← Back to the rankingInternational School of Kungsholmen
Stockholm, Sweden · Private
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The International School of Kungsholmen (ISKH) is a small independent international school (friskola) in Stockholm, on Kungsholmen, for children aged 5 to 16. It is an authorised IB school for the PYP and MYP and, unlike its sister schools, teaches only in English. About 250 children from different countries attend, and the teachers also come from around the world. In August 2022 the school moved into a new building at Stadshagsvägen 7 with a playground and parks nearby; a few times a year students go to the Eknäs Gård countryside site. Swedish is taught three lessons a week from PYP 1 to MYP 4, with extra time in MYP 3 and MYP 4 for those heading to a Swedish gymnasium. The school charges an annual fee, which it states openly on its website.
Key facts
Programmes
IB · PYP, MYP · National programme
Admits from
5 years · Pre-School
Languages of instruction
English
Languages taught
Swedish, French, Spanish
About the fees The school charges an annual tuition fee of 12000 SEK per student, in two non-refundable payments at the start of the autumn and spring terms; the fee is not reduced or refunded for late entry, absence or withdrawal. The FAQ page gives no year for the fee; the same amount appears in the 2024-2025 admissions policy.
Admissions The school is open to all applications but, under Swedish law and its own policy, prioritises families living in Sweden temporarily (a fixed-term work contract is required), students who have studied abroad for most of their education, families planning to move abroad, and children whose primary language is English and whose English allows them to follow the curriculum; siblings and proximity to the school are also considered. Applications can be made at any time through the school online portal and join a queue; a Swedish personal identity number is not needed. Grade placement is strictly by year of birth. The main intake runs from March to the end of April, late admissions in June and August and during the year when places are available; when a place is available the school invites the family for a tour and interview. The school may decline an applicant if it cannot provide the support needed.
Stages and year groups IB Primary Years Programme for ages 5-12: Early Years, then PYP 1-6, six transdisciplinary themes in five-week units, the PYP Exhibition in PYP 6. IB Middle Years Programme for ages 12-16: MYP 1-4 (up to year 9 in the Swedish system), Service as Action projects. All teaching is in English. Swedish is taught three lessons a week from PYP 1 to MYP 4, with extra time in MYP 3-4 for students heading to a Swedish gymnasium; French and Spanish are taught in the MYP. After year 9 students go on to upper secondary school, including the IB Diploma Programme at other schools in the region.
Address Stadshagsvägen 7, 112 50 Stockholm (Kungsholmen)
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. The IB programmes run together with the Swedish compulsory-school curriculum.
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: 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.
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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
·Cateringnot stated on the website
·School transportnot stated on the website
·Boardingnot stated on the website
Also on site: Playground
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
Teachers come from around the world. The team includes the principal and vice principal, the after school care manager, Early Years and PYP 1-6 teachers, Swedish and physical education teachers, MYP subject teachers (French, Spanish, mathematics and design, individuals and societies, Swedish, science, music, visual arts, English, physical education), a special education teacher, a school counsellor, a nurse, a librarian and an administrator.
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 policynot stated on the website
The student support team includes a special education teacher, a school counsellor and a nurse. The school has an inclusion policy, a consequence ladder for misconduct, an academic integrity policy and a whistleblower channel; the attendance policy is available on request.
Reviews
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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 data70 Accreditation and verifiability (10%)85 Teaching staff (10%) scored on disclosed data55 Facilities (10%) scored on disclosed data60 Clubs and activities (8%) scored on disclosed data55 Value for money (6%) scored at the median95 "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 7 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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