← Back to the rankingInternational School of Lund Katedralskolan (ISLK)
Lund, Sweden · State
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International School of Lund Katedralskolan (ISLK) is a municipal international school of the City of Lund and an authorised IB World School. It offers the IB Early Years, Primary Years (PYP) and Middle Years (MYP) programmes for children aged about 3 to 15-16, and runs a pre-school group from 18 months. The language of instruction is English, as the school states directly. The school exists primarily for international families living in Lund for a limited time, and there are no fees: it is funded by the municipality. After the MYP students can continue to the two-year IB Diploma Programme taught at Katedralskolan upper secondary school. The school has a school nurse, a student support counsellor and a learning support team; parents are organised in the Families of ISLK association.
Key facts
Admits from
18 months · Pre-School
Languages of instruction
English
Languages taught
Swedish, French, Spanish
About the fees Tuition is free: the school states that it is funded by the City of Lund and there are no tuition or school fees. Only the early years group and the After School Programme are fee-based: the fee depends on total family income, with the maximum municipal rate from a monthly income of 61560 SEK.
Admissions Admission follows the Swedish Education Act (Chapter 24, § 4) in order of priority: 1) children of international families moving to Lund for a limited time; 2) children who have attended an international school abroad for the major part of their education (as a rule, with no more than three years of compulsory school left); 3) children permanently living in Lund who will move abroad to continue their education within one to two years; 4) children permanently living in Lund who have English as a mother tongue and sufficient English. With a high number of applicants only criteria 1 and 2 are admitted. Required documents: a temporary contract or a letter of intent from the employer, university or organisation, the two latest school reports, health and vaccination forms. Applications are made online and processed within 10 days: admitted, waiting pool for the current term, or declined. Families are recommended to live in Lund; another municipality must agree to pay for the place. Eligibility is reviewed every year. Students eligible for special schools by law and students with significant needs that would cause considerable organisational or economic difficulties are not admitted.
Stages and year groups IB programmes: the Early Years group following the PYP for children from 18 months to 4 years; the Primary Years Programme, PYP1-PYP6, for ages 5-10; the Middle Years Programme, MYP1-MYP5, for ages 11-15, with a personal project and final grades on a scale of 1 to 7 in the last year. All teaching is in English. The IB Diploma Programme for ages 16-19 is taught at the neighbouring Katedralskolan. Students are placed by calendar year of birth.
Address Linnégatan 2, 224 60 Lund
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.
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.
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 hall
·Laboratoriesnot stated on the website
·Theatre or assembly hallnot stated on the website
✓Library
✓Catering
·School transportnot stated on the website
·Boardingnot stated on the website
Also on site: Playground
Campus: The school is next to the Lund Botanical Garden, a 10-minute walk from the Botulfsplatsen bus stop. There is a canteen where all students are served one warm meal a day, a PE hall, a library with a librarian, a separate MYP building and a playground with daily outdoor play. The early years group has sensory and crafting, kitchen and art, construction, movement, role play, library corner, maths and science spaces and its own outdoor playground. The After School Programme is open 07:00-17:25, the Early Years ASP 08:00-16:55. It is a day school.
Teaching staff from the school's official website
·Teachers listed by namenot published
✓Teacher qualifications
·Number of teachersthe school does not say
·Students per teacher or class sizenot stated
What the listings show: pedagogues with IB training
The school says courses are taught by highly qualified pedagogues with IB training and support. There are PYP and MYP coordinators, learning support coordinators for each programme, a school nurse, a student support counsellor and a librarian.
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 has an equal treatment plan and an inclusive education policy. Staff are on break duty and adults are present in PYP changing rooms. The school nurse holds annual health discussions with students in the pre-school class, Year 4 and Year 8; the student support counsellor runs group meetings for new students. All reported incidents are investigated. There are class councils and PYP and MYP student councils.
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 data75 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 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.
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