High school enrollment

Verified 15 February 2024 - Directorate for Legal and Administrative Information (Prime Minister)

Your child is going to go to high school and you wonder how to enroll him in his future school? At the end of college, your child can continue his/her education in a general and technological school or a vocational school. He is, in principle, assigned to the public high school in your area. You can also request a waiver to enroll him in another public high school. If you want to register it privately, you must contact the chosen high school.

Audience

The assignment process depends on your situation.

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Transition from public school to public high school

The decision to assign to general and technological high schools or vocational high schools is taken by the Dasen: titleContent.

It shall take into account the guidance decision taken by the 3rd class council and opportunities to host secondary schools in the area.

The assignment decision shall indicate whether the pupil is continuing his education:

  • in a high school of general and technological education, in 2nde general or technological,
  • or a vocational high school in 2nde professional baccalaureate,
  • or a vocational school in 1re year of certificate of professional competence (CAP).

In principle, your child is affected in the secondary school in its sector according to the school card. This is usually the school closest to your home.

Transition from private to public high school

Private College under contract

You must first contact the Dasen: titleContent to find out about the assignment high school:

Who shall I contact

You must then follow the valid registration procedure for the transition from public school to public high school.

Non-Contract Private College

Your child will have to pass an entrance examination to enroll in a public high school.

Contact the departmental department of national education of your place of residence to know the procedures and the date of the examination.

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Foreign-domiciled parents

If you are domiciled abroad, your child must be registered in one of the following municipalities:

  • Municipality where you have a residence
  • Municipality of the home of the person who has custody of it
  • Municipality in which there is an establishment especially for French children living abroad

Contact the departmental department of national education of the child's place of residence to find out about his or her assigned high school.

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FYI  

if you change your home before the start of the school year (for example if you move during the summer holidays), you must ask to enroll your child in the sector high school of the future home.

Request for derogation

If you want your child to be admitted to a public high school other than the one in your area, you must apply for a waiver of the Dasen: titleContent.

You must make the request for exemption before registering your child in the desired establishment.

You must apply using a form. You can pick up the document from the Department of National Education Services of your place of residence.

The application must be submitted, as appropriate, to your child's school or to the department of national education of your place of residence.

In some departments, the request is made online on the website of the Directorate of Departmental Services of National Education.

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Processing of the request for derogation

Your request will be accepted if the desired establishment has sufficient capacity.

If the number of applications exceeds the capacity of an establishment, derogations shall be granted in the following indicative order of priority:

  1. Student with a disability, who is given top priority
  2. Pupil requiring significant medical attention near the requested high school
  3. Student merit scholar
  4. Student scholarship on social grounds
  5. Student who must follow a particular educational path
  6. Pupil whose brother or sister is already enrolled in the desired high school
  7. Pupil whose home is located on the edge of the sector and close to the desired high school.

Acceptance of the derogation may also depend on the passing of aptitude tests.

You can specify multiple reasons simultaneously in the waiver request.

The steps differ depending on the type of registration.

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Registration for entry to high school

You must enroll your child in high school in a time limit specified by the assignment decision. Failure to do so may result in loss of the benefit of the condition.

You can register with the school's secretariat. Some schools also offer online registration. Check with the school to find out if you are offered this opportunity.

At the high school secretariat

The composition of the registration file varies from one institution to another.

Get in touch with the high school's secretariat.

This file may consist of the following documents:

  • Application Form
  • Council's policy decision
  • Certificate of exit of the head of the establishment of origin indicating the year-end decision
  • Quarterly newsletters from last year
  • Proof of domicile(s)
  • Photos of the child's identity
Online

Some high schools offer to register online.

You must log in to the EduConnect portal. Prepare your FranceConnect IDs or EduConnect.

High school enrollment

Online registration allows you to do the following

  • Enroll your child administratively in his or her secondary school of assignment
  • Express your wish for optional education and accommodation (day school, half board, boarding school)
  • Verify and complete your and your child's administrative information
  • Read additional documents, some of which are to be returned to the school.

Re-enrollment in the same school

When your child does not change school, re-registration for the following year is automatic.

However, you need to update some information about your personal situation. You can also choose optional courses, if the school offers them.

This information may be transmitted in paper format. You receive a file, called shuttle plug, which tells you what information to provide.

You can do it too online by logging into the EduConnect portal. Prepare your FranceConnect IDs or EduConnect.

Update your personal situation

Change of school

At the end of the school year, if you want to enroll your child in a school other than the one in your area, you must first obtain a waiver from the Dasen: titleContent.

Once the waiver has been obtained, you must then register your child by withdrawing a registration file with the school's secretariat.

The composition of the registration file varies from one institution to another.

You have to complete it and hand it over to the high school secretariat.

This file may consist of the following documents:

  • Application Form
  • Parent and child identification
  • Photocopy of the family booklet
  • Proof of domicile
  • Photos of the child's identity

Please note

the procedure is different if your child needs to change of establishment in the course of the year.

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6 key questions about your child's assignment

Is your kid going to go to high school? Assignment, override, registration... Overview of key information in 6 questions answers

My child is going into general or technological second. Will he be posted to a high school near our home?

Yeah. Yeah. Your child will be assigned to the high school in your area, according to the school map of your department (we also talk about sectorization). This is usually the school closest to your home.

And if he continues his education in a professional way, is he guaranteed to be in a high school close to home?

No, no, no. There is no sectorization because the assignment in vocational high school depends mainly on the degree chosen. When making your orientation vows, you must take into account geographical proximity.

Can I choose a public general and technological high school other than my sector?

Yeah. Yeah. At the end of the last quarter of 3rd, together with your posting wishes, you must make a request for derogation to the Academic Director of National Education Services (Dasen). But the place is not guaranteed until his definitive answer.

Can I apply for a waiver directly on the internet?

Yes and no. Depending on your department, you need to fill out a paper or online document called "School Card Flexibility Form". It's on your academy's website.

Will my request for a derogation necessarily be accepted?

No, no, no. It depends on the capacity of the target school. If the derogations are more numerous than the places available, there is an order of priority (health, resource, family, educational path criteria).

Once I know which school my child will go to, will he be registered automatically?

No, no, no. Once the Dasen decides on the assignment in the sector high school or another high school (derogation), you must register online or at the school's secretariat.

Private

To enroll your child in private education, you must directly contact the school you have chosen.

The school will tell you the registration procedure to follow.

In particular, you must provide the following documents:

Please note

the procedure is different if your child needs to change of establishment in the course of the year.

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