Luleå Gymnasieskola is the municipal upper secondary school of Luleå kommun and one of the largest in Sweden: just over 2400 students on the Luleå gymnasieby campus of several blocks in the city centre. The school runs 16 three-year national programmes (6 university-preparatory and 10 vocational) in Swedish, sports profiles, introductory programmes, the adapted upper secondary school and a fourth upper secondary engineer year. A separate English-language track, the International Programme, consists of a preparatory year (courses similar to the Swedish Social Science and Natural Science programmes) and two years of the IB Diploma Programme; the track is taught in English, and most of its students come from foreign families who moved to Luleå for work. The primary working language of the rest of the school is Swedish. The school does not currently offer any IB arts subject; students take an additional subject from groups 1-4 instead.
Key facts
Programmes
IB · DP · National programme
Languages of instruction
Swedish, English
Languages taught
Spanish, Finnish
About the fees Tuition is free: this is the municipal upper secondary school of Luleå kommun; the site does not mention any tuition fee, including for the International Programme. Course retakes are free for the school's students and cost 500 SEK for external candidates.
Admissions Swedish students apply through Luleå kommun's common upper secondary application; for the International Programme they also take placement tests in English and mathematics. International students are admitted under the free quota of the Upper Secondary Education Act and apply to the DP coordinator through a form on the site. Applications are open to EU citizens and non-EU citizens with residence status in Sweden; a student from abroad is admitted when at least one parent or legal guardian resides in Sweden during the period of study, and must intend to study for at least one year; it is a day school and does not arrange host families. Preparatory year: at least 9 years of schooling, a transcript from the last year in English or Swedish, age 15 or over, passed placement tests. DP1: grades from the preparatory year or an equivalent year 10, excellent English at CEFR B2 level (for non-native speakers), placement tests if deemed necessary, age 16 or over, an interview with the coordinator or principal. DP2: transfer after DP1 only, with compatible subjects and internal assessments and a place available. Priority tiers: first students resident in Sweden for a confirmed limited period and their siblings (passport and work visa copies required), then students educated mostly abroad, then those planning to leave Sweden for a long period, then Swedish students with sufficient English.
Stages and year groups Grades 10-12. Swedish gymnasieskola: 16 three-year national programmes leading to the gymnasieexamen (6 university-preparatory: Business, Arts, Natural Science, Social Science, Technology, and 10 vocational), sports profiles RIG, NIU, LIU, introductory programmes, the adapted upper secondary school and a fourth TE4 year after the Technology programme; all in Swedish. English-language International Programme: a preparatory year (mathematics, English, Swedish or Swedish for beginners, psychology, history, science introduction, information and communication, physical education, Spanish) graded F-A on the Swedish scale, followed by two years of the IB Diploma Programme: English A, Swedish A, school-supported self-taught Literature A; English B, Swedish B, Spanish B and Spanish ab initio; Psychology, ESS; Physics, Biology; Mathematics Analysis and Approaches; plus TOK, CAS and the Extended Essay. No arts subjects are offered. DP grades are from 1 to 7.
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.
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: 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 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: Sports ground or field · Art studio
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
The programme page names the IB head of school, the DP and Extended Essay coordinator and six International Programme teachers (languages and CAS, languages, TOK and psychology, mathematics, sciences and ESS, physics and mathematics). The language policy says all IB teachers teach writing and presentation skills and that the study studio is always staffed with a language teacher.
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
Student health: counsellor, psychologist, school nurse with access to a school doctor, and a special needs teacher; there are also social pedagogues and student support staff. Each school unit has a plan against discrimination, harassment and degrading treatment revised annually, and cases are investigated under a set procedure. There is an action plan against alcohol, drugs and doping and a smoke-free campus programme. Weekly student support meetings for the IB track involve the principal, coordinator, careers counsellor, special needs teacher and school nurse.
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 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.
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