agrupamento de escolas

Published 30 October 2026, 20:39

A group of several schools and nursery schools in an area under joint management and a single head. Documents, applications and rules go through the agrupamento, not through the individual school. A child moves up from one stage to the next within it.

Where you come across it. All dealings with the school.

The name of a school and the name of its agrupamento are often different, so it is easy to send an application to the wrong place.

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