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Private Schools Grow in Catalonia Driven by Expats and Vocational Training

Private education defies demographic decline as public and subsidized sectors lose thousands of students since 2019.

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Generic image of the entrance of a modern educational center with students.

Private schools in Catalonia have emerged as the only educational sector to increase enrollment between 2019 and 2025, largely due to the influx of international families and vocational courses.

While the public system lost 36,040 students, the private sector added 817 in compulsory education and over 41,000 in post-compulsory stages, such as Vocational Training (FP).
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"Families with more money look for more homogeneous environments as a strategy to protect their children's cultural capital."

Francesc Imbernon · UB Professor
The growth is also linked to expats seeking international curricula and the transition of 247 school groups to the private sector after refusing to end gender-segregated classrooms.

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