School enrolment 2026

The public schools will hold information meetings between 19 November 2025 and 27 November 2025 for incoming 0th grade for the school year of 2026/2027. Here you have the opportunity to form an impression of the individual school. There is no registration for the meetings, and you are welcome to participate in all meetings.

Find the information meeting here:

NOTE: All meetings are held between 5-6.30pm.

Wesnesday the. 19 november 2025: Ordrup Skole og Tranegårdskolen

Thursday the 20. november 2025: Skovshoved Skole og Gentofte Skole

Monday the 24. november 2025: Dyssegårdsskolen og Hellerup Skole

Tuesday the 25. november 2025: Munkegårdsskolen

Wesnesday the 26. november 2025: Skovgårdsskolen og Bakkegårdsskolen

Thursday the 27. november 2025: Maglegårdsskolen og Tjørnegårdsskolen

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

Online enrolment is possible from the 19 of November 2025 to the 9 of January 2026.

Public schools will host information meetings from the 18 to the 27 of November 2025, depending on the school.

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

E-mail: skoleindskrivning@gentofte.dk

Phone hours: Monday to Thursday 9-11 and 12-14.

Phone number: 39 98 50 62

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 2026

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 2026, you must send the application and action plan to the school enrolment team no later than the 1 of November 2025. 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 2026

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 50 62 or write an email to the enrolment office: skoleindskrivning@gentofte.dk