Education system in Portugal

1. PORTUGUESE EDUCATION
Agrupamento Escolas Miguel Torga,
Bragança, Portugal

2.  Free and compulsory until the age of 18;
 Regulated by the state through the Ministry of Education;
 Devided into:
• Preschool (under 6 years old);
• Basic education - 9 years in 3 stages:
- 4 years primary school;
- 2 years middle school;
- 3 years secondary school.
• High School Education(3 years);
• Higher Education (University and Polytechnic)

4. SCHOOL YEAR
 3rd week of September - middle of June
 Three terms:
 Holidays:
 3 months in Summer – 2 weeks in June, July, August and first two weeks
in September
 2 weeks for Christmas and New year
 3 days for Carnival
 2 weeks for Easter
• 1st – till middle of December
• 2nd – till Easter
• 3rd – till middle of June

5. CONTENT OF EDUCATION
 National Curriculum for all subjects during compulsory education;
 45 minutes lessons; break every 90 minutes
 Main subjects:
 Portuguese 4-6 lessons
 Maths 6 lessons
 English 3-4
 Sciences 3 - 7 lessons each
 Humanities 2/3 - 6 lessons each
 Sports 3-4
 Crafts 2
 Art 2
 Religion 2 (optional)

6. FOREIGN LANGUAGES
 English:
 Compulsory: year 3 – 9
 Books used: Mainly made in the country or made in the UK but
adapted to the NC
 French/German/Spanish
 from year 7
 3/2 lessons/week
• Year 3 and 4: 2 hours a week
• Year 5 – 9: 2/3 lessons a week

7. Evaluation:
 Testing – twice each term (0-100 till year 9; 0-200 from year10 onwards),
teacher/school responsibility;
 Grading: end of each term (1-5 till year 9; 0-20 from year 10 onwards);
 Final evaluation: at the end of the school year.
 National exams:
• Year 9 - Portuguese and Maths
• Year 11: 2 exams - Physics and Chemistry, Biology, Portuguese Literature,
Geography, Maths Applied to Social Science…
• Year 12: 2 exams – Portuguese (compulsory to all students), Maths, History …

8. OUR SCHOOL

9. OUR SCHOOL
Level Years Students Classes
Preschool Mixed groups 76 5
Primary school (stage 1) 1 - 4 225 11
Middle school (stage 2) 5 - 6 167 8 * 2 dance
classes
Secondary school (stage 3) 7 - 9 119 7
High School 10-12 171 8
Adults 9 and 12 50 2
Alternative Curriculum 9 15 1
Total 821 40

10. STAFF
 Headmaster
 Deputies - 3 + 1 (Deputy Head)
 Teachers - 134 (including preschool, special needs and 40 under
mobility by specific conditions)
 Librarian Teacher - 1
 Psychologists – 2 (one only for alternative curriculum students)
 Office staff – 12
 Building management – 31 (cleaning, kitchen, cafeteria)

11. TEACHERS
 Work load - 40 hours/week
 Headmaster - doesn’t teach
 Deputy - 1 class minimum
 Teacher - 22 (permanence at school - 26)
 Primary teacher (Year 1 to 4) – 25 + 2
 Preschool – 25 + 2

12. OUR PROJECTS AND ACTIVITIES
 Theatre club
 Sports club (involves competition outside school)
 Study visits (Porto, Lisbon, Spain, France, the UK…)
 Music group (tuna)
 Eco school
 Health at school
 Students’ exchanges
 Christmas supper
 Easter mass
 National Reading Project (Ler+)
 Extra curricular activites for younger students

13.  Etwinning – projects from kindergarden to High School
 European Projects: Erasmus+ KA1 and KA2
Key Action 1 - Training in Europe for a Successful School - 2015/2017:
- 20 mobilities: 16 Training mobilities (languages - English and French -
Maths, Physics and Chemistry), 1 Job Shadowing Mobility on School
Management, 3 Teaching Assignements: Hungary, CZ and Italy
- Hosting partners: 2 mobilities from Hungary and 2 from Italy
(Teaching assignment and Job Shadowing)

14. Training

15. Hosting

16. Key Action 2:
- Super European Reader (2014/2016): Italy, Poland, UK, Spain);

17. Think smart – Act Green

18. Thank you so much for your attention!