I like the South buddy, but in another comment you said Andalusia is a no-no...
@@takoreamexicangrill
es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anexo:Resultados_del_Informe_PISA_en_Espa%C3%B1a_por_Comunidades_Aut%C3%B3nomas#2015[12]%E2%80%8B
That's the data. As you can see most of them rank above average, even some that aren't at the top within spain.
You should also take in account that in many communities even schools are allowed to use different methods. My cousing went to a school that was very good, they even won prizes in maths and stuff, but she had to transfer to another school for verious reasons and she said that she was way ahead (it's true that her previous school was almost considered elite though, but it was also a public one).
I can't tell you what your conclussion might be, just do your research. Keep in mind that most data won't be in English, because this country is definitely not anglophone.
Spain has different educational systems depending on the region. The South and the North are very different.
The education in Basque Country is one of the best.
www.bbc.com/news/business-36517928
What is the medium here? is they teach all subjects in Spanish or English and all the schools in Spain teach in Spanish or English
Hi, Most schools only teach in Spanish and some follow a 'bilingual' programme in which some subjects are taught in English.
Any idea as to the accreditation of Business schools in particular Schellhammer in Andulucia?
Hi. I am a High School Senior in the United States and am working on a project for Spanish class . For this project I need to interview someone that can answer questions concerning my topic (El sistema educativo de España) . Would you be able to complete an interview with me ? If so , I could email you the questions . Thank you !
Do you still need help?
Hi! Miss Cassandra, I am from the Philippines and currently studying the educational system of SPAIN. If you may do so, can you lend me some information you have gathered about it? It will be a great help not just only to me but also to my classmates and students. Hopefully I can get an answer from you. Thank you and God bless you!
One question
Is english language or english curriculum available in public schools and collages of Spain ?
Hi, English is available in public schools as part of a bilingual programme. There is an English curriculum available in some international schools but they are private.
+spainspeaks thanks alot SIR
You are excellent Staurt My daghter is to marry a Spanish guy from Gijon. She is very confused as to where to live. Like you we are/Australian. Where we are lucky here with all aspects of life it is very isolated from the rest of the world and that causes problems. She has travelled extensively and now has an excellent high paid job here What do you think
I'm gonna be teaching in a school in spain, and was interesting in looking at how the system worked. It seems like the types of schooling are somewhat like the city I'm from in the US (philadelphia) Here we have the public system, a catholic school system, and a charter school system (kinda like concertados in that they are private but subsidized by the city). the charter schools are also what most people want to get their kids into bc they don't charge monthly fee, but the waitlists are so long that you essentially need to get one one at birth.
Please am in the university level in Ghana..I want to know that will i start school or continue if i school in spain
Why Spain? Do you want to go there because that is your dream, or because you think it is the only university that you can go to? I spent nine years going to university here in the United States. If you have a great academic record, you can go to a university in many places.
@@tammytidwell9986 that is where my father works...and probably i will be going there.
En España es obligatorio meter al niño a los tres años
good luck
Hey guy, you say many untrue things in your video. Please have a look at the OECD PISA report and compare Spain and England. Both countries performances are very similar.
You speak only from the stereotypes!
he's Australian
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