Overview
- Roughly twenty public schools across all Territorial Area Directorates have formally requested to add the first two years of ESO starting in the 2026/27 school year.
- Each applicant must secure school-council approval and demonstrate facilities needing only minor adaptations, with Consejería technicians set to assess viability.
- Fifty-two schools were previously authorized to add ESO, and forty-nine have already begun teaching 1º ESO this academic year.
- The regional decree regulating split school hours is in final legal review, with new schools that add ESO to open on a split-day schedule once the rule takes effect.
- The draft framework increases families’ influence by giving them one-third of school council representation and easing procedures to shift from continuous to split day, with final decisions validated by the Area Directorate on set criteria.