Nørre Gymnasium (Nørre G) is a state upper secondary school in Brønshøj in north-western Copenhagen; in September 2025 it had about 1230 students. Its main programme is the Danish STX (studentereksamen) in Danish, with 13 classes in each year. Since 1991 the school has also run an international line: the one-year pre-IB (classes 1i and 1j, the Danish 1.g programme taught in English) and the two-year IB Diploma Programme (classes 2i and 3i), taught in English. The school is an official IB World School and also a UNESCO school for the Sustainable Development Goals; IB students come from many countries, and an International Evening is held every two years. IB graduates are advised by two higher education advisers, one for universities abroad and one for Danish universities.
Key facts
Programmes
IB · DP · National programme
Languages of instruction
Danish, English
Languages taught
German, French, Spanish
About the fees The school is public and states that STX, pre-IB and the IB Diploma are free of charge, with no tuition and no examination fees. The intro trip at the start, the study trip in the second year and some excursions are paid separately; amounts vary by study line and year. From age 18 students can receive the state SU grant.
Admissions The school states its admission criteria for pre-IB and the IB Diploma (in no priority order): students with a foreign background living in Denmark because of their parents' job or coming to Denmark to obtain an IB Diploma with residence status valid for the full programme; students with a mixed background; Danish students who studied abroad; students aiming to continue their education abroad. Required: a Danish CPR number or valid residence permit (or certified diplomatic status) for the full programme, very good academic English, above-average grades, motivation and self-discipline. Students aged 15-18 are admitted; students under 18 living without their parents and without family in Denmark are generally not admitted. Families arrange the residence permit themselves before applying; the school's programmes do not qualify for a study residence permit. Danish students after 9-10 years of school apply to pre-IB as to Danish 1g; the IB Diploma can be entered directly after 11 years of schooling or the first year of STX.
Stages and year groups Grades 1.g-3.g (STX); pre-IB (1i, 1j); IB Diploma (2i, 3i). Danish STX: three years, studentereksamen, 10 exams including the SRP project. International line: pre-IB is the Danish 1.g programme in English (English or Danish A, second and third languages, social science, history, physics, biology, chemistry, mathematics, visual arts, a mini extended essay), and students can switch to STX after the autumn term or the year; the IB Diploma has six subject groups, three at Higher Level, the core EE, CAS and ToK, with May exams only. Of the IB programmes, the school offers only the Diploma Programme.
Address Mørkhøjvej 78, 2700 Brønshøj
Accreditations and programmes verified against official registries
IB · DP · authorised programmeThe IB register lists the Diploma Programme at the school; it is taught in English after a preparatory pre-IB year, alongside the Danish STX programme and the studentereksamen exam.
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
Average IB score
30 (world average 30.88)
Exam results IB Diploma, 2024: 44 candidates, 30 awarded the diploma, average score of diploma holders 30, highest score 42 points. In 2023: 32 candidates, 31 diplomas, average score 31, highest 42; in 2022 the average was 32, highest 43. The school holds only the May session, with no November retakes.
Where leavers go: University of Oxford · Imperial College London · University of Birmingham · University of Nottingham · Queen Mary, University of London · King's College London · University of St. Andrews · University of Edinburgh · University of Glasgow · University of British Columbia · University of Waterloo · University of Miami and others, 22 universities in the school's list in all
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
·Librarynot stated on the website
·Cateringnot stated on the website
·School transportnot stated on the website
·Boardingnot stated on the website
Campus: According to the school, it has good, new facilities for all subjects; there are solar panels on the roof, a study centre where the IB graduation ceremony is held, and two defibrillators. The school is open to students from 7:00 to 16:30, and lessons run in 95-minute modules with a lunch break. There is no boarding; buses 166 and 200S stop outside, and the nearest S-train station is Husum.
Clubs and activities: Showband og Kor (show band and choir) · Musikteaterforestilling (musical theatre production) · Frivillig drama (drama elective) · Frivillig billedkunst (visual arts elective) · Nørre Skriver (writing club) · MUN · Elevrådet (student council) · Sprogambassadørerne (language ambassadors) · LGBTQ+ · UNESCO og miljø udvalg (UNESCO and environment committee) · Operation Dagsværk (Operation Day's Work charity campaign) · Festudvalget (party committee) · Bogklubben (book club) · Lektiecafé (homework café)
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 school has about 145 staff. The international line is led by the IB Coordinator; pre-IB and IB students have their own student counsellor, a higher education adviser for universities abroad (UK, USA and other countries) and a Studievalg counsellor for Danish universities. Teaching is organised in teacher teams around each class.
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 roomnot stated on the website
·Counsellornot stated on the website
✓Child protection policy
·Staff trainingnot stated on the website
✓Anti-bullying policy
The school publishes an anti-bullying strategy and action plan, study and order rules, rules of conduct, a mobile phone policy, an action plan for accidents and death, an emergency preparedness plan, fire instructions, smoke-free school day and responsible alcohol culture policies, and a whistleblower scheme. The school is open on school days from 7:00 to 16:30, and the alarm is set in the evening after the caretakers' closing round.
Reviews
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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 data80 Safety and wellbeing (12%) scored on disclosed data65 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 data78 "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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