An der Oberschule anmelden

If you would like to register your child at a secondary school after elementary school, you can do so directly at the (nearest) secondary school.

As a lower secondary school, the Oberschule comprises grades 5 to 10. It can be run with or without a grammar school program. At the school's discretion and within the framework of the requirements

• year-related (in school years 5 and 6),
• year-related in conjunction with subject differentiation at two or three levels of difficulty in the core subjects German, mathematics and English, or
• predominantly school branch-related (more than 50% of lessons are taught according to school form)

are taught.

The gymnasium program of a secondary school should be predominantly school branch-related from the 7th grade onwards and must be predominantly school branch-related from the 9th grade onwards.

Year-based teaching means that pupils are taught together in a class. Predominantly branch-based teaching means that pupils can be taught in separate school branches (Hauptschule branch, Realschule branch, possibly Gymnasium branch) or that teaching in non-gymnasium classes is predominantly school-based.

The aim of the Oberschule is to provide pupils with a basic, extended or in-depth general education and to enable them to specialize according to their abilities and inclinations. The secondary school strengthens basic skills, independent learning and promotes social learning in the classroom and through a shared school life. At the secondary school, pupils should acquire the qualifications with which they can continue their education in a vocational or academic context.

In years 9 and 10, the secondary school offers a practical vocational focus with measures for career guidance and vocational training, foreign languages, business, technology and health and social studies as well as preparation for attending the upper secondary school.

At the end of year 9, students at the secondary school can obtain the Hauptschulabschluss.

The following qualifications can be obtained at the end of year 10:

• Secondary school leaving certificate I - Hauptschulabschluss
• Secondary school leaving certificate I - Realschulabschluss
• Extended secondary school leaving certificate I, which entitles the holder to attend the upper secondary level at a grammar school, a comprehensive school or a vocational grammar school at a vocational college.

A secondary school can be run as an open, partially bound or fully bound all-day school.

Mandatory:

• Registration form from the receiving secondary school. You can pick up the form at the school beforehand or you will receive it directly when you come to register. As a rule, you can also download the form from the school's homepage or from the school authority.
• Report card from the 1st semester of the 4th year on the registration date and then the report card from the 2nd semester of the 4th year.
• Vaccination certificate or medical certificate (measles protection)
• If applicable, notice of assessment of special educational needs

after consultation with the school:

• If applicable, minutes of the counseling sessions at the elementary school (participation in sessions at the elementary school is not mandatory, i.e. bring along if necessary)
• If applicable, passport photo of the child for the school file
• Swimming badge, if applicable
• Birth certificate of the child, if applicable
• Certificate of registration, if applicable
• Certificate of custody, if applicable

• Power of attorney from one parent or guardian for the other, if applicable

• The pupil must have successfully completed year 4 (exception: the child has already repeated year 4. Then it moves up to year 5).
• The parents or legal guardians must have registered their child at the secondary school.

There are no costs for the registration itself.

Registration for a secondary school must be submitted directly to the secondary school that the child is to attend. The schools have fixed registration deadlines for this. In exceptional cases (e.g. coronavirus pandemic), it may be possible to send the documents to the school by post. Registration in the current school year in the event of a change of school type usually takes place at mid-year (for pedagogical reasons).

No processing time, registration takes place directly at the school.

• Registration period: at the earliest 10 weeks and at the latest 5 weeks before the start of the summer holidays
• The school authorities can determine a staggered registration procedure for the schools in their area of responsibility.

This administrative service does not constitute an administrative act. For this reason, there is no legal remedy.

• General schools: Admission to secondary school
• Registration takes place directly at the secondary school.
• Parents decide which school to register their child at.
• There are fixed registration dates set by the school.
• In elementary school, teachers advise parents twice in the 4th school year as to which secondary school is best suited to their child.
• There is an information event in the elementary school at the end of the 3rd school year or at the beginning of the 4th school year about the secondary schools.
• The parents are responsible for the registration.
• The school authority determines whether there are catchment areas.
• If there is only one secondary school in the school district, then there is no freedom of choice regarding this type of school, i.e. the child can only attend this secondary school. Alternatively, a Hauptschule, Realschule, Gesamtschule or Gymnasium can be chosen.

For individual questions, please contact the school responsible for you.

The secondary school where you wish to register your child is responsible.

• The schools have the necessary registration forms available.
• Online procedure possible: possible if necessary - e.g. due to the pandemic (e.g. download of registration documents)
• Written form required: yes
• Personal appearance required: generally yes