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Facts on the planned GTS allocation change
This page summarises figures and definitions from the background paper dated 14 September 2026. Where the paper draws conclusions or lacks school-specific data, that is labelled explicitly.
PUBLIC HEARING · GTS07 OCT 20265:00 pm
Schools Committee: GTS hearing in the Großer Festsaal
Wednesday, 7 October 2026 · 5:00 pm · Hamburg City Hall, Großer Festsaal. Members of the public can register on site to speak; written submissions are also possible. The official invitation is available as a PDF.
Key facts
SCHOOL SUPPORT
School support is also changing
For 2026/27 Hamburg is also changing the organisation of school support. Because school support is individual assistance while GTS allocation funds general all-day-school resources, the two issues are documented on separate facts pages.
School support factsGTS and GBS
GTS
The school itself organises the all-day programme with its own staff. Teachers, educators and honorarium staff work as a team; lessons, learning time and activities are integrated across the day.
72 of 198 state primary schools use this model.
GBS
An external youth welfare provider organises the afternoon in cooperation with the school. Morning lessons and afternoon care are organisationally separate.
126 of 198 state primary schools use this model.
Allocation formula
Current per calculated group
10 teacher hours/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
Budget order of magnitude
Approximation; the compared populations are not perfectly identical in each year.
Social composition
According to the analysis, 46% of GTS primary schools have social index 1 or 2. The share is 28% among all Hamburg primary schools and 18% among GBS primary schools. Forty of the 87 affected schools have social index 1 or 2.
School example: Grundschule Poppenbüttel
The background paper lists 436 children, 20 classes, social index 5 and up to 19 calculated groups. At full participation: up to 190 teacher WAZ, up to 6.5 educator positions and up to 5,700 honorarium hours; from 2028/29 the displayed allocation shows 0 teacher WAZ and 0 honorarium hours, while the educator share rises to up to 11.8 positions.
School example: Ganztagsgrundschule Sternschanze
The background paper lists 523 children and social index 4. The school reports teacher hours for elective courses, learning time, lunch-time presence, support periods, enrichment and all-day coordination. This is one school example and must not be generalised.
Documented, assessed, open
Formula, dates, school count and budget magnitudes are tied to primary sources in the background paper.
Possible consequences are labelled as conclusions when they do not follow directly from budget figures.
The paper does not contain school-specific impact calculations for most schools.