The ranking holds 3 schools with an international accreditation or an authorised programme. International Baccalaureate programmes are taught at 2 of them.
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2 of the 3 schools in the ranking are private. The other 1 is a state school, set out below. The type of school does not affect the score: private and state schools sit in one list and are scored by the same formula, and only verifiable data moves the number.
1 school in Kristiansand teaches an international programme with no tuition fee: Kristiansand katedralskole Gimle. On value for money such schools get the top score, because they sit outside the price range altogether.
1 school with an international accreditation is funded by the state: Kristiansand katedralskole Gimle. Admission to these schools is usually competitive, and tuition is free or markedly cheaper than at a private school. In the ranking they stand alongside private schools and are scored on the same nine criteria.
Schools in Kristiansand with an IB programme (2): Kristiansand katedralskole Gimle, Kristiansand International School. Authorisation is confirmed against the International Baccalaureate register.
A facility counts only when the school names it outright on its own site: a modern campus is not a swimming pool. Boarding: 1 school.
Comparing schools on a single feature is useless: the most expensive is not the best, and a famous name says nothing about what is backed by documents. The score is therefore built from nine criteria with different weights - from academic programmes and accreditation to facilities, clubs and fees relative to other schools in the country.
A criterion counts towards the score only when there is verifiable data behind it. That is why every score says how many of the nine criteria were counted: at schools in Kristiansand that is 7.3 out of 9 on average. A school with a detailed site and a school with no site cannot earn an equally reliable score, and that is shown rather than hidden.
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Kristiansand katedralskole Gimle comes first with 73.8 points out of 100, counted from 8 of the 9 criteria. Next come A+ World Academy (71.7) and Kristiansand International School (68.9). The score is built from data anyone can check: accreditations found in official registers, programmes, facilities and published fees. A place in the ranking is not for sale.
The ranking holds 3 schools: 2 private and 1 state (Kristiansand katedralskole Gimle). Private and state schools go into the ranking on equal terms.
International Baccalaureate programmes are taught at 2 schools: Kristiansand katedralskole Gimle, Kristiansand International School.
The earliest intake starts at 6 years old.
The score of every school adds up from nine criteria with different weights: academic programmes, accreditation, facilities, clubs, the fee against other schools in the country, reviews, university destinations, safety and teachers. A criterion counts only when there is data behind it that can be checked, so every score says how many of the nine were counted. Right now that is 7.3 out of 9 on average. We do not use reviews from maps or directories.