Daycare & School

There are daycare centers in every town and municipality in the district of Central Saxony. In addition, numerous childminders offer individual childcare for children up to the age of 3. The daycare providers decide on the allocation of free childcare places. Parents must therefore contact the daycare center to find out whether there are any places available.

The daycare information system provides an overview of all daycare facilities and childminders in the district of Central Saxony, including contact details. This can be found online here.

If you have any questions about child daycare, the Child Daycare and Support Department can also provide advice. It can be reached here.

Many questions about daycare centers are answered by the "Bildungswegweiser Kita", which you can find here on the website. In addition to German, it is also available in English, Arabic, Persian, Russian, French and Spanish.

There are 73 elementary school, 29 secondary schools, 13 grammar schools, 14 special schools and 13 vocational schools in Central Saxony. An overview of all schools can be found here online.

Parents are responsible for registering their children for school. The specific registration process depends on the place of residence.

When a child is required to attend school (at around 6 years of age), parents must register them at the elementary school one year before they start school. When registering for elementary school, a medical examination, the so-called school entrance examination, is mandatory.

In order to ensure that foreign children succeed at school, especially if they do not yet speak German, school integration in the federal state of Saxony takes place in three stages:

• First, lessons take place in preparatory classes,

• This is followed by further lessons in preparatory classes and partial integration into mainstream classes,

• Finally, integration takes place in regular classes with additional support.

The federal state of Saxony offers an online registration procedure for newly arrived pupils who are already of school age. Children and young people of school age whose language of origin is not German or not exclusively German can register from the second half of the school year via an online portal portal. Documents such as a birth certificate, vaccination card or documents relating to previous school attendance are required.

General information on the school system in Saxony, types of school, educational content, support programs, etc. can be found at https://www.schule.sachsen.de/ .

Many questions about school can also be answered by the "Bildungswegweiser Schule", which you can download here on the website. In addition to German, it is also available in English, Arabic, Persian, Russian, French and Spanish.