Yes, but only with the agreement of the commune you want to go to. In principle every child attends the public school serving their home address, and the commune assigns those places.
How to apply:
– Send a written request explaining your reasons to the college of aldermen (collège des bourgmestre et échevins) of the commune where you want your child to go, before 1 May for the school year starting that September.
– That commune checks your reasons and whether its schools have room, and gives its answer before 15 May.
– If the answer is yes, tell your home commune within eight days.
The law accepts these reasons:
– your child is looked after by a relative up to the third degree, such as grandparents, aunts or uncles
– your child is looked after by a state-approved childminder
– your child is looked after by a state-approved organisation in the socio-educational field
– the location of one parent’s workplace, although some communes, including the City of Luxembourg, do not accept this reason
If the host commune agrees, your home commune covers the school costs. Bringing your child back to a school in your home commune later only takes a letter to your commune. Wanting a different school inside your own commune follows the same written-request route, sent to your own commune.
Moving during the school year? Tell the class teacher and the commune’s school department, and give them the new school’s details. When you register in your new commune, your child is enrolled in the local school there. If you hope to keep your child at the old school, the same rules apply: write to that commune as early as possible, giving one of the reasons above. The decision is theirs and depends on space.