✈️ Academic route

FROM🇩🇪 GermanyTO🇳🇱 Netherlands

Germany Grade 7 / Year 7 to Netherlands: education route

Compare Grade 7 / Year 7 in Germany with the corresponding school stage in Netherlands, then open the official curriculum and placement authorities for both systems.

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Route alignment

Germany describes this point as Sekundarstufe I · multiple school pathways. Netherlands describes the receiving stage as Secondary pathways · VMBO, HAVO, VWO. Use the linked destination framework with the learner’s current subjects and records when confirming the receiving year and placement process.

DEPARTING STAGESekundarstufe I · multiple school pathwaysARRIVING STAGESecondary pathways · VMBO, HAVO, VWO

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What crosses with the learner

Route point🇩🇪 Germany🇳🇱 Netherlands
Current stageSekundarstufe I · multiple school pathwaysSecondary pathways · VMBO, HAVO, VWO
Education authorityThe 16 Länder govern schools; the KMK coordinates shared standards and qualification comparability.National attainment objectives and examination programmes sit alongside school autonomy and differentiated secondary pathways.
Application fileCurrent school records and subject historyReceiving authority and school placement requirements

🧳 Preparation file

Bring these into the route

  1. Recent report cards or transcripts and the current subject list
  2. School-attendance and progression records requested by the receiving school
  3. Identity, residence, guardianship, and address documents required locally
  4. Certified translations and language-learning history where requested

🔗 Official links

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🔎 Also described as

moving from Germany to Netherlands for Grade 7 / Year 7Germany Grade 7 / Year 7 in NetherlandsGermany to Netherlands school transfer requirements