Registrations school year 2012-2013

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The City of Brussels has French-language schools and Dutch-language schools. The procedure of inscription for both differ.

Registrations for the French-speaking schools

The recording of all the demands of registrations for the French-speaking schools (nursery and primary teaching) is centralized at the Department of Public Education and is done by telephone at:

• 078 155 885, from Monday till Friday from 8:30 am till 1 pm

The demands of registration are registered in order of arrival and take place in 3 phases:

1. From 1 till 23 December 2011, registration following the order of arrival of the priority pupils by telephone

Priority pupils are those who:

• have a brother/sister who frequents the same school
• are in a reception class of the nursery school for the registration of the 1st nursery school in the same school (automatic registration, you do not have to phone)
• are in 3rd nursery school in the school where they want to be registered for the 1st primary

Remark: the registrations for the priority children must be made necessarily and exclusively from 1 till 23 December 2011, otherwise the priority will be lost.

From 10 January 2012, the school will contact the parents to confirm and formalize the definitive registration.

2. From 9 till 31 January 2012, all the demands of registration are registered according to the order of arrival by telephone

• the parents are informed at once if their child is in order or on a waiting list
• from the beginning of February 2012, the school will contact the parents to proceed to the definitive registration

3. From February 2012, the demands of registration will be registered in schools following the order of arrival

• the parents are obliged to appear at the fixed meeting with the school to proceed to the definitive registration of the child, otherwise the demand of registration will be cancelled and the child will not be registered

Remark: in case of impossibility to appear at the meeting, the parents will have to address the direction of the establishment to obtain a mandate form.

Registration in Dutch-speaking schools

Registrations in Dutch-language schools are the same for the whole Brussels Capital Region. Following rules apply:

• brothers and sisters will be registered at the same school in January 2012
• other registrations for primary schools will be done via the website Inschrijven in Brussel from February 2012
• other registrations for secundary schools have to be done at the schools (not via a website), the schedule of these registrations will be available at the website Inschrijven in Brussel