attend Kindergärten, which are not part of the school system
When
children reach 6 years old age they go in so-called
Grundschule.
Fist level (part) of secondary education begins with division in
schools by abilities.
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There are four options for secondary schooling:
Hauptschule (the least
academic, much like a modernized
Volksschule [elementary school]) until grade nine
(with Hauptschulabschluss and in some cases Mittlere Reife = Realschulabschuss as exit exam); in some States of Germany the Hauptschule does not exist and pupils are mainstreamed into a Mittelschule or Regionale Schule instead.
Realschule until grade ten (with Mittlere Reife (Realschulabschluss) as exit exam);
Gymnasium (grammar school) until grade 12 or 13 (with Abitur as exit exam, qualifying for university); and
Gesamtschule (comprehensive school)
After successfully passing through any of the above schools, pupils can start a career with an apprenticeship in the Berufsschule (vocational school).
of maintained school in England:
community schools (formerly county schools) St
Barnabas Church of England Primary School, Oxford;
voluntary controlled schools which are almost always church schools;
voluntary aided schools linked to a variety of organisations;