Authority for Schools, Family and Vocational Training

Admission to a preschool class

Would you like to enroll your child in a preschool class?


Registration always takes place at the respective desired school.

Detailed description

Would you like to enroll your child in preschool?



Registration for the preschool class begins with the interview of the four-and-a-half-year-olds at the school in November and usually ends at the end of January. The exact dates are always announced by the schools at the end of the year.



Registration for class 1 also takes place directly at the desired primary school in January. The exact deadlines will be announced by the primary schools at the end of the year.



In Hamburg, you can choose whether your child should attend preschool at a daycare center (Kita) or a preschool class at a primary school in the last year before starting school.



The regional primary school invites the parents and their child to an interview.



The preschools in Hamburg are merely an offer and not a service to which one is entitled - unless there is a need for language support according to Section 28a of the Hamburg School Act (HmbSG).



Attending a preschool class does not automatically lead to admission to the 1st grade at the same school.



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Information

Prerequisites

  • Date of birth of the child
  • intellectual, mental, physical and linguistic development

Documents required

For more information, please contact the school of your choice.

Please note

There are no clues or special features

Deadlines

An application must be submitted during the so-called registration period, which is published annually by the Authority for Schools and Vocational Education and the primary schools.

Procedure

The legal guardians submit the application to the respective school of choice.

Processing time

You will receive more detailed information about registration dates and the timetable directly from the respective school.

Fees

No

Address and contact information

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Keywords: Back to school Admission to primary school

Last updated: 10.10.2026