The Serpa Pinto General Education Group is a Priority Intervention Education Territory (PIET), located in the county of Cinfães, one of the poorest in the country with a family purchasing power index well below the national average. The group has about 200 employees (100 are teachers) and serves a population of about 1000 students, from pre-school to 9th grade. It also has a Centro Qualifica, with almost 500 registered adults, and has a Learning Support Center, consisting of a ICT Resource Center and a Multideficiency Support Unit, which supports dozens of schools in the Northern region in the Special Education area.

More than 80% of students benefit from financial support to study, with a very large number of pupils with learning difficulties and special educational needs. Currently, the School has Pluriannual Improvement Plan, with three priority intervention areas: 1. School Culture and Pedagogical Leadership; 2. Curricular Management (Autonomy and Flexibility); 3. Partnerships and Community.

Our main priority is to mprove in terms of the practical component of the subjects, reinforcing the "know-how" and citizenship components.

Cinfães is a small village of Viseu district with about 3500 inhabitants. The county has about 22000 inhabitants spread over more than 100 villages. The main village is located between the Montemuro Mountains in the north and the Douro River in the south.

The landscape is dominated by very irregular relief, with many elevations, valleys and rivers, dominating the green vegetation. Agriculture and animal husbandry are important economic activities through the rurality of the region.