Compulsory education
All children who have reached the age of six by a fixed deadline will be required to attend school at the beginning of the following school year.
At the request of the legal guardians, younger children can be admitted to school if they have the necessary physical and mental ability to attend school and are sufficiently developed in their social behavior. School-age children who are not yet sufficiently developed physically, mentally or in their social behaviour can be deferred by one year. They may be required to attend a school kindergarten to promote their development.
The cut-off date for compulsory schooling in Lower Saxony will be moved in three steps from 30 June of each year to 30 September. In order to give school authorities and parents enough time to adapt to the change, children who had reached the age of six by 31 July 2010 were required to attend school for the first time in 2010. In 2011, the cut-off date will be 31 August and from 2012 30 September. That is, becoming obligated to attend school
- at the beginning of the 2011/2012 school year, all children who reach the age of six in the period from 1 August 2010 to 31 August 2011,
- At the beginning of the 2012/2013 school year, all children who reach the age of six by 30 September (2012).
From 2012 onwards, the new version of the Lower Saxony School Act (NSchG) will be applied for the first time and will then apply accordingly for the following school years - the cut-off date is then 30 September.
Compulsory schooling generally lasts 12 school years. It is divided into at least nine years of full-time compulsory education in primary and lower secondary education. Subsequently, compulsory schooling in upper secondary education is fulfilled by attending a general education or vocational school or, for trainees, by attending vocational school. It can also be shortened in individual cases.
Exceptions may be allowed if students skipped a school year or attended a school abroad. The duration of a deferral of school attendance as well as the third school year in the entrance level can be counted towards the school period. The duration of a suspension of compulsory schooling is also taken into account.
Further information:
Who should I contact?
The responsibility lies with the school where you want to enroll your child.
Responsible authorities
Fachbereich Personal, Bildung und Kultur
Timetable
Timetable
Contact
- Haselünne:
- Additional services for children with disabilities in crèches and kindergartens Authorisation
- Admission to secondary schools Advice
- Adult education
- Adult evening classes
- All-day schools
- Carrying out school dental check-ups
- Compulsory education
- Day care
- Enrollment of a child in elementary school
- Entitlement to a place in a day-care centre
- Exemptions on Sundays and public holidays
- Family and children's services
- General schools: Admission - grammar school
- Library
- Markets and festivals
- Municipal honours
- Municipal offers for children and young people
- Municipal sports facilities
- Municipal sports promotion
- Music school
- Public holidays: approval - of exceptions to the general rest period
- Recreational areas and facilities municipal
- Register at the secondary school
- Register your child at a secondary school
- Register your child at a secondary school
- Safety on the way to school
- School performance: assessment
- School trips, school trips and comparable trips of day-care centres: reimbursement - of costs according to SGB II
- Second-chance school
- Special school
- Training/ Employment in public administration
- Truancy
- general education schools Admission to comprehensive school
Which documents are required?
Documents are required. Please contact the competent authority.
What are the fees?
There are no fees.
What deadlines do I have to pay attention to?
Deadlines must be observed. Please contact the competent authority.
What else should I know?
This procedure can also be handled by a "Point of Single Contact". The "Point of Single Contact" is a special service offered by the municipalities and the state for service providers.
For more information, see: Administrative service as a single body
Legal basis
Author
The text was automatically translated based on the German content.