About 6,000 children will start school in Helsinki in the autumn this year, said the City of Helsinki in a press release on Wednesday. Helsinki-based children born in 2019 will start their compulsory education on August 12. Parents can enrol their child in school either online between 12–25 January or by visiting the school on 21 January. The future first-graders were sent a Tervetuloa kouluun guide (Welcome to school), a comprehensive information package on starting school, in November 2025. If the school operates in several units, guardians are advised to enrol at the main school. If a child is starting school a year later or has been granted extended compulsory education, or if the child is applying to a school other than the childs own local school, guardians are urged to enrol at the school.