Grenaa Gymnasium is a public upper secondary school with a boarding school in Grenaa on Djursland, near Aarhus Airport. The municipality opened it in 1961 with 65 students and 6 teachers, the boarding school traces its origins to 1965, it became an IB World School in 2003, and since 2007 it has been an independent state-owned institution. It now has 580 students, and half of them are in Pre-IB and IB. The school runs Danish STX and HF in Danish and an international department with the one-year Pre-IB and the two-year IB Diploma Programme; the school states that all instruction in Pre-IB and the IB Diploma is in English, with English teaching materials. According to the school, IB suits students planning to study abroad, those without enough Danish for STX or HF, those who have lived abroad or already attend an IB school. Pre-IB and IB are not suitable for short or long term exchange.
Key facts
Programmes
IB · DP · National programme
Languages of instruction
Danish, English
Languages taught
French, German, Spanish, Latin
About the fees Tuition is free: the school states there is no tuition fee because it is a Danish state governed school. The boarding fee for 2026-2027 depends on parental income: from 25000 DKK a year (2500 DKK a month) to 48000 DKK a year (4800 DKK a month); 43086 DKK is deducted from the income for every child under 18 living at home. The income-based reduction is available only until age 18, and there are no scholarships for the boarding fee. The fee covers full board, lodging, internet and all boarding facilities, but not insurance, personal hygiene, laundry or pocket money.
Admissions Students are in general from 15 to 19 years old; the school does not encourage very young applicants, even if academically strong, as they must manage independent living at the boarding school. Pre-IB requires 10 years of schooling and the STX admission requirements, IB1 requires 11 years of schooling, Pre-IB or the first year of STX or an equivalent school abroad; grades must be average or above, particularly in English and Mathematics, and a high level of spoken and written English is needed. Promotion from Pre-IB to IB requires passing all subjects with an overall average above 4 on the IB scale. Applicants from non-Danish schools attach their latest report card, a school reference, a personal statement and a passport copy. Non-EU students can only be granted one year of youth study in Denmark, so completing the full IB Diploma here is not possible without EU citizenship or a residence permit; some take only Pre-IB. The school helps accepted students register in Denmark and obtain a CPR number. Early applications close on 1 December, then 12 January and 28 February; later applications are admitted only if there are vacancies at the school and the boarding school.
Stages and year groups Grades Pre-IB, IB1-IB2; STX 1-3, HF 1-2. International department: the one-year Pre-IB and the two-year IB Diploma Programme, where IB1 corresponds to the second year of Danish STX. Students take one subject from each of six groups, three at higher and three at standard level, plus the Extended Essay, Theory of Knowledge and CAS. Students who leave the English-taught track after Pre-IB may continue in STX. The school's other programmes are Danish STX (music, languages, science and social studies lines) and HF (sport, health, society) with final exams.
Address N. P. Josiassensvej 21, 8500 Grenaa
Accreditations and programmes verified against official registries
IB · DP · authorised programmeThe IB register lists the Diploma Programme at the school; it is taught in English after a preparatory pre-IB year, alongside the Danish STX programme and the studentereksamen exam.
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
✓Boarding
Campus: The school is on one floor, and level differences have ramps; the boarding school has an accessible room with toilet and shower, and full accessibility on the ground floor and in common areas. The boarding school is two minutes' walk from the school and five minutes from Grenaa Sports Center; it has study group rooms with whiteboards and a dining hall serving meals five times a day with a vegetarian buffet at every meal, and staff are present around the clock. The school has a library and a canteen, and students borrow textbooks free of charge.
Clubs and activities: School choir · Theater concert · Music cafés · Voluntary Art · Science Club · Videnskabsklubben (students teach science to children) · Faktisk (school magazine) · GG Debate Club · School football team · Table tennis · Yoga · Basketball · Friday Café
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 speaks of dedicated, experienced and academically competent teachers. The teacher directory on the website lists at least 55 teachers with their subjects; the IB programme has its own Head of IB, and counsellors support the students. The website does not list teacher qualifications.
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 policy
The school has a general anti-bullying policy that also covers online bullying and out-of-school actions affecting well-being and schoolwork; management, staff and students all have a duty to intervene, a plan of action must be in place within 10 days, and external counselling via DCUM (the Danish Centre of Educational Environment) may be sought. Drugs and alcohol are prohibited at school, and there is a contingency plan for students with substance problems. Boarding staff are present around the clock, with quiet hours from 22 on weekdays and 23 at weekends.
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 data75 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.
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Grenaa, Denmark · est. 1961 · State