Primary The is followed by six years in . Kindergarten • Places are allocated near home address • Holistic in a wide range of subjects starts with two years of kindergarten. • French is introduced from the 3rd primary year and English from the 5th • Places are allocated near home address • Mon. – Fri., 8 – 12.15 hrs and one to three afternoons 14 – 15.45/16.30 hrs The • Educational development through play • School reports from the 1st year, grades from the 5th year onwards • Mon. – Fri., 8 – 12 hrs and one afternoon 14 – 16 hrs • After school care and lunchtime supervision available at additional cost • Yearly report and parent- meeting www.volksschulen.bs.ch/primarschule Education • After school care and lunchtime supervision available at additional cost System www.volksschulen.bs.ch/kindergarten

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Kinder- Primary School Secondary garten (Primarschule) School and Training Baccalaureate (Sekundarschule) (Berufliche Grundbildung) and Three Vocational Education German before performance Upper Secondary Com- Kindergarten levels: mercial and IT School At the end of compulsory ­ education young people either German support for children ­­ A level begin a vocational apprentice­ with insufficient knowledge of E level Upper Secondary ship or change to an upper German prepares children for P level Specialised School (FMS) to continue entry to school in the year before their education. kindergarten.

German before Kindergarten German before Baccalaureate School • Vocational apprenticeship = • Compulsory attendance at dem Kindergarten) vor (Deutsch () combination of on-the-job a playgroup or other German training and speaking institution School years 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 (dual vocational training) • Minimum two half days Compulsory education • Transfer to a baccalaureate per week, without charge Primary level Secondary level I Secondary level II school (upper secondary) • Assessment of the language on the basis of appropriate level through a questionnaire grades 1½ years before Secondary School • A federal vocational kindergarten entry baccalaureate or an upper www.deutsch-vor-dem- Secondary school prepares young people for an apprenticeship or an upper secondary school. secondary level baccalaureate kindergarten.bs.ch (­nasium, FMS) allows • Placement to a school (preferences will be taken into to study at a consideration if possible) of Applied Science • Three performance levels: A = general standard, or university. E = advanced standard, P = high standard • Bridge-year programmes • Allocated to a performance level according to grades in report for young people without a • Possibility of movement between performance levels Information in Deutsch, Français, Italiano: follow-on solution • structure: possibility to remain at school/ www.mb.bs.ch have a meal at the school www.ed.bs.ch/welcome 11/ 2019 | [email protected] | www.ed.bs.ch 11/ 2019 | [email protected] www.volksschulen.bs.ch/sekundarschulen Information and Contacts ▶ 0–4 years

(or until school-age) Office for daycare-centres Contact point day-care Riehen Day-centres and Freie Strasse 35, Postfach, 4001 Basel Wettsteinstrasse 1, 4125 Riehen Family day-care 061 267 46 14 061 646 82 56 providers [email protected] www.riehen.ch www.tagesbetreuung.bs.ch

Office for family day-care providers Information Freie Strasse 35, Postfach, 4001 Basel 061 260 20 60, [email protected] and Contacts www.tagesfamilien.org 2–4 years

Information Events Playgroups Contact Point for Playgroups Basel Contact Point Day-care Riehen Freie Strasse 35, 4001 Basel Wettsteinstrasse 1, 4125 Riehen Parents will be regularly invited to information events. 061 690 26 96, [email protected] 061 646 82 56 • Yearly information evenings about kindergarten, primary school, www.fks-bs.ch www.riehen.ch secondary school and after school care 4–6 years • Further one-off events according to the individual schools or years Kindergarten Compulsory Schools (Volksschulen) Local Schools Bettingen and Riehen • Information is often available in different languages Including after Kohlenberg 27, 4001 Basel Erlensträsschen 10, 4125 Riehen www.volksschulen.bs.ch day care 061 267 54 60, [email protected] 061 208 60 00, [email protected] www.tagesstrukturen.bs.ch www.volksschulen.bs.ch www.riehen.ch www.mb.bs.ch (Upper secondary schools and vocational education) 6 –12 years

Primary School Compulsory Schools (Volksschulen) Local Schools Bettingen and Riehen School registration for children newly Including after Kohlenberg 27, 4001 Basel Erlensträsschen 10, 4125 Riehen moved to the area day care 061 267 54 60, [email protected] 061 208 60 00, [email protected] www.volksschulen.bs.ch www.riehen.ch

• Kindergarten, Primary School and Secondary School: 12–15­ years Personal registration after making appointment by phone. Please contact the offices listed on the right. Secondary School Compulsary Schools (Volksschulen) Career Guidance (Berufsberatung) • FMS (Upper Secondary Specialised School) and Gymnasium Including after Kohlenberg 27, 4001 Basel Rosentalstrasse 17, 4058 Basel (Baccalaureate Schools): Register directly at the school day care 061 267 54 60, [email protected] 061 267 86 82, [email protected] (telephone first for appointment) www.volksschulen.bs.ch www.berufsberatung.bs.ch Bring with you: • Official identification document of the child and one parent From 15 years Career Guidance (Berufsberatung) Upper Secondary Specialised School Basel (FMS) • Family book, if available Rosentalstrasse 17, 4058 Basel Engelgasse 120, 4052 Basel • Permanent residence permit or residence permit related 061 267 86 82, [email protected] 061 208 60 80, [email protected] to the parents and child www.berufsberatung.bs.ch www.fmsbasel.ch • School reports, if available Vocational Education (Berufsbildung) Baccalaureate Schools (Gymnasien) Mittelschulen und Berufsbildung Mittelschulen und Berufsbildung Leimenstrasse 1, 4001 Basel Leimenstrasse 1, 4001 Basel 061 267 84 07, [email protected] 061 267 62 94, [email protected] Information in Deutsch, Français, Italiano: www.berufsbildung.bs.ch www.gymnasium.bs.ch www.ed.bs.ch/welcome 11/ 2019 | [email protected] | www.ed.bs.ch 11/ 2019 | [email protected] The Education System in Basel ▶