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Elverum, Norway · est. 1974 · State
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Elverum videregående skole (popularly Elvis) is a public upper secondary school run by Innlandet county for young people aged 16-19, built in 1974 as one of the first combined schools in the country, bringing the academic gymnasium and vocational schools under one roof; the building was fully renovated in 2016-2019. It has about 1000 students and 180 staff. There are five vocational programmes (building and construction, electrical and computer technology, health and childcare, sales and tourism, technology and industry) and academic programmes: studiespesialisering, a sports programme and the international IB line, one of two in Innlandet. The international line consists of a preparatory pre-IB year (Vg1 studiespesialisering with most subjects taught in English) and the two-year IB Diploma Programme in Vg2-Vg3 in English. Other programmes are taught in Norwegian under the national LK20 curriculum. Recently arrived young people aged 16-24 can join a combination class to complete compulsory-school education.
Key facts
Programmes
IB · DP · National programme
Languages of instruction
Norwegian, English
Languages taught
German, French, Spanish
About the fees The school is public and run by Innlandet county; tuition is free and there are no school fees. A laptop is required: students can take a school laptop under an agreement with the county with an annual contribution, or use their own. All students with the right to upper secondary education receive an equipment grant from the state fund Lånekassen, independent of parental income.
Admissions Admission to upper secondary is through vigo.no: the main deadline is 1 March, and 1 February for applicants entitled to individual assessment or priority; applications are made every year. The IB Diploma Programme (Vg2-Vg3) is open to Norwegian citizens and foreign nationals with a residence permit in Norway; residents of Innlandet county have priority. Applicants must have completed Vg1 of a general studies programme, the final MYP year or an equivalent level in Norway or abroad. Admission is competitive by grade average: each cohort has 30 places, the average should normally be at least 4 on the Norwegian scale, with no grade below 4 in Norwegian (for native speakers), English, mathematics, civics, natural science and geography; in special cases applicants with a lower average are considered, for example after a short residence in Norway. Documentation of foreign education must be sent to the county admissions office well before 1 March, and grades are converted to Norwegian grades. Pre-IB also requires an average of about 4, and places are competitive. Progression from the first to the second IB year requires at least 20 points and passes in all subjects.
Stages and year groups Norwegian upper secondary school (videregående skole) under the LK20 curriculum with the vitnemål diploma: studiespesialisering with specialisation in science or in languages, social sciences and economics (five subject packages), a sports programme (idrettsfag), service with general university admission (4S), five vocational programmes, a supplementary year for general university admission (påbygging), an adapted programme and a combination class. International line: pre-IB in Vg1 (the Norwegian Vg1 studiespesialisering curriculum with most subjects in English; the school stresses that pre-IB is not part of the IB programmes) and the IB Diploma Programme in Vg2-Vg3: six subjects, three at higher and three at standard level, plus TOK, the extended essay and CAS. Diploma subjects: English Language and Literature, Norwegian Literature, school-supported self-taught literature in the mother tongue (SSST), Norwegian B and English B, psychology, history, Global Politics, biology, chemistry, physics, mathematics AA and AI at standard level (AA higher level online). Students who do not obtain the IB diploma can still qualify for Norwegian higher education with 20 points and at least 3 in all subjects.
Address Kirkeveien 1, 2414 Elverum
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 Norwegian upper-secondary school: after a preparatory year (pre-IB) in Vg1 comes the Diploma in Vg2-Vg3; alongside it runs the Norwegian studiespesialisering programme.
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.
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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
✓Library
✓Catering
·School transportnot stated on the website
·Boardingnot stated on the website
Also on site: Sports ground or field
Campus: The building dates from 1974 and was fully renovated with extensions in 2016-2019. The library by the main entrance has a reading room, group rooms, newspapers and board games and is open on weekdays from 7:45 to 15:30; it has an English section of books and periodicals for IB students. The canteen offers free oatmeal porridge in the morning, hot lunches and a salad bar. Behind the school are a sports facility and the Grønn Elvis school garden, built by students in spring 2022 as a green classroom. Every student works on a laptop, either a school one under an agreement with the county or their own. It is a day school with no boarding; students living away from home are entitled to support schemes.
Clubs and activities: Model European Parliament · Model United Nations · MOT (life skills programme, student ambassadors) · Elevrådet (student council) · Skolehagen Grønn Elvis (school garden)
Teaching staff from the school's official website
·Teachers listed by namenot published
·Teacher qualificationsnot stated
·Number of teachersthe school does not say
·Students per teacher or class sizenot stated
The school has 180 staff. Many pre-IB teachers are IB-certified and also teach in the Diploma Programme. In the IB programme every subject teacher also supports students' English. IB students have a dedicated university guidance counsellor. The site names the head of school, the assistant head and head of IB, department heads, librarians and the IB coordinator.
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
·Counsellornot stated on the website
✓Child protection policy
·Staff trainingnot stated on the website
✓Anti-bullying policy
The school must follow chapter 12 of the Education Act: all staff monitor whether students have a safe and good environment, intervene against bullying and report it; the head is responsible for investigation and an action plan, and the school has an action plan for the school environment and zero tolerance of bullying. Student services include counsellors, the school health service, social workers, a special education coordinator, the student and anti-bullying ombudsman, the follow-up service and the educational-psychological service (PPT). The school runs the MOT life skills programme.
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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 data70 Accreditation and verifiability (10%)85 Teaching staff (10%) scored on disclosed data55 Facilities (10%) scored on disclosed data70 Clubs and activities (8%) scored on disclosed data73 "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.
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