Bella will be three next year and in Spain you have register your child for pre school in their third year, so it was with a sudden panic that we realised we would have to get our skates on ... but where to start?
Well, it seemed the best place to start was a trip to our local town hall where we found out the following facts ... to register your child you must in ensure they have a residencia and are on the local inhabitents list. Because we had registered Bella's birth at the town hall she was on the list but we didn't have a residencia for her, so we need to get that done asap. We were then told that in our area it wasn't so much a choice of schools but that schools were allocated based on address. Once you knew the school your child will be going to you have to find out the registration date for that school. On the assigned date you then take all the forms to the school and put your child's name down, you then wait to find out if your child has got a place. Apparently you can put second and third choice schools down too....
It's worth mentioning all this here because as with everything in Spain the system is quite complex if you are entering it for the first time and also it varies from region to region and area to area. I know for example that friends in Marbella don't need a residencia for their school and that also they have a completely different registration date to the school in our area ...
So if you are in a similar situation to us it's worth checking out what you need to do at your local town hall. Most of the school registration dates seem to be in March or April so it's important to make sure you have all the forms and photographs finalised in advance!
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