Finding Schools for Your Children: An Introduction
If you are making Aliyah with children, the successful absorption (Klitah) of your children into the school system plays a pivtol role in the overall positive Aliyah and Klitah experience for the entire family.

This site is designed to facilitate your family's successful Aliyah by helping you research appropriate school options for your children. You can search for information about individual schools throughout the country, find educational consultants (including consultants for special education), read articles about the various school systems in Israel, and download a school vocabulary list and a list of questions to ask at a school interview. All of these resources will help to empower you to identify the correct school(s) for your child(ren).

Note: This site only lists schools with a minimum of 10% English speakers. Certain exceptions were made to this rule, but for practical reasons, we did not include every school in the country that an Oleh can attend.

How To Search for a School

When searching the database for information about schools, you have several options:

Neighborhood: Once you have identified your community of choice, you can globally search all the schools in that area. This will give you a bird's eye view of all the options that are available
for your entire family.
Grade: 1-6, 7-12, 9-12
Gender: boys, girls, co-ed, coed separate (this will have a note to tell you at what grade they separate, if they are in the same building, but different floors, or same campus two separate buildings)
Religious affiliation: you will be able to choose from the following options:

Mamlachti: public secular (will also include the Tali conservative Judaism tack)
Mamlachti Dati: public religious
Mamlachti Dati Torani: public religious with a strong emphasis on religious studies
Chardal: Charedi dati Leumi-combines charedi philosophy, with full secular studies program
Charedi: right-wing Orthodox
Note regarding pre-nursery / nursery / kindergarten: Given that these are numerous and bound by residence, and registration is solely through the municipality (Iriyah), we have not listed preschool options here unless they are part an elementary school system . Most pre-formal education schools are not situated on the campus of an elementary school. There are many private options to send your child to, and these can be located by writing to the community list of that city and asking for suggestions. Click here for a listing of community email lists.

If you have questions or comments about this school information please email Schools@nbn.org.il

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