0 to 3 years
Nursery. It does not belong to the Ministry of Education: this is a social-care network, with places and means-tested support from Social Security.
Education in the municipality
Schools and creches
The municipality's state and private networks, and what the rankings actually say.
- agrupamentos
- 5
- secondary schools
- 3
Where to start
It depends on idade
Each stage has a different network and its own enrolment rules.
3 to 6 years
Pre-school. This is education proper: state kindergartens sit inside the school groupings.
6 to 15 years
Basic education, cycles 1 to 3. The school is assigned by the grouping's catchment area.
15 to 18 years
Upper secondary. It is the only stage with national exams — and therefore the only one with a ranking.
State network
School groupings of schools
A grouping brings several schools under one management, from pre-school to the 3rd cycle. You apply to the grouping, not to an individual school.
Autonomy contract
Agrupamento de Escolas Grão Vasco
City-centre grouping, from pre-school to the 3rd cycle.
Código oficial 161858
Autonomy contract
Agrupamento de Escolas Infante D. Henrique
Based in Repeses, next to the Polytechnic campus.
Código oficial 161860
Agrupamento de Escolas de Viso
Serves the Viso area and the parishes north of the centre.
Código oficial 161871
Agrupamento de Escolas Viseu Norte
Covers the parishes in the north of the municipality.
Código oficial 160635
TEIP · Autonomy contract
Agrupamento de Escolas de Mundão
A priority-intervention educational territory (TEIP), with reinforced support.
Código oficial 160593
State network
Standalone secondary schools
Three secondary schools with their own management, outside the groupings.
Escola Secundária Alves Martins
The city's oldest secondary school, in the centre.
Código oficial 400002
Escola Secundária Emídio Navarro
Secondary school with vocational and technical courses.
Código oficial 401626
Autonomy contract
Escola Secundária Viriato
In Abraveses, serving the north of the city.
Código oficial 402977
State network
Public vocational education
There is no standalone public vocational school in the municipality — the official network of school groupings confirms it. Public vocational education arrives by three other routes.
Upper secondary
Vocational courses in secondary schools
This is the main route. State secondary schools run level-4 vocational courses, with a work placement and equivalence to the 12th year. The offer changes every year and is confirmed school by school.
Free
IEFP — Employment and Vocational Training Centre
The municipality's public training centre, in the Coimbrões industrial park. It combines the employment and training services: apprenticeship courses for young people, adult requalification and certified modular training.
Higher education
Polytechnic — CTeSP
Just beyond secondary: the Polytechnic of Viseu's short-cycle technical courses (CTeSP) are public level-5 vocational training, lasting two years with a work placement.
List and codes from the DGAE's official 2025/26 network of school groupings, filtered for the Viseu municipality. Enrolment is done on the Portal das Matrículas, within the deadlines announced each year.
Private network
Private schools in Viseu
Private schools and private vocational education, with enrolment made directly at the school.
Private
Colégio da Via-Sacra
A school in central Viseu, on Rua Cónego António Barreiros. Enrolment opens each school year, directly at the school.
Private
Colégio da Imaculada Conceição
Run by the Dorothean Sisters, on Rua Nossa Senhora de Fátima. The congregation has been in the city for over a century.
Vocational
Escola Profissional Mariana Seixas
Private vocational education at the Solar dos Viscondes de Treixedo, on Rua Direita. Upper-secondary courses in health, IT, catering, sport, multimedia and beauty, plus adult training.
Is a school missing here?
We list the schools we could confirm in an official source. We do not use Google Maps for this list: Maps does not tell state and private schools apart, and we do not want to mislabel any. If you know another one, tell us.
Association contract
Some private schools have had public funding through an association contract, which changes the fees. Check the current situation with the school before counting on it.
Zero to three
Nurseries and infant care
A nursery is social care, not schooling. There are three kinds, and the difference you feel most is the price.
Means-tested
Non-profit and charitable
The largest share of places in Viseu. They hold an agreement with Social Security and the monthly fee is calculated from household income.
Pública
State and municipal network
Fewer places and high demand. Applications open on fixed dates and places are allocated by priority criteria.
Privada
For-profit private nurseries
The nursery sets the fee, with no means-tested support. They usually have places sooner and longer opening hours.
See every provider in the municipality
Carta Social is the official register of nurseries, with each one's legal status and capacity. It is the complete, up-to-date list.
Zero to three
Creches no mapa
Moradas, horários e classificações atuais do Google Maps. A vaga confirma-se sempre com a creche.
Ratings come from Google Maps. Check opening hours and conditions before travelling.
Rankings
What the ranking measures
And, more to the point, what it does not measure. Worth knowing before choosing a school by a number.
It only exists for upper secondary
The national ranking is built from national exam averages. Since exams only exist in upper secondary, nurseries, pre-school and basic education have no ranking at all — not in Viseu, not anywhere in the country.
There is more than one ranking
One ranks by raw exam average; another, the value-added ranking, compares each school with others of similar socioeconomic background. The same school lands in very different positions depending on the maths.
It measures results, not the whole school
The number says nothing about pupils' progress, inclusion, atmosphere or distance from home. A mid-table school can be the right one for a particular child.
Where to see the official figures
Infoescolas is the DGEEC portal, run by the Ministry of Education itself: results by school and by cycle, with the socioeconomic context alongside. It is the source, not the news story about the source.
We do not publish each school's position here: it changes every year and depends on the methodology. We would rather send you to the official source, where the number comes with its context.