Following a four-year course preparing for General Certificate of Secondary Education (GCSE), where students sit for final examinations at the age of 16.

Students can take on up to 10 GCSE subjects including the core 5 (English, mathematics, science, religious studies and Spanish).

Students willing to continue their studies after taking their GCSEs can move onto sixth form (in the same school) providing they have obtained a minimum requirement of 4 subject passes at grade C or higher (generally including English and mathematics).

[6] From 2021 students are eligible for the UK Turing scheme, with the government of Gibraltar willing to contribute to costs if the placement is a requirement of the university course.

[7] All teacher-training takes place in British universities and colleges, where students can opt to enrol on a teaching degree or a Post Graduate Certificate of Education (PGCE).

Students obtaining Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) in any constituent country of the United Kingdom and who have a registration number issued by the DfES (UK) is eligible to teach in Gibraltar.

The Jews eventually withdrew on religious grounds and Rule was involved when the Lieutenant Governor Sir William Houston set up the first official free school on Flat Bastion Road in 1832 and he sent his own children there.