Pruebas de acceso a FP (Grado Medio y Grado Superior)

What you need at hand

1. DNI/NIE valid. 2) Cl@ve/certificado digital to sign online. 3) Card or bank account to pay the fee. 4) Papers for exemptions/adaptations if you’ll use them. 5) Some uninterrupted time: the sede on the last day is chaotic.

Documentation

• Solicitud oficial of your CCAA (filled in its sede electrónica).
• Justificante de tasa paid (NRC or resguardo). The carta de pago is generated by the sede.
• Certificado de empadronamiento if the convocatoria limits to residents (not all do).
• Acreditaciones para exenciones: work experience, Certificado de Profesionalidad, passed modules, or previous tests.
• Documentos de exención de tasas: familia numerosa, disability ≥33%, victims.
• Informe para adaptaciones if you need special measures.

Step by step

1. Find your convocatoria on https://www.todofp.es and go to your CCAA’s sede (eg: Madrid https://sede.comunidad.madrid, Andalucía https://www.juntadeandalucia.es/servicios/procedimientos.html, Catalunya https://educacio.gencat.cat). Check dates, fees and syllabus.
2. Fill the online solicitud with Cl@ve/certificado. Tick if you request exemptions (common/specific parts) or adaptations.
3. Generate the carta de pago (modelo de tasas autonómico, typically Modelo 046 or 030) and pay online or at the bank. Download the NRC/resguardo.
4. Attach the payment proof and the rest of documents. Sign and register; download the resguardo PDF.
5. Watch the provisional list: if you appear “excluido”, alega within the deadline by uploading the missing paper. Wait for the definitive list with tribunal and exam centre.
6. Exam: bring DNI, allowed materials and arrive early. If there’s a parte específica, confirm which subjects apply to your familia profesional.
7. Results and appeals: check grades; if needed, reclama in time. Request/download the certificado of apto to later apply for FP admission.

Time-savers

• Pay the fee online and upload the NRC straight away; you’ll avoid bank trips and lost slips.
• Upload one PDF per item (scan clean, legible, not crooked). Fewer excuses to exclude you.
• Mock exam: download past papers from your CCAA’s site; the format repeats and calms nerves.
• Plan B: if your CCAA fills exam slots, try another CCAA with different dates (they’re valid the same for access).
• Big calendar: note registration, provisional list, definitive, exam and appeal dates. Deadlines are short and there’s no safety net.

Common mistakes that can mess it up

• Not paying or uploading the wrong fee (two cartas de pago same day and you attach the old one). Out of the list.
• Requesting adaptations late. They won’t give them afterwards.
• Mixing up ages: for Superior at 18 you must be a Técnico; otherwise you wait until 19.
• Showing up without allowed material or with a banned calculator. They’ll make you store it and you’ll lose time.
• Thinking passing gives you a place. You still need the admission process for the cycle in your CCAA, with its own dates and priorities.