• Improvement of the linguistic, digital and intercultural skills of teachers and students through communication, exchange of ideas and educational practices with the other European center both in person and virtually. • Improvement of teaching practice by updating teachers in professional skills, notably digital skills and the development of critical thinking that contribute to the strengthening of the European democratic educational space. • Reduction of school dropouts and improvement of interest and performance of compulsory secondary education students by developing innovative educational practices • Increased involvement of the entire educational community in an awareness plan about the sustainability of the center and its surroundings, as well as environmental improvement at a local and European level. • Broad vision and personal enrichment in the task of taking care of our environment and improving it, given that Granada is located in a plain surrounded by mountains that are of utmost importance for balancing the climate and also provide us with natural resources of great value.
The I.E.S Francisco Ayala is a public High School in the northwestern area of the city of Granada. It welcomes approximately 800 students and 60 teachers. Basic Education (1 special education class), Compulsory Secondary Education, Baccalaureate and Specific Vocational Training are taught. Vocational training cycles belong to the professional family of computer science, more specifically, the following are taught: CFGM –Microcomputer Systems and Networks–, CFGS –Development of Web Applications-, CFGS Development of Multiplatform Applications– and specialization course -Video games and augmented and virtual reality-. The Center began the bilingual teaching modality in English in ESO ten years ago, for the last 7 years in the Advanced Training Cycle of Web Application Development (DAW) and for the last 6 years in a mixed line in Baccalaureate with students from the field of social sciences and science and technology. Thus, in accordance with current regulations, it has gradually expanded this modality.