← Back to the rankingInternational School Ikast-Brande
Ikast, Denmark · est. 2008 · Private
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International School Ikast-Brande (ISIB) is a private, independent international school in Ikast founded in 2008, with 217 students aged 3 to 16. It follows Cambridge programmes from early years to IGCSE: Cambridge Early Years (Nursery and Reception), Cambridge Primary (Year 1-6), Cambridge Lower Secondary (Year 7-9) and Cambridge IGCSE (Year 10-11). All lessons are taught in English; every student learns Danish from Year 1, either as a mother tongue following Danish common objectives with the FP9 exam or as an additional language. Students represent more than 30 nationalities, about 30% are Danish first-language speakers. The school takes pride in its pastoral care: in 2023 the UK association NAPCE named it a finalist for its national pastoral care award among schools outside the UK. School uniform is compulsory. Since 2013 the school has stood on Bøgildvej next to Ikast-Brande Gymnasium and, as the school says, forms with it a centre for international education up to university entry: ISIB graduates often continue to the gymnasium's IB Diploma or to Ikast Handelsgymnasium.
Key facts
Tuition
≈ $6 046 a year
4 000 DKK a month
The year is counted as ten payments: the school does not say how many payments it takes.
Programmes
Cambridge · Early Years, Primary, Lower Secondary, IGCSE
Admits from
3 years · Pre-School
Languages of instruction
English
Languages taught
Danish, German
Class size
usually between 10 and 20 students
Registration fee
≈ $378
2 500 DKK
About the fees From August 2026 fees are the same for all stages: 4000 kroner per month, 11 payments from August to June (July free), or 44000 kroner per school year. The sibling discount is 25% off tuition and after-school club fees. Breakfast Club costs 500 kroner per month and the after-school club until 17:00 900 kroner per month; after-school clubs until 15:00 for Early Years to Year 5 are included. Trips, lunches, before and after-school care and uniforms are extra, and secondary students need their own laptop.
Admissions The school accepts applications from all students throughout the year if there is space in the class. Neither Danish nor English is required for admission: English is assessed on entry, and students without English receive additional English as an Additional Language lessons. The process: a tour or online meeting, then possible taster days, an application and, where relevant, an interview or entrance assessment; not all applications are accepted. Year group placement is by age (Nursery from age three, Year 1 having turned 5 before 1 September), taking prior schooling and needs into account; the Head may decline admission if the school cannot provide the support needed. Students holding an active Danish personal number (CPR) by 1 September are prioritised for placement. A place is guaranteed once the registration fee, the first month and the deposit are paid.
Stages and year groups Grades Nursery, Reception, Year 1-11. Cambridge Pathway: Cambridge Early Years (Nursery from 3 and Reception from 4), Cambridge Primary (Year 1-6, ages 5-11; Year 1 equals Danish grade 0), Cambridge Lower Secondary (Year 7-9, ages 11-14) and Cambridge IGCSE (Year 10-11, ages 14-16) with external exams. Danish students study Danish under the Danish common objectives and may sit the FP9 Danish exam in Year 10; CEFR certification is also available. The school is exempt from other Danish national exams.
Address Bøgildvej 2, 7430 Ikast
Accreditations and programmes verified against official registries
Cambridge · Early Years, Primary, Lower Secondary, IGCSE · authorised programmeThe Cambridge register names the school as its centre: it teaches Cambridge programmes from Early Years to IGCSE in Years 10-11.
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: Early Years (ages 3-6), Primary (ages 5-11), Lower Secondary (ages 11-14), IGCSE (ages 14-16). Early Years is the nursery stage, ages 3 to 6. There are no exams at the end: the stage describes what the youngest children are taught and how, and it follows the Cambridge frame rather than a national nursery programme. Primary is the primary stage, ages 5 to 11: English, mathematics and science to Cambridge syllabuses. At the end of the stage a school may run the optional Checkpoint test, which is marked in Cambridge. Lower Secondary is the middle stage, ages 11 to 14, with the same optional Checkpoint test at the end. IGCSE means exams at around Year 10 or 11, the British counterpart of a lower secondary leaving certificate.
Register to check for yourself, and the full guide →Exams and destinations from the school's official website
Exam results Cambridge IGCSE: since 2017 an average of 85% of students have achieved grades A* to C, against an 80% average across Cambridge schools. The school notes that with small classes a single result noticeably changes the percentage.
Facilities from the school's official website
·Swimming poolnot stated on the website
✓Sports hall
·Laboratoriesnot stated on the website
✓Theatre or assembly hall
·Librarynot stated on the website
·Cateringnot stated on the website
·School transportnot stated on the website
·Boardingnot stated on the website
Also on site: Playground
Campus: Since August 2013 the school has occupied a new building on Bøgildvej designed by the Danish firm C.F. Møller, light and spacious, with green space, play areas and woodland. Since 2018 students have used the neighbouring municipal Hjertet complex: a multi-sports hall, a street sports hall, a reflection room, several classrooms and a stage area. Ikast-Brande Gymnasium stands next door. Public transport in Ikast-Brande Municipality is free.
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
The school says its teachers are highly qualified with a wealth of international experience, from many countries; some hold Master's degrees. Staff include homeroom teachers for every class, an English as an Additional Language teacher, Danish teachers for native speakers and learners, support teachers and assistants, an additional educational needs coordinator and a deputy head leading pastoral care.
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 policy
·Staff trainingnot stated on the website
✓Anti-bullying policy
The school's wellbeing system includes homeroom teachers who meet students every morning and deliver the Jigsaw personal, social and health education programme (including anti-bullying and mindfulness), PE, the student council, an additional needs team and a school nurse. The school works with external professionals: educational psychologists, psychotherapists, psychiatrists, physiotherapists, occupational therapists and speech and language therapists, and runs The Learning Bridge, an individual programme for students experiencing emotionally based school avoidance.
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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 data80 Safety and wellbeing (12%) scored on disclosed data75 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 data55 "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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