← Back to the rankingLolland International School
Maribo, Denmark · est. 2021 · State
Illustration · Maribo
Lolland International School (LIS) is a municipal international school in Maribo on the island of Lolland, the first school of its kind in Denmark. Lolland Municipality opened it in August 2021 for families of foreign workers on the Fehmarnbelt tunnel project and at local companies, and for internationally minded Danish families. It operates under the law on municipal international schools (KIG) and covers grades 0-9. The programme is bilingual: about half of the subjects are taught in English under the Cambridge curriculum (English, Mathematics, Science, Global Perspectives) and half in Danish under the Danish curriculum. In grade 9 students take Cambridge Checkpoint written exams in English, Mathematics and Science, a Global Perspectives project, the Danish FP9 exam in Danish and the gymnasium entrance exam. The school has 180 students from 32 nationalities, about a quarter of them Danish. It shares a campus with Maribo Gymnasium and Maribo Skole; after grade 9 about a third of graduates go to Maribo Gymnasium, a third to IB programmes and a third to efterskole and other schools.
Key facts
Programmes
Cambridge · Primary, Lower Secondary · National programme
Languages of instruction
English, Danish
Students
180, about 26% of them Danish, 32 nationalities
About the fees The school describes itself as a municipal public school, not a private school, but does not mention tuition on its website. Under the bylaws only the SFO after-school club is paid, at the usual municipal rate; SFO amounts are not stated on the site and are given by the administration. Parents can order lunches (Lunch Pack).
Admissions Admission follows the KIG law and the school bylaws. Families first read the criteria and contact the school; eligible children are placed on the waiting list, and when a place is available parents and child are invited to an interview to discuss whether an international school is right for the child. Group 1 (New to Denmark) are recently arrived or returning families in Denmark for work (for example on the Fehmarnbelt tunnel project), living or planning to live in Lolland Municipality, children from international schools or kindergartens and siblings of students; they can be offered places throughout the year. Group 2 (Residing in Denmark) are Danish, mixed and foreign families with permanent residence; the child must live in Lolland Municipality, places are offered from the start of a school year, and lots are drawn if there are not enough places. Before grade 0 there is a Spring School (førskole) from April to June.
Stages and year groups Grades 0-9. Grades 0-9, with a Spring School (førskole) from April to June before grade 0. The programme is bilingual with two curricula: in English, Cambridge subjects (English, Mathematics, Science, Global Perspectives) with Cambridge Primary Progression Tests in grades 3-6 and Cambridge Lower Secondary Progression Tests and mock exams in grades 7-9; in Danish, Danish school subjects. Danish-scale grades are given from grade 8. Grade 9 leaving exams: Cambridge Checkpoint written exams in English, Mathematics and Science, a Global Perspectives project, the Danish FP9 exam in Danish and the gymnasium entrance exam (optagelsesprøve); the German exam is optional.
Address Skimminge 21, 4930 Maribo
Accreditations and programmes verified against official registries
Cambridge · Primary, Lower Secondary · authorised programmeThe Cambridge register names the school as its centre: this municipal bilingual school teaches English, maths and science on the Cambridge curriculum, with Progression tests and Checkpoint exams in Year 9.
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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: Primary (ages 5-11), Lower Secondary (ages 11-14). 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.
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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
✓Laboratories
·Theatre or assembly hallnot stated on the website
·Librarynot stated on the website
✓Catering
·School transportnot stated on the website
·Boardingnot stated on the website
Teaching staff from the school's official website
·Teachers listed by namenot published
·Teacher qualificationsnot stated
✓Number of teachers17
·Students per teacher or class sizenot stated
The staff page lists 17 teachers, 4 pedagogues and 1 class assistant. According to the school development report, 36% of all lessons have two adults, there are coordinators for grades 0-4 and 5-9 and subject leads; the school hosts student teachers and newly qualified teachers through Erasmus+, and ICYE exchange volunteers.
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 training
✓Anti-bullying policy
The school publishes Lolland Municipality's student protection policy (procedure for reporting abuse and neglect), a bullying prevention strategy with an action plan within 10 days, and a code of conduct for staff and students. Staff have been trained by Skolestyrken. Students are supported by a school psychologist and learning advisor (PPR), a health nurse, a social worker, the SSP crime prevention service with the police and a youth coach for grades 7-9. A student well-being survey is held every year.
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 data80 Accreditation and verifiability (10%)85 Teaching staff (10%) scored on disclosed data70 Facilities (10%) scored on disclosed data65 Clubs and activities (8%) scored on disclosed data55 Value for money (6%) scored at the median83 "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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