The Board of the ESF Parents Association was approached by parents who are concerned about recent allegations in the regional press, which imply that the ESF is effectively "closed" to families other than so-called 'Category I'.

Upon validation with the Director of the ESF on 2 February 2012, we are glad to convey that such information is not correct.

While the German and English language sections of the ESF barely have remaining capacity to accept pupils other than 'Category I', due to severe space constraints in the school, there is spare capacity in several classes of the French and Italian sections of the ESF Primary School, which may potentially be 'filled' with adequately qualified pupils from 'Category II' and 'Category III' families.

Kindly note that all admissions are at the entire discretion of the Director and that both for 'Category II' and 'Category III' admissions, certain preconditions must be fulfilled.

In order to obtain a valid answer as to whether or not your child can be admitted at the ESF, you must submit a formal application to the school until 15 February.

For further information and for the application form, kindly refer to the ESF website: http://www.esffm.org/en/infos/enrollment.html

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