Enrol your child in a public school (folkeskole) – Digital School Enrolment

Your child is affiliated with a district school located in the area where the child lives. It is your right to have your child accepted in grade 0 (børnehaveklasse) of the district school. 

If your child has little or no knowledge of Danish or Danish as a second language and needs support with developing their Danish language, special rules apply.

If you have an older sibling child enrolled at the school where you want your younger child to start school, you are generally guaranteed a place at that school. If your child has little or no knowledge of Danish or Danish as a second language and needs support with developing their Danish language, special rules apply.

In order to get your child into the school where there is a sibling, you need to apply for a “school other than the district school” in the self-service solution Digital skoleindskrivning (Digital School Enrolment).

The City Council (Byrådet) has decided to phase out the previous sibling guarentee for children from other school districts.The phase-out implies that enrolment of children who have siblings enrolled at the school is still required until August 1st, 2025. In addition to that siblings who are enrolled in a remedial class (specialklasse) and children with Danish as a second language who are referred to a reception school or reception class, are entitled to enrolment in the same school. 

A sibling is defined as a biological sibling (half or full sibling) or a sibling by address (i.e. a sibling who is not a biological sibling but lives at the same address according to the national register (folkeregistret).

If you do not want your child to have a place at the district school but at another school, you can apply for this at the time of enrolment.

Your child can be accepted at the desired school if there are vacant places. This means that we do not create extra classes just to create space for a child from another school district.

The final four places in a class are reserved for:

• Non-enrolled children from the school district
• Newly arrived children in the school district

If there is not sufficient space for all applicants, the children will be enrolled in the following order: 

• Children living in the municipality of Aarhus before children from other municipalities.
• Children with siblings.
• Children with Danish as their second language with the need for support in developing their Danish language.
• Children who live closest to the desired school.

If you have rejected the district school and your child has started another school, the child is not subsequently guaranteed to be taken on at the district school.

In mid-April, we expect to be able to send a response to your application for a school other than the district school.

If your child goes to a school other than the district school, you must cover any transport expenses yourself.

If your child is not ready to start school, you can apply for a postponement of school attendance (skolegangsudsættelse). You can apply for a postponement during the school enrolment period.

Your child's district school will receive your application. The school will contact your nursery for further dialogue. It is also the school that must approve the postponement of school attendance.

You should also contact the district school if you wish to apply for a postponement outside the enrolment period. You can apply for a postponement using the self-service solution:

Digital skoleindskrivning (Digital School Enrolment)

From August 1st, 2025, Ellehøjskolen will move to Kløverskolen, the municipality's brand-new school and leisure centre in the heart of Byparken.

If you wish to enrol your child at Kløverskolen, select the district school Ellehøjskolen in the self-service solution Digital School Enrolment (den digitale skoleindskrivning).

The City Council (Byrådet) has also decided that children from other school districts who are enrolled in a daycare facility within Kløverskolen's district will be entitled to enrolment in Kløverskolen during a five-year transitional period starting from the 2025/2026 school year.

Parents affected by this will receive information via Digital Post on October 14th, 2024.

Yes, you receive a receipt via e-mail. Sometimes, the receipt ends in the junk folder, so checking there is also a good idea.

The receipt will be sent to the e-mail address you typed into the system.