Register for secondary school

Registering for school is always a big and important decision for your child's educational and life path.

Plan school enrollment

1. In order to plan enrollment in a secondary school, you must first be familiar with the educational law applicable in your place of residence. Because the conditions, time frames and processes of the specific registration are very different depending on the federal state.
2. The registration times and the legally correct process of school registration are always communicated by the school authorities. Most of the time you will even get a letter with all the information, but you can also ask a school or the school authority in your state directly.
3. At the open house, you and your child can take a look at schools that are eligible. You can then decide with a better conscience where to ultimately register your child. The distance, the school profile, any costs, the friends' choice of school - all these should be considered and, above all, your child must agree with the choice.
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4. Sometimes you have to enter a wish list of several possible schools in advance, in the order from the greatest wish down. Then, of course, only register your child there after you have re-registered and accepted a certain secondary school there.


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5. In some federal states there are still admission tests that children have to take before they can move to the new school. At other schools, a letter of motivation or a curriculum vitae is required when applying.

Go to the new school

1. There is always a fixed period in the first half of the year in which school registration can be carried out. Registration may be staggered so that certain School types how comprehensive schools and church schools must be registered in advance in order to accommodate rejected children in a second registration phase if necessary in normal schools.
2. You always have to fill out a written registration. You can get this form either at the old or new school in the secretariat or you can download it from the internet.
3. Usually, you and your child go to the school in person during the registration time and within the opening hours of the secretariat to register for the school.
4. To do this, you also need the half-year report card and possibly a recommendation or further confirmation about your child's further school career. Sometimes the original of the certificate is required, you may also need an ID.
5. In practice, a signature from a parent or legal guardian is usually sufficient for single parents.