Register at the secondary school
As a lower secondary school, the Oberschule comprises grades 5 to 10 and can be run with or without a grammar school program. At the school's discretion and within the framework of the specifications
- 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 school year onwards and must be predominantly school branch-related from the 9th school year 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 (gymnasiale Oberstufe).
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.
- Lower Saxony School Act (NSchG), in particular §9
- Circular The work in the secondary school
Remark: RdErl. of the MK of 21.5.2017 - 32-81028 - VORIS 22410
- Circular The work in elementary school
Remark: RdErl. D.MK of 01.08.2020 - 32.5 - 81020 - VORIS 22410
- Ordinance on qualifications at lower secondary level in general education schools including Waldorf schools (AVO - Sek I)
Remark: of April 7, 1994 in the version of 03.05.2016
Mandatory:
- Registration form from the receiving secondary school. You can collect the form from the school in advance or you can get 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, 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 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 legal 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.
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.
- 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
The text was automatically translated based on the German content.
Lower Saxony Ministry of Culture
The secondary school where you wish to register your child is responsible.
For individual questions, please contact the school responsible for you.
