← Back to the rankingFagerhaug International School
Stjordal, Norway · est. 2013 · Private
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Fagerhaug International School (FINT) is a private, non-profit international school in Stjørdal for children aged 6 to 16, grades 1 to 10. It opened in August 2013 with 11 students and became the first international school in northern Trøndelag; for its first five years it was in Skatval, and since August 2018 it has been in a new building in Stjørdal together with an independent Christian school. In the 2025-2026 school year there are 135 students out of an approved 150, with about 15 students per class on average. The school follows IB programmes: the Primary Years Programme in grades 1-6 (authorised since 2017) and the Middle Years Programme in grades 7-10. The languages of instruction are English and Norwegian, both taught in all grades, with Spanish added from grade 7. Teachers come from the USA, Canada, India, South Africa, the Philippines, Argentina, Spain, Mexico and Norway. The school is state-approved as a private international school and therefore charges families a small fee.
Key facts
Tuition
≈ $1 039 a year
1 000 NOK a month
The year is counted as ten payments: the school does not say how many payments it takes.
Languages of instruction
English, Norwegian
Class size
15 students on average
About the fees From 1 August 2026 the fee is 1000 NOK per month for one child and 1735 NOK per month for two or more children (sibling reduction), in 11 payments a year, with July free. Under the private schools act fees may not exceed 15% of the cost of a school place; the school stresses that it keeps fees low.
Admissions The admission rules state that the school admits children from the whole country and is open to everyone entitled to attend a Norwegian public school; there are no other admission requirements. The school is positive about accepting children whose first language is neither Norwegian nor English: those with limited Norwegian receive extra language help, but there is no first language support in subjects taught in English. On entry there may be an interview about the child's language skills. Applications are made in writing on the school's form; deadlines are 1 December (main grade 1 intake for the next year) and 1 April, with rolling admission from 1 August to 1 October and from 1 to 30 June. If there are more applicants than places, priority goes to children of staff, siblings of students, children who attended an international or English-language school, then the waiting list; ties are settled by lottery. The admission decision is a formal individual decision and can be appealed to the county governor.
Stages and year groups Grades 1-10, 135 classes. IB Primary Years Programme for ages 6-11 (grades 1-6, PYP 1-6) and IB Middle Years Programme for ages 11-16 (grades 7-10, MYP 7-10); the site states PYP authorisation since 2017, and the MYP page does not give an authorisation date. State approval allows up to 150 students in 10 grades, ideally 15 per grade. English and Norwegian are studied in all grades (in middle school as language and literature and as language acquisition), and Spanish from grade 7 as a third language. It is a compulsory-level school (grunnskole) with no upper secondary grades.
Address Husbyfaret 14, 7505 Stjørdal
Accreditations and programmes verified against official registries
IB · PYP, MYP · authorised programmeThe school is listed in the IB register and runs the Primary Years and Middle Years programmes.
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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: PYP (ages 3-12), MYP (ages 11-16). PYP is the primary stage, ages 3 to 12. It is not a set of subjects but a frame for the whole school: learning is built around lines of inquiry, and there are no exams at the end. MYP is the middle stage, ages 11 to 16. There are no exams here either; at the end an optional electronic assessment of pupils' work is possible.
Register to check for yourself, and the full guide →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
Also on site: Playground
Campus: Since August 2018 the school has been in a modern building in central Stjørdal together with the Christian school Fagerhaug Kristne Skole; the two schools are independent of each other. There is a shared school library with an online catalogue; a teacher on the site mentions new playground equipment and new science equipment. Every middle school student works on a school computer under a contract. The after-school programme (SFO) runs for grades 1-4. The school recommends local clubs and the Stjørdal arts school for after-school activities. It is a day school with no boarding.
Clubs and activities: FINT Student Council · MYP Service as Action
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 sizein the key facts above
Teachers come from the USA, Canada, India, South Africa, the Philippines, Argentina, Spain, Mexico and Norway; the school says all teachers have professional IB education. The staff page names 15 primary and middle school teachers with their subjects, the PYP and MYP coordinators, the principal, the managing director, as well as paraprofessionals and administrative staff. The school has a special education 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 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 rules establish every student's right to a safe and good school environment and apply at school, on trips, in digital services and on the way to school when students' behaviour is connected to the school. There is an inclusion policy with individual plans for students with special needs, an academic integrity policy, a complaints procedure, a parent council and a student council.
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Criteria breakdown criterion weight in brackets
Academics and programmes (16%)72 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 data60 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 data64 "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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