The private daycare market - Spain
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Study Overview
In Spain, the legal age for children to start school is 6 years old. The previous stage, nursery school, is not compulsory, although children usually attend from the age of 3. The first stage of nursery school, which caters for children from 0 to 3 years of age, is commonly referred to as "nursery" or "école infantile de premier cycle". The function of these centers is
To care for children while their parents are at work, To offer an educational program, To take care of the children.
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Private day-care centers are therefore private first cycle nursery schools. They represent the largest private education network in the country, and in 2022 they served about 46.7% of all children in this age group. The State is not obliged to guarantee free schooling before the age of 3. However, the promotion of preschool education seems to be a priority for P. Sánchez's government, which has launched a 670.1 million euro plan for 2021 aimed at increasing the number of public and free places in nursery schools. As Spain is a state made up of autonomous communities (C.C.A.A.), they have decided to distribute this money unequally among public and subsidized schools throughout the country. As a consequence, in some C.C.A.A., private kindergartens suffer strong competition from public ones.
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- Growth and sector challenges
- Demand analysis
- Market structure and organization
- Supply and pricing analysis
- Player segmentation
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Sommaire
1. Market overview
- 1.1 Introduction
- 1.2 The world market
- 1.2 National market estimates
- 1.4 The Spanish school system
2. Demand analysis
- 2.1 Early childhood education in Spain
- 2.2 Demographic trends in Spain
- 2.3 Changes in family structure in Spain
- 2.4 large families in Spain
- 2.5 Private or public school?
- 2.6 Other child care methods
3. Market structure
- 3.1 Differences between private and public schools
- 3.2 Distribution of nursery schools in Spain
- 3.3 Future developments: an increasingly agitated market
4. Offer analysis
- 4.1 Price typology
- 4.2 Operating expenses
- 4.3 A diversification strategy
- 4.4 Supply trends
5. Regulations
- 5.1 Legislation

The private daycare market - Spain
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