ADMISSION AND ENROLMENT RULES
Pupils admission in the school is regulated by chapter VIII article 162 and following of the Instrucciones de 24 de mayo de 2005 that regulate the organization and operation of the Spanish State owned teaching centers abroad. The Spanish Education Office in the United Kingdom makes public every year admission and enrollment instructions where all the information about how to apply for our school in each stage can be found.
INSTRUCTIONS:
-Admission instructions EYFS school year 2026-27
-Admission instructions Primary, Secondary and 6th Form school year 2026-27
DATES AND DEADLINES FOR APPLICATIONS
From November the 10th to November 28th. No more applications accepted.
- November: Applications are made for places in the Nursery and Early Years, Primary, Secondary and 6th Form stages for the following academic year. The process, which includes compulsory interviews for applicants and their parents, ends with the publication of the definitive list of those admitted.
ADMISSION AND ENROLMENT CALENDAR FOR EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION AT THE INSTITUTO ESPAÑOL VICENTE CAÑADA BLANCH FOR THE 2026/2027 ACADEMIC YEAR
1- Submission of admission applications From 10 to 28 November 2025
2- Assessment of applications and interviews. 1 to 12 December 2025
3- Publication of provisional assessment lists. 9 January 2026
4- Submission of appeals against provisional assessment lists. 12 to 14 January 2026
5- Publication of final lists of admitted and excluded students. 19 January 2026
6- Formalisation of enrolment. 21 January to 11 February 2026
CALENDAR FOR THE ADMISSION AND ENROLMENT PROCESS FOR PRIMARY, SECONDARY AND BACCALAUREATE LEVELS AT THE INSTITUTO ESPAÑOL VICENTE CAÑADA BLANCH FOR THE 2026/2027 ACADEMIC YEAR
REGULAR DEADLINE
1- Regular deadline for submitting pre-enrolment forms. From 10 to 28 November 2025
2- Assessment of applications Until 12 December 2025
3- Entrance exam 15 December 2025
4- Publication of provisional lists: admitted students, with their scores, and excluded students, with the reason for exclusion. 9 January 2026.
5- Submission of appeals against the provisional lists to the educational centre From 12 to 14 January 2026
6- Publication of final lists of admitted and excluded students. 19 January 2026
7- Submission of appeals against the final lists to the Department of Education From 20 to 22 January 2026
8- Regular enrolment of admitted students From 9 February to 27 March 2026
DEFINITIVE LIST OF ADMITTED, EXCLUDED AND WAITING LIST CANDIDATES
EYFS
* IN THE 2026-27 ACADEMIC YEAR, ANOTHER CLASSROOM FOR 3-YEAR-OLDS WILL OPEN, INCREASING THE NUMBER OF AVAILABLE PLACES FROM 20 TO 40
PRIMARY, SECONDARY AND SIXTH FORM
PROVISIONAL LIST OF ADMITTED, EXCLUDED AND WAITING LIST CANDIDATES
EYFS
PRIMARY, SECONDARY AND SIXTH FORM
WHICH AGE GROUP CORRESPONDS TO WHICH GRADE?
Unlike the English education system, which takes into account the academic year for the assignment of a year, the Spanish education system takes into account the calendar year of birth, i.e. students must have reached the required age for each year by 31 December. Below is a table of correspondences between years of birth and academic year:
LATE REGISTRATIONS
There is also the possibility of enrolling outside the official deadlines in the event that there are still vacancies in the course for which you are applying (consult the secretary's office of the centre for the course in question). Applications for admission after the deadline must be submitted, duly completed, via the Institute's official mail canada.blanch.uk@educacion.gob.es and await the assessment of your application by the admissions team. This process also includes taking the corresponding entrance exams and, in the event of being admitted, the registration fees will be paid for the entire course regardless of the date of incorporation.
VISITING DAYS AT THE IEVCB
If you want to know our school, you can come to our 'Open mornings', where our staff will show you the school. To register, please fill in the following form.
If you are interested in enrolling your child for the current school year and would like to visit the premises, you can arrange a visit at canada.blanch.uk@educacion.gob.es.
ADMISSION TESTS
In order to be admitted to our school it is necessary to pass an admission test of:
- NURSERY, EARLY YEARS and 1st year of PRIMARY. In order to determine, among other possible aspects, the applicant's knowledge of the Spanish language, and after analysing, where appropriate, the report from the school of origin, the Admissions Committee will invite the parents or legal guardians and the students to an interview. For the purposes of admission, knowledge of Spanish is not a requirement for applicants for these courses.
- Years 2 to 6 of PRIMARY EDUCATION, ESO and BACH. Written test on the subjects of Spanish Language, English and Mathematics. The date and time of these tests will be determined in the Admission Instructions for each year and for those applications received after the deadline, the student will be summoned individually. Some models of previous years' tests can be downloaded below:
- Models of admission tests for Spanish Primary
- Models of admission test for Maths Primary
- Models of admission tests for Spanish ESO and Bachillerato
- Models of admission tests for Maths ESO and Bachillerato
- Models of admission tests for English ESO and Bachillerato
ENROLMENT FEES
In accordance with the provisions of Real Decreto 1027/1993, which regulates educational action abroad, Spanish and foreign students at Spanish state-owned schools abroad pay fees determined by Ministerio de Educación y Formación Profesional (MEFP). The prices of the fees for each academic year are published in the BOE annually around June by Order of the MEFP and can be consulted in the Documents section of the School's office.