1.0News from Spainhttps://www.euroresidentes.com/euroresiuk/news-spaineuroresidenteshttps://www.euroresidentes.com/euroresiuk/news-spain/author/euroresidentes/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="nti0tiIxbW"><a href="https://www.euroresidentes.com/euroresiuk/news-spain/schooling-in-spain/">Schooling in Spain</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.euroresidentes.com/euroresiuk/news-spain/schooling-in-spain/embed/#?secret=nti0tiIxbW" width="600" height="338" title="«Schooling in Spain» — News from Spain" data-secret="nti0tiIxbW" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); /* ]]> */ </script> Poor performance of pupils attending Spanish schools.According to a report released today by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), 30 percent of Spanish children attending schools fail their exams. This is one of the worst performances among European countries. In Spain almost three out of ten school pupils have to retake a whole academic year at least once during their schooling. Although the report acknowledges the «enormous improvements» made in the Spanish education system during the last three decades, it signals out secondary education and the high percentage of pupils who have to repeat an academic year as