Schools with a Special Educational Focus

Kinder liegend im Kreis

In a school with a special educational focus, also known as a special needs centre or special needs school in common usage, only children and young people are taught who have special educational needs.

Lessons take place in small classes with usually six to thirteen students. In schools with a special educational focus, children and young people with disabilities are among themselves.

There is usually no opportunity at the school for them to learn together with students without disabilities. The teachers and pedagogical staff at the specials needs schools know through their specialist training and many years of experience how to assess which barriers exist for people with different disabilities and how they can be overcome. The schools are spatially and technically geared towards students with disabilities.

Data and Facts

  • 104 Schools with a Special Educational Focus

    in public and private sponsorship in Berlin. More information

  • 9.027 Pupils

    attend a school with special educational focus in Berlin. More information

  • 8.148 Pupils

    attend a public school with special educational focus. More information

  • 879 Pupils

    attend a school with special educational focus in private sponsorship. More information

Special educational focuses

  • Sight
  • Hearing and communication
  • Emotional and social development
  • Physical and motor skills development
  • Language
  • Learning
  • Mental development
  • Long-term illness, home schooling
  • Other support priorities

In the School directory you can find the school for your child with the corresponding support focus under the term “School type”.

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