Childcare

When you are looking for childcare, there are lots of questions to ask. Which nursery or school? What childcare options are available and how much do nurseries, after-school care and full-day schools cost? What assistance and financial support are available? You can find information and government services relating to childcare here for all age groups, from crèche for babies through nursery school and up to school.

Services in Childcare

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Abendrealschule Admission
This administrative service is not offered in Rhineland-Palatinate. You can find out whether you can claim these in other federal states by entering the place in which you would...
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After-school care in Rhineland-Palatinate Provision of information
After-school care in Rhineland-Palatinate is an institutional service for children from school age up to the age of 14. This childcare service is also available during vacation...
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All-day schools
Are you looking for an all-day school education and childcare program for your child? The wide range of all-day schools offers very good conditions for providing your child with optimal care and support.
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Allow you to change schools to another type of school
Would you like to apply for a change of school for your child to another type of school? Read here what you need to consider.
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Apply for a change of school district
For an important reason, primary school students can also attend in another school district and thus change.
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Apply for a place in a daycare center or childcare facility
Would you like to register your child with a childminder? There is a legal entitlement to so-called early childhood support when the child is 1 year old. Places for early childhood development are crèches, kindergartens, day nurseries and childminders.
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Apply for a reduction in daycare costs
In some federal states, a reduction in KiTa costs is possible.
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Apply for admission second education
Would you like to take the second educational path at a college or evening grammar school? Then you must apply in writing for admission to such an institution.
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Apply for childcare in a day care center
Are you unable to provide an upbringing that is in the child's best interests? Then you are entitled to educational assistance, which may take the form of home education.
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Apply for compulsory school deferral
You expect that your child will not be able to successfully participate in Grade 1 classes of primary school for health reasons. Then you can apply to your primary school for deferral of school attendance.
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Apply for education in a day group
As a parent with custody, you can apply to the responsible youth welfare office for education in a day group. This office will then decide whether raising the child in a day group is a suitable measure.
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Apply for exemption from KiTa costs
In some federal states, exemption from daycare costs is possible.
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Apply for funding from the ESF Plus federal program "Gemeinsam für Qualität: Kinder beteiligen im Ganztag"
School authorities and public or independent child and youth welfare organizations that want to improve the quality of all-day programs at elementary school by strengthening children's participation and co-determination can apply for funding.
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Apply for help for young adults
Are you 18 to 21 years old and in a difficult situation? Then there are various forms of help available for young adults like you. The youth welfare office will support you.
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Apply for intensive individual socio-educational support
If you are a young person or young adult in a difficult family situation or socially disadvantaged, you can make use of intensive one-to-one socio-educational support.
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Apply for parental assistance or care assistants
An educational advisor can help your child in everyday life, in dealing with you as parents and with social problems.
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Apply for participation in social group work
Social group work is an outpatient youth welfare service with the aim of compensating for developmental difficulties and behavioral problems through social learning in the group.
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Apply for reimbursement of costs for school transportation due to disability
For pupils with special educational needs, the type and degree of disability must be taken into account regardless of the type of school attended. In addition, accompanying persons are to be used on the school bus if this is necessary according to the type and degree of disability.
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Apply for school enrolment early
Will your child only turn six years old after 31.08. in the year in which the school-age children start school and you would like to start school early? Then you can apply for this at the responsible primary school.
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Apply for socio-educational family assistance
As a family or single parent, do you need support to help you cope with everyday family life? Then socio-educational family support is an option for you.
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Applying for admission of a child to primary school care
If you have one or more children at elementary school and need help with childcare, you may be able to register them for a childcare program at elementary school.
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Applying to deregister a child from primary school care
If there is a special reason, you can deregister your child from the childcare services offered by your elementary school.
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Arrange a change of school district
For important educational or organisational reasons, the competent authority may order a change of school.
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Carry out school supervision
The tasks of school supervision in Rhineland-Palatinate are carried out by the Supervisory and Service Directorate. The tasks of school supervision include Professional...
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Carry out school transport
In principle, all pupils are entitled to pupil transport if they are resident in Rhineland-Palatinate and the way to school without the use of a means of transport is unreasonable.
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Childcare allowance general information
If you want to apply for childcare allowance, please note that this is currently only possible in Bavaria as a state benefit. The federal childcare allowance law was formally...
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Children and young people in care
Is the welfare of a child or young person at risk? If you have any indications of this, you can contact the responsible youth welfare office.
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Children with disabilities of kindergarten and preschool age
Do you have a child with a disability? Then they are entitled to integration assistance. There are various forms of assistance available.
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Compulsory education
Do you have a six-year-old child? Then compulsory schooling begins for this.
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Determining special needs education
Does your child have a disability? Would you like your school-age child to receive special educational support? If special educational needs have been identified, attendance at a special school or participation in inclusive education is an option.
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Early help to support parents in parenting issues
Early help services are designed to support parents in parenting issues. Offers can be requested from the district or independent city.
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Economic Youth Welfare
The Economic Youth Welfare takes care of the financial aspects of the various individual case assistance within the framework of the Children and Youth Welfare Act (KJHG).
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Educational advisor / care assistant
The educational assistant and the care assistant should support the child or young person in overcoming developmental problems, if possible with the involvement of the social...
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Educational assistance
Legal guardians, usually the parents, are entitled to educational assistance in the upbringing of a child or young person if the child or young person's welfare cannot be...
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Educational child and youth protection services
As part of the protection of children and young people, measures are offered to protect them from danger.
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Evaluate school performance
Pupils' performance records are graded according to certain criteria.
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Extend residence permit for the family reunification of a foreign minor to the German parent
Foreign, minor and unmarried children with a residence permit for family reunification with a German parent can receive an extension of the residence permit as long as the family partnership continues.
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Family and social passport
The Family and Social Pass grants its holders special benefits in municipal institutions and at municipal events. It is also provided that associations and institutions that hold...
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Family recreation and family camps - funding
Vacations and recreation are a basic need that is particularly relevant for parents and children. The state of Rhineland-Palatinate supports multi-child families and single...
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German schools abroad Admission
Do you live abroad and would like to register your child at a German school? Find out more about German schools abroad here.
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Granting a residence permit for the family reunification of a foreign minor to the German parent
Foreign, minor, unmarried childrencan obtain a residence permit for family reunification in order to establish a family partnership with a German parent.
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Have foreign school leaving certificates recognised as a university entrance qualification
If you obtained your school-leaving certificate abroad, in order to apply for a place at a German university, you must first have this degree recognised as a university entrance qualification.
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Help for unaccompanied refugee minors
When an unaccompanied minor refugee enters Germany, all necessary measures must be taken to protect the welfare of the child on the basis of the Eighth Social Code (SGB VIII)....
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Help Plan
Regardless of which form of "help for education" you apply for at the Youth Welfare Office. The first step is to work with all stakeholders to draw up a help plan that defines th...
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Home education
Residential care, i.e. a day and night facility or other form of assisted living, is intended to promote the development of children and young people by combining everyday life...
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Initiate or apply for the indexing of a medium harmful to minors
If you as an authority or youth welfare organization consider the content of a medium to be harmful to minors, you can apply to the Federal Agency for the Protection of Children and Young Persons in the Media (BzKJ) for an indexing procedure or initiate one.
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Intensive individual socio-educational support
Intensive individual socio-educational support is provided to young people who require intensive support for social integration and independent living. The help is generally...
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Issue school report
Students receive a certificate of their achievements every school semester.
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Music school
The task of music schools as public educational institutions is to introduce pupils to music and their own music-making. With continuous specialized instruction, music schools la...
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Ordering deferral of school attendance
You would like to have your school-age child deferred from attending school.
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Participation in social group work
Social group work is an outpatient youth welfare service with the aim of compensating for developmental difficulties and behavioral problems through social learning in the group.
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Providing educational assistance in full-time care
You can no longer look after or raise your own child for various reasons? Then it is possible to give your child to a foster family for a certain period of time or duration.
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Receiving Secondary School Advice
Your child is in fourth grade? Then you have to deal with the half-year report for the further education of your child. For this purpose, it is best to take advantage of the counselling services for the transition from primary school to secondary school.
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Register child in KiTa
You want to register your child at a KiTa? There is a legal entitlement to so-called early childhood development when the child is 1 year old. Places for early childhood development are crèches, kindergartens, after-school care centers and day care centers for children.
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Register evening grammar school
Here you will receive information and assistance for admission to an evening grammar school.
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Register for a Kolleg
Here you will receive information and assistance for admission to a college.
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Register special school
I have a child with a disability – what do I have to do to attend a special school?
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Religious Education Deregistration
Students take part in religious instruction of their confession. (In the school year 2018/2019, Protestant, Catholic, free religious, Mennonite, Alevi and Islamic religious...
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Replace school report
Have you lost your testimony? It is possible to have a duplicate issued.
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Report employment of domestic help and other household-related services on a mini-job basis
If you employ domestic help on a mini-job basis, you must register them using the household cheque procedure.
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Request help with education
Parents usually take care of the upbringing and care for a child. However, it may be useful for the state to help with the upbringing.
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School fees exemption
This administrative service is not offered in Rhineland-Palatinate. You can find out whether you can claim these in other federal states by entering the place in which you would...
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School transport Apply for reimbursement
The way to school is not reasonable for your child, especially due to the distance? Then it is entitled to the pupil transport to school.
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School transportation Reimbursement of costs in justified exceptional cases
The school law in Rhineland-Palatinate does not provide for reimbursement of costs in justified exceptional cases.
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School vacations
If you want to know when the summer vacations or other vacation periods start in Rhineland-Palatinate, you will find information on this below.
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Schools approve scientific research projects
Would you like to carry out a scientific study, a survey or a series of tests at schools? Then you need a permit for this.
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Seeking school psychological counseling
Is your child having problems at school? Then school psychological counseling may be able to help and provide solutions.
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Set parental contribution
Since January 1, 2020, the following applies in Rhineland-Palatinate: Fee-free from two! This means that all children between the ages of two and starting school are exempt from daycare/crèche fees.
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Set up a help plan
If you want to apply for "help for education", the first step is to create a so-called help plan in cooperation with the youth welfare office.
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Socio-educational family support
Socio-educational family support is intended to support families in their parenting tasks, in coping with everyday problems, in resolving conflicts and crises and in contact with...
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Submit details for the issue of a residence card for third-country national family members of Germans
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Submit information on the issuance of a residence card for third-country national family members of EU/EEA citizens (except Germany)
If you are a family member of an EU or EEA citizen and come from a third country, you will need a residence card for your further stay in Germany no later than three months after your entry.
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Take a non-school exam
Do you want to obtain your Abitur as a non-student? Then you do not need to attend a grammar school or another school leading to the general higher education entrance qualification in order to take the Abitur examination.
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Take over parental contribution
Since January 1, 2020, the following applies in Rhineland-Palatinate: Fee-free from two! This means that all children between the ages of two and starting school are exempt from daycare/crèche fees.
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Take parental leave after the first three years of life
If you have not taken all of your parental leave during the first 3 years of your child's life, you can take the remaining time, up to a maximum of 24 months, between your child's 3rd and 8th birthday. You must register this in good time.
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Violence against children and young people
Do you suspect that a child or young person in your environment is a victim of violence or abuse? Then talk to them or contact the youth welfare office.
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Vocational schools: Register for vocational high school
In three years, the vocational grammar school leads to the general university entrance qualification as a grammar school upper level in the following disciplines: Health and...
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Youth Welfare Planning
The Social Code VIII stipulates in which areas the municipality must provide youth welfare services. In detail, these are mainly offers in the following fields: Family and...
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Youth work/ youth education
The task of youth work is to support young people in their development into independent and socially responsible individuals. Youth work also gives young people the opportunity t...