Foundation and recognition of a private vocational school

The establishment of a private vocational school in Bremen requires state recognition or approval. Private schools are all schools whose sponsor is not the state of Bremen or a municipality. Private schools cooperate with state schools in fulfilling the public educational mission within the framework set by the Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany and the state constitution of the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen. They supplement and enrich the public school system through special content and forms of education and instruction.

Requirements

Private schools are substitute or supplementary schools. Substitute schools are private schools that correspond to the educational programs specified in §§ 25 to 29 of the Bremen School Act or educational programs, with the exception of schools that provide training for professions for which there is no publicly funded school in the state of Bremen. Supplementary schools are all other private schools. The following is concerned only with these.

Private supplementary schools must be notified to the Senator for Children and Education before teaching begins.

A vocational supplementary school is granted the status of a recognized supplementary school upon application if it serves the purpose of training for a specific profession. Instruction must then be provided in accordance with a state-approved training regulation. Recognition gives the school the right to hold examinations in accordance with state-approved regulations.