Application Process

Places at our school are allocated on the basis of a selection process passed through the school's application committee. By the given learning requirements of the children, our applications committee makes a decision according to the following criteria:

• A balanced ratio of students who have German and English at first language level respectively.
• A balanced ratio of boys and girls.
• Language, cultural and social diversity in the school.

We assume that you as parents have a high interest in the good education and care of your children. We expect your willingness to personally adopt this and work actively with us.

In our primary school, we accept children who demonstrate an adequate language competence in their first language German or English and therefore we assume they are able to successfully participate in bilingual lessons in German and English. Some language proficiency in the other language is preferable but is not a mandatory condition of admission. We do not wish to exclude any linguistically gifted children from the ages of six years old from a bilingual education.

We establish, with the help of a short entrance exam in groups of 10 children, an impression of the individual learning requirements of each child. The results of the diagnostic entrance exam will be documented and will form the foundation of an individual development plan and the education and development work with the students in our school. Further elements of the application process and the mutual decision making are as follows: an open house day in September/October with an information session, the submission of all documents by the parents as well as an admission interview with school management, parents and child.

You will obtain a legal contract with PLATANUS SCHULE BERLIN after completing the following 7 steps. 

• 1. You register your child by filling out our online application form for a place at our school.
• 2. We will confirm your registration and send you a written application form and a list of all the required documents per email.
• 3. You send us the written application form and all required documents, according to the list.
• 4. We invite your child to the entrance exam. 
• 5. We probably invite you for a personal interview with the head of school.
• 6. We inform you at about the results of place allocations at the school.
• 7. You sign the school contract and the after school supervision contract.

The application period for the school year 2012/2013 begins on 1 September 2011. The application interviews take place in January and February 2012. The allocation of school places will be decided latest in March 2012.