From this Monday, May 5, thousands of families in Barcelona can pre-register for the 2025-2026 school year for new students in municipal nursery schools and public kindergartens owned by the Generalitat de Catalunya in Barcelona.
Applications can be submitted until May 16 telematically through the Virtual Office of Procedures of the Barcelona City Council.
In total, 4,679 vacancies will be offered for the next school year in the network of 105 municipal nursery schools, which have a total capacity of 8,845 places distributed in 624 groups for children aged 0, 1 and 2 years. For their part, the five public nursery schools of the Generalitat have 316 places, of which 181 vacancies are offered in 26 groups.
A total of 542 places of the total number of vacancies are reserved for children with special educational needs, in or situations of serious social risk.
In exceptional cases, families who are unable to complete the application form online may contact their first choice school to make an appointment to pre-register in person. Likewise, for children under 16 weeks of age, enrollment must be done in person.
Next school year the diversified timetable service will be maintained at the Germanetes school (Eixample district), with a morning and an afternoon group, with 13 places each, for children born in 2023 and 2024. This service offers a choice between a full day (from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.) or a reduced day, either only in the morning (9 a.m. to 1 p.m.) or only in the afternoon (3 p.m. to 7 p.m.).
Even if demand exceeds the number of places, all applications will be accepted, and a scoring system will be applied to allocate vacancies.
As every year, one of the main criteria is proximity to the school, so children living in the same district or catchment area as the school will be given priority. Points will also be awarded if the parent or legal guardian works in that particular district or catchment area.
The specific catchment areas can be consulted on the bressol schools website.
Important dates for enrollment in nursery schools in Barcelona
As of now, the key dates for the application process for nursery schools in Barcelona for the 2025-2026 school year are as follows:
- Pre-registration: from May 5 to 16 (both included).
- Publication of provisional scores: May 22.
- Claims: from May 23rd to 29th.
- Final scores: May 30.
- Drawing of tie-breakers: May 30, 11:30 a.m., at IMEB (pl. Espanya, 5).
- Admitted students list: June 11.
- Registration: from June 12 to 20, by appointment.
Prices of nursery schools in Barcelona for the academic year 2025-2026
On the website of the Barcelona City Council there is a simulator that allows to know the monthly price for the schooling and use of the canteen service of the enrolled children according to the family and economic situation of the parents.