Early Childhood Education Educator Competitive Exams AGE 2026: Provisional List and Exam on November 21

Key data

If you applied for the Early Childhood Education Educator competitive exams of the General State Administration called in July 2026, you have a critical date on the calendar: November 21, 2026. But before reaching the exam, there is an urgent step: check whether you appear on the provisional list of admitted or excluded candidates published on September 7 in the BOE.

The Resolution of September 3, 2026, from the Under-Secretariat, approves that provisional list and sets all the details of the single exercise of the opposition phase. If you are excluded, the deadline to act is 10 business days from publication, which places the limit at approximately mid-September 2026. After that deadline, exclusion may become final.

What does this regulation establish?

The resolution approves the provisional list of admitted and excluded persons in the selective process for permanent contract staff in the professional group M1-Early Childhood Education, subject to the IV Collective Agreement for contract staff of the General State Administration.

The process affects two differentiated access routes:

• Open access: for external candidates to the Administration.
• Internal promotion: for public employees of the AGE who opt to improve their professional group.

The main exclusion reasons identified in the resolution are:

• Failure to prove the required academic qualification for group M1-Early Childhood Education.
• Failure to provide the proof of job seeker status.

Excluded candidates may remedy defects or allege omissions within 10 business days counted from the publication of the resolution in the BOE (September 7, 2026).

Regarding the single exercise, the resolution establishes the following logistical details:

Economic and operational impact

For candidates, the most immediate impact is operational and deadline-related: anyone listed as excluded must act within less than two weeks from BOE publication. Failure to do so means losing the opportunity to participate in a selective process that grants the status of permanent contract staff in the General State Administration.

Obtaining a position as permanent contract staff in group M1-Early Childhood Education means accessing an indefinite contract with the conditions of the IV Collective Agreement of the AGE, which includes job stability, professional development rights, and compensation regulated by collective agreement.

For internal promotion candidates, the resolution also has direct impact: it represents the opportunity to improve professional group within the Administration itself, with the corresponding salary and category improvements.

The cost of not reviewing the provisional list in time may be final exclusion from the process, with no possibility of appeal if the remedy deadline has expired.

Who does it affect?

• Open access candidates who registered for the selective process called on July 8, 2026 for group M1-Early Childhood Education of the AGE.
• Internal promotion candidates who are already contract staff of the AGE and opt to consolidate or improve their situation in group M1-Early Childhood Education.
• Provisionally excluded candidates who must remedy documentary defects (academic qualification or proof of job seeker status) within 10 business days.
• Admitted candidates who must prepare their attendance at the exam on November 21 at the Institute of Fiscal Studies in Madrid.

Practical example

Suppose a candidate submitted her application to the selective process in July 2026 but did not attach the proof of job seeker status at the time of registration. When checking the provisional list published on September 7 in the BOE, she finds that she is listed as excluded for this reason.

She has a deadline of 10 business days from September 7, 2026 to provide that proof to the Under-Secretariat and request her inclusion in the final list of admitted candidates. If she does so within the deadline, she will be able to take the single exercise on November 21, 2026 at 10:00 a.m. at the Institute of Fiscal Studies in Madrid, with her ID or passport and black or blue ink pen, and without electronic devices.

If she does not act within the deadline, her exclusion will be final and she will be out of the selective process for this call.

What should candidates do now?

1. Check the provisional list on the BOE (published on September 7, 2026, reference BOE-A-2026-18724) to verify whether you are listed as admitted or excluded.
2. If you are excluded, act immediately: submit the missing documentation (academic qualification or proof of job seeker status) within 10 business days from September 7, 2026. Do not wait until the last day.
3. If you are admitted, prepare for exam attendance: note the date (November 21, 2026, 10:00 a.m.), the location (Institute of Fiscal Studies, Madrid) and mandatory documentation: valid ID or passport and black or blue ink pen.
4. Do not bring electronic devices to the exam room: the resolution expressly prohibits their use.
5. Stay alert for the final list of admitted and excluded candidates, which will be published after the remedy period and will confirm who can take the single exercise.

Official source

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Notice: This article is for informational purposes only and does not constitute legal advice. For specific decisions, consult a qualified professional. Source: https://www.boe.es/diario_boe/txt.php?id=BOE-A-2026-18724