Register your child at a secondary school

If you would like to register your child at a Hauptschule after elementary school, you can do this directly at the (nearest) Hauptschule/at the Hauptschule in your school district.

The Hauptschule comprises grades 5 to 9 and is an inclusive school at which a 10th grade can be established. 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 year 9, the Hauptschule can award the Hauptschulabschluss and the certificate of the special school with a focus on learning can be obtained.

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

For individual questions, please contact the school responsible for you or the school where you wish to register your child.

For individual questions, please contact the school responsible for you.

• 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 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.

This administrative service does not constitute an administrative act. For this reason, there is no legal remedy.

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, it may be possible to send the documents to the school by post.Registrations in the current school year are usually made in the middle of the year (for pedagogical 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.

There are no costs for the registration itself.

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.

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