Compulsory Secondary Education in the Region of Madrid

Compulsory Secondary Education is a compulsory and free stage.

It will be completed, in general, between twelve and sixteen years of age. It constitutes, together with Primary Education and the basic grade training cycles, basic education. It comprises four courses and is organized into subjects and areas.

PURPOSE

Compulsory Secondary Education will have the purpose of ensuring that students acquire the basic elements of culture, especially in its humanistic, artistic, scientific-technological and motor aspects; develop and consolidate in them study and work habits, as well as healthy lifestyle habits, preparing them for their incorporation into subsequent studies and for their labor insertion and training them to exercise their rights and duties as citizens.

RECIPIENTS

The stage of Compulsory Secondary Education is an educational stage that includes four academic years, which will ordinarily be studied between twelve and sixteen years of age.

ORGANIZATIONAL MODEL

The Compulsory Secondary Education stage is organized in a common way for the first three years, and the subjects can be grouped into areas for the first two years.

The fourth course will be of a guiding nature, both for post-compulsory studies and for incorporation into working life. The centers will offer the subjects grouped into five options. Mathematics A or Mathematics B will be taken, depending on the choice of each student and the option chosen.

The centers may teach, with prior authorization, part of the curriculum in foreign languages, with the exception of Latin, Spanish Language and Literature, Mathematics and Second Foreign Language.

As a consequence of the implementation calendar of the LOMLOE, in the current academic year 2022-2023 modifications are introduced in the curriculum, the organization and objectives of the 1st and 3rd years of Compulsory Secondary Education.

During the 2022-2023 school year, the current organizational structure of 2nd and 4th ESO remains in force.

Distribution of subjects and hours

ORGANIZATION

As of the 2023-2024 academic year, the organization of the first three years of the Compulsory Secondary Education stage will be based on subjects and all students will take an optional subject.

The organization of the fourth year of Compulsory Secondary Education will be in common subjects, optional subjects and all students will take an optional subject. Students will choose between Math A or Math B.

The total weekly schedule will generally be 30 hours in each course of the educational stage.

ACADEMIC YEAR 2023-2024 ORGANIZATION THREE FIRST YEARS

SUBJECTS	WORKLOAD
	1º ESO¹	2º ESO²	3º ESO³
Spanish language	5	4	4
Maths	4	4	4
Foreign language	3	3	3
Geography and History	3	3	3
Physical education	3	3	3
Biology and geology	3	0	2
Physics and chemistry	0	3	3
Technology and digitization	0	3	2
Plastic Education, Visual and Audiovisual	2	2	0
Music	2	0	2
Education in values Civic and Ethical	0	1	0
Religion/ educational attention	2	1	1
Optional 4	2	2	2
Tutorships	1	1	1
Total weekly hours	30	30	30

(1 and 2) The centers may organize within their educational offer for all or part of the students of the first and second year of Compulsory Secondary Education the following grouping of subjects in fields: The fields may not be taught in a foreign language.

in 1º ESO:

The Sociolinguistic field will group the subjects of Spanish Language and Literature and Geography and History.
The Scientific-technological area will group the subjects of Mathematics and Biology and Geology.

in 2nd ESO :

The Sociolinguistic field will group the subjects of Spanish Language and Literature and Geography and History.
The Scientific-technological area will group the subjects of Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry and, where appropriate, the centers in the exercise of their autonomy may include the subject of Technology and Digitization.

⁽³⁾in 3nd ESO The first course of the Curricular Diversification Program, a program of attention to diversity for certain students, can be started, after evaluation and judgment of the teaching team

(4) All students will take an elective

YEAR 2023-2024 ELECTIVES FIRST THREE YEARS OF ESO

Course	Name of the optional subject	Mandatory offer nature for the center
1º ESO	Second Foreign Language: English, French, German, Italian or Portuguese	YES, at least one of the languages
	computer's science	YES
	Reinforcement of Spanish Language and Literature	DO NOT
	Mathematics reinforcement	DO NOT
	Sport	DO NOT
2º ESO	Second Foreign Language: English, French, German, Italian or Portuguese	YES, at least one of the languages
	computer's science	YES
	Reinforcement of Spanish Language and Literature	DO NOT
	Mathematics reinforcement	DO NOT
	Sport	DO NOT
	Music Workshop	DO NOT
3º ESO	Second Foreign Language: English, French, German, Italian or Portuguese	YES, at least one of the languages
	Classic culture	YES
	Project*	DO NOT
	Sport	DO NOT
	European Union	DO NOT

At the proposal of the educational center, the free configuration materials that were published under the LOMCE: extensions of some core subjects (English, Biology...), various workshops (Chess, Geography, Astronomy...) or others such as Applied Botany, Choral Singing, Theatre, Oratory and Rhetoric, etc.

* PROJECT optional subject: It will consist of a monographic work or an interdisciplinary or collaborative project on contents oriented to:

Scientific research and technological innovation.
History and cultural heritage.
Entrepreneurship, financial education and responsible consumption.
Music creation and research.
Audiovisual and plastic creation.
Oratory, argumentation and theater.
Coexistence and human rights

ACADEMIC YEAR 2023-2024 ORGANIZATION FOURTH YEAR

MATTER	WEEKLY WORK LOAD
Spanish Language and Literature	4
Foreign language	3
Geography and History	3
Physical education	2
Maths ⁽¹⁾	4
Option subjects ⁽²⁾ ^{Three subjects are studied}	3 + 3 + 3
Religion/Educational care	2
Optional ⁽³⁾	2
Tutorships	1
Total weekly hours	30

⁽¹⁾ Students will choose between Math A or Math B.

⁽²⁾ The centers will offer the subjects grouped into five options,

⁽³⁾ All students will take an elective subject (See table ESO electives)

In the fourth year of ESO, the second year of the curricular diversification program can be taken, a measure of attention to diversity for certain students, prior evaluation and judgment of the teaching team.

YEAR 2023-2024 OPTIONS 4th ESO

4th ESO OPTIONS

The centers will offer the subjects grouped into five options, each of which includes two fixed subjects:

a) Scientific Option: Students who choose the Science option will take Mathematics B

Biology and geology
Physics and chemistry

b) Technological Option:

digitization
Technology

c) Professional Option:

Economy and Entrepreneurship
Training and Personal and Professional Guidance

d) Artistic Option:

Artistic expression
Music

e) Humanities Option:

Latin
Second Foreign Language / Economics and Entrepreneurship (at the student's choice)

In addition, the student must choose a third matter among the rest not included in the chosen option.

Biology and geology
Physics and chemistry
digitization
Technology
Economy and Entrepreneurship
Training and Personal and Professional Guidance
Artistic expression
Music
Latin
Second Foreign Language
Economy and Entrepreneurship

YEAR 2023-2024 OPTIONAL FOURTH ESO

Course	Name of the optional subject	Mandatory offer nature for the center
4º ESO	Classic culture	YES
	Philosophy	YES
	Project*	DO NOT
	Sport	DO NOT
	European Union	DO NOT

* PROJECT optional subject: It will consist of a monographic work or an interdisciplinary or collaborative project on contents oriented to:

Scientific research and technological innovation.
History and cultural heritage.
Entrepreneurship, financial education and responsible consumption.
Music creation and research.
Audiovisual and plastic creation.
Oratory, argumentation and theater.
Coexistence and human rights

Diagnostic evaluation

As of the 2023-2024 school year, all students who are in the second year of Compulsory Secondary Education will carry out a diagnostic evaluation on the degree of acquisition of, at least, the competence in linguistic communication and the mathematical competence that allow them to conclude the degree of acquisition of the competences object of evaluation.

The diagnostic evaluation will be carried out in all public and private centers in the Community of Madrid.

The tests and evaluation activities will be the same for all students in the second year of Compulsory Secondary Education in the Community of Madrid.

The results of this diagnostic evaluation will be informative, formative and guiding for the centres, for the teaching staff, for the students and their families or legal guardians and for the educational community as a whole.

Attention to individual differences

The centers will adopt the necessary measures to respond to the specific educational needs of their students, taking into account their different rhythms and learning styles, so that they can achieve the maximum development of their abilities,

These measures, which will form part of the educational project of the centers and will be specified each year in the annual general programming, will be aimed at allowing all students to develop skills and achieve the objectives of Compulsory Secondary Education. that in no case may they constitute discrimination that prevents those who benefit from them from obtaining the corresponding degree.

Curricular Diversification Program

The curricular diversification program is a measure of attention to diversity Aimed at students who, after the appropriate evaluation, and in possession of the requirements established in the standard, need an organization of the curriculum in areas of knowledge, practical activities and subjects, different from that established in general, as well as a specific methodology, in order to achieve the objectives and key competencies of Compulsory Secondary Education and, consequently, may be in a position to be proposed by the teaching team to obtain the title of Graduate in Compulsory Secondary Education.

The curricular diversification program It will take place in two years and will be taught in the third and fourth years of Compulsory Secondary Education.

The number of students per group may not exceed fifteen nor, in general, less than ten.

The first course of the curricular diversification program will be organized in the following subjects and areas:

a) Scientific-technological field, which will integrate the basic aspects of the curriculum of the subjects of Mathematics, Biology and Geology, Physics and Chemistry and Technology and Digitization.

b) Linguistic and Social Field, that will integrate the basic aspects of the curriculum of the subjects of Geography and History and Spanish Language and Literature.

c) Foreign Language.

d) Physical Education.

d) Music.

f) Religion or, where appropriate, educational attention.

g) A specific optional subject for the curricular diversification program, which the center will develop within the framework of the optional subject of the project, or, in case of not offering a specific optional subject for this program, an optional subject of those established by the competent council in the field of Education, which forms part of the training offer of the center for all its students.

the second course of the curricular diversification program will be organized in the following subjects and areas:

a) Scientific-technological field, which will integrate the basic aspects of the curriculum of the subjects of Mathematics, Biology and Geology and Physics and Chemistry.

b) Linguistic and Social Field, which will integrate the basic aspects of the curriculum of the subjects of Geography and History and Spanish Language and Literature.

c) Foreign Language.

d) Physical Education.

e) Training and Personal and Professional Guidance.

f) Religion or, where appropriate, educational attention.

g) A specific optional subject for the curricular diversification program, which the center will develop within the framework of the optional subject of the project, or, in case of not offering a specific optional subject for this program, an optional subject of those established by the competent council in the field of Education, which forms part of the training offer of the center for all its students.

Each area will be taught by a single teacher.

may join to the curricular diversification program, in general, to the first course of the program students who:

At the end of the second year of Compulsory Secondary Education, they are not in a position to be promoted to the next year and for those who, in the opinion of the teaching team, staying for another year in that same year will not benefit their academic evolution .
Students who finish the third year of Compulsory Secondary Education and are in the previous situation.

Exceptionally, they may be proposed for incorporation into the second year of the program. of curricular diversification for students who, at the end of the fourth year of Compulsory Secondary Education, are not in a position to graduate, provided that the teaching team considers that this measure will allow them to obtain the title of Graduate in Compulsory Secondary Education.

Students with special educational needs may be incorporated into the curricular diversification program, following the same incorporation procedure as the rest of the students and provided that this measure favors their progression. The center will adopt the appropriate measures of specific support that these students need.

To be able to join the curricular diversification program Students must meet, in addition to the above requirements, the following:

a) Be of an age that allows the student to finish the curricular diversification program within the permanence limits established for Compulsory Secondary Education, including the exceptions contemplated to them.

b) Once the student has heard, have the consent of their parents or legal guardians for their incorporation into the curricular diversification program.

c) Have a suitability report issued by educational guidance professionals, which will be carried out once the student has heard.

Students who join a curricular diversification program must complete compulsory education within it, without prejudice to the fact that, if applicable, the teaching teams may decide to propose these students for incorporation into basic grade training cycles or basic professional training cycles, provided that the academic and professional profile of the student, in this case, makes it advisable and, in addition, the requirements established for it are met.