The Quinoa School is a private school in Berlin-Wedding with a special goal: to give all young people in Germany, regardless of their social and cultural background, the chance to graduate from school and make a connection.

Through individual and language support, relationship and family work, career guidance, intercultural learning and behavior management, the students at Quinoa School are given the most important skills to lead a successful and fulfilling life. In addition, the teachers follow a staffing concept that gives them plenty of scope to fulfill their role as learning guides and educational enthusiasts in a long-term and healthy way. Moving Child financed the “integrative learning therapy” project, which was designed to develop individual learning plans and strengthen pupils’ self-reflection, motivation and self-efficacy. The learning support showed, for example, that 80% of pupils in the seventh grade improved their spelling skills as a result of the activities co-developed and personally supported by the learning therapy team.

There was great news at the end of the 2024 school year: 100% of Year 10 a/b students left school with a qualification. 69% achieved an intermediate school-leaving certificate, 14% an extended vocational training certificate (extended lower secondary school leaving certificate), 13% a vocational training certificate and 4% a vocational orientation certificate. Many of the pupils had already been placed at other schools or in an apprenticeship as part of the follow-up support.

A lot also happened before the end of 2024. The Quinoa School set up a workshop and teaching kitchen as well as additional learning rooms for differentiated learning and celebrated its 10th anniversary.