Den Norske Skolen i Rojales (DNSR) is a Norwegian school for grades 1 to 13 in Ciudad Quesada, in the municipality of Rojales in the south of the Costa Blanca, near Torrevieja and Guardamar. It is approved by the Norwegian authorities and operates under the privatskolelova; it is governed by a Spanish foundation. Pupils can go all the way from grade 1 to the final year of videregående skole: the upper level offers the Norwegian general studiespesialisering track in languages, social sciences and economics. All subjects are taught in Norwegian, and Spanish and English are taught as subjects. The school is approved for 140 pupils in grades 1-10 and 75 in grades 11-13; in the 2026-2027 school year, it says, it has more pupils than ever. Every day starts in base groups with a talk with the teacher about plans and progress, and once a month classes take turns leading the morning assembly. Since 2005 the school has taken part in the Norwegian MOT programme against bullying and for resilience, and the lower grades run the SUPER!! programme. There are many whole-school days: a beach day for the whole school, trips to the water park, fairs, a creative week, a sports day and a science day.
Key facts
Tuition
≈ $2 034–2 259 a year
1 800–2 000 EUR
Programmes
Norwegian programme
Languages of instruction
Norwegian
Languages taught
English, Spanish
About the fees Fees from the 2026-2027 school year: grades 1-10 cost 2000 EUR a year for one child, 200 EUR a month for ten months; grades 11-13 cost 1800 EUR a year in three instalments of 600 EUR. Grades 1-10 have sibling discounts: 25% for the second child, 35% for the third, 50% for the fourth and free from the fifth; grades 11-13 have no discounts. Pupils who start after 30 September pay the same, 200 EUR per started month in advance.
Admissions Only pupils with a Norwegian passport are admitted; within that group the school is open to everyone who meets the admission requirements of a Norwegian public school. For grades 1-10 the main intake starts on 1 February, after which pupils are admitted while places remain, taking into account the application date, distribution across grades and class composition; part-year pupils have the same priority as full-year pupils. If there are more applicants than places, the order is: children of staff, siblings of pupils and of new pupils, children of Norwegian seamen's church staff, children with health reasons, then a lottery. Grades 11-13 admit students entitled to Norwegian upper secondary education with a Norwegian grunnskole certificate or equivalent; students can also make up individual subjects. Applications for the 2027-2028 school year are made through an online form from 3 August 2026. A place is confirmed by the enrolment fee. A refusal can be appealed to the Statsforvalteren.
Stages and year groups Grades 1-13. Norwegian curriculum: barneskole grades 1-7 (grades 1 and 2 combined), ungdomsskole grades 8-10 with grades and exams, videregående skole Vg1-Vg3 (grades 11-13) on the studiespesialisering track with the languages, social sciences and economics programme. In the 2026-2027 school year the electives are psychology, entrepreneurship, media and information, and tourism and language (grade 13 only); in grades 12-13 students set up and run student companies. Other electives are taken as private candidates, except third-level Spanish and advanced mathematics if there are enough students. The outcome is a Norwegian vitnemål. There are no international programmes (IB, Cambridge).
Accreditations and programmes verified against official registries
UdirThe Norwegian Directorate for Education and Training (Udir) has approved the school as a Norwegian school abroad under the Private Schools Act: it teaches the Norwegian curriculum and receives a state grant.
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UdirNorwegian Directorate for Education and Training (Utdanningsdirektoratet, Udir)
A Norwegian school abroad: the full-day Norwegian curriculum, approval by Udir under the Private Schools Act and a state grant.
What the badge means for this school. This is a Norwegian school abroad: it teaches the full-day Norwegian curriculum, and the Norwegian Directorate for Education and Training approved it under the Private Schools Act - this can be seen in the Statsforvalteren list. The entry is not a quality inspection. The curriculum and the qualifications are Norwegian. Whom the school admits and what it charges are on its own website. The entry stands in the organisation's public register - anyone can check it.
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The Norwegian school curriculum taught in Norwegian under the LK20 curriculum: barneskole and ungdomsskole (Years 1-10) and, at some schools, the upper-secondary videregående skole leading to the Norwegian vitnemål.
What this means for this school. The curriculum is set by the Norwegian state: the school is approved by the Norwegian Directorate for Education and Training (Udir) under the Private Schools Act, follows the Norwegian curriculum and receives a state grant. A child who returns to Norway carries on without switching from another system.
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
·Cateringnot stated on the website
·School transportnot stated on the website
·Boardingnot stated on the website
Campus: The school is in the residential area of Ciudad Quesada in the municipality of Rojales, 8-10 km from the Mediterranean, in a quiet neighbourhood without noise or heavy traffic; Alicante airport is about half an hour by car. Classrooms have digital boards and Apple TV; in grades 8-10 the iPad is the main working tool, in grades 11-12 students use iPads and in grade 13 Macs. The school library has books, audiobooks, comics and films, with an online catalogue. For grades 8-13 there is study time and homework help with a teacher before and after lessons. Textbooks in grades 11-13 are lent free of charge.
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: The school describes its upper secondary teachers as well qualified.
The staff page names the principal, two heads of department, 24 teachers (form teachers for all grades, subject teachers and individual tuition teachers), a social counsellor, social educators and support staff. Staff take part in MOT sessions every year.
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 roomnot stated on the website
·Counsellornot stated on the website
✓Child protection policy
✓Staff training
✓Anti-bullying policy
Since 2005 the school has followed the Norwegian MOT programme: compulsory sessions on independence and resilience in grades 8-10 and 11-13, the Hei! campaign in the first week of the year, and student MOT helpers; the lower grades run the SUPER!! programme for a good class climate. The school plan sets out the duty to act on bullying, an action plan for each case and the school rules; an unsafe school environment can be reported through a form on the website. The school has a social counsellor.
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