An athletic school is a school whereobligatory weekly schedule of sports classes consists of at least 16 hours.An athletic school implements a primary school programme, a lower secondary school programme or an upper secondary school for youth programme and conducts sports training in one or several sports disciplines, in at least one section, in at least three consecutivegrades of a given type of school.

The number of pupils in an athletic school sectiondepends on the possibility of assembling pupils at a similar sporting level.