Enrol a child at a secondary school
The Hauptschule comprises grades 5 to 9, and a 10th grade can be set up at it. Attendance of a 10th grade at the Hauptschule is voluntary.
The pupils receive a basic general education. The students learn the basics. The students learn the basic skills in an action-related way with all their senses. From the 6th and 8th grades, students decide on a specific elective subject and can thus set priorities that correspond to their interests. English is the first foreign language from the 5th year onwards. From the 9th grade onwards, mathematics and English are taught in the specialist courses G and E.
Students learn how to work independently. The students get to know professions. The pupils receive a career orientation. Vocational orientation and vocational training measures are carried out for at least a total of 80 days (practical days).
At the end of the 9th grade, the Hauptschulabschluss can be obtained at the Hauptschule.
Attendance of the 10th grade is voluntary.
At the end of the 10th grade, the following qualifications can be obtained:
- Secondary school leaving certificate I - Secondary school leaving certificate
- Secondary school leaving certificate I – secondary school leaving certificate
- Extended lower secondary school leaving certificate, which entitles the holder to attend the upper secondary school at the grammar school or to attend a vocational grammar school at a vocational school
Process flow
Registration at a secondary school must be submitted directly to the secondary school that the child is to attend. The schools have fixed registration dates for this. In exceptional cases (e.g. Corona pandemic), the documents may also be sent to the school by post. Registration in the current school year in the event of a change of school type usually takes place at the end of the semester (pedagogical reasons).
Depending on the school authority, registration can also be made via the form of the school authority.
Who should I contact?
If you have any individual questions, please contact the school responsible for you.
Competent authority
The secondary school at which you would like to register your child is responsible.
Requirements
- The pupil must have successfully completed the 4th grade (exception: the child has already repeated the 4th grade. Then it moves up to grade 5).
- The parents or guardians must have registered their child in the Hauptschule.
Which documents are required?
Mandatory:
- Registration form of the receiving 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, the form can also be downloaded from the homepage of the school or the school authority.
- Certificate from the 1st semester of the 4th school year on the registration date and then the report 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 counselling sessions in primary school (non-compulsory participation in discussions in GS, i.e. bring with you if necessary)
- If applicable, passport photo of the child for the school file
- If applicable, swimming badges
- If applicable, birth certificate of the child
- If applicable, registration certificate
- If applicable, certificate of custody
If applicable, power of attorney of one legal guardian for the other
What are the fees?
There are no costs for the registration itself.
What deadlines do I have to pay attention to?
Registration period: at the earliest 10 weeks and at the latest 5 weeks before the start of the summer holidays
The school authorities may determine a staggering of the registration procedure for the schools in their area of responsibility.
Processing duration
No processing time, registration takes place directly at the school.
Legal basis
Lower Saxony School Act (NSchG)
Circular: Work in the Hauptschule
Circular: Work in primary school
Ordinance on the alternation between school years and school types of general education schools
Applications / forms
- The schools provide the necessary registration forms.
- Online procedure possible: possible if necessary – e.g. due to the pandemic (e.g. download of registration documents)
- Written form required: yes
- Personal appearance necessary: basically yes
Appeal
This administrative service does not constitute an administrative act. For this reason, there is no legal remedy.
What else should I know?
The transition 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 moving (e.g. after a change of federal state or after a change of catchment area) is not part of the service description.
Technically approved by
Lower Saxony Ministry of Culture
Author
The text was automatically translated based on the German content.
