Welcome to the HPC Bilingual Secondary School in Heidelberg

Welcome to HPC Realschule!

School education close to life and more personality development - paired with a sound knowledge base: This is what we stand for at HPC Realschule. The bilingual program prepares our students in the best possible way for the job market, which is characterized by internationalization and globalization.

At our centrally located educational campus, we offer young adults a wide range of educational opportunities and a good start to life after school.

At HPC Realschule, we focus on the strengths and weaknesses of our students. We accompany our students in their career and personal development. Due to the manageable class sizes, we can devote more attention to each individual and respond to their individual needs. Difficulties and deficits are addressed at an early stage with support and tutoring services.

In addition to the knowledge imparted in the classroom, we place great emphasis on the acquisition of social skills. Individual support enables not only higher performance, but also fun in learning. 

In the composition of our classes, we pay attention to a balanced mix of students and strive for a balanced ratio of girls and boys. In our experience, this has a positive influence on the atmosphere in the classroom and on the way we interact with each other.

When admitting students, the personality of the children is very important to us. We make sure that the children feel comfortable in their class. Experience shows that they are more motivated and perform better at school.

With our bilingual program, we promote early and intensive language acquisition. This means that some subjects are taught proportionally in a foreign language - in our Realschule this is English. Our goal is for students to communicate confidently in English and to be able to communicate and discuss a variety of complex and subject-related content.

Online lessons according to schedule: not just a buzzword with us, but a lived reality - thanks to our school's own myF+U app. Classes at HPC can - if the situation requires it - be held completely online.

When school closures are necessary, as with the Corona pandemic, HPC Realschule students have classes every day on a regular schedule, meeting their classmates and trusted teachers online and continuing to learn. In this way, we are mitigating the impact of the pandemic on families as best we can, especially if parents are in the home office.

Our school is like a large community: the students and teachers know each other beyond their classes and support each other. The teachers have the opportunity to respond to the children and support them in their school career in the best possible way. The school's social work department is on hand to offer advice and support.

When selecting new teachers at HPC, we not only look for professional pedagogical competence, but also for the right chemistry. Our team shares the same values, works together towards the same goals and supports each other in everyday school life. A positive atmosphere in the classroom and flat hierarchies are particularly important to us. 

Our students also notice this. They benefit from the expertise and experience of our teachers in the classroom and know that they take time for each individual after class. Whether it is to explain a task again or to support the students with problems outside of class. 

Since 2019, the HPC education partnership has been an important component of our concept of lifeworld orientation.

Through the interlocking of business and school, our students* receive valuable impressions of the working world, through internship weeks, student companies that are supervised by external companies, as well as various action days.

Current student companies include: English Film Club, Library Club, online marketing, sewing projects, and many more.

In addition, they benefit from professional input from the companies that accompany us as HPC education partners with impulse lectures on the topic of business, excursions and company visits, and as scholarship providers.

We attach great importance to supporting our students in their career orientation at an early stage and to providing insights into the various occupational fields during their time at school.