Politics · Spain · 11 hrs ago
Spain’s PP proposes ending promotion with failed subjects in secondary school
Spain’s People’s Party has set out education proposals in its election programme, which it is due to present on Tuesday.
The party says students in compulsory secondary education, known as ESO, would need to pass their subjects to move up a year.
Under current rules, there is no fixed limit on failed subjects; teachers decide whether a student can progress.
The PP also wants a minimum mark and a specific test for teacher training.
For primary school, it says pupils should leave able to read and do maths well, with extra help during school hours for those who struggle.
The party says schools facing greater difficulties would get improvement plans and resources.
These changes would happen only if the PP enters government.
Spain’s People’s Party (PP) proposes that secondary-school students should only advance to the next year after passing their subjects.
The proposal would reverse current rules, which allow students to advance if their teachers consider promotion appropriate.
The PP says students who have difficulties should receive support, and that no pupil should be left behind.
The party also proposes a specific entrance test and minimum grade for people seeking to study teaching.
The measures are part of the PP’s electoral programme, which the article says was due to be presented on Tuesday.
- Who
- Spain’s People’s Party (PP), led by Alberto Núñez Feijóo, proposed the changes.
- What
- The PP wants students in compulsory secondary education to pass their subjects before advancing to the next year. It also proposes an entrance test and minimum grade for teaching degrees.
- When
- The programme was due to be presented on Tuesday; the article was published on 9 November 2026.
- Where
- Spain.
- Why
- The PP says it wants to restore academic standards while ensuring students who struggle receive support.
Spain’s People’s Party (PP)
Current Spanish secondary-school promotion rules
Promotion with failed subjects
Spain’s People’s Party (PP)
The PP says students should advance only after passing their subjects.
Current Spanish secondary-school promotion rules
Current rules allow the teaching team to decide whether a student can advance despite subjects not passed.
Support for struggling students
Spain’s People’s Party (PP)
The PP says students who have difficulties should receive support.
Current Spanish secondary-school promotion rules
Not stated in the article.
The Lomloe law established rules allowing teachers to decide whether students in compulsory secondary education advance with subjects not passed.
El Mundo reported on the PP’s proposed education measures.
The PP’s electoral programme was due to be presented.
- Party
- Spain’s People’s Party (PP)
- Party leader
- Alberto Núñez Feijóo
- School stage
- Compulsory secondary education, for ages 12 to 16
- Current rules
- Teachers decide whether students can advance with subjects not passed
- Programme event
- Due to be presented on Tuesday
What people are saying
no pupil should be left behind
all pupils will leave primary school reading and calculating well
promotion to the next year will once again require passing the subjects
anyone who has difficulties will receive support