Germany, Stuttgart
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Silberwaldstraße 22, 70619 Stuttgart, in the Sillenbuch district.
Two sections: German section (14 classes) and French bilingual section (8 classes).
Primary school (école élémentaire) with Franco-German bilingual sections; the German section follows the Baden-Württemberg program, and the French section uses an adapted French program to teach German.
Affiliated with both the French and German education systems.
The midday break lasts one hour (30 minutes outdoors and 30 minutes for meals), scheduled by level between 11:30 and 13:30.
Application fees
- There is no application fee to enrol in the Deutsch‑Französische / École franco‑allemande de Stuttgart‑Sillenbuch primary school. The school is a public elementary school coordinated with municipal authorities; no one‑off enrolment charge or tuition application fee is levied for admission.
Tuition fees by school year / year group
- There are no tuition fees for any year group at this primary school. Instruction for the German and French primary sections is provided as a public school service and no annual or per‑term tuition is charged.
Ancillary service fees (breakfast / morning care, midday care, full‑day care and holiday care)
- The school offers a range of paid care modules (morning care / early care, midday care, late care, full‑day and holiday care). These care modules are charged according to the municipal scaled rate table used for Grundschule supplementary services. Fees are expressed as a monthly charge and vary by the booked module and by the number of children under 18 in the same household (reduced rates apply for holders of the city Families‑Card / Bonuscard). The main fee bands are:
- Morning (Frühbetreuung): typically about EUR 15 (1 child, Families‑Card) or EUR 17 (1 child, no Families‑Card) per month; reduced amounts for additional children.
- Midday / Mittagsbetreuung: typically about EUR 30 (1 child, Families‑Card) or EUR 33 (1 child, no Families‑Card) per month; reduced for siblings.
- Combined morning + midday: typically about EUR 45 (1 child, Families‑Card) or EUR 50 (1 child, no Families‑Card) per month; sibling reductions apply.
- Ganztag (full‑day) packages and holiday week packages have higher monthly charges; example holiday‑day packages are listed (e.g., Ferienbetreuung ~ EUR 36–39 per month for one child, depending on Families‑Card status).
- The exact amount depends on the booked module and sibling count; charges are stated as monthly entitlements in the municipal rate table.
- The municipal rate table shows these charges are collected as monthly instalments and the August month is treated as contribution‑free in the annual schedule.
Billing schedule and payment terms
- Care fees are billed as a monthly entitlement for the school year and are payable in instalments: the municipal scheme applies the annual charge across eleven monthly payments (the charge is therefore spread over 11 months; August is contribution‑free where indicated). For offers without holiday weeks the fee base is calculated for the standard number of school weeks and then spread over eleven months as described in the municipal entgelttabelle. Fees for care that include holiday weeks are normally charged over 11 months. The municipality's rate table sets these billing rules.
Boarding / residential fees
- There is no boarding provision at this primary school. No boarding fees apply. The school is an elementary day school (no resident/boarding facility).
Meals and catering costs
- Midday meals in the school mensa are provided by an external caterer and are invoiced separately from the childcare entitlement. Parents must register with the caterer to order and pay for lunches. Meal ordering and payment operate via the caterer's ordering/account system and are separate from the municipal care invoices. Meal costs are additional to the childcare fees; parents pay the caterer for each meal or pre‑fund a meal account in the caterer's ordering system.
Other costs or fees (uniforms, club fees, association membership, equipment)
- There is no school‑wide tuition uniform charge listed.
- The school has an associated Förderverein (support association / parents' association); membership in that association may carry a voluntary membership fee or recommended contribution for fundraising activities. Participation or donations to the Förderverein are separate and voluntary.
Refund information
- Because the school does not levy tuition, there are no tuition refunds to describe.
- Childcare fees are charged according to the municipal billing cycle (monthly instalments over eleven months with August typically contribution‑free); changes, cancellations and refunds for booked care are governed by the enrolment and contract rules of the municipal/student‑care provider and by the municipal entgelttabelle.
- Meal providers operate their own account and cancellation rules: meal bookings and refunds/credit for lunches are handled through the caterer's ordering system and follow the caterer's refund/cancellation policy (for example, the caterer's platform typically requires cancellation by a given time on the meal day and refunds or account‑credit rules depend on the caterer's terms). Parents should follow the caterer's cancellation deadlines for any meal refunds or credits.
Fee payment options
- Childcare / care fees (municipal entgelte) are invoiced under the municipal/stadt billing system and are normally paid by bank transfer or by direct debit arrangements set up with the responsible billing office or care provider; they follow the municipal invoicing procedures for school‑care charges.
- School lunch payment is administered by the caterer's ordering system (MensaMax or the caterer's chosen platform). Typical payment methods for the caterer's system are bank transfer (pre‑funding the meal account) or SEPA direct debit where the caterer or MensaMax supports it; payment and top‑up methods are handled through the caterer's ordering platform.
- Specific accepted payment channels (for example SEPA / bank transfer / direct debit) are set by the invoicing body (municipality / care provider) or by the caterer's ordering system.
Summary
- There is no application fee and no tuition fee for any year group at the École franco‑allemande / Deutsch‑Französische Grundschule Sillenbuch.
- Paid services are limited to out‑of‑school care modules (morning, midday, late, full‑day and holiday care) charged under the municipal entgelttabelle (monthly charges, sibling discounts, Families‑Card reductions; billed across 11 instalments; August generally contribution‑free).
- Midday meals are billed separately by the external caterer and require a separate registration and account.
- No boarding is available.
(Information on care fee levels, billing rhythm and meal invoicing follows the municipal entgelttabelle and the school's published descriptions of care and catering arrangements.)
Ecole Franco-Allemande Stuttgart-Sillenbuch is a bilingual French-German primary school in Stuttgart, uniting two curricula on one campus. The German section follows the Baden-Württemberg program; from first grade pupils may choose English or French as a foreign language, and the Modellschule option allows extra French instruction beyond standard requirements. The French section is part of the AEFE network and combines the French National Education program with the Baden-Württemberg framework. The school aims to prepare pupils for a path leading to the ABI-BAC, with mastery of both languages and both systems. It is Stuttgart's largest elementary school, with 14 German classes and 8 French classes. Opened in 1999 after a merger between a German and a French school, the campus features a new building with a cafeteria, side buildings and a bicycle yard. A supervised morning, midday and after-school program supports families and offers topic-based activities, arts, sport and language clubs.