IDEAL Future Work Package 2 Report

6 France Ireland Latvia Spain Years of education 13 years mandatory 2 years optional 11 years mandatory 5 years optional 9 years mandatory 3 years optional 10 years mandatory 5 years optional Levels of school education Pre-school (École’s maternelles) Primary Lower secondary (colleges) Upper secondary (lycée) Preschool Primary Post primary Preschool (mandatory is for 2 years, but a lot of children start preschool from 1,5 years) Basic education (1-9 grades/9years) Vocational basic (7-9 grades/2 years) General secondary (10-12 grades/3years) Vocational secondary (1-4 courses/4 years) Preschool Primary Compulsory secondary Higher secondary Funding State & local authorities for public schools, participation of families for private schools under contract State funded State and local authority funded State funded ( to age 16) Compulsory 3-16 Age 6-16 (primary to year 3 post primary) Age 6-16 6-16 Teaching time 18-24 hours per week 22 -28 hours per week 21-30 hours per week 20-25 hours per week. Governance Mainly governed by the state but regional authorities undertaking more responsibilities with regard to facilities management Few private schools, state oversee curriculum guidelines and quality assurance. Schools locally run by communities/charities State issues general guidelines/legislation Regional authorities interpret guidelines and manage the local educational system State issues general guidelines Regional authorities interpret guidelines and manage the local educational system Special schooling Supports in general education Special units in general education Special schools Supports in general education Special schools Special units in general education Supports is available in general education Special schools are available General education - UDL and specific supports such as curriculum adaptations Special education schools Table 2: Summary of the educational system in France, Ireland, Latvia and Spain 1 In Latvia and Spain school based educational institutes are governed through a hybrid of a centralised and decentralised approach. Centralised guidelines and curriculum are developed by the state, regional municipalities then interpret these and oversee the educational system in the local area. 1 EU (2024), Eurydice, National Education Systems Europe