Stadtschulamt

What Stadtschulamt does

Stadtschulamt (City Education Office) is a municipal government department (Amt 40) of the City of Frankfurt am Main, responsible for the administration of childcare, schools, and youth welfare services within the city. It serves Frankfurt-resident families with children, students enrolled in Frankfurt schools, local educational institutions, and youth welfare programs. Core functional areas include child day-care placement, school information and enrollment support, BAföG training-assistance administration, student transportation subsidies, and social-pedagogical youth welfare coordination in schools.

The office delivers its services through a portfolio of digital portals and conventional administrative channels. Technology assets include the Kindernetfrankfurt portal for childcare placement registration, the Schulwegweiser online school directory, the Hallo Grundschule enrollment information portal, the Bildung Integriert integrated education planning initiative, and the citywide Tevis online appointment booking system provided by ekom21. The office also operates the Umweltbildung environmental education program and the Tagesfamilien Frankfurt childminder information service. All infrastructure sits on top of the City of Frankfurt's broader digital ecosystem (frankfurt.de portal and the city's official social media accounts).

Stadtschulamt does not operate on a commercial revenue model. It is wholly owned by and funded through the municipal budget of the City of Frankfurt am Main, with staffing of approximately 26 employees at its Solmsstraße 27-37 headquarters. Distribution is purely domestic and limited to the Frankfurt jurisdiction, combining self-serve digital portals with in-person citizen consultations and telephone hotlines. As a statutory public body, it holds exclusive regulatory authority over its mandated services within the city and is not subject to commercial competitive dynamics.

Name

Stadtschulamt

Legal name

Stadtschulamt

Website

https://stadtschulamt.stadt-frankfurt.de

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Stadtschulamt is the municipal education and childcare office (Amt 40) of the City of Frankfurt am Main, administering childcare placement, school information, BAföG, student transportation, and youth welfare services for Frankfurt-resident families, students, and local schools through digital portals and in-person services.

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akta.pro rank

Product category

Public Education Administration

NAICS

Educational Services (611), Child Care Services (6244), Child and Youth Services (62411), Elementary and Secondary Schools (61111)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200), Services-Child Day Care Services (8351), Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

District Student Services Administration (Special Ed, Counseling, Health) (EDADABAJ)

Keywords

• Childcare placement services
• School administration coordination
• Youth welfare services
• BAföG federal training assistance
• Municipal education administration

Headquarters

HQ city

Frankfurt am Main

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Others

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Stadtschulamt is the municipal City School Office (Amt 40) of Frankfurt am Main, providing statutory administrative services for childcare placement, school administration, student transportation, and youth welfare within the city. Core services include managing childcare placements via the Kindernetfrankfurt portal, administering federal training assistance (BAföG), coordinating school transportation and travel cost reimbursements, and delivering socio-pedagogical youth welfare support in schools. All services are delivered free of charge to citizens as public administration functions.

Product overview

Stadtschulamt (City Education Office of Frankfurt am Main) is a municipal government agency offering a portfolio of education and childcare services rather than a unified software product. The core offerings include childcare placement services via the Kindernetfrankfurt portal, school information via the Schulwegweiser directory, BAföG administration, and student transportation subsidies. Additional services include youth welfare support, environmental education programs, and integrated education planning. Services are delivered through multiple online portals, in-person consultations, and telephone hotlines.

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Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Kinderbetreuung (Childcare Services) Municipal childcare services including child day-care facilities, children and family centers, and childcare placements managed through the Kindernetfrankfurt portal for families in Frankfurt am Main.
• Schulen in Frankfurt am Main (Schools in Frankfurt) General school information services for students and families in Frankfurt am Main, including school routes, student transportation, and school-based childcare support details.
• Schulwegweiser (School Finder) Online directory of all schools in Frankfurt am Main with school profiles, allowing parents to search and compare schools based on special programs and profiles.
• Kindernetfrankfurt Online portal for searching and registering interest for childcare placements in Frankfurt am Main, managed by the Stadtschulamt.
• Tagesfamilien Frankfurt (Day Families Frankfurt) Information service about day families (childminders) in Frankfurt am Main who provide childcare in family settings.
• Amt für Ausbildungsförderung (BAföG Office) Office responsible for processing and administering federal training assistance (BAföG) for students in Frankfurt am Main.
• Schülerbeförderung / Fahrtkostenerstattung (Student Transportation) Student transportation assistance including school route transportation and travel cost reimbursement services for students in Frankfurt am Main.
• Jugendhilfe und sozialpädagogische Förderung (Youth Welfare) Social-pedagogical support programs funded and coordinated by Stadtschulamt for schools in Frankfurt am Main.
• Hallo Grundschule (Hello Primary School) Information portal for parents about school enrollment and the transition to primary school in Frankfurt am Main.
• Bildung Integriert (Integrated Education) Integrated education planning initiative providing information about educational planning and foundational data for Frankfurt am Main.
• Umweltbildung (Environmental Education) Environmental education programs and resources for children and schools in Frankfurt am Main.

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles6 records

Technology focussed No

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Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Schulamt Frankfurt am Main: City-level school supervisory authority within Frankfurt am Main. Direct institutional peer, also operating as a municipal Amt focused on school-related oversight and coordination within the same city.
• Stadt Köln - Schulamt: Municipal school and education office for the City of Cologne. Direct peer operating in the same domain (municipal school administration) within a comparable large German city.
• Hamburger Schulinfo: City-state of Hamburg's online school information and administration portal. Direct peer offering comparable municipal-level school directory and information services to citizens.
• Stadt München - Referat für Bildung und Sport: Munich's municipal department for education and sports. Direct peer providing municipal school administration, childcare coordination, and youth welfare services in another major German metropolitan area.
• Stadt Frankfurt am Main - Jugendamt: Sibling municipal department (Youth Welfare Office) within the City of Frankfurt. Closely adjacent public-sector peer operating overlapping youth and family services in the same city jurisdiction.

Broad incumbents

• Bezirksregierung Arnsberg: Regional government authority in North Rhine-Westphalia with school supervisory duties. Comparable as a public-sector education administrator, though at the regional rather than municipal level and with broader scope.
• Landesinstitut für Schule und Medien Berlin-Brandenburg: State-level institute supporting school quality and education administration across Berlin and Brandenburg. Broader incumbent with overlapping mandates around educational policy, materials, and coordination.
• Hessisches Kultusministerium: State education ministry of Hesse, the federal state in which Stadtschulamt operates. Broader incumbent responsible for statewide school policy, curriculum, and teacher regulations that Stadtschulamt implements locally.

Emerging players

• Musterkindergarten / Kita placement platforms: Third-party digital platforms supporting childcare search and placement in Germany. Emerging player with partial overlap in the childcare-placement use case that Kindernet Frankfurt addresses.

Others

• ekom21: Hessian municipal IT service provider operating the Tevis appointment-booking platform used by Stadtschulamt. Adjacent enabling partner rather than a direct competitor, but critical infrastructure dependency.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Xtwitter.com/Stadt_FFM
• YouTubeyoutube.com/user/PIAFFM
• Facebookfacebook.com/StadtFFM
• LinkedInde.linkedin.com/company/frankfurtde
• Instagraminstagram.com/frankfurt.de

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