Starting basic education one year later than enacted

Children usually start school the year they turn seven years old. Sometimes it may be in your child’s best interests not to start school until the following year. In other words, if necessary, it is possible to postpone your child’s start of school by one year. The postponement must always be based on an examination carried out by a physician or psychologist. The matter is always examined with thorough consideration. On the basis of the guardian’s application, the school’s headmaster will make a decision on starting basic education one year later than enacted.

If your child is in pre-primary education, the pre-primary education teacher draws up a pedagogical description of your child’s situation. The psychologist or physician will take the description received from pre-primary education into account in their statement. The school’s headmaster also has access to the pedagogical description.

If your child has not attended pre-primary education, you must take care of submitting the psychologist’s or physician’s statement to the school’s headmaster.

Instructions

Contact your child’s pre-primary education teachers to enquire about starting school one year later than enacted.

If your child is in early childhood education, contact your child’s pre-primary education teachers to enquire about starting school one year earlier than enacted. School enrolment takes places in Wilma by using the form Enrolment in basic education. In Wilma, tick “We are applying to start basic education one year later than enacted”.

The other guardians will fill in the application form, attach the psychologist’s and, if necessary, the physician’s report to it and submit the application to the headmaster of the school closest to your home address. For more information on schools and school admission, visit Customer Service Centre Winkki or the city’s map service.

If you cannot use Wilma, contact Customer Service Centre Winkki.

Payment information

The service is free of charge.