Your Shortlist · The Example family · a coastal town north of Valencia
1. Your answer in five lines
- Your children enter: Child 1, born 2019, 3º Primaria · Child 2, born 2021, 1º Primaria, in September 2027.
- Route: público and concertado, because you want a local school and Spanish as the main language.
- Where: one admission area for the whole town, so every school in it scores your address the same.
- Our main recommendation: School A, with School B and School C as alternatives, because it has two classes per year group and the most Spanish in Primaria.
- The date that decides it: the ordinary window in the first half of May 2027 (provisional until the calendar is published in February or March).
2. Your children and the year group they enter
In Spain the year group is set by the calendar year of birth, and places are allocated by year group, not by school (Orden 8/2024, art. 57.b).
| Child | Born | September 2027 | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Child 1 | 2019 | 3º Primaria | Joins an existing class: depends on a place in that exact year |
| Child 2 | 2021 | 1º Primaria | Start of the stage: more places, more applicants |
3. Your shortlist
For each school: what the official register says, and what the school told us when we called, with the date we asked. For público and concertado schools nobody, the school included, can confirm a place before vacancies are published the day before the window opens (Orden 8/2024, art. 26.8). What we give you is how their places usually go.
School A · público · our main recommendation
- Why it fits your children: two classes per year group, and the most Spanish in Primaria of the three.
- Language in Primaria: 25% Valencian · 55% Spanish · 20% English (Conselleria register, with the date we checked).
- How places usually go: the secretaría's answer, in their words, with the date we called.
- Children joining mid-year: the school's answer, with the date.
- Costs: free, plus lunch and materials.
At a glance
| School | Type | Valencian / Spanish / English % | Classes per year | Day | Lunch | Places, in the school's words |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| School A | público | 25 / 55 / 20 | 2 | Continuous, 9:00-14:00 | Yes | "Usually one or two places in 3º. 1º fills in May." |
| School B | concertado | 30 / 50 / 20 | 3 | Split, 9:00-17:00 | Yes | "Waiting list in 1º most years. 3º has had places." |
| School C | público | 60 / 25 / 15 | 1 | Continuous, 9:00-14:00 | Yes | Not confirmed. We call again on the date in section 7. |
A real Shortlist has five to seven schools, each with the full card above.
4. Your calendar and your three routes
- Ordinary window in May. With a passport only, a parent or legal guardian files in person at the first-choice school. With a TIE or Cl@ve it can be done online.
- July extraordinary phase. For families who could not apply in May, same scoring, only the places left over (Orden 8/2024, art. 55).
- Municipal schooling commission once term starts. A free place is guaranteed in the municipality, not at the school of your choice (Decreto 48/2024, arts. 2.2 and 14.1.e).
5. What we did not confirm
Every Shortlist ends with what is still open, why, and the date we check it again. In this example: School C's places, because the secretaría asked us to call back after the first term.