Education & Training
40 Town Range, Gibraltar

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About the Department of Education and Training Secondary Education
The Senior Staff of the Department Special Education
The School System College of Further Education
Pre-school Education Higher Education
Primary Education Culture

 

About the Department of Education and Training

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Ministerial responsibility for the Department of Education and Training is held by the Hon. Clive G Beltran.

The Department of Education & Training, under the control of the Director of Education and Training, is responsible for the management of education and training. The Director, subject to the directions of the Minister, has a duty to promote the education of the people of Gibraltar generally, to control and direct educational policy, to administer and inspect all schools and to ensure the due administration of the provisions of the Education and Training Act and any subsidiary legislation.


The Senior Staff of the Department

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The Senior Staff of the Department consists of:

Title

Staff Name

Director of Education and Training Mr E Gomez BA(Hons) PGCE MEd MIL
Senior Education Adviser Dr J Britto BEd Dip.Ed ADAES MEd EdD
Educational Psychologist Mr Paul MacNally BA MSc Ed Psych.
Education Advisers Mrs S Payas BEd
Mr D Grech BSc MSc PGCE
Mr L Gomez BEd(Hons) ADCUM
Assistant Education Advisor Mr S Sullivan BSc PGCE
Administrative Officer (SEO) Mrs G Catania
Government Training Officer Mrs J Garcia (actg)



The School System

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There are 14 schools and 1 College in Gibraltar. All teacher-training takes place in UK universities and colleges. In addition, teachers must have a registration number issued by the DCSF (UK)..

Details of the schools and Gibraltar College are as follows:

School Title

Head Teacher

Gibraltar College Mr V Hermida (BA(Ed)
Westside School Dr G A Garcia BEd MEd PhD
Bayside School Mr A Danino BA(Hons) PGCE MIL
Bishop Fitzgerald School Mrs P. Lyon ADAES MEd
St Anne's Middle School Mr J. Cortes B.Phil
St Joseph's Middle School Mr G. Parody BEd
Sacred Heart Middle School Mr K Saez BEd(Hons) ADCUM
Hebrew Primary School Mrs N. Garson BEd
Governor's Meadow First School Mrs T Curtis BEd
Notre Dame First School Mr J Gomila BEd Cert. SpLD
St Bernard's First School Mrs P Duarte ADAES BEd
St Joseph's First School Mrs M T Viales TC
St Mary's First School Mrs N McLaren BEd
St Paul's First School Mrs J Montegriffo BEd
St Martin's Special School Mrs A Lukas MEd

 

Pre-school Education

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The Gibraltar Government provides a number of places in nursery units for children of pre-school age. Current Government provision for pre-school children is catered for by St Paul’s Nursery, St Paul’s First School and Nursery, St Mary’s First School and Nursery, Governor’s Meadow First School and Nursery, St Bernard’s Nursery, Notre Dame First School and Nursery and St Joseph’s First School and Nursery. There is also a Nursery attached to St Martin’s Special School.

A number of privately run playgroups and nurseries augment Government provision. There are currently 9 private playgroups/nurseries registered with the Department of Education and Training. The Department of Education & Training has a watching brief over all private educational institutions.

Primary Education

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Primary Education is free, full-time and compulsory for residents between the ages of 4+/7+ (Years R to 3) and in Middle Schools for the 8+/12 age-range (Years 4 to 7). All these schools are co-educational and English is the language of instruction. All curricula are based on the National Curriculum for England and are governed locally by the National Curriculum Regulations. There are specific differences in respect of Spanish and other subjects which reflect local realities.

Entry to formal education in the First Schools and the Hebrew Primary School takes place at the commencement of the Autumn Term each year. This is organised in such a way that all children who will attain the age of 5 during the academic year are enrolled at the beginning of the academic year. To ease the transition into schooling, morning sessions only are attended for a period of time. Morning sessions plus afternoon sessions follow this later on during the year. Finally, full attendance for both morning and
afternoon sessions follow. Schools are free to determine when and how often children start attending afternoon sessions.

Secondary Education

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Secondary Education in the two, single-sex Comprehensive Schools, is free, full-time and compulsory between the ages 12+ and 15+ years.

As is the case at Primary level, the secondary curriculum is defined by National Curriculum legislation. In the first two years (Years 8 and 9), both secondary schools offer a broad compulsory curriculum which includes English, Mathematics, Science, French, Spanish, History, Geography, Art, Music, Religious Education, Physical Education, Design and Technology and Information and Communications Technology and Personal, Social, Health and Citizenship Education. In Years 10 and 11, pupils opt for a number of subjects from a range of disciplines, always keeping to National Curriculum requirements, in order to enable them to study this reduced number in greater detail for public examination purposes. In addition, all pupils take the core subjects (English, Mathematics and Science), Religious Education and Physical Education.

Special Education

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St Martin’s School was opened in September 1976 and essentially caters for a wide range of special needs for children between the ages of 5+ and 16+.

A Learning Support Facility (LSF) for children of First School age was established at Notre Dame School in September 1983. A second LSF was established in January 1985 at Bishop Fitzgerald. These facilities cater for children for whom St Martin’s would be inappropriate but whose special needs cannot be met satisfactorily in the mainstream classroom. Special needs provision at secondary level is enhanced by providing an LSF at each Secondary School. There is also an Alternative Learning Centre at Bayside School which aims to provide support for disaffected pupils.

Gibraltar College

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Full-time provision is primarily centred on Intermediate and Advanced Courses in Information Technology, Business and Finance Studies, Art and Design, Psychology, Leisure and Tourism, Health and Social Care, Travel and Tourism, Digital Applications and Built Environment Studies.

An area of rapid growth is that of courses leading to professional qualifications. The College is providing tuition/tutorial support for professional bodies such as ACCA, AAT or the Institute of Bankers. There are also a number of qualifications ranging from GCSE to AS/A levels being offered to part-time students in the evenings.

 

Higher Education

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All students wishing to continue their studies at degree or degree-equivalent level and certain non-degree courses are able to do so in the United Kingdom.

Last Revised : 07 April 2003