The school provides different forms and levels of support are provided, designed to ensure appropriate help and equal opportunities for all the pupils, including those having special educational needs, experiencing difficulties at any point in their schooling or gifted ones in order to enable them to develop and progress according to their potential.

The following documents show how the European Schools take these children’s special circumstances into account:

Policy on the Proovision of Educational Support and Inclusive Education in the European Schools – 2012-05-D-14-en-10

Provision of Educational Support and Inclusive Education in the European Schools –
2012-05-D-15-en-14

ESK Internal Policy on the Provision of Educational Support in the European School Karlsruhe

Requests for special arrangements for the Baccalaureate cycle (S6, S7 and the Baccalaureate examination) must be made in writing to the support coordinator by the pupil’s legal representatives by October,15th of the year preceding entry into the Baccalaureate cycle, i.e. S5.

The application must state precisely on which specialist’s diagnosis the request is based. The application must also state precisely which special arrangements are being requested. An updated – dating back not more than two years – medical/ psychological and/or a multidisciplinary report explaining the need for special arrangements is required.

Please note that, normally, special arrangements in years S6 and S7 will be allowed only when similar arrangements have been used in a previous year or previous years. This does not necessarily apply to newly enroled pupils in S6.

For more detailed information please refer to the following documentation: 2012-05-D-15-en-14 and 2012-05-D-14-en-10.