School enrolment 2023

To enrol your child in a public school, you must use an online enrolment solution. To use the online enrolment solution, you need your NemID/MitID.

Online enrolment is possible from the 14 of November 2022 to the 6 of January 2023.

Public schools will host information meetings from the 14 to the 29 of November 2022, depending on the school.

If you have questions, please contact the school enrolment office:

E-mail: skoleindskrivning@gentofte.dk

Phone: 39 98 00 00

List of schools and dates of information meetings

School enrolment 

In kindergarten, your child is well on the way in preparing for a life as a school student. You can support your child by actively participating in these preparations.

A close collaboration between kindergartens, schools and parents is of great importance for children’s well-being, learning and development.

We want your child to experience a smooth transition to life as a student, regardless of where the child comes from and which school the child goes to.

All children must, as a main rule, start in grade 0 the year they turn 6 years old.

However, if you are in doubt whether your child is ready to start school, please discuss this with your kindergarten. Based on your meeting you fill in an application form, which describes why you and the kindergarten believes that postponing starting school is the right decision.

The application form must be approved and signed by the school principal on the nearest public school.

You can get the application form in your kindergarten or use the link below.

You will receive the decision in your e-Boks.

If the postponement is granted, you will automatically receive an invitation to register at the online enrolment solution the following year.

Please note, that if your child has special needs, the application form is different. Find more information in the section below.

Application for postponement of school start 2022

You can only use the below application form for postponed school start if your child meets one or more of the following criteria:

• Your child is enrolled in a daycare facility, which operates by Serviceloven §32.
• Your child is enrolled in one of the following competence centres in the municipality: Dalgården, Lunden, Baunegården, Lykkesholm or Jægersborg børnehus dept. Solsiden or Sauntesvej.
• Your child has been granted more than 9 hours of special support the year of starting school.

All children must, as a main rule, start in grade 0 the year they turn 6 years old.

However, if you are in doubt whether your child is ready to start school, please discuss this with your kindergarten. Based on your meeting you fill in an application form, which describes why you and the kindergarten believes that postponing starting school is the right decision.

The application form must be approved and signed by the school principal on the nearest public school.

For postponed school start 2023, you must send the application and action plan to the school enrolment team no later than the 16 of October 2022. It must be sent via Digital Post. Write "School enrolment - Postponed school start" in the subject field.

You will receive the decision in your e-Boks.

Application for postponement of school start 2022

Send Digital Post to Gentofte Kommune

Procedure for postponed school start for children with special needs

If you want your child to change schools, please contact the principal at your child’s current school and fill out a school change form.

If you need further information, please contact the school enrolment team via Digital Post. Please write “School enrolment” in the subject field.

Send Digital Post to Gentofte Kommune

When moving to Gentofte Kommune your child will be offered a place at one of our eleven public schools, where there is a place in the year group.

If your child is to start in grades 0-3, your child will be offered a place at a school within a walking distance of your residence of no more than 2.5 km.

For further information, contact the School enrolment via Digital Post. Please write “School enrolment” in the subject field.

Send Digital Post to Gentofte Kommune

To find the schools that are 2.5 km from your child's residential address, you can use the search tool Skoleopland. For instructions, please go to our Danish site.

If you need further information, please contact the school enrolment team via Digital Post. Please write “School enrolment” in the subject field.

Shortcut to Skoleopland

Instructions on how to use Skoleopland (in Danish)

No. Only parental custodians can enrol a child in a public school.

If you need help enrolling your child in a public school, please call Citizen Services at +45 39 98 00 00 or write an email to the enrolment office: skoleindskrivning@gentofte.dk