Repeating a grade is not the same in primary school as in secondary school. In primary school, it helps a student with difficulties fit in better with classmates born after them. It is evident that in early ages, a difference of eleven months can be noted in the degree of maturity. In primary school, it can be beneficial for consolidating literacy and detecting problems with dyslexia, dyscalculia, or attention deficit. It is the period in which any special need should be diagnosed; if it is done in secondary school, we are already working against the clock. In fact, the debate about inclusive schooling revolves around this: the sooner we detect individual needs, the sooner we will achieve optimal learning. Unfortunately, repeating primary school is not well regarded by parents, as they believe that their child will recover the lost learning over time. Normally, as the years go by, deficiencies become greater. There is the sorrow of friends, yes, but in the short term it can boost the student's self-esteem if they adapt to the level. Because in the long run, they will integrate into a new cohort of classmates and will probably graduate successfully. The secondary is not working

On the other hand, in secondary school, repetition does not seem so productive to me. In full adolescence, poor academic results are usually related more to their disruptive attitude than to learning difficulties. That is, we normally have support groups for students who, in secondary school, have significant content deficiencies without having to go through repetition obligatorily. If a student does not want to enter the role of "being a student", they could repeat infinitely and would surely burn through the promotions they encountered along the way. Therefore, in the cases of behavioral students, they are passed to the next grade even if they have failed everything. It is usually waited until the fourth year of ESO for them to repeat or enroll in a PFI (training and insertion program) and graduate outside of the institute.

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The school year ends and the closest horizon for students is the summer holidays, but a little further ahead, as the calendar progresses, there is the start of a new school year in September and meeting up with friends again. Taking a step forward and, in some cases, changing stages. But there are a few students for whom these holidays will only be the prelude to Groundhog Day, as they finish the school year knowing that the next one they will return to the same classroom, the same subjects, the same teachers, but with different classmates. While, years ago, it was a reality that was rarely questioned, now many variables are considered before making a student repeat a year. In fact, in Catalonia, it is only applied in studied and exceptional cases and when it has been proven to be the most beneficial option for the student.

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