German Saturday School North London

The German Saturday School North London was started as a parent initiative to provide German learning and an appreciation of German, Swiss and Austrian culture and traditions for the children of bilingual and expatriate families from German-speaking countries.

The school has grown over the years and now has 70-80 children attending regularly on Saturday mornings.  We are fortunate to have access to facilities at the Copthall School in Mill Hill.

In 2011, the school was incorporated as a Community Interest Company (CIC), the better to serve the interests of the German language community of North London and surrounding areas.

We remain a not-for-profit organisation dependent on the voluntary work of our parents for the administration of our school. Our teachers are qualified part-time employees and have CRB checks. For more detail, please also see Our Policies.

Associations and Regulatory Body

We are members of the following associations:

• Association of German Saturday Schools
  
• Community Interest Company Association
• National Resource Centre for Supplementary Education
  

and regulated by the Community Interest Company Regulator:

• Community Interest Company Regulator (BIS)



Who We Are

The school is run by a volunteer board of directors, made up of parents of children in the school.  The current membership is as follows:

Heike Hintze-Gharres

Bianca Bendig-Ceesay

Steffi Seidel

Silke Laubin

Conny Lange

Gunnar Maintzer

Many other parents contribute their time to other aspects of running the school, such as our end-of-term Christmas, Easter and Summer parties and running the school 'library' of books, DVDs and videos. 

We hold an annual parents' meeting to involve the whole parent body in the direction of the school.