ADMISSION
REGISTRATION AT THE WMIS1. Admission 1st grade – WHO CAN APPLY
We accept children from internationally mobile families and children from families living permanently in Berlin per class.
In the case of internationally mobile families, a distinction is made between highly mobile and mobile families. You will find further information here.
If your child was born between October 1, 2019, and September 30, 2020, he or she will start school in 2026.
ADMISSION Grade 1 ONLY
Welcome! We are delighted that you have decided to enroll at WMIS. Applications are warmly welcome!
As we are a school with a special educational focus, the enrollment process differs from that of other schools in Berlin.
With the original or a copy of the re-enrolment application (Umschulungsantrag), you can register your child at our school from 6 October 2025 to 17 October 2025.
Registration takes place without an appointment.
The office hours for enrollment are:
Monday -Friday: 8 am – 12 noon
2. APPLYING TO WMIS 1st grade
Before you come to WMIS
3. APPLICATION 1st grade: When you enroll your child at WMIS
Fill out the application form pdf online.
Mail the filled application form to the Senatsverwaltung für Bildung, Jugend und Familie using this mail: anmeldung.WMIS@senbjf.berlin.de
Print out two copies, sign them, and present them to the school along with 2 copies of the other required documents (List of Documents).Please do not staple the forms together.
Please also present a proof of measles vaccination in original and submit 2 copies.
Please read the document regarding Using Datas. (Datenschutz I and Datenschutz II)
4. WHO DECIDES
The school has not decided on admission to Year 1. Unfortunately, the school cannot provide any information on the status of the application process. The documents will be rechecked after the language tests and will not be forwarded to the Senate for processing before December. The Senate will inform you not before May 2025.
5. INFORMATION ON LANGUAGE
LANGUAGE TESTS
All children must complete a test in the mother tongue (English or German) in which they are registered and must achieve at least 80% in that test. Otherwise, they will not be offered a place at WMIS. The language tests will take place on 10, 11 and 12 November 2025 between 8 a.m. and 2 p.m.
6. Admission grades 2-9 Side-entry/Seiteneingang
Please note that our oldest pupils will be in Year 9 in the 2025/26 school year. In the following years we grow one level higher up to Year 13. WMIS only accepts students in grades 2 to 8 who are considered internationally mobile. WMIS does not participate in the ‘Transition to Secondary School’ enrolment process. Applications for Year 2 and higher will be accepted from 1 April 2025.
The admission of students who wish to enter a grade other than the first grade (lateral entrants) is only possible for students from internationally mobile families. The legal definition of international mobility can be found here.
Your child must pass an age-appropriate English mother tongue test. If you have already completed a test at the Nelson Mandela School or the Kennedy School, admission to WMIS is not possible.
If you fulfil these criteria and your child is accepted, admission is subject to the proviso that proof of residence in Berlin is provided no later than one week before the registration date (first day of the new school year). If proof is not provided by the deadline, your child will not be accepted at WMIS.
To apply for a school place at WMIS, please submit the following documents in duplicate:
– A completed application form
– A written confirmation from your employer that you belong to one of the categories of internationally mobile parents defined here.
– The last two school reports (if the reports are not in German or English, please enclose an official translation in German or English).
– A copy of the child’s birth certificate with a copy of the identity card or passport.
– Furter documents, click here.