Compulsory education

Do you have a six-year-old child? Then compulsory schooling begins for this.

All children who finish the age of six by 31 August are required to attend school in the same year. At the request of the guardians, younger children can be admitted to school if, as a result of their development, it is expected that they will participate successfully in the lessons. This includes children who have not yet reached the age of 6 and are born after 31.08.

A deferral from school attendance is possible for school-aged children for important reasons once at the request of the parents. As a rule, it should only be carried out if this is necessary for health reasons. These children can be supported in a school kindergarten or a day care centre.

• Your child has reached the age of 6 by 31.08.
• Your child's residence is in Rhineland-Palatinate

There is also a duty to attend school for children of asylum seekers and children and young people who have applied for asylum without their parents in Rhineland-Palatinate, who have applied for asylum as soon as they are assigned to a municipality in Rhineland-Palatinate and as long as their stay is permitted.