School start

Dear parents,

Enrolling your child in school is the first step on a new and exciting journey.

The following original documents are required for school registration:

  • Birth certificate and other personal documents of the child
  • Identity card and registration certificate of the legal guardian(s)
  • Your child’s vaccination record
  • Registration form
  • When moving in: Registration certificate or 1st page of the tenancy agreement
  • Personal presentation on site

Important information about school registration

If you wish to enrol your child early or defer them, please refer to the checklists and forms in the “Documents and links” section.

School medical examination

After registration at elementary school, the child and youth health service will check whether your child is well prepared for school. The minimum age for this examination is 5 years.

Please take the following documents with you to the examination:

  • Yellow medical check-up booklet
  • Immunization card of the child
  • If applicable, important medical findings and glasses/hearing aids
  • Completed parent questionnaire
  • Registration at an elementary school – school medical examination (Form 109)
Wichtige Informationen zum Schulstart

Is your child starting school in the summer? Then you will find helpful information about starting school at the Mierendorff School here. The welcome booklet contains, for example, suggestions on how you can prepare your child for the start of school, practical tips on starting school and the coming school day, important contacts, a checklist for the first day of school and a timetable for Year 1
To the welcome booklet
You can also find the welcome booklet in other languages here:
English version
Russian version
Arabic version

Do you have any questions or would you like to make an appointment for a presentation? Then give us a call or send us an e-mail. We look forward to hearing from you.

Mierendorff School (elementary school)
Mierendorffstraße 20-24
10589 Berlin

Phone +49 (30) 9029-27508
E-mail: sekretariat (at) mierendorff.schule.berlin.de