DIFFERENCES BETWEEN SCOTTISH AND SPANISH

EDUCATION SYSTEM

SCOTTISH EDUCATION SYSTEM

•From 5 to 12

•Seven years

PRIMARY SCHOOL

•From 12 to 16•Four years•Standard Grade Exams•Three different levels (Credit, General, Foundation)

SECONDARY SCHOOL •Any subject

•Another Nactional Exam

HIGHERS

• It depends on the mark, they get in their Higher

UNIVERSITY

1696 The First National Education System 1872 Compulsory (5 – 14)Nowadays Compulsory (5 – 16/18)

SCOTTISH EDUCATION SYSTEM

96%

4%

TYPES OF SCHOOLS

STATE SCHOOLS PRIVATE SCHOOLS

THE MAJORITY OF CHIL-DREN GO TO STATE SCHOOLS

SPANISH SYSTEM Infant School (3-5/6) Primary School (6-12) Secundary School (12-16) Baccalaureate (16-18) Vocational training

courses(intermediate and higher level) University (4 years)

Compulsory studies Not compulsory studies

SCOTTISH SYSTEM Nursery (3-4,5/5,5) Primary School (4,5/5,5-

12) Secundary School (12-16) Highers (16-18) Scottish Vocational

Qualifications (SVQs) University (4 years)

STAGES

SCHEDULES

SPANISH

SYSTEM

•School Starts: 9:00am

•Morning BreaK: 11:00am-11:30 am

•School Ends: 14:00 pm

SCOTTIS

H SYSTEM

•School Starts: 9:00am

•Morning BreaK: 11:00am-11:30 am

•Lunch Time: 12:00am-13:00pm

•Afternoon Break: 14:15pm-14:45pm

•School Ends: 15:30 pm

SCHOOL DAYS PER YEAR

SPANISH

SYSTEM

•180 days in Primary

•175 days in Secondary

SCOTISH

SYSTEM

•180 Days in Primary and Secundary

DIFFERENCES

SPANISH

SYSTEM

•Children attend Primary School for six years

SCOTTIS

H SYSTEM

•Children attend Primary School for seven years

DIFFERENCES

SPANISH

SYSTEM

•After SecSchool they get the Secondary Certificate

•They have to pass internal examsondary

SCOTTIS

H SYSTEM

•To get the Standard Grade Certificate, they have to pass national exams which are marked by people that children don’t know

DIFFERENCES

SPANISH

SYSTEM

•Students with dificulties can attend easier courses in third and fourth of Secondary, but the certificate they obtain is the same at the end

SCOTTIS

H SYSTEM

•Standard Grade are divided into three different levels

DIFFERENCES

SPANISH

SYSTEM

•Only those who want to access to University after Bachillerato must do the National Exams (SATs)

SCOTTIS

H SYSTEM

•When they finish Highers they have another National Exam

DIFFERENCES

SPANISH

SYSTEM

•Students must do the two courses of Bachillerato if they want to go to University

SCOTTIS

H SYSTEM

• Students can go to University at the end of the first year of Highers

THANKS FOR YOUR ATTENTION

BY:MARISI MORALES PATRICIA CAÑAMEROAFRICA BERGILLOSCRISTINA VALENZUELA