Which secondary school is right for your child? Here parents can find all the important information at a glance – including the profiles of the high schools.
During these weeks, parents of fourth graders will find out what type of school the class teacher sees their child attending. Then they have to make the decision: which school should they enroll them in? The only thing that should be clear to most parents at the moment are the dates: registration at state schools must take place from March 9th to 12th. Exception: the child is gifted.
Registration for the admission process for the gifted trainees is due in February. Friday, February 6th and Monday, February 9th are the deadlines for trains at Karls-Gymnasium and Queen-Katharina-Stift. You must also have registered for the admission process for the highly gifted musical group at the Eberhard-Ludwigs-Gymnasium by Monday, February 9th.
Brochure for secondary schools
However, the majority of children are of course not gifted. And depending on the primary school recommendation, parents have to choose between quite a few schools in Stuttgart. In the state capital alone, there are 25 state schools, 15 secondary schools, eight community schools and seven vocational secondary schools. What do the different schools offer?
The city of Stuttgart has published its own brochure for this purpose, which can be downloaded here. All secondary schools in Stuttgart can be found in the PDF – the independent schools are also listed. You can find out the address, website, whether it is an all-day school and the most important offers that make up the school, including which countries there is a student exchange with. In the case of the Johannes Kepler High School, the students can even go to Qingdao in China. In its entry, the Dillmann-Gymnasium refers, among other things, to its choirs, orchestras, the theater group and its “debating”, i.e. debating in English. The Eschbach-Gymnasium is not only a cultural school, but also has, among other things, a goat stable. Others score points with their wind music classes, robotics groups and various language diplomas. The Karls-Gymnasium now has a special unique selling point in Stuttgart: it is the only high school that still offers a G-8 train.
High school profiles at a glance
Interesting for parents whose child will go to a high school: the profiles and which schools can be assigned to them are listed on a separate page in the brochure. The list also includes independent high schools. The following profiles are available:
- the scientific profile from grade 8 onwards
- the linguistic profile
- the music profile
- the art profile
- the sports profile
- English bilingual from grade 5
- German-Italian with double degree (Abitur and Maturita)
- German-French with double degree (Abitur and Baccalauréat)
In the event that the child has not received a recommendation for high school (and does not (successfully) take the potential test), the question arises as to whether it should go to a secondary school, a community school or a vocational secondary school. The latter only leads to a secondary school leaving certificate. It remains to be seen whether this type of school will remain in Stuttgart in the long term. The city’s plans to close down secondary schools are currently on hold.
At the secondary school, learning takes place at an intermediate level in grade 5; from grade 6 onwards there is also the option of switching to the basic level. At the community school, on the other hand, children from grade 5 learn at all three levels – including at the extended, i.e. high school level.
Here is the link to the information about secondary schools:
