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SchoolsLocal guide Schools and childcare in Madrid – admissions, mid-year places and nurseriesHow to get a place in a Madrid nursery or school: the Community of Madrid's spring admission process, how points are awarded, applying after the deadline through the school placement service (SAE), the city's own nursery network, free public 0-3 schooling and the bilingual programme.A few hours to research and apply; places are allocated over several weeks
SchoolsFamily life and schools in Spain, with Barcelona specificsHow schooling works for children who move to Spain: compulsory education from 6 to 16, free public and subsidised schools, pre-registration in spring and placement for children arriving mid-year, nursery schools from four months, Catalan as the main language at school in Barcelona, and 19 weeks of birth leave.An afternoon to understand the system; school applications take several weeks