← Back to the rankingFelix-Klein-Gymnasium Göttingen
Gottingen, Germany · est. 1890 · State
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Felix-Klein-Gymnasium (FKG) is a state grammar school in Göttingen founded in 1890; it now has about 1350 students in grades 5-13. It has three focuses: mathematics and sciences (a MINT profile class since 1995), international education (a bilingual track, German language classes for newly arrived children, and the IB) and sport (a school for sports talents and partner school of elite sport for basketball, swimming and table tennis). Teaching is in German under the Lower Saxony curriculum, leading to the Abitur after grade 13; in the bilingual track, running since 1990, history, geography, chemistry and PE are taught in English from grade 7. Since December 2007 the school has been an IB school: the Diploma Programme in grades 12-13 runs alongside the Abitur, the only such state school in Lower Saxony, with all subjects except foreign languages taught in English. The IB programme was set up mainly for international students without sufficient German and for Germans who had lived abroad for a long time, with support from the University of Göttingen, the Max Planck Institutes, the city and local companies. Younger newly arrived students attend German language classes.
Key facts
Programmes
IB · DP · National programme
Languages of instruction
German, English
Languages taught
French, Latin, Spanish
Class size
No more than 25 students per class, with many subjects taught in smaller groups.
About the fees Tuition is free: the school states that it is state-funded. In the IB Diploma Programme the school charges an administration fee of 550 EUR for the whole programme and an examination fee of 560 EUR plus 19% VAT. All students pay 15 EUR per year for media and digital administration; textbooks, a calculator, an iPad with stylus (required in the IB), excursions and a course trip (about 450 EUR) are paid separately.
Admissions Registration for grade 5 is in May, based on the grade 4 report and the primary school's recommendation; grades 6-11 accept students during the year after a personal interview, and registration for grade 11 (Einführungsphase) closes on 20 February. Children who arrive without sufficient German are taught in German language classes. Admission to the Diploma Programme is based on academic performance, motivation and language skills; entry is normally after grade 11, under certain conditions after grade 10. Applicants need a certificate equivalent to the German Erweiterter Sekundarabschluss I or the MYP, and international students prove a similar level, for example with the IGCSE; where academic performance is in doubt there are placement tests in mathematics, sciences, history, German and English. English must be advanced (grades, Cambridge C1 Advanced or the school's test), and the admission interview is held in English; German is required at least at level A2, and German B is compulsory for non-native speakers. The programme is aimed mainly at international students and Germans who have lived abroad for a long time; students from other schools in Göttingen and the region are also admitted. Documents: ID, residence permit if applicable, the last two report cards, a list of previous schools and a motivation letter; online applications are due by mid-June. There is no boarding, and students arrange their own accommodation.
Stages and year groups Grades 5-13. Lower Saxony Gymnasium: grades 5-10 (Sekundarstufe I), Oberstufe grades 11-13, final examination Abitur (Allgemeine Hochschulreife). Profile classes from grade 5: bilingual (history, geography, chemistry and PE in English from grade 7, with an additional certificate and the CertiLingua label at Abitur) and MINT. IB Diploma Programme in grades 12-13 (under conditions 11-12) alongside the Abitur, taught in English; first intake in 2008, first exams in 2010. IB subjects: English A and German A (Language and Literature), German B, a school-supported self-taught literature course in another first language, geography and history, biology, chemistry, physics, mathematics, visual arts, plus Theory of Knowledge, the Extended Essay and CAS.
Accreditations and programmes verified against official registries
IB · DP · authorised programmeThe school is listed in the IB register and runs the Diploma Programme. The IB track runs inside a German Gymnasium: in the upper grades students take the IB Diploma alongside the Abitur.
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IBInternational Baccalaureate
A Swiss non-profit, working since 1968. Its programmes are among the most widely recognised school programmes in the world. Authorisation is granted stage by stage, so a school with the final stage does not necessarily run the younger ones; which stages this school holds is set out in the line below.
What the badge means for this school. The school is allowed to run this programme and to award its certificate. This is a confirmation of the programme, not a judgement on the school as a whole. The entry stands in the organisation's public register - anyone can check it. At this school: DP (ages 16-19). DP is the final stage, ages 16 to 19: six subjects plus a compulsory core of theory of knowledge, an extended essay and CAS. The diploma is accepted by universities all over the world, and in a number of countries it counts for admission on the same footing as the local leaving certificate.
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The state school programme of the country the school stands in: it is set by that country's ministry of education, which also licenses the school and awards the leaving certificate. That certificate is used for entry to local universities, and abroad it is matched to the local one.
What this means for this school. This entry does not count towards the score, and that is deliberate. Every lawful school in a country works to the national programme, so on its own it tells one school apart from no other - unlike the French, German or Russian programmes, which are carried abroad and confirmed by the register of their organisation. We show it because a parent needs to know what programme their child is taught and what certificate the child will get. Counting it would lift the whole ranking at once and still tell nobody apart.
Exams and destinations from the school's official website
The school publishes nothing about where its leavers go: no share going on to university, no exam results, no list of universities.
Facilities from the school's official website
·Swimming poolnot stated on the website
✓Sports hall
✓Laboratories
·Theatre or assembly hallnot stated on the website
✓Library
✓Catering
·School transportnot stated on the website
·Boardingnot stated on the website
Also on site: Sports ground or field · Playground
Clubs and activities: Jugend forscht (youth science competition) · Robotik / Lego League (robotics) · Mathe Olympiade Gruppe (maths olympiad group) · Astronomie (astronomy) · Chess · Orchestra · Jazztified · Sek1-Chor (lower and middle school choir) · Oberstufenchor (senior choir) · Theater/Musical · Schülerzeitung (school newspaper) · Schulgarten (school garden) · Kochen am FKG (cooking) · Fahrradwerkstatt (bicycle workshop) · Holzwerkstatt (woodworking workshop) · Business4School · Planspiel Börse (stock market game) · US/UK College Preparation Club · DELF (French exam preparation) · English Learning Workshop · SpoTa Handball (handball) · SpoTa Tischtennis (table tennis) · SpoTa Fußball (football) · SpoTa Bogensport (archery) · Athletics · Basketball für Mädchen (girls' basketball)
Teaching staff from the school's official website
·Teachers listed by namenot published
✓Teacher qualifications
·Number of teachersthe school does not say
✓Students per teacher or class sizein the key facts above
What the listings show: All IB teachers have completed IB professional development and are regular staff of the school; when the programme began the school already had 16 years of experience teaching subjects in English. Bilingual track teachers have studied English and their subject or have been specially trained.
The school names 18 Diploma Programme teachers; it does not publish the total number of teachers.
Safety and wellbeing from the school's official website
·CCTVnot stated on the website
·Security staffnot stated on the website
·Access controlnot stated on the website
·Nurse or medical roomnot stated on the website
·Counsellornot stated on the website
·Child protection policynot stated on the website
·Staff trainingnot stated on the website
✓Anti-bullying policy
The school has a trained student counselling team (conflicts, stress at home, learning difficulties, important decisions), a bullying prevention team, school social work, a school chaplain, student bus scouts and media scouts. A ban on weapons and dangerous chemicals applies under the state ministry's regulation.
Reviews
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Criteria breakdown criterion weight in brackets
Academics and programmes (16%)82 Community rating (16%)no dataparent reviews are needed: the criterion switches on at the fifth verified one Exams and destinations (12%) scored on disclosed data55 Safety and wellbeing (12%) scored on disclosed data60 Accreditation and verifiability (10%)85 Teaching staff (10%) scored on disclosed data55 Facilities (10%) scored on disclosed data75 Clubs and activities (8%) scored on disclosed data78 "Scored on disclosed data" stands where we count only what the school has written about itself on its own site: exams and destinations, safety and wellbeing, teaching staff, facilities, clubs and activities. A low score here means the school does not write about this, not that the school does not have it: a school with good security and a sparse site will score low. A school can fill in its profile, and the score will be counted again.
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