Jerez de la Frontera is the most populated city in the province of Cádiz, Andalusia, with 213.231 inhabitants (INE 2023), and 5th in Andalusia. It is part of the Mancomunidad de la Bahía de Cádiz and is the seat of a judicial district. Its geographical location in the plains of the Campiña de Jerez allows it a capacity for urban expansion and transport interconnection, which cities on the coast - such as the provincial capital Cadiz - lack. Thus, it is a communications hub in the province of Cádiz (hosts the provincial airport) and an industrial and agricultural centre. The territory between the valleys of the Guadalquivir and Guadalete rivers, where it is located, is very fertile. The municipality of Jerez de la Frontera covers 1188.14 km², the second largest in Andalusia. Since 2009 it has been governed by the Law of Large Andalusian Cities (Law 2/2008, of 10 December), and is administratively divided into 7 districts. The Rural District includes 27 rural neighbourhoods not belonging to any of the seven pedanías (rural parishes). Its economy is based on the wine industry (D.O.), which results in an important urban-architectural heritage of wineries, with the presence of other food industries such as the sugar industry and agricultural activities.

The historical situation in Jerez is particular, especially in the Andalusian context. During the Civil War, the city remained far from the front lines and, supported by the wine industry, experienced an important upward cycle (Aladro Prieto, 2004). This means that, during the Civil War and post-war period - sometimes referred to as the ‘economic blockade’ (OSH, 1957) - public works continued to be built in Jerez, when in other cities hardly any works prior to 1945 can be identified, with very important complexes and buildings as early as the schools of Al-Ándalus (1939) or Isabel La Católica (1949), the San Juan Grande Hospital or the Regional Hygiene Centre (1942), or the La Plata (1943-1949) and San José del Valle (1943-1949) neighbourhoods. The economic opening of the 1950s meant the proliferation of large neighbourhoods such as Federico Mayo (1955), La Constancia (1953), La Vid (1955) or La Asunción (1958) to address the problem of lack of housing already identified in the 1930s which ‘(...) had become pressing and Cuadra himself in 1940 recognised the seriousness of the problem in the text justifying the Ensanche project: “true overcrowding of housing which has created the most acute problem in the city”’ (Aladro Prieto 2004).

During the following decades, Jerez continued to grow exponentially, multiplying residential areas and, associated with the various areas of expansion, school groups. Particularly noteworthy are the examples of the Pilot Plan of the Province of Cádiz, within the Andalusian Emergency Plan, for the implementation of schools adapted to the General Education Act of 1970 in areas with a school deficit, such as the Andrés de Rivera (1971), Antonio de Nebrija (1972) or Ernesto Olivares (1972) centres. The province of Cádiz, and particularly the territory of Jerez, are fertile grounds for experimentation in school architecture, as seen in the construction of Prefabricated Experimental Centers in IES La Campiña y IES Vega del Guadalete, developed by Fundación Leoz and fostered by the Moncloa Pacts.