The subjects of the Spanish curriculum that the Spanish Ministry of Education requires to take, in order to homologate the British studies to the title of Compulsory Secondary Education are taught. These subjects are Spanish Language and Social Sciences (Geography and History).
At the end of Year 11 (4th ESO) the BST carries out the procedures for the homologation of studies of all the students who have the requirements for it.
Access to the Spanish university from the BST is done by combining the studies of subjects from the Spanish baccalaureate and subjects from the British baccalaureate to obtain the best possible grade. However, it can be said that studying only the A LEVELS also leads to a Spanish university.
Basically, students choose the British subjects from the BST curriculum that are most closely linked to the university studies they want to pursue. Simultaneously, if you want to leave the doors to the Spanish university open, you will study two subjects of the Spanish baccalaureate. The sum of the marks obtained in the subjects of both baccalaureates at the end of Year 13 (2nd baccalaureate) will result in the final grade that will give access to the chosen Spanish university, always taking into account the cut-off mark required by each university.
Next, we present a scenario in which what was briefly reported in the previous lines can be better understood.
It is the way to access the Spanish university without having completed the Spanish baccalaureate. The last two years of the British Baccalaureate, Year 12/13, the A LEVELS (AS and A2) are studied. The subjects that are studied depend on the “career” that you want to study. At the end of year 12/13, exam marks are obtained and sent from England. Each grade (in letters) corresponds to a numerical score, these are called UCAS points.
A*: 140 points
A: 120
B: 100
C: 80
D: 60
E: 40
(Points will only be obtained to access the Spanish university if the AS does not continue studying as AL)
A: 60
B: 50
C: 40
D: 30
E: 20
The usual thing is that 3 or 4 subjects are taken (one of them Spanish) of AS/AL. The total sum of the points will indicate the final mark of the British Baccalaureate. For example:
TOTAL: 540 points
1º) You can access the Spanish university directly without having to take the full Spanish PAU (general phase and specific phase). Yes, it would be necessary to take the specific part of the PAU (examination of two subjects) if you want to obtain a better grade for access to the Spanish university.
2º) The only requirement to access the Spanish university is to have passed 5 IGCSE (from A* to C), 2 A LEVELS (A* to E) and have a minimum of 140 UCAS points.
3º) The UCAS points obtained as a whole have a correspondence with Spanish grades. Is the next:
140 points: 5
160 points: 5.2
180 points: 5.4
200 points: 5.6
240 points: 6
340 points: 7
440 points: 8
540 points: 9
4º) The biggest drawback of this path of access is that the equivalence is based on a score of 10 and not on 14, which is the maximum mark for access to Spanish universities.
The remaining 4 points can be obtained (this exam is voluntary) by completing the UNED PAU. The exam would be carried out in two subjects, those that are most related to his degree and to the A LEVELS that he is studying in Year 13.
For example:
If they have studied them in the A LEVEL there will be a good level of knowledge. Guidance from the Spanish teacher would be needed for the preparation of the PAU (content, types of exams…). There are no internal notes or exams from the Spanish department during Year 13. Simply, at the end of May the exams would be held in Gran Canaria.
The exam for each subject is worth a maximum of 2 points. If a 10 is obtained in the exam, 2 points will be added to the grade resulting from the UCAS points. Example:
Biology: 10 (2 points)
Chemistry: 5 (1 point)
540 points: 9
Biology: 10 -> 2
Chemistry: 5 -> 1
FINAL MARK FOR ACCESS TO THE SPANISH UNIVERSITY (out of 14): 12