English: Diagram showing the German school system. It includes the streaming school types (Gymnasium, Realschule, Hauptschule), the comprehensive school types (Grundschule, Gesamtschule), Special Schools and the three main educational levels to be reached (Abitur, Realschulabschluss, Hauptschulabschluss).
Deutsch: Darstellung des deutschen Schulsystems. Es beinhaltet die klassischen differenzierenden Schultypen (Gymnasium, Realschule, Hauptschult), die nichtdifferenzierenden Schultypen (Grundschule, Gesamtschule), Sonder-/Förderschulen (Special Schools) und die drei häufigsten Schulabschlüsse (Abitur, Realschulabschluss, Hauptschulabschluss).
Vocational schools are a set of many different school types partially sharing features with other school types.
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(★) State schools combining Hauptschule and Realschule. They have different names in different states, for example "Sekundarschule".
(★★) The Orientierungsstufe (grades 5 and 6) is differently implemented in the different states. Berlin and Brandenburg implement it as a part of the Elementary school. All the other states implement it as special conditions in the school types of secondary education during grade 5 and 6. Niedersachsen used to implement it as a dedicated school type, comparable to Middle School.
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