A total of 887,532 students in compulsory secondary education, Bachillerato (upper-secondary education), vocational training and adult education, as well as elementary and professional music and dance programmes, begin classes on 15 September at 1,903 educational centres. More than 695,500 students will attend public centres and around 116,500 will attend publicly funded private schools (concertados). On 21 September, 86,738 students will begin special-regime language studies and higher arts programmes in music, dance, design, cultural heritage conservation and restoration, and dramatic arts.
On 10 September, 690,624 students in the second cycle of early childhood education, primary education and special education began classes. Children under three started on 3 September. Overall, 1,776,288 students in non-university education are starting the 2026–2027 academic year this month at public, publicly funded private and private centres in Andalusia.
As in early childhood and primary education, secondary schools in Andalusia have fewer students than in the previous school year, reflecting the sustained decline in births in the region. At the start of the 2026–2027 year, compulsory secondary education has 7,600 fewer students and Bachillerato has 4,000 fewer, a total decline of more than 11,600. Student numbers in these programmes typically increase during the first weeks of the school year.
Despite the lower enrolment, the Andalusian government will again strengthen teaching staff, particularly those supporting students with diverse needs. Under a framework agreement with the CSIF, ANPE and UGT unions, now being applied for a second consecutive year, students with special educational needs in classes with the highest ratios are counted twice. The agreement preserves 600 reinforcement teachers. The public secondary-school teaching workforce will total 56,524 in 2026–2027.
Vocational training has 224,600 students this year, an increase of 14,000. Of these, 79%—177,293 students—are enrolled in public centres. Since 2018–2019, enrolment has risen by almost 50%, with more than 76,700 additional students, two-thirds of them in public vocational training. The Education Department has offered nearly 200,000 places, 78,000 more than in 2018. This year’s provision includes 28,745 distance-learning places and 2,000 additional in-person places. Publicly funded centres offer 3,832 vocational programmes, specialisation courses and access courses, covering 197 different qualifications. To support the expanded offer, 1,216 teachers have been added to the public vocational-training workforce.
Improvement works are taking place this school year at 494 public educational centres in Andalusia. There are 551 projects either completed or scheduled for completion by the end of the year, with a budget of more than €106 million. Around 230,000 students are expected to benefit from expanded or improved facilities. The secondary-school network also includes the new IES Las Salinas in Roquetas de Mar, Almería. Expansion projects include work at IES Juan Goytisolo in Carboneras, Almería; IES Lola Flores in Jerez de la Frontera, Cádiz; IES Grupo Cántico and IES Gran Capitán in Córdoba; IES Antonio de Mendoza in Alcalá la Real, Jaén; and IES Fernando de los Ríos in Málaga.