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Specialist education. Centres, teachers and students. By ownership of centre

Specialist education. Centres, teachers and students. Total Catalonia. School year 2020/2021
Centres Teachers Students
Music (1) 261 5,535 59,953
Elementary level 231 3,870 54,688
Medium level 27 1,140 3,891
Higher level 3 525 1,374
Dance 3 148 459
Elementary level .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available
Medium level 2 91 348
Higher level 1 57 111
Dramatic arts (2) 2 207 446
Plastic arts and design 30 1,180 5,110
Higher design studies (3) 3 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available 1,699
Catering and conservation 1 23 164
Languages (4) 45 932 42,548
Sport 46 594 3,844
Source: Ministry of Education.
Notes:
(1) Music schools, conservatories and higher schools.
(2) One centre on two sites: Terrassa and Barcelona.
(3) Combined plastic arts and design teaching staff.
(4) Official language schools. Includes face-to-face, distance and self-teaching students.
(..) Confidential data, low reliability or not available.
Specialist education. Centres, teachers and students. Public sector Catalonia. School year 2020/2021
Centres Teachers Students
Music (1) 182 3,625 45,215
Elementary level 164 2,734 41,896
Medium level 18 891 3,319
Higher level 0 0 0
Dance 3 148 459
Elementary level .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available
Medium level 2 91 348
Higher level 1 57 111
Dramatic arts (2) 1 138 275
Plastic arts and design 25 802 4,821
Higher design studies (3) 1 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available 808
Catering and conservation 1 23 164
Languages (4) 45 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available
Sport 22 488 2,616
Source: Ministry of Education.
Notes:
(1) Music schools, conservatories and higher schools.
(2) One centre on two sites: Terrassa and Barcelona.
(3) Combined plastic arts and design teaching staff.
(4) Official language schools. Includes face-to-face, distance and self-teaching students.
(..) Confidential data, low reliability or not available.
Specialist education. Centres, teachers and students. Private sector Catalonia. School year 2020/2021
Centres Teachers Students
Music (1) 79 1,910 14,738
Elementary level 67 1,136 12,792
Medium level 9 249 572
Higher level 3 525 1,374
Dance 0 0 0
Elementary level .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available
Medium level 0 0 0
Higher level 0 0 0
Dramatic arts 1 69 171
Plastic arts and design 5 378 289
Higher design studies (2) 2 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available 891
Catering and conservation 0 0 0
Languages 0 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available
Sport 24 106 1,228
Source: Ministry of Education.
Notes:
(1) Music schools, conservatories and higher schools.
(2) Combined plastic arts and design teaching staff.
(..) Confidential data, low reliability or not available.

Last update: April 3, 2024.

Methodological note

Definition of concepts

Special regime education
Education that is not integrated in the levels, stages or cycles of the general regime. They have their own structure and levels, and can be anything from elementary education or equivalent studies to diplomas or degrees. They can be studied at the same time as the general regime or special regime.

Methodological aspects

The data on infant, primary and secondary education is taken from an exploitation of the data provided by the Generalitat de Catalunya's Ministry of Education or teaching centres at all education levels. The public sector includes data for the centres that depend on the Ministry of Education and other public administrations, while the private sector deals with privately owned centres.

In 1990 the Law for general ordering of the education system (LOGSE) was passed, which modifies the previous education system (LGE) of 1970. In the 1991/92 academic year the teaching approved by the new law was gradually introduced and the 2000/01 academic year was the first in which none of the teaching relating to the previous education system was still in existence.

However, the two education models coexisted over the long period of experimentation and implantation of the new education law.

The data on centres and teaching staff is given, on the one hand, for infant and primary education as a whole, and on the other, for secondary education, although it is often the case that centres and teachers overlap in terms of the different levels given.

The centres have been counted as many times as the number of teachings they provide.

Data are provisional.