supranumerário
Published 8 November 2026, 21:11
supranumerário (above the class limit)
A pupil admitted to a class above its normal size limit. This is how the school system finds places when an area has more children than places: instead of opening a new class, it allows one or two extra pupils into an existing one.
Where you come across it. Your child did not get a place at your local school.
The decision is not made informally at the school but on the basis of ministry documents: the request goes through AGSE and the head of the agrupamento, not through a word at the school gate.
Official website: portaldasmatriculas.edu.gov.pt