Background & political context
A public hearing was requested. The official invitation from the Hamburg Parliament is available as a PDF.
Open official invitation (PDF) (opens in a new tab)HAMBURG · SCHOOL · ALL-DAY EDUCATION
All-day school is education, not just supervision
Hamburg’s draft budget for 2027/2028 provides for a new allocation model for GTS primary schools. According to the analysis used on this site, the change affects 87 schools and about 26,000 children from preschool to grade 4.
- What?The teacher component and separate honorarium funding are to be removed from the all-day allocation.
- When?Preschool and grades 1/2 from 1 Aug 2027; grades 3/4 from 1 Aug 2028.
- What remains?The displayed overall number of staff positions rises; the main change is the professional mix.
DOCUMENTED
What is planned to change
Per calculated all-day group, the current allocation combines teacher time, a share of an educator position and honorarium funding. Under the draft budget, the allocation for preschool to grade 4 is to be provided entirely in the educator profession.
Current allocation per group
10 teacher hours per week
34.0% of an educator position
300 honorarium hours
Planned new formula
teacher component removed
62.4% of an educator position
separate honorarium allocation removed
GTS
GTS: The school itself organises the all-day programme. Teachers, educators and honorarium staff work as a team; lessons, learning time, support and activities are integrated across the day.
GBS
GBS: An external youth welfare provider organises the afternoon in cooperation with the school; morning lessons and afternoon care are organisationally separate.
Source: Draft Budget 2027/2028, Individual Plan 3.1, Annex 1, p. 301; comparison with Budget 2025/2026, p. 225.
AFFECTED SCHOOLS
Is my school affected?
The analysis covers 72 GTS primary schools and 15 primary departments of combined primary/secondary schools. Search by school name or district.
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87 schools in the list.
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Source: analysis in the background paper dated 14 Sept 2026.
EVERYDAY SCHOOL LIFE
What is documented — and what is inferred?
The page now distinguishes explicitly between documented changes, assessments derived from them, and points that remain open for individual schools.
Learning time & support
Teacher hours are currently used, among other things, for learning time, diagnostics, small-group support and double staffing. The teacher component in the all-day allocation is to be removed.
Courses & activities
Separate honorarium funding currently supports activities such as music, workshops, science, student newspapers and additional sports. In the displayed 2028/29 allocation there is no separate amount for this funding.
Integrated daily schedule
If teachers can no longer be financed from this allocation in the afternoon, integrating lessons, practice, support and activities may become more difficult. The extent depends on each school’s organisation.
Lunch time & relationships
According to its own calculation, Ganztagsgrundschule Sternschanze uses 35 teacher hours for lunch-time presence. How other schools organise comparable tasks is school-specific.
Families
The background paper concludes that learning time, courses and cover may need to be absorbed more strongly outside the existing resources. It explicitly labels these effects as the authors’ conclusions.
Social context
According to the analysis, 46% of GTS primary schools have social index 1 or 2; 40 of the 87 affected schools fall into those categories. This describes the affected population, not the effect on an individual school.
THE IMAGE BEHIND THE IDEA
Three strands, one rope
Teachers, educational professionals and external instructors work together in the GTS model. The graphic illustrates the current professional mix and the planned change from 1 p.m. onwards.
Show text alternative for the infographic
The infographic shows the school day from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. In the current GTS model, teachers, educational professionals and external instructors work together. Until 1 p.m. the basic school allocation applies; after that, the all-day allocation is used. Under the planned change for preschool classes through grade 4, the allocation after 1 p.m. would be provided only in the educator profession; the teacher component and the separate honorarium allocation would be removed.
TIMELINE
What happens when
The draft budget is the basis for parliamentary deliberations. The operational change is planned in two stages.
The Senate adopts the draft budget for 2027/2028.
The Budget Committee considers the draft.
According to NDR, the Education Committee approves public hearings on changes affecting school assistance and all-day schools.
Public hearing on GTS all-day schools: 5:00 pm in Hamburg City Hall, Großer Festsaal. Members of the public can register on site to speak.
The Hamburg Parliament is expected to decide on the 2027/2028 double budget.
Schools plan staff, courses and concepts for 2027/2028.
Change for preschool and grades 1 and 2.
Change for grades 3 and 4.
TRANSPARENCY
What we know — and what we do not claim
The allocation formula, timetable, 87 schools and orders of magnitude come from the budget documents, parliamentary papers and datasets cited in the background paper.
Statements about possible effects on learning time, courses, the integrated schedule or families are labelled as assessments or conclusions where they do not follow directly from the budget figures.
For most individual schools, the background paper contains no school-specific impact calculation. The school search therefore does not invent individual figures.
PETITION
Petition process in four steps
According to the provided petition form, only personal signatures on paper count for this “Volkspetition”. An online signature does not replace the paper signature.
From 10,000 valid signatures, the matter is treated as a Volkspetition and considered in parliament.
- 1Download PDF
Download and print the petition form.
- 2Complete it
Enter name, date of birth, address, date and personal signature.
- 3Send original
Send the signed original by post to the return address stated on the form.
- 4Observe deadline
The form states a return deadline of 6 November 2026.
ADDITIONAL ONLINE PETITION
Online petition on Change.org
Separate from the formal paper-based Hamburg “Volkspetition”, there is a public online petition on Change.org. Anyone who wishes to support the concern online can sign it voluntarily. The number of online supporters is publicly visible. An online signature does not replace the personal signature required for the Hamburg Volkspetition.
OTHER INITIATIVES
The issue is also being addressed elsewhere
According to the analysis used on this website, the planned GTS change affects 87 schools and around 26,000 children. In addition to this website and the petitions linked here, there are other independent information and action initiatives concerning Hamburg's all-day schools.
Another initiative on Hamburg's all-day schools
Another independent website addresses the planned changes to Hamburg's all-day school system.
Open external initiative (opens in a new tab)The linked site is operated independently from this website. Its operator is responsible for its content and privacy practices.
Schools and parent representatives are also discussing the issue
Schools, parent representatives and associations are publishing information and statements about the planned changes. External offers are marked as additional sources of information on this website.
Go to media coverage and further sourcesPARTICIPATION
Ways to get informed and take part
The website offers several routes. Which of them a person uses is their own decision.
Ask your school
Use the eight questions to document current resources and possible changes.
Go to questionsReview the petition
Read the petition text and form and decide for yourself whether to sign.
Go to petitionSubscribe to newsletter
Follow new information and press releases by newsletter.
Open newsletterContact committees or MPs
Share school-specific figures and open questions factually with the responsible bodies or representatives.
Go to questionsView online petition
Read the separate Change.org petition and decide for yourself whether to support it online.
Go to Change.org (opens in a new tab)Eight questions for your school
EXPLAINED BRIEFLY
Frequently asked questions about the planned GTS changes
What is an all-day school under the framework concept (GTS)?
A GTS is organised by the school itself. Teachers, educators and external instructors work as a team; lessons, learning time, support and activities are scheduled in an integrated rhythm throughout the day.
What is planned to change in the all-day allocation?
Per all-day group, the current allocation of 10 teacher hours per week and the dedicated allocation of 300 honorarium hours are planned to be removed. The share of an educator position rises from 34.0% to 62.4%.
Which year groups are affected?
The change affects pre-school classes (VSK) and grades 1 to 4. The planned date is 1 August 2027 for VSK and grades 1 and 2, and 1 August 2028 for grades 3 and 4.
How many schools and children are affected?
The analysis used on this website covers 87 schools and around 26,000 children in pre-school classes (VSK) through grade 4.
What applies to grades 5 and 6?
According to the underlying documents, the professional mix remains in place for grades 5 and 6. The change described here concerns pre-school classes (VSK) through grade 4.
Where can newsrooms find structured information?
The Media centre provides press contact details, press releases, images, factbooks and the school list as a CSV file.
FOR JOURNALISTS
Media centre
Press releases, images, factbooks, raw data and press contact details are available on a separate page.
Go to media centrePRESS & TELEVISION
Media coverage of the issue
Several Hamburg media outlets have reported on the planned change to the all-day allocation. The following summaries reflect the respective coverage and link directly to the original reports.
NDR TELEVISION · HAMBURG JOURNAL · 27 AUG 2026
All-day schools: education authority plans savings
The roughly three-minute television report comes from Ganztagsgrundschule Sternschanze. NDR describes the planned shift from teacher resources to educator resources and shows criticism voiced by parents at the school.
According to the ARD Mediathek, the report is available until 27 August 2028.
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NDR · 12.07.2026
All-day schools: criticism of the education authority’s plans
NDR explains the GTS model and reports both the criticism from the all-day school association and the education authority’s position that special educational concepts would remain possible.
Read the NDR report ↗ (opens in a new tab)HAMBURGER MORGENPOST · 28.07.2026
All-day school without teachers? Further cuts planned at schools
MOPO reports on the planned change to the staffing mix in all-day provision and addresses concerns that teachers could be used far less in the afternoon.
Open the MOPO report ↗ (opens in a new tab)HAMBURGER ABENDBLATT · 28.08.2026
All-day primary schools: why the established model is under threat
The Abendblatt reports on the planned removal of teacher resources from the all-day programme and concerns about a structural redesign of the GTS model. Its reporting refers to 220 teacher positions.
Open the Abendblatt report ↗ (opens in a new tab)TAZ · 17.09.2026
All-day school soon entirely without teachers
taz reports on 87 affected all-day schools and a joint appeal by 54 school leadership teams. The article describes specific effects at individual schools and also presents the education senator’s position.
Read the taz report ↗ (opens in a new tab)NDR · 25 SEP 2026 · LATEST DEVELOPMENT
Education Committee approves public hearings on cuts
According to NDR, the Hamburg Parliament’s Education Committee unanimously approved public hearings on changes to school assistance and all-day schools. Parents, children, teachers and other affected people are to have an opportunity to speak.
Read the latest NDR report ↗ (opens in a new tab)Linked media coverage last updated: 25 September 2026. Headlines and key statements are attributed to the respective media reports; further assessments are those of the editorial teams.