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Odense, Denmark · est. 1870 · Private
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Odense International School (OIS) is the international department of the private school Henriette Hørlücks Skole (HHS) in central Odense for children aged 5-16; HHS itself was established in 1870 and has a long tradition of an international learning environment and early language learning. Unlike the Danish department of HHS, where teaching is in Danish, all OIS lessons are in English, and admission is for children whose academic language is English. The school is a certified Cambridge examinations centre and teaches Cambridge International programmes: primary through Key Stage 1 and 2, lower secondary with Cambridge Lower Secondary frameworks and Checkpoint, and in the last two years an IGCSE programme of 8-9 subjects. Danish is taught at three levels, and Danish speakers take the FP9 exam; French starts in grade 6, German is optional. Children from more than 40 nations attend, and staff come from at least 17 countries. According to the school, its exam results are among Denmark's top ten annually. The school is inspected under the Danish act on independent and private schools; OIS students join the Danish department for morning assemblies. Study trips go to Bornholm, Norway, France and Germany.
Key facts
Tuition
≈ $5 781–6 348 a year
3 825–4 200 DKK a month
The year is counted as ten payments: the school does not say how many payments it takes.
Programmes
Cambridge · Primary, Lower Secondary, IGCSE
Admits from
5 years · Pre-School
Languages of instruction
English
Languages taught
Danish, French, German
Class size
20 students on average, possibly more in secondary
Registration fee
≈ $227
1 500 DKK
About the fees Fees for 2026-2027, per month: preschool 3825 kroner (March to June), P1-P4 4200 kroner, P5-S11 3980 kroner; paid over 11 months, August to June, with no tuition in July. A second child pays 4000 and 3780 kroner, the third and further children attend tuition-free. After-school care for P1-P4 is included (1680 kroner per month for a third child). The Club for P5 costs 1575 kroner per month for 10 months, Club Plus for P6 650 kroner per month for 6 months; music lessons from P5 cost 599 kroner per month. Books are included; trips are charged separately.
Admissions The school admits children whose academic language is English; applications to the international and Danish departments are separate. Preschool admits children who turn 5 by 1 September, from 1 March; P1 applicants need a reference and school readiness report from their kindergarten, P2-S10 applicants reports for the last two academic years and a class teacher's reference on academic and social skills and support needs. The admissions team meets twice a month; if no place is free, the child joins the waiting pool. The application fee is 1500 kroner per family, non-refundable; a deposit is paid after accepting a place. Final placement is decided in the first weeks based on teachers' observation. Children from more than 40 nations attend.
Stages and year groups Grades Preschool, P1-P6, S7-S11. Preschool (March to June, ages 4-5), primary P1-P6 (ages 5-11; P1 corresponds to Danish grade 0) on the Cambridge International curriculum (Key Stage 1 and 2), lower secondary S7-S9 on Cambridge Lower Secondary frameworks (English, mathematics, science) with Checkpoint at the end, then the two-year IGCSE programme in S10-S11 (8-9 subjects: English First Language, English Literature, English as an Additional Language, French, German, History, Global Perspectives, Coordinated Sciences, Mathematics, Art & Design, Physical Education). S11 corresponds to Danish grade 10. Danish first-language students take the FP9 exam in S11; French students may take IGCSE French or DELF.
Accreditations and programmes verified against official registries
Cambridge · Primary, Lower Secondary, IGCSE · authorised programmeThe Cambridge register names the school as its centre: it teaches Cambridge Primary and Lower Secondary with Checkpoint tests, and IGCSE in Years 10-11. It is the international department of the private school Henriette Hørlücks Skole.
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
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), IGCSE (ages 14-16). 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. IGCSE means exams at around Year 10 or 11, the British counterpart of a lower secondary leaving certificate.
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 hallnot stated on the website
✓Laboratories
·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
Also on site: Playground
Clubs and activities: DISNAC Athletics · Model United Nations · The Club · Club Plus · Odense Musikskole (music lessons)
Teaching staff from the school's official website
·Teachers listed by namenot published
·Teacher qualificationsnot stated
✓Number of teachers31
✓Students per teacher or class sizein the key facts above
The staff page lists 31 teachers, 11 support and after-school staff, 11 service staff, the office and OIS and HHS leadership; staff come from at least 17 countries. Art, music, drama, PE and design are taught by subject specialists; lower primary uses teaching teams. Teacher qualifications are not listed.
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 policynot stated on the website
✓Staff training
✓Anti-bullying policy
The school has zero tolerance for bullying: staff monitor it, teachers are trained to spot early warning signs, and problems are met quickly with an action plan. Teachers supervise breaks outdoors, and students under 14 may not leave school grounds during breaks; students under 15 may not ride e-bikes or e-scooters to school. The school must report absences above 15% per quarter to the authorities.
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 data65 Accreditation and verifiability (10%)85 Teaching staff (10%) scored on disclosed data70 Facilities (10%) scored on disclosed data60 Clubs and activities (8%) scored on disclosed data73 "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 8 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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