Aranäsgymnasiet is a municipal upper secondary school in Kungsbacka, south of Göteborg. It runs Swedish national programmes: university-preparatory (arts, natural science, social science, technology) and vocational (building and construction, child and recreation with a leadership and health profile, health and social care), plus introductory programmes, an adapted upper secondary school and NIU sports classes. Since 2002 it has run the IB Diploma Programme: the first year is a Pre-DP preparatory year of Swedish curriculum courses taught in English, followed by two IB Diploma years, where almost all grades are set by external IB examiners. On the IB track all subjects except Swedish A and the second language are taught in English; the other programmes are taught in Swedish. The school is a certified European Parliament Ambassador School, takes part in Erasmus+ and collaborates with schools in Europe, China and Tanzania.
Key facts
Programmes
IB · DP · National programme
Languages of instruction
Swedish, English
Languages taught
French, Spanish, German, Italian
About the fees Tuition is free: this is a municipal upper secondary school of Kungsbacka.
Admissions Admission to the national programmes is through the joint Göteborg region upper secondary admissions service (Indra), by grades. The Pre-DP preparatory year and the IB Diploma are open to all applicants with a legal right to reside and study in Sweden. Pre-DP requires grades from nine years of school (Swedish comprehensive school or equivalent), passed placement tests in English and mathematics and good written and spoken English; Swedish applicants apply via Indra, foreign applicants by email to Gymnasieantagningen in Göteborg. The test includes English, mathematics in English, a short Swedish task for placement in Swedish groups and an interview with an IB teacher; the main date is 11 March 2027, the later date 21 May 2027. Direct entry to the first Diploma year follows Pre-DP, MYP5, IGCSE or another equivalent year 10, with tests and references, by email to the IB coordinator; intake continues until 1 September subject to places. Transfer into the second Diploma year from another IB school is possible if subjects are compatible.
Stages and year groups Swedish gymnasieskola, three years, leading to the gymnasieexamen. Programmes: Estetiska programmet, Naturvetenskapsprogrammet, Samhällsvetenskapsprogrammet, Teknikprogrammet (currently year 3 only), Bygg- och anläggningsprogrammet, Barn- och fritidsprogrammet with the Ledarskap och hälsa profile, Vård- och omsorgsprogrammet, Introduktionsprogrammen, Anpassad gymnasieskola; NIU sports classes and sport as an individual course. IB Diploma Programme since 2002: a Pre-IB preparatory year (English, history, PE, mathematics at two levels, a modern language, science, psychology, social studies, Swedish), then two IB years: three higher level and three standard level subjects - first language (English A or Swedish A), second language (Swedish B, English B, French B, Spanish B, Swedish ab initio), history, psychology or business and management, biology, chemistry or physics, mathematics, plus Theory of Knowledge, the Extended Essay and CAS.
Address Gymnasiegatan 44, 434 42 Kungsbacka
Accreditations and programmes verified against official registries
IB · DP · authorised programmeThe school is listed in the IB register and runs the Diploma Programme. The IB track runs inside a Swedish upper-secondary school, alongside the Swedish national programmes.
school is in an official registryconfirmed by a school document, by membership or by taking part in a networkclaimed by the school, no confirmation, not counted in the scoreGuide to all organisations → What stands behind each entry
IBInternational Baccalaureate
A Swiss non-profit, working since 1968. Its programmes are among the most widely recognised school programmes in the world. Authorisation is granted stage by stage, so a school with the final stage does not necessarily run the younger ones; which stages this school holds is set out in the line below.
What the badge means for this school. The school is allowed to run this programme and to award its certificate. This is a confirmation of the programme, not a judgement on the school as a whole. The entry stands in the organisation's public register - anyone can check it. At this school: DP (ages 16-19). DP is the final stage, ages 16 to 19: six subjects plus a compulsory core of theory of knowledge, an extended essay and CAS. The diploma is accepted by universities all over the world, and in a number of countries it counts for admission on the same footing as the local leaving certificate.
Register to check for yourself, and the full guide →National programme
The state school programme of the country the school stands in: it is set by that country's ministry of education, which also licenses the school and awards the leaving certificate. That certificate is used for entry to local universities, and abroad it is matched to the local one.
What this means for this school. This entry does not count towards the score, and that is deliberate. Every lawful school in a country works to the national programme, so on its own it tells one school apart from no other - unlike the French, German or Russian programmes, which are carried abroad and confirmed by the register of their organisation. We show it because a parent needs to know what programme their child is taught and what certificate the child will get. Counting it would lift the whole ranking at once and still tell nobody apart.
Exams and destinations from the school's official website
The school publishes nothing about where its leavers go: no share going on to university, no exam results, no list of universities.
Facilities from the school's official website
·Swimming poolnot stated on the website
·Sports hallnot stated on the website
·Laboratoriesnot stated on the website
·Theatre or assembly hallnot stated on the website
✓Library
✓Catering
·School transportnot stated on the website
·Boardingnot stated on the website
Clubs and activities: NIU Basket (basketball sports class from 2027) · NIU Fotboll (football sports class) · NIU Handboll (handball sports class) · NIU Simning (swimming sports class) · Tävlingsidrott ishockey (competitive ice hockey) · Tävlingsidrott tennis (competitive tennis) · Ambassadörskola till Europaparlamentet (European Parliament Ambassador School) · Erasmus+ (exchanges and placements in Europe)
Teaching staff from the school's official website
·Teachers listed by namenot published
✓Teacher qualifications
·Number of teachersthe school does not say
·Students per teacher or class sizenot stated
What the listings show: all IB teachers speak Swedish and English fluently, some also Spanish and French
The school describes dedicated and highly qualified teachers who plan each student's studies with them. It does not publish staff numbers or class sizes.
Safety and wellbeing from the school's official website
·CCTVnot stated on the website
·Security staffnot stated on the website
·Access controlnot stated on the website
✓Nurse or medical room
✓Counsellor
·Child protection policynot stated on the website
·Staff trainingnot stated on the website
·Anti-bullying policynot stated on the website
The student health service: four school nurses, counsellors, a psychologist, special needs teachers and careers advisers assigned to programmes. On the IB track a special needs teacher screens reading speed in the preparatory year and, with mentors and the health team, decides what support is needed.
Reviews
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Criteria breakdown criterion weight in brackets
Academics and programmes (16%)82 Community rating (16%)no dataparent reviews are needed: the criterion switches on at the fifth verified one Exams and destinations (12%) scored on disclosed data55 Safety and wellbeing (12%) scored on disclosed data65 Accreditation and verifiability (10%)85 Teaching staff (10%) scored on disclosed data55 Facilities (10%) scored on disclosed data65 Clubs and activities (8%) scored on disclosed data78 "Scored on disclosed data" stands where we count only what the school has written about itself on its own site: exams and destinations, safety and wellbeing, teaching staff, facilities, clubs and activities. A low score here means the school does not write about this, not that the school does not have it: a school with good security and a sparse site will score low. A school can fill in its profile, and the score will be counted again.
The score is counted from 8 of the 9 criteria.Only those with checkable data count: programmes and accreditations from official registers, the fee from a published price list. Where it says "scored on the median", the school has no data and the middle of the list is put in its place, so that a gap gives no advantage. Admissions, teaching staff and reviews come in as their data arrives.
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