Teacher Oppositions 2026: requirements, phases and how to access permanent position

Key data

Graduates in Teaching or Degree in Primary and Early Childhood Education who aspire to a stable civil service position should pay attention to this call published on April 9, 2026. The Resolution of April 7, 2026 from the General Directorate of Personnel and Teacher Training, dependent on the Department of Education, Vocational Training, Physical Activity and Sports, activates the selective procedure for entry into the Teaching Corps (reference BOE-A-2026-7980).

This is not a call for temporary positions or job pools: the objective is access to a permanent career civil service position in public centers of the calling autonomous community. For those who have spent years preparing for oppositions or accumulating teaching experience, this is the process that converts that trajectory into definitive job stability.

What does this regulation establish?

The call regulates the complete selective procedure for entry into the Teaching Corps. It establishes the bases of the process, access requirements, positions offered and phases that applicants must pass. The process is structured in two differentiated phases:

To participate, applicants must meet two types of requirements:

• General requirements for access to the civil service (nationality, age, functional capacity, qualification for the exercise of public functions, among others).
• Specific requirements of the Teaching Corps: qualifying qualification (Teaching or Degree in Primary or Early Childhood Education).

Passing the complete process —both phases— entails appointment as a career civil servant with assignment in public centers of the calling autonomous community. This implies full job stability, civil service rights and access to the teaching professional career system.

Economic and operational impact

For applicants, the impact of this call is direct and significant. Accessing a position as a career civil servant in the Teaching Corps means moving from the uncertainty of temporary employment —with annual contracts, forced mobility and no guarantee of continuity— to a permanent employment relationship with the State.

From an economic perspective, career civil servant teachers receive compensation regulated by the budgets of the corresponding autonomous community, with position supplements, seniority and other concepts that accumulate over years of service. Compensation stability and progression by three-year periods are direct economic advantages compared to the temporary employee situation.

For public educational centers and the calling administration, this call has relevant operational impact: it reduces dependence on temporary staff, improves workforce planning and guarantees pedagogical continuity in centers.

Who does it affect?

This call directly affects the following profiles:

• Graduates in Teaching (qualification prior to the Bologna Plan) who meet the requirements for access to the civil service.
• Graduates in Primary Education from any Spanish or foreign university with homologated qualification.
• Graduates in Early Childhood Education with recognized qualifying qualification.
• Temporary teachers currently in service who wish to consolidate their status as career civil servants.
• Applicants with no prior experience who have completed their training and meet the general requirements for access to the civil service.

It does not affect secondary school teachers, vocational training or other university teaching corps, which have their own differentiated selective processes.

Practical example

A graduate in Primary Education with three years of experience as a temporary teacher in the calling autonomous community can apply for this call by providing their qualifying qualification and meeting the general requirements for access to the civil service.

In the opposition phase they must pass the knowledge tests established in the call bases. If they pass, they access the competition phase, where those three years of teaching experience accredited as temporary are evaluated as merit, improving their position in the final ranking order.

If they pass both phases and obtain a position, they are appointed career civil servant of the Teaching Corps with assignment in a public center of the calling autonomous community. From that moment, their employment relationship with the administration is permanent and their compensation is governed by civil service salary tables, with progression by three-year periods and position supplements.

What should applicants do now?

1. Verify compliance with requirements: Check that you have the qualifying qualification (Teaching or Degree in Primary or Early Childhood Education) and that you meet the general requirements for access to the civil service before initiating any procedure.
2. Consult the complete official call: Access the full text in the Official Gazette (BOE-A-2026-7980) to review the specific bases, number of positions offered, applicable syllabi and application submission deadlines.
3. Prepare merit documentation: Compile and accredit all merits valued in the competition phase: prior teaching experience, additional training, homologated courses and other merits established by the bases.
4. Submit the application within the deadline: Complete and send the participation application within the deadline established in the call. Submission outside the deadline implies automatic exclusion from the process.
5. Prepare for knowledge tests: Study the official syllabus corresponding to the specialty you are applying for, as the opposition phase is eliminatory and conditions access to the competition phase.