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107175-Eng Registro Escolar Leuven Ingles
107175-Eng Registro Escolar Leuven Ingles
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Contents
How should you register and enrol your child?............................................................................................................................................................................... 4
When should you register and enrol your child?......................................................................................................................................................................... 5
How to register?.................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 7
How are the open places allocated?....................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 8
How to enrol?............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 9
What happens if your child cannot be enrolled in your school of choice?...................................................................... 9
Leuven schools on the map................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 10
Leuven schools for standard primary education..................................................................................................................................................................... 12
Special needs primary education: Leuven and surrounding area..................................................................................................... 14
Need help?.................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 15
Student guidance centres (CLB)................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 15
Services, community centres, community activities and local associations.............................................................. 16
Digipoints....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 18
Any other practical questions about registering your child?...................................................................................................................... 18
WEB
You can find this brochure as well as 2 video clips providing you with more
information about the registration system at: https://meldjeaan.leuven.be
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Dear parent
Your toddler can now go to school for the first time.
Or perhaps you would like to move your child from their current school to a different one.
The information in this brochure is important for you in both cases.
The choice of school is important. So take all the time you need.
If you would like to get to know the school better, you can always visit in advance.
We work with an electronic registration system for all Leuven primary schools.
This brochure gives you information about the time of registration and enrolment in a nursery
or primary school in Leuven, Heverlee, Kessel-Lo, Wilsele and Wijgmaal.
All schools work with the same system.
This makes it easier for you as a parent and gives everyone an equal chance of enrolling their
child in their school of choice.
Via this website you can register your child not only for schools in Leuven but also for schools
in Herent, Oud-Heverlee and Bierbeek. For more information about these schools, consult
https://meldjeaan.leuven.be or the schools or websites in these districts.
The Leuven schools would like to extend a warm welcome to you and your child!
Would you like help going through this brochure or registering and enrolling
your child? Then go to pages 16-18. There you will find an overview of organ-
isations that can assist you.
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How should you register and enrol your child?
IMPORTANT! FIRST REGISTER, THEN ENROL
There are 3 steps that you must take to register and enrol your child:
STEP 1: Register your child: register your child with the schools of choice via the website
https://meldjeaan.leuven.be
STEP 2: You will receive an e-mail and message in your personal inbox at https://meld-
jeaan.leuven.be. These will contain details about where you can enrol your child
STEP 3: Enrol your child: the school will contact you to complete the enrolment of your child.
TIP
All children born in 2021 have to register and enrol now, even if they are not starting
school until 2 September 2024.
To find the correct start date, use this tool: https://onderwijs.vlaanderen.be/nl/
bereken-de-instapdatum-voor-je-kleuter
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When should you register and enrol your child?
Period 1: Priority for children who already have a brother and/or sister
in the school, and children of personnel
Registration: from Tuesday 10 January 2023 (9 am) to Tuesday 24 January 2023 (5 pm)
Allocation message: on Tuesday 14 February 2023
Enrolment: from Monday 16 February 2023 (9 am) to Thursday 23 March 2023 (5 pm)
Period 3: Enrolment period for all children who are still looking for a school
From Tuesday 23 May 2023 (9 am).
Important:
✓ Check the dates carefully and register within this period.
✓ You can always change your details during the registration period.
Period 1: priority for brothers and sisters and for children of personnel
If you already have a child in the school, or do you work at the school, then you get priority in
that school.
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Period 2: registration and enrolment of ALL children
In advance: Get to know various different schools and select a number of them.
How?
✓ You can find all of Leuven’s nursery and primary schools in the schools list (see pages 10-13).
✓ Make a list of the schools in which you would like to enrol your child. You can find out how
many free places are available in the schools from 27 February 2023 at https://meldjeaan.
leuven.be (in the bar top right under ‘info over scholen’). You can enter as many schools as
you like. It is important to choose several schools. This will give you a better chance of an
enrolment. It won’t affect your first choice.
✓ Make a note of the schools in order of preference in the table below. Always put your
favourite school at number 1. For the first three schools you automatically have an extra
chance of a place.
School 1
School 2
School 3
School 4
School 5
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Period 3: For all children who still have no place
Still haven’t found a place for your child in the previous period(s)?
On Monday 22 June 2023 you will find an overview of the open places on the website
https://meldjeaan.leuven.be (bar top right under ‘info over scholen’).
How to register
Practical steps:
✓ Go to https://meldjeaan.leuven.be
✓ Watch the video clip to find out how the registration system works
Remember your username and password; you will need them whenever you want to
check or change your details.
✓ A list of schools (or the school in the priority period for brothers/sisters and children
of personnel), and accompanying postcodes, where you want to enrol your child.
✓ Your child’s national registration number (see ISI+ card, the back of the Kids ID or a
sticker from your health insurance fund)
If your child has no national registration number, please contact one of the or-
ganisations listed (see page 16 and 17) or mail info@meldjeaan.leuven.be or call
016 27 26 17.
✓ If you don’t have a computer, you can go to one of the digipoints (see page 18) or
a school.
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How are the open places distributed?
Distance and preference
For each school, all registered children are ranked according to 2 criteria: distance to the school
and preference for a school.
Each school can decide for itself whether to prioritise children who live close to the school
or the parents’ choice of school. The school chooses one of three options for allocating the
open places:
✓ 70% on basis of preference and 30% on basis of distance,
✓ 30% on basis of preference and 70% on basis of distance,
✓ 50% on basis of preference and 50% on basis of distance.
Preference:
For the first 3 schools at which you register your child, you get an extra chance of being allo-
cated one of the open places.
Distance:
As far as distance is concerned, the school takes into account the home address of the child
and possibly also the parent’s work address.
The distance is calculated as the crow flies.
The computer allocates each child to one school. A judicial officer ensures that the allocation
procedure is carried out correctly.
If you would like more information, please go to https://meldjeaan.leuven.be and click on the
section ‘Veelgestelde vragen’ or watch the video clips on the website.
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How to enrol?
1. Make an appointment with the school.
2. Go to the school to enrol your child.
3. The enrolment is only final once you agree to the school regulations and the pedagogical
aims of the school.
The waiting list is only based on the criterion ‘distance from the home address of the child to
the school’. The ‘preference’ criterion is no longer relevant in this case.
What happens if a place does come free in one of these schools? Then the school will contact
you. If you like, you can still enrol your child in this school. You can do this even if you have
already enrolled your child in another school in the meantime.
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Leuven schools for standard primary education
Abbreviations:
Free = subsidised free schools (usually affiliated to the Catholic Church)
GO! = Flemish government schools
Freinet, Steiner and Montessori: this is a reference to schools whose education is based on spe-
cific teaching methods and ideas.
Pee & Nel Nursery Primary GO! J.B Van Monstraat 6/8 016 20 74 51 www.peeennel.be 9
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TIP
All schools will be organising Open Days for visitors on Wednesday 15 February 2023 from
9 am to 12 pm and on Thursday 9 March 2023 from 2 pm to 5.30 pm. An Open Day is the ideal
opportunity to get to know a school better and to get a better idea of how it operates. The choice
of school is important. Be sure to take all the time you need to make that choice.
A digital version of this brochure is available at https://meldjeaan.leuven.be. There you can click directly on the link
to the websites of the various different schools.
For more information, go to www.onderwijskiezer.be
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Special needs primary education:
Leuven and surrounding areas
In order to meet the specific requirements of certain children, there are also special needs
schools.
For enrolment in a special needs school, you will need a report for access to special needs
education provided by a centre for student guidance (CLB). You can find the addresses of the
CLBs on page 15.
A report can only be created following an investigation and advice.
It is therefore essential to contact the CLB in good time. Together we can find a suitable school
for your child.
The special needs schools have different registration and enrolment periods. Brothers and
sisters and the children of personable are enrolled from 6 February to 17 February 2023.
Other children can register from 27 March 2023 2pm to 21 April 2023 2pm.
You can find more information on the schools’ websites.
Abbreviations:
Free = subsidised free schools (usually affiliated to the Catholic Church)
GO! = Flemish government schools
Postcode 3000 Leuven:
Free/
School:
GO! + ( 8 Map no.
Damiaanschool Nursery Primary Free Baalsebaan 10, 3120 Tremelo 016 53 37 98 www.damiaanschool.be
Ten Desselaer Nursery Primary Free Klein Park 4, 3360 Lovenjoel 016 85 21 70 www.tendesselaer.be
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Need any help?
Would you like help reading this brochure or registering your child? Here are a few addresses
that you can go to:
@ clb.leuven@g-o.be
: www.leuven.go-clb.be
@ info@vclbleuven.be
: www.vclbleuven.be
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Services, community centres, community work centres
and local associations
SAAMO - Unelma
+ Eenmeilaan 2, 3010 Kessel-Lo
( 016 44 15 90
@ Nadja.schils@saamo.be
¹ Monday and Tuesday by appointment
Wigwam vzw
Open house for the whole family!
+ Diestsesteenweg 379c, 3010 Kessel-Lo
( 016 25 78 30
@ info@dewigwam.be
¹ from Monday to Friday by phone appointment
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RuimteVaart vzw
+ Valkerijgang 26, 3000 Leuven
( 016 67 90 04
F Klara Roelants
@ klara.deruimtevaart@gmail.com
: www.deruimtevaart.be
Inloopteam De Mobil
+ Valkerijgang 26, 3000 Leuven
( 0487 90 59 33
F Laura Vanclooster
@ demobil.inloopteam@live.be
OCMW
¹ By appointment only
: www.ocmw-leuven.be
@ sociale.dienst@ocmw-leuven.be
Welfare agency Fonteinstraat
+ Fonteinstraat 131, 3000 Leuven
( 016 27 43 10
Welfare agency Vesaliusstraat
+ A. Vesaliusstraat 47, 3000 Leuven
( 016 27 43 00
Welfare agency Warandelaan
+ Warandelaan 2, 3010 Kessel-Lo
( 016 27 43 20
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Digipoints
There are several places (called digipoints or digipunten) in Leuven where you can access a computer.
3000 Leuven
De Meander Redingenstraat 25 016 58 38 53 www.caw.be/locaties/inloopcentrum-de-meander/
Local service centre Wijnveld Wingerdstraat 14 016 28 49 50 www.wijnveld.info
Buurthuis‘t Lampeke Riddersstraat 147 016 23 80 19 www.lampeke.be
Community centre Mannenstraat Groefstraat 2 016 22 38 59 www.leuven.be/buurtwerk
Community centre Sint-Maartensdal Rijdende Artillerielaan 6 016 23 45 40 www.leuven.be/buurtwerk
De Bib Leuven (library) Rijschoolstraat 4 016 27 45 00 www.leuven.be/bibliotheek
City Office (Stadskantoor) Professor Van Overstraetenplein 1 016 27 20 00 www.leuven.be
Welfare agency Fonteinstraat Fonteinstraat 131 016 27 43 10 www.ocmw-leuven.be
Welfare agency Vesaliusstraat Vesaliusstraat 47 016 27 43 00 www.ocmw-leuven.be
Service Centre Seniorama Vanden Tymplestraat 35 016 22 20 14 www.seniorama.be
3001 Heverlee
Service Centre Ruelenspark Erasme Ruelenspark 35 016 24 83 96 www.zorgleuven.be
Local library Heverlee Waversebaan 66 016 27 20 14 www.leuven.be/bibliotheek
Link in de kabel Paul van Ostaijenlaan 22 0484 02 92 34 www.lidk.be
3010 Kessel-Lo
Service Centre Ter Vlierbeke Rustoordlaan 3 016 55 55 11 www.zorgleuven.be
Community centre Casablanca Lolanden 16 016 27 40 20 www.leuven.be/buurtwerk
Local library Kessel-Lo Stadionlaan 4 016 25 03 63 www.leuven.be/bibliotheek
De Nomade Heuvelhofpark 0491 92 93 31 www.leuven.be/contact/de-nomade
Welfare agency Warandelaan Warandelaan 2 016 27 43 20 www.ocmw-leuven.be
3012 Wilsele
Service Centre Ter Putkapelle Bosstraat 11 016 35 26 11 www.zorgleuven.be
Community centre Wilsele-dorp Schorenshof 13 016 22 23 15 www.leuven.be/buurtwerk
Local library Wilsele-Putkapel Aarschotsesteenweg 159 016 44 98 29 www.leuven.be/bibliotheek
Aanmeld- en inschrijvingsdata:
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This brochure is a publication of LOP Leuven Primary Education
in collaboration with the City of Leuven.
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Registration and enrolment dates: