← Back to the rankingEisbjerghus Internationale Efterskole
Norre Aaby, Denmark · est. 1996 · Private
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Eisbjerghus Internationale Efterskole is a private Danish efterskole, a boarding school, in the village of Nørre Åby in western Funen, between Middelfart and Odense, for students in grade 9 and 10 for one school year. It was founded in 1996 by Lars Tegen, occupies a former nursing home with a park and has places for 120 students. Students take the Danish FP9 or FP10 leaving exams, and on top of the Danish curriculum the school has an international profile: annual 10-12 day exchanges with homestays at partner schools in Japan, China, South Korea, Chile and the USA (Florida), an intro trip to Berlin, at least five visits from foreign students a year, its own subject Global Citizenship taught in English and Going Global to prepare for the exchanges. All students take Cambridge IGCSE English as a Second Language; in grade 10 they can also take Cambridge IGCSE Global Perspectives and Cambridge IGCSE Mathematics, sit German with Goethe and French with DELF, and start Spanish, Chinese, Japanese or Korean from scratch. Everyday life at the school is in Danish and the exchanges are in English. For expat children there is a one-year programme in which half of the lessons are in English (Cambridge Math and English, Global Perspectives or Global Citizenship) and the rest are taken with Danish students in Danish, with Danish as a second language; there is no separate expat class.
Key facts
Programmes
Cambridge · IGCSE · National programme
Languages of instruction
Danish
Languages taught
English, German, French, Spanish, Chinese, Japanese
Registration fee
≈ $756
5 000 DKK
About the fees An efterskole charges one fee for teaching, accommodation and meals. In 2026-2027 and 2027-2028 the student fee is 3150 DKK per week for 42 weeks, that is 132300 DKK a year before state support; it covers teaching, study trips in Denmark and Europe, shared teaching materials, 6 meals a day and accommodation. The fee is paid in 10 monthly instalments, the first in January, about 8 months before the year starts. An exchange trip outside Europe costs an extra 12000 DKK. Danish citizens and their children receive state support based on household income two years earlier; families on low incomes can get local support from the school of 5000 to 20000 DKK per school year.
Admissions Applications can be made at any time, but the school normally confirms admission only after the student has visited, either on a personal tour with students and a talk with a staff member or on one of the visiting days. The school sets no other special admission conditions; its students are ordinary grade 9 and 10 students, met at their own level, but they are expected to be interested in learning and in the world. An enrollment fee of 5000 DKK is paid on registration and is lost if the place is cancelled. For expat children the school has its own page in English: a one-year programme "designed especially for expat students who want to improve their Danish", with a Google Meet call suggested as the first step. Danish citizens and children of Danish citizens, including those living abroad, can receive state student support. Registration is open several years ahead, up to the 2030-2031 school year.
Stages and year groups An efterskole for one school year, from August to the end of June, for grade 9 and 10. In grade 9 students build a subject package for the Danish FP9 exam (German or French is compulsory), in grade 10 for FP10; compulsory subjects take about 60% of the time, academic options 20% and electives 20%. Cambridge: Cambridge IGCSE English as a Second Language is compulsory for all grade 9 and 10 students (4 hours a week, combined with preparation for the Danish English exam), taught and examined under Cambridge rules, with Cambridge exams in the school's annual plan. In grade 10 there is Cambridge IGCSE Global Perspectives (4 hours a week, in English, following the Cambridge syllabus with an IGCSE exam; an elective in the 2026-2027 content plan, listed among compulsory subjects on the grade 10 subjects page) and Cambridge IGCSE Mathematics (2 hours a week, optional, taught in Danish and English, IGCSE exam). In addition: the school's own Global Citizenship in English, Going Global, Steps to our future, German with the Goethe exam (grade 10), French with the DELF exam (grades 9 and 10), and beginner Spanish, Chinese, Japanese and Korean. The core curriculum is Danish.
Address Eisbjergvej 2, 5580 Nørre Åby
Accreditations and programmes verified against official registries
Cambridge · IGCSE · authorised programmeThe Cambridge register names the school as its centre: Cambridge IGCSE English as a Second Language is compulsory for all students in Years 9 and 10, with Global Perspectives and maths as options in Year 10. The main curriculum is Danish, with the folkeskole exams.
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
CambridgeCambridge International Education
Part of the University of Cambridge. It allows a school to teach the Cambridge programmes and to enter pupils for the exams. There are four stages and they are authorised separately: primary, lower secondary, IGCSE and A Level. If the stages are known they are named in the line below; if that line is missing, the school does not publish them, and the Cambridge registry does not show stages either - it gives only the name of the centre, the country and whether private candidates are accepted. Cambridge calls what it does registration rather than accreditation, and the network holds about ten thousand schools.
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: IGCSE (ages 14-16). IGCSE means exams at around Year 10 or 11, the British counterpart of a lower secondary leaving certificate.
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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
·Librarynot stated on the website
✓Catering
·School transportnot stated on the website
✓Boarding
Also on site: Art studio
Campus: The school occupies a former nursing home: about 3600 square metres of buildings with student rooms (each with its own shower and toilet), a dining hall, a lecture hall, classrooms and subject rooms. A neighbouring building houses a ceramics and media workshop, a drama and movement hall, a music room and a physics room. The grounds include a park of about 25000 square metres. Students live on two corridors of 60, up to 4 to a room, sharing only with students of the same gender. There is a common room with board games, billiards and table football, a fitness room, an outdoor kitchen with a pizza oven and shelters for sleeping outdoors. The kitchen serves 6 meals a day, and students take kitchen duty. Nørre Åby station is a 5-minute walk away and the motorway exit a 5-minute drive.
Clubs and activities: Fodbold for alle (football for all) · Boldspil for alle (ball games for all) · Idrætscross (sports challenges) · Gaming Academy · Ud under åben himmel (outdoor life and sea kayaking) · Musik (music) · Film og medier (film and media) · EIS-redaktionen (school editorial team) · Kunst og kreativitet (art and creativity) · Japansk kunst (Japanese art) · Tekstil (textiles) · Billedkunst (visual arts) · Lifebalance · Filosofi (philosophy) · Psykologi (psychology)
Teaching staff from the school's official website
·Teachers listed by namenot published
✓Teacher qualifications
✓Number of teachers14
·Students per teacher or class sizenot stated
What the listings show: several teachers are Cambridge certified
The website lists 14 teachers; the head of school (physics and running) and the head of department, who is also a coach and career counsellor, teach as well. Several teachers are Cambridge certified; six teachers teach English and Cambridge English, and Cambridge IGCSE Mathematics is taught by the Japanese and maths teacher. Every student has a contact teacher who talks with them daily, holds a weekly contact group meeting, runs parent meetings, looks after sick students and writes the end-of-year statement.
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 trainingnot stated on the website
·Anti-bullying policynot stated on the website
The school has written rules: attendance at lessons, meals, shared events and cleaning is compulsory; from 22:00 to 7:00 students stay in their rooms, and breaking this means being sent home; alcohol and drugs are banned (as a rule leading to immediate dismissal), and the school is nicotine-free. Boys and girls live on the same corridors but share rooms only with students of the same gender. Every student has a contact teacher, and the duty teacher can be reached by phone from 14:00 to 8:00. In September there is a well-being talk with the student, parents and contact teacher, and in November an academic talk.
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