Hi Jane

The system here is catchment much like the UK and you can also appeal if the school refuses you due to numbers.

You need all usual paperwork and medical certificates and if you ddont enrol May you can do it at the beginning of term but only when you have all the paperwork. This is listed on the website under schooling.

But briefly...

To enrol your child in a Spanish school you will require the following:

• Child's birth certificate or passport together with a photocopy, parent's passports together with a photocopy.
• Proof of child's immunisation medical certificate.
• Padron-Proof of residence. Obtain this from the town hall in your locality.
• Two or four passport-size photographs. One for student Identification card, the others for records.
• If you have a child over the age of 12 whom you wish to place in a Spanish secondary school you will also require proof of homologation or convalidation, which is the official name for your child's education record.
• Family NIE´s