Register your child at a secondary school
The Hauptschule comprises grades 5 to 9, and a 10th grade can be added. Attending a 10th grade at the Hauptschule is voluntary.
Pupils receive a basic general education. Pupils learn basic knowledge. Pupils learn basic skills with all their senses. From the 6th and 8th grades, pupils choose a specific compulsory elective subject and can thus focus on subjects that correspond to their interests. English is the first foreign language from year 5. From year 9 onwards, mathematics and English are taught in the specialized courses G and E.
Pupils learn how to work independently. Pupils learn about professions. Pupils receive career guidance. Vocational orientation and vocational training measures are carried out for a total of at least 80 days (practical days).
At the end of the 9th school year, the Hauptschulabschluss can be obtained at the Hauptschule.
Attendance of year 10 is voluntary.
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 or a vocational grammar school at a vocational college, among other things
- Lower Saxony School Act (NSchG)
- Circular The work in the Hauptschule
Remark: RdErl. of the MK of 21.5.2017 - 32-81 023/1 - VORIS 22410
- Ordinance on qualifications at lower secondary level in general education schools, including independent Waldorf schools (AVO - Sek I)
Remark: of April 7, 1994 in the version of 03.05.2016
- Ordinance on the transfer between school years and types of general education schools
Remark: of May 3, 2016 (Nds. GVBl. No. 5/2016 p. 82), amended by Art. 2 of the ordinance of August 12, 2016 (Nds. GVBl. No. 10/2016 p. 149), of May 24, 2017 (Nds. GVBl. No. 9/2017 p. 163; SVBl. 7/2017 p. 390), from 1.11.2018 (Nds. GVBl. No. 15/2018 p. 234; SVBl. 12/2018 p. 694) and Art. 1 of the regulation from 23.9.2020 (Nds. GVBl. No. 33/2020 p. 332; SVBl. 10/2020 p. 482) - VORIS 22410
Mandatory:
- Registration form from the host secondary school. You can pick up the form at the school beforehand or you can get it directly when you come to register. As a rule, you can also download the form from the homepage of the school or the school authority.
- Report card from the 1st semester of the 4th school year on the registration date and then the report card from the 2nd semester of the 4th school year.
- Vaccination certificate or medical certificate (measles protection)
- If applicable, notification of special educational needs
after consultation with the school:
- If applicable, minutes of the counseling sessions at the elementary school (participation in sessions at primary 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 the 4th school year (exception: the child has already repeated the 4th school year. Then he/she moves up to year 5).
- The parents or legal guardians must have registered their child at the Hauptschule.
There are no costs for the registration itself.
Registration for a Hauptschule must be submitted directly to the Hauptschule 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 (educational reasons).
Depending on the school authority, registration can also be made using the school authority's form.
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 vacation
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.
- The schools have the necessary registration forms available.
- Online procedure possible: possibly possible - e.g. due to the pandemic (e.g. download of registration documents)
- Written form required: yes
- Personal appearance required: generally yes
The transfer from another type of secondary school to the Hauptschule (e.g. Realschule to Hauptschule, Oberschule to Hauptschule, etc.) is not part of the service description.
The admission of a pupil to the Hauptschule after relocation (e.g. after a change of federal state or after a change of catchment area) is not part of the service description.
The text was automatically translated based on the German content.
Lower Saxony Ministry of Culture
The secondary school where you would like to register your child is responsible.
For individual questions, please contact the school responsible for you.
