Local school listed in the compulsory education note and online at asti.hel.fi
Your child’s local school will be listed in the compulsory education note sent to your child’s home address and online at asti.hel.fi(Link leads to external service) on 9–29 January 2023 after you log in. Compulsory education notes will be sent to children’s home addresses starting on 4 January 2023.
School enrolment primarily online
Guardians can enrol their child to their Finnish or Swedish-language local school online at asti.hel.fi on 9–29 January 2023. The service is available in Finnish, Swedish and English. In addition, children attending pre-primary education in a Swedish-language immersion group can enrol in a Swedish-language immersion school according to their language immersion path. If you want to enrol your child in a school that is not your child’s Finnish-language or Swedish-language local school, all guardians of the child must give written consent on Asti by 29 January 2023.
Guardians can also enrol their child by visiting the school on Wednesday 25 January 2023 at 8.00–10.00 am. If the school operates in several units, enrol at the main school. Enrolment will be primarily done online at asti.hel.fi also at the school. In order to enrol, guardians must bring the child’s compulsory education note and necessary identification (e.g. Finnish online banking credentials).
In some cases, you can only enrol at the school. If your child is starting school a year later or has been granted extended compulsory education, or if your child is applying to a school other than the child’s own local school, enrol at the school in question.
Use a separate form to apply to weighted-curriculum, English-language, or bilingual education on 9–29, January 2023. The form is available at hel.fi/welcometoschool.
Morning and after-school activities for pupils
The city organises after-school activities for 1st and 2nd-graders and pupils in need of special support after the school day. The activities are supervised and guided children’s leisure activities. The children have the opportunity play freely, engage in physical activities, play games, spend time outdoors, meet their friends, relax and take part in guided activities both indoors and out. The application period for after-school activities is 6 March−1 May 2023. The decisions will be sent to homes by the beginning of July. Additional information is available at https://www.hel.fi/helsinki/en/childhood-and-education/comprehensive/morning-afternoon.
The schools provide basic education morning activities before the lessons for 1st and 2nd-graders and 3rd and 4th grade special support pupils. You can enrol your child in morning activities through the Wilma system in August 2023 when school starts. No separate decision will be made on morning activities, Wilma enrolment is enough. Schools will provide more information on morning activities in August. Additional information is available at https://www.hel.fi/helsinki/en/childhood-and-education/comprehensive/morning-afternoon/morning-activities/.
Roughly 6,400 children to start school in Helsinki in the autumn
Thursday 10 August 2023 will be the first day of the 2023–2024 school year at Finnish- and Swedish-language comprehensive schools. School term dates and holidays for the entire school year are available at https://www.hel.fi/en/childhood-and-education/school-term-dates-and-holidays.
Advisory service provides more information
The Education Division advisory service will help you in all matters related to school enrolment, tel. 09 310 44986, Mon–Fri at 10:00–12:00 noon and 13:00–15:00. Help is also available for online enrolment, tel. 09 310 88800, Mon–Fri at 8:00–18:00.