Eighty projects to improve schools in Barcelona
As ever, the summer break is a time when work is carried out to improve, enlarge and renovate schools in the city, with work ranging from painting and cladding, improvements to school dining-rooms, playground transformations and the construction of new facilities.
The 83 actions being carried out in the summer holidays will help promote local education options to address the needs of each area, working towards equality between schools and educational continuity. Once the work is completed, the groundwork for the map of the city’s schools will be defined.
The work is part of a package of 95 measures for 2024, with an investment of 62,326,354 euros from the Barcelona Education Consortium: 42,868,715 euros from Barcelona City Council and 19,457,639 euros from the Government of Catalonia.
Nine primary schools, seven secondary schools and fourteen all-through schools have been created since the 2016-2017 academic year, with eight state-subsidised private schools also moving into the public system. In addition, seven primary schools and four secondary schools have increased the number of groups in their school years.
Work planned for the summer of 2024
The work planned and schools for this summer are:
- New constructions and major projects: Institut Escola Arts, Institut Escola Rec Comtal, Institut Escola Vapor i Molí, Institut Escola El Molí, Institut Escola Mirades, Escola Prim, Institut Escola Sant Felíp Neri, CEE El Nus, Escola Auditori and Institut Vallcarca.
- Project to condition vocational training facilities: Institut del Disseny i Arts Gràfiques de Barcelona, Institut de Seguretat i Mobilitat de Barcelona, Institut de Formació Empresarial de Barcelona, Institut Hospital Vall d’Hebron FP Sanitària, Institut Postobligatòria de la Nàutica de Barcelona, Institut Postobligatòria Ferran Tallada, Institut Postobligatòria Tècniques Audiovisuals i de l’Espectacle de Barcelona and Institut Postobligatòria de l’Esport de Barcelona.
- Construction and works in adult training centres and Escoles Oficials d’Idiomes: CFA Besós, CFA Can Batlló and Escola Oficial d’Idiomes de Barcelona – Vall d’Hebron.
- System improvements in schools (accessibility, safety, extensions, new furniture and renovation of classrooms): Escola Entença, Escola Xirinacs, Escola Gaia, Escola 9 Graons, Escola Teixidores de Gràcia, Institut La Sagrera, Institut Joncar, Institut Nou Barris, Escola La Flor de Maig, Institut Escola Eixample, Escola Francesc Macià, Escola Pare Poveda, Institut La Sedeta, Institut Flos i Calcat, Institut Joan d’Àustria, Escola El Sagrer, Institut Icaria and Escola L’Arc de Sant Marti.
- Playground transformations: Escola Estel Guinardó, Escola Josep Maria Jujol, Escola La Sedeta, Escola Timbaler del Bruc, Escola Bac de Roda, Escola Joaquim Ruyra, Escola Lluis Vives, Escola Tabor, Institut Escola Coves d’en Cimany, Institut Escola Sicília, Institut Escola Trinitat Nova and Institut Escola Turó de Roquetes.
- Climate control: in addition to the work on facilities in the first stage of the Barcelona School Climate Plan, air-conditioning has been installed at the Centre d’Educació Especial Concha Espina, Centre d’Educació Especial Folch i Camarasa, Centre d’Educació Especial Josep Pla, Institut Montserrat, Institut Príncep de Viana, Llar d’Infants El Vuit, Llar d’Infants La Gavina and Llar d’Infants L’Airet.
