Registration period: from April 2023

Admission from grades 2-7 for the 2023/24 school year is possible if the following points are met:

  • an open place in the class
  • You are a highly mobile family (> see information below)
  • Your child meets the language requirements (English/German at mother-tongue level and/or English at a partner-tongue level)

Please submit the following documents in full by post or in person:

  1. completed registration form, not handwritten!
  2. a certificate from your employer certifying that you are highly mobile*,
  3. copy of birth certificate,
  4. school reports of the last two school years (as officially certified copies of the original reports and, if applicable, with the original translations).
  5. Proof of two-time measles vaccination  
  6. Copies of the identity card or passport of the legal guardians and the child

Are we a "highly mobile family"?

A highly mobile family is one that repeatedly (not just temporarily) relocates its main residence for professional reasons to a foreign country at intervals of four years or less. One-off stays abroad and intentions to immigrate or emigrate do not justify a highly mobile classification. The assignment to the group of highly mobile families also presupposes that the legal guardians credibly demonstrate the existence of the requirements of sentence 1 within the scope of the registration and declare in writing that they will have to leave Berlin after a maximum of four years for professional reasons and relocate their main residence abroad.

(§ 5 a Ab s. 6 of the Ordinance on Admission to Schools of Special Educational Character)

lateral entrants

The admission for students (Seiteneinsteigerinnen or Seiteneinsteiger / new entrants to the school) is reliant on the students coming from a highly mobile family. “Seiteneinsteigerinnen or Seiteneinsteiger” are all those students who want to join the school following the decision concerning the students whose application has been accepted to join the school in year 1.

Highly Mobile

Are we a "highly mobile family"?

A highly mobile family is one that repeatedly (not just temporarily) relocates its main residence for professional reasons to a foreign country at intervals of four years or less. One-off stays abroad and intentions to immigrate or emigrate do not justify a highly mobile classification. The assignment to the group of highly mobile families also presupposes that the legal guardians credibly demonstrate the existence of the requirements of sentence 1 within the scope of the registration and declare in writing that they will have to leave Berlin after a maximum of four years for professional reasons and relocate their main residence abroad.

(§ 5 a Ab s. 6 of the Ordinance on Admission to Schools of Special Educational Character) 

Priority list for highly mobile applicants according to the occupational status of the parents/guardians is as follows:

  1.  Federal Foreign Office,
  2. International institutions of the Federation, diplomatic missions, universities, International companies, associations, organizations and media sectors.

Please note that families that are employed within Germany are not considered highly mobile. Admission for students that do not yet have a permanent residence in Berlin will only follow under the reservation that a permanent residence is available and verifiable a week before the beginning of school. Otherwise, admission to Wangari Maathai International School cannot be granted.

PLEASE SEND THE FOLLOWING COMPLETED DOCUMENTS:

  • Registration form of the Wangari Maathai International School Berlin,
  • A written testimony from your employer that you belonging to one of the above mentioned categories of highly mobile parents.
  • The last two annual school reports of the student (If the school report cards not in English or German than we need an official translation in German or English).
    (in the case of certificates not in German or English, please submit these as officially certified copies with the original translations),
  • A copy of the child ́s birth certificate with a copy of your ID or passport.

The application form must be signed by both parents. Should only one of the parents possess the guardianship of the child, an officially attested document confirming the parent´s sole guardianship needs to be handed in with the rest of the documents.

The registration documents for grades 2-7 are please only to be sent to the school - not to the Senate administration.

REGISTRATION DOCUMENTS MUST BE SUBMITTED WITH ALL THE REQUIRED DOCUMENTS SET FORTH ABOVE IN PAPER FORM AND BY MAIL ONLY.

SEND ALL OF THE ABOVE MENTIONED DOCUMENTS TO THE SCHOOL IN PAPER FORM PER MAIL ONLY AND NOT BY EMAIL OR FAX.

Kindly understand that registration of your application will only be processed if all of the required documents mentioned above are complete. Incomplete documents will not be processed.

We cannot return any documents to you once they have been submitted to the school.