Overview

• In Brandenburg, 345 budgeted posts were cut as about 60% of teachers will add one weekly lesson from February to keep core classes covered.
• For 2025/26, the state reports 1,533 permanent and 1,142 fixed-term hires as of August 18, with roughly 255 full-time equivalents still vacant and nearly half of new hires entering via side paths.
• Education Minister Steffen Freiberg signaled reductions to choirs, theatre groups and school newspapers, while pupil numbers reach about 323,600 and 11 additional schools open; substitute budgets were raised to cover the equivalent of 388 full-time posts in the first half-year.
• Thuringia will from November pilot placing newly qualified primary teachers in grades 5–6 at Regelschulen on 25 posts with a 10% salary supplement for five years, with tenure tied to secondary schools.
• The Federal Administrative Court in Leipzig hears challenges to Sachsen-Anhalt’s mandatory extra hour today, with a ruling expected later in the day, as Hamburg starts the year reporting only 58 vacancies — about 0.3% of posts.