childcare and schools

Crèches, kindergartens and day care centres

(websites in German only)

• in Ulm
  Info and advice: Family Office of the City of Ulm, online-search-Kitaplatz
  
  Childcare offers that evolved through parents' initiatives:
  The Wichtelburg, Prittwitzstraße 13-17, Kindertagesstätte Guter Hirte e.V., look after children from the age of 6 months to 6 years. Information via phone: +49 731 92270-41
  The Knopfschachtel, takes in children from Ulm the age 3 to 6 years. Phone requires: +49 731 552611.
   
• in Neu-Ulm childcare centres Portal

Childminder, nanny, Großtagespflege (small day care center)

• Ulm: Tagesmütterverein Ulm e.V.  www.tmv-ulm.telebus.de
• Alb-Donau-district: Tagesmütterverein Alb-Donau-Kreis e. V.
• Neu-Ulm
  District administration (Landratsamt) Neu-Ulm, Kantstraße 8,  89231 Neu-Ulm, phone: +49 731 7040-304
  Email: tagespflege@lra.neu-ulm.de
• Administrative districts Günzburg, Neu-Ulm, Unterallgäu, Memmingen City: www.tagespflege-bayern.de

Tips for selecting a childminder: information and check lists Handbuch Kindertagespflege (guidelines for childcare) by the Federal Ministry of Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth.

Au-pair
Information Agentur für Arbeit (Employment Agency - in German only), Familienwegweiser (guide for families – in German only) , Familienhandbuch (manual for families – in German only).
RAL Quality Seal „Au-pair Outgoing"

You can find toddlers groups (Krabbelgruppen), play groups (Spielgruppen) and parents and children groups (Eltern-Kind-Treffs) in Ulm and Neu-Ulm in the family magazine Kinder in der Stadt in the section Gruppen und Treffs (groups and get-togethers)

•        in Ulm
Information by the City of Ulm, including full-time schools (Ganztagsschulen).
Service offers at schools in Ulm.
There are preparatory classes (Vorbereitungsklassen) for children with no or little German language skills.

•        in Neu-Ulm
Information by the City of Neu-Ulm
English-speaking education institution (kindergarten and school)
The International School Ulm/Neu-Ulm (ISU) is a all-day international school including an Early Years Program./ The International School Ulm/Neu-Ulm is an all-day institution (kindergarten and school from 1st to 12th class) with accreditation from the government of Swabia as substitute school (Ersatzschule).