A practical guide for international families who arrive in Barcelona with their school-age children and need do understand the education system. It focuses on the compulsory stage and contains useful information and tips for choosing a school and for learning about the available options and resources.
Barcelona is a great place to live, thanks to all the business, leisure and cultural opportunities here, as well as the local lifestyle and the captivating Mediterranean character. It is an open and diverse city that attracts peoples from all over the world and is among the top European cities chosen by international companies. Some of the people who decide to make
Barcelona their home come with their family and those with children are faced with the challenge of finding the right
school. As each family is different, each one will make choices reflecting its own priorities and preferences, depending on
many other factors too, such as the age of the child, languages spoken or how long they plan to live in Barcelona.
This guide is for international families that are searching for pre- and compulsory schooling for their children in Barcelona or its surrounding area. The contents of the guide provide key and practical information in order to make
this decision-making process as simple as possible. It gives you optimum opportunities for understanding and navigating your way in the complex field of the many and quality educational options that you will find in Barcelona.
There is also a more general purpose for this guide: to welcome and assist in the personal and professional landing of
foreign people from different backgrounds and cultures who have chosen to come and live in Barcelona. They are people who contribute a lot to the city, socially and economically, and they bring an important human capital of talent. Barcelona has a strategy to make these people feel welcome, rooted and integrated with the rest of the population, so they will feel proud to be “new Barcelonians”. The City Council launched the Barcelona International Welcome service with practical information for anyone moving to our city, the priority formalities to be carried out and a broad range of free activities to make new contacts and enjoy to the full everything the city offers to newcomers and long-term
residents alike. In addition, the Barcelona International Community Day is organised in October every year as a major annual meeting point for international talent. It is an event packed with talks, workshops, roundtables, cultural
and entertainment activities, as well as a fair to make contacts with organisations and professionals and to share and exchange experiences. All these services and activities are open to foreign families arriving in our city.
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Here is the link to fill Guide for Choosing a school in Barcelona
