Overview

• The Xunta de Galicia will close seven unitary rural schools in September 2025 after they failed to meet the five-student minimum threshold.
• All affected pupils are guaranteed placements at the nearest reference centers under the Consellería’s reassignment scheme.
• Three other unitary schools—Lamas, Taboadela and Ombre—with exactly five students will remain open under the revised enrollment rule.
• Bidding has begun for three new educational centers, including the IES Domingo Villar in Vigo, and expansion works are planned for 18 existing schools and institutes.
• The policy change lowers the minimum enrollment from six to five pupils as part of a broader response to sustained demographic decline in Galicia’s rural areas.