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Form: no

Online procedure possible: no

Written form required: yes

Personal appearance necessary: no, but various school visits by the state education office

An approved alternative school which guarantees that it will permanently fulfil the conditions for approval without any significant objections may, at the request of the sponsor, be granted the status of a recognised alternative school by the Ministry responsible for schooling.

Recognised alternative schools are obliged to observe the provisions applicable to corresponding publicly funded schools when admitting and transferring pupils, obtaining qualifications and conducting examinations, unless the school authority has made other arrangements with the consent of the ministry responsible for schools. Pupils of recognised alternative schools may enter public schools of the same type without prior entrance examination; the provisions applicable to public schools shall apply mutatis mutandis. Certificates and transfer decisions of recognised alternative schools and the qualifications obtained there have the same validity as those of corresponding schools under public ownership.

Guarantee that the approval requirements are permanently fulfilled without significant objections

The application must be accompanied by the following documents:

1. an overview of the development of the number of pupils and the development of the number of teachers and the number and content of teacher training courses since the opening of the school,
2. proof of the implementation of the approved timetables of the respective educational programme, in the case of vocational training programmes, including the realisation of the internship requirements,
3. a report on the results of previous non-pupil examinations,
4. a report on the development of school premises and equipment, including teaching materials, and
5. a self-evaluation of the state of development of the pedagogical concept, insofar as deviations from the regulations of a corresponding school in public ownership or a special pedagogical concept have been approved.

• Primary schools, vocational schools and special schools with grades 1 to 6 à 570 Euro
• Vocational education and training courses with the exception of vocational schools and lower secondary education programmes including special schools à 920 euros
• Course leading to the general higher education entrance qualification at 1,260 euros

As of July 2021

The school authority must apply in writing to the licensing authority for the award of the status of a recognised alternative school. The procedure is carried out as a comprehensive multi-year accompanied procedure by the State Education Office.

The application shall be submitted for:

1. primary schools no later than 30 September of the school year in which recognition is sought,
2. general education schools in which a certificate is awarded in accordance with § 17 sec. 1 nos. 1 to 6 of the Brandenburg School Act, at the latest on 30 September of the school year preceding the school year in which recognition is sought,
3. vocational education and training leading to a final examination no later than 30 September of the school year preceding the school year in which recognition is sought, and
4. one-year vocational training courses not later than 30 September following the start of training.

The applications referred to in points 1 to 3 may be submitted at the earliest for the entry class into the programme. For number 2, this also applies to grades 7 and 8 in the case of simultaneous admission. The dates mentioned in sentence 1 nos. 1 to 4 do not preclude an earlier application.

Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport of the State of Brandenburg

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• § 123 Brandenburg School Act – BbgSchulG
• § 8 and § 9 Alternative School Licensing Ordinance – ESGAV

Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport of the State of Brandenburg

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