Else-Hirsch-Schule

Hegelstraße 6, 44805 Bochum

Gerthe

School number: 157120

Website: www.else-hirsch-schule.de/

School management: Claudia Igloffstein-Schäl

Deputy Head of School: Christine Heukamp

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Factsheet

General information
Number of pupils
approx. 260
Parallel classes
2
VRR lines
308, 316, 318, 353, 321, 364
Gerthe Mitte, Heinrichstr.
Lesson times
8:15 a.m.
Accessibility
No (We are not barrier-free. The school can only be reached via several flights of stairs. There is no elevator.)

School infrastructure and services
Pedagogical concept
  • Team teaching / cross-grade teaching (Unterstufe)
  • Project-oriented learning (Makerspace, Eröffnung Januar 2026)
Childcare and all-day offers
  • School social work / counseling services
  • Afternoon care (OGS)
  • Vacation care
School equipment
  • Support rooms
  • Workroom (Maker Space in planning)
  • Gymnasium
  • Specialist rooms with special equipment (Makerspace, Lehrküche)
  • Movement room
  • School library
  • School kitchen
  • Gymnasium in the building

Educational offers
Focus on compulsory electives
  • Sustainability / Environment (ESD)
  • Art / Creative
  • Career orientation / Economy
Special career guidance measures (except KAoA)
  • Annual internship
  • Individual internships
  • Individual support in the process of finding connection options
  • Company tours
  • In-school girls' and boys' days
  • Animal park project
  • Internships
School trip program
  • Final trip
  • Trip to Berlin
  • Forest education trip to Obereimer

Language offers
Language offers
  • German language support (DaZ - German as a second language)
Foreign language courses
  • English (from class 3)

Promotional offers
Individual support
  • Retreat areas / differentiation options
  • School support / multi-professional team
Funding priorities
  • Learning

AGs and leisure activities
AGs
  • Sports clubs
  • Theater-AG
  • Music or band club
  • Technology or robotics club
  • Environmental club / school garden
  • Home economics / cooking club

Awards and seals of quality
Awards and seals of quality
  • Erasmus+
  • School without racism - school with courage

Projects
Projects
  • Swimming course
  • Healthy diet
  • Class council and school parliament
  • Participation in the Erasmus school abroad project
  • Boxing workshop
  • Educational breaks
  • Island room
  • Learning office lower school
  • Coolness training
  • Students honor students (Else Hirsch Award)
  • Musical project
  • Else Deer Day
  • Streetdance project

Partner
Partner
  • BrotZeit e. V.; Bochum Music School; U27

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