Application for permission to continue primary education

Hlavní informace

The parent (or legal guardian of the child) has the option of requesting permission from the school principal to continue primary education after the pupil has completed compulsory school attendance, but no later than the pupil's 18th birthday. This is the case if a pupil has repeated a year once or twice and after 9 years of compulsory school attendance is in a year lower than year 9 or has not successfully completed year 9.

A pupil with special educational needs may, in exceptional cases, be permitted by the school principal to continue their primary education until the end of the school year in which the pupil reaches the age of twenty, or, in the case of pupils educated in a special primary school programme, until the age of twenty-six with the consent of the founder. 

Týká se vás to pokud

You are the legal guardian of a pupil who has completed compulsory school attendance but has not completed primary education.

Kdy službu řešit

After completing compulsory school attendance in less than year 9 of primary school or after failing to complete year 9 of primary education.

Vyřízení služby

Co potřebujete pokud službu řešíte

Submit an application for continuation of primary education. The application must include:

• name and surname of the applicant (child),
• date of birth,
• place of permanent residence, or other address for delivery (according to § 19(3) of the Administrative Code),
• name of the administrative authority to which the application is addressed (the specific primary school),
• reasons for continuing the pupil's primary education.

With regard to the legal representation of the child by their legal guardian or other person authorised to do so, it is also essential to ascertain:

• name and surname of that representative,
• place of permanent residence of that representative, or another address for delivery.

If the child is represented by a person other than their legal guardian, it is also essential that this person documents their authority to represent the child.

It must be clear from the submission who is making it, what matter it relates to and what is proposed. The representative of the party to the proceedings (the legal guardian of the child) is obliged to present their identity card at the request of the authorised official (§ 36(5) of the Administrative Code).

Kde a jak službu řešit

You deal with the primary school where the pupil is fulfilling compulsory school attendance.

Doplňující informace

Jaký má služba benefit

A pupil who has completed the compulsory nine years of school attendance but has not completed their primary education (repeated a grade) for health or performance reasons is allowed to continue their primary education in order to obtain this level of education. Although continuation in primary education beyond the age of nine is not compulsory, it enables pupils to achieve a basic education and thus to be better placed for employment or for acquiring better qualifications.

Možnosti odvolání

The decision can be appealed to the regional authority or Prague City Hall via the school.