School enrollment examination

Please allow at least 90 minutes for the examination.

The school enrolment examination is carried out to assess your child's physical, emotional and mental development.

Focal points of the examination

• Testing the sensory organs (visual acuity and hearing)
• Measurement of height and body weight
• Physical examination
• Assessment of physical motor skills and speech
• Assessment of other areas of development relevant to school
• Observation of social maturity and behavior
• assessment of vaccination status and vaccination advice

As a result of the examination, the pediatric and adolescent medical service will discuss recommendations with you that are important for your child's successful school attendance, formulate them for forwarding to the school and, with your consent, inform the school.

Children with integration assistance, request for deferral or early school enrollment

These appointments are for children who receive an integration assistance measure (such as curative early education, sensory-specific support, integrative place) or for whom a deferral from school attendance has been requested at school registration or who are to be enrolled at school early.

For these children, appointments can now be made by telephone on 0049 3641 49-3282 (Monday to Thursday from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m.) or by e-mail to einschulungsuntersuchung@jena.de (with a call-back number).

Appointments for all other children

Appointments for all other children can be bookedin our online calendar from 25.11.2025 . These appointments can be rebooked independently if you are unable to attend, for example due to illness.

If no appointments can be booked, please be patient, as the calendar may be in the process of being updated.

Cancellation of appointments on the day

Please call 0049 3641 49-3282 or 0049 3641 49-3136 to cancelappointments on the day .

Downloads

We have provided the following documents for you under Downloads:

• Information on the examination
• Forms - please print out all forms, fill them in and bring them with you to the appointment
• Human drawing template - your child draws a person (e.g. themselves) on this sheet of paper and completes the sample edge. Please also bring this to the appointment.

Note: If you do not have a printer, the forms are also available for you on site.

Please also bring the following documents

• Child's vaccination card (presentation is mandatory)
• Booklet to document the early detection examinations ("yellow booklet" - submission is voluntary)

• § Section 18 of the Thuringian School Act (ThürSchulG)
• §§ 55/57 Thuringian School Act (ThürSchulG) of 30.04.2003 (in the current version) in conjunction with §§ 1-4 Thuringian School Health Care Ordinance (ThürSchulgespflVO) of 26.09.2002 (in the current version)
• §§ Sections 119/120 of the Thuringian School Regulations (ThürSchulO) of 20.01.1994 (in the current version)
• Art. 13 of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (EU GDPR)
• § Section 34 para. 11 Infection Protection Act (IfSG) in conjunction with Section 8 para. 2 sentence 2 Thuringian School Health Care Ordinance (ThürSchulgespflVO) in conjunction with Section 57 Thuringian School Act (ThürSchulG) in the respective current version
• § Section 20 (8) and (9) of the Infection Protection Act (IfSG)