Haganässkolan is the municipal upper secondary school of Älmhult in Småland, close to the border with Skåne. It is a large school with a wide choice: natural science, technology, social science and economics programmes, six vocational programmes, apprenticeships, introductory programmes, an adapted upper secondary school, adult education and Swedish for immigrants. Since autumn 2017 it has offered the IB Diploma Programme, which graduates of the town international school, the International School of Älmhult, also join. The national programmes are taught in Swedish and the IB track entirely in English: the Pre-Diploma Programme preparatory year and the two-year Diploma Programme. The school describes its IB track as small, with a big heart and great results. It has a swimming pool, a gym, an artificial turf pitch and a sports academy.
Key facts
Programmes
IB · DP · National programme
Languages of instruction
Swedish, English
About the fees The school is municipal, run by Älmhult municipality; it states no tuition fee on any page, and a municipal upper secondary school is free for students under Swedish law. Students from Älmhult who live more than two hours from school receive a housing allowance from the municipality.
Admissions Admission to the national programmes is through the common regional upper secondary admissions (gymnasieantagning Växjö); decisions are published on 1 July, reserve admission runs from 5 to 31 August, after which the principal decides on transfers. To apply to the IB Diploma Programme, students email the school IB coordinator. MYP 5 graduates of the International School of Älmhult apply to the Pre-Diploma Programme through the upper secondary admissions system and take a placement test, and to the Diploma Programme with an entrance test in mathematics and English. The Pre-Diploma Programme is aimed at students who plan to continue their studies abroad; after it students can continue to the IB or start year one of a Swedish national programme if they qualify.
Stages and year groups National programmes in Swedish: Naturvetenskapsprogrammet, Teknikprogrammet, Samhällsvetenskapsprogrammet, Ekonomiprogrammet and six vocational programmes (Barn- och fritids, Bygg- och anläggnings, El- och energi, Försäljning- och service, Industritekniska with apprenticeship, Vård- och omsorg); introductory programmes, apprenticeships, the Idrottsakademi, the adapted upper secondary school (anpassad gymnasieskola). The IB track in English: the Pre-Diploma Programme preparatory year (mathematics, languages, social science, natural science) and the two-year IB Diploma Programme (DP1 and DP2) with two profiles, Science (seven subjects) and Classic. DP subjects: English A, school-supported self-taught literature (55 languages), Spanish and Swedish ab initio, Swedish B, psychology, business management, biology, chemistry, physics, design technology, mathematics, visual arts in the Classic profile. The Diploma Programme has run since autumn 2017.
Address Källargatan 38A, 343 31 Älmhult
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 Swedish upper-secondary school, alongside the Swedish national 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: 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 pool
✓Sports hall
·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: Sports ground or field
Clubs and activities: Medieteam (media team) · Elevkår (student council) · Biblioteksråd (library council) · Balkommitté (prom committee) · Idrottsakademi (sports academy: football, volleyball, ice hockey, floorball, basketball)
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
About sixty teachers work in the upper secondary school and adult education, along with five principals, an IB Diploma Programme coordinator, two special education teachers and a special mathematics teacher; the school speaks of knowledgeable, committed and highly qualified teachers.
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
✓Counsellor
·Child protection policynot stated on the website
·Staff trainingnot stated on the website
·Anti-bullying policynot stated on the website
The school has a student health team: a school nurse, a counsellor (kurator), special education teachers and a study and career counsellor; students with special needs are supported by the Resurscentrum. The staff includes a safety coordinator.
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 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.
The score is counted from 8 of the 9 criteria.Only those with checkable data count: programmes and accreditations from official registers, the fee from a published price list. Where it says "scored on the median", the school has no data and the middle of the list is put in its place, so that a gap gives no advantage. Admissions, teaching staff and reviews come in as their data arrives.
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