Registration of a child in the nursery, kindergarten or day care

Procedure

Find out online at any time about the childcare options in the municipality of Bremen. Parents should find out in good time whether there are any free childcare places.

Use the Kita-Portal for your search, see "Further information".

Personal contact and getting to know each other are useful and usually possible. Many facilities offer an opportunity to get to know their facility before you register. Inform yourself on site.

Select the facilities for your enrollment. You can specify a maximum of 2 alternatives to your preferred facility.

After registration, the available places are allocated according to the locally specified rules.

You will be informed if a place is allocated.

Legal bases

• Bremisches Gesetz zur Förderung von Kindern in Tageseinrichtungen und in Tagespflege-Bremisches Tageseinrichtungs- und Kindertagespflegegesetz - BremKTG
• Ortsgesetz zur Aufnahme von Kindern in Tageseinrichtungen und in Kindertagespflege der Stadtgemeinde Bremen (Aufnahmeortsgesetz – BremAOG)
• § 23 Sozialgesetzbuch Achtes Buch (SGB VIII)
• § 24 Sozialgesetzbuch Achtes Buch (SGB VIII)
• § 90 Sozialgesetzbuch Achtes Buch (SGB VIII)

More information

If the institution of your choice does not participate in the online registration via the Kitaportal Bremen, please contact the respective institution in person and ask about the individual procedures for registration and allocation of a childcare place.

If your child is already registered, he or she can generally keep the place in his or her Kita in the following kindergarten years. However, if you require an extended period of care, you must register this anew each year and prove your need annually.

The kindergarten year always begins on 01.08 and ends on 31.07 of the following year. The child can also enter and leave the daycare center during the course of the kindergarten year.

Early childhood education at the kindergarten enables children to play together with other children and offers them a variety of learning opportunities. Parents receive tips on their children's development and can exchange ideas with other parents. The quality of the offerings is monitored by the Bremen State Youth Welfare Office (operating license for daycare facilities). Regular further training of the specialists takes place.

The framework plan for education and upbringing in the elementary sector describes the quality standards for early childhood education that apply to kindergartens in Bremen and Bremerhaven.