← Back to the rankingRejsby Europæiske Efterskole
Skaerbaek, Denmark · est. 1994 · Private
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Rejsby Europæiske Efterskole is a private Danish efterskole, a boarding school with a European profile, in the village of Rejsby in south-west Jutland near the Wadden Sea, for grades 8, 9 and 10; just over 100 teenagers study here. It was founded in 1994 as the first profile efterskole in Denmark that focused not on sport, music or learning difficulties but on Europe, social studies, languages and cultures. The main language of the school is Danish, but in the International 10. klasse almost all subjects are taught in English following the Cambridge IGCSE programme; the school also has students from other countries, including the USA, the UK, Germany, France, Ukraine, Malawi, Thailand, Australia and Spain. Any student can take Cambridge IGCSE English as a second language, and German and French can end with Goethe-Institut and Institut Français exams. Besides lessons, students choose one of seven profile subjects (international politics, Elite engelsk, media, Science and nature, psychology, Spanish, police and society) and more than 25 electives. Three trips a year are included in the fee: a road trip in Europe (Brussels and Strasbourg or Berlin and Prague, then a joint stay in the Harz mountains), a ski trip to Sweden and an exchange with a partner class in a European country with homestays.
Key facts
Programmes
Cambridge · IGCSE · National programme
Languages of instruction
Danish, English
Languages taught
German, French, Spanish
Registration fee
≈ $234
1 550 DKK
About the fees An efterskole charges one combined fee for teaching, accommodation and meals. The school year lasts 42 weeks; the weekly price for 2027-2028 is 3185 DKK before the state subsidy, that is 133770 DKK for the year. The subsidy depends on household income two years before the start; every family receives a payment statement in the spring before the start, and the school's business manager gives an estimate in advance. The fee includes all three trips, a travel bag, a school sweatshirt, a water bottle and the Cambridge, Goethe and DELF exams; extra costs arise only when a family hosts an exchange student at home for a weekend. The school has a local support fund for families in difficulty, and families can also apply to foundations.
Admissions The school admits students to grade 8, grade 9, grade 10 taught in Danish, the International 10. klasse taught in English and Projekt10 (an exam-free grade 10); admission is rolling, and if the year is full the student goes on a waiting list. Good grades are not required - the school looks for motivation and the wish to learn. Once registration is confirmed, parents pay an enrolment fee of 1550 DKK. The school admits teenagers aged 14-17 from all over the world; a student without Danish citizenship, including an EU citizen, needs a residence permit to start, and the school advises applying in advance. Most international students join the international class and learn Danish as a second language. Before registering, families are invited to a tour on one of the visiting weekends or to a private visit.
Stages and year groups Grades 8-10. Grades 8, 9 and 10 follow the Danish curriculum with FP9 and FP10 exams in all regular subjects; in grade 10 students can choose a year with or without physics. Projekt10 is an exam-free grade 10 without marks: the subjects Life Skills, Udsyn, Innovation og kreativitet, Natur og sundhed, Faglig fordybelse and four project blocks. International 10. klasse: teaching mainly in English except foreign languages and Danish; Cambridge IGCSE subjects English Second Language (count-in oral, code 0511), Global Perspectives (0457), Mathematics International (0607) and Science Combined (0653), with German and/or French as options and Danish or Danish as a second language; the IGCSE exams are set by Cambridge Assessment International Education, and FP10 can also be taken in Danish, English and mathematics. In all classes Cambridge IGCSE English as a second language is built into regular English lessons and any student can take it: an oral part of about 15 minutes that is recorded, a listening test of about 45 minutes and a 2-hour written paper. German and French can end with Goethe-Institut and Institut Français (DELF) exams.
Address Kogsvej 3, Rejsby, 6780 Skærbæk
Accreditations and programmes verified against official registries
Cambridge · IGCSE · authorised programmeThe Cambridge register names the school as its centre: in the International Year 10 class students take four Cambridge IGCSE subjects: English as a Second Language, Global Perspectives, maths and combined science. The main curriculum is Danish, with the folkeskole exams.
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: IGCSE (ages 14-16). IGCSE means exams at around Year 10 or 11, the British counterpart of a lower secondary 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 hall
·Librarynot stated on the website
✓Catering
·School transportnot stated on the website
✓Boarding
Also on site: Sports ground or field · Art studio · Makerspace
Clubs and activities: Antikkens verden (the ancient world) · Badminton · Den glemte historie (forgotten history) · Fransk for begyndere (French for beginners) · Fodbold (football) · Fysik/Kemi ekstra (extra physics and chemistry) · Elite Deutsch (advanced German) · Elite matematik (advanced maths) · Filosofi (philosophy) · Guitar · Håndbold (handball) · Boksetræning (boxing training) · Makerspace · Photography · Privatøkonomi (personal finance) · Spansk for begyndere (Spanish for beginners) · Teatersport (improv theatre) · Skak (chess) · Robolab (robotics) · Udekøkken (outdoor kitchen) · Volleyball · Yoga/Mindfullness · Japanese Animation Class · Debat (debating) · American football · Kreativt værksted (creative workshop) · Tegne og male (drawing and painting) · Band · Basketball · Upcycling
Summer programme away from campus: . The school runs no camp of its own on campus
The school runs no summer camp. At Easter, from 22 to 24 March 2027, Rejsby Camp is held for ages 13-16 (grades 7-9): three days with overnight stays in school rooms, the students' daily routine and a taste of the seven profile subjects; the price is 1200 DKK including meals, accommodation and activities.
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 site presents the principal, the vice principal and about 17 teachers; the school says several language teachers teach their native language. Cambridge subjects (English, Global Perspectives, Cambridge Science, mathematics) are taught by dedicated teachers; two teachers are international coordinators, two are guidance counsellors and three are youth coaches. Students are divided into contact groups of about 10 (mixed by grade and gender) with a contact teacher who holds well-being conversations and a weekly group meeting; three groups form a larger triplet group.
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
A well-being team follows students' well-being, runs sessions to prevent unhappiness and acts together with the family and the contact teacher when a student is struggling; the school has its own anti-bullying strategy (2024), covering digital bullying. Students get their mobile phones at 15:00 and hand them in to the phone hotel at 21:45; at 22:00 everyone is in their rooms and lights go out at 22:45. Boys and girls live in separate rooms. Staff check on sick students several times a day, and the school arranges a doctor when needed.
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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 data55 Facilities (10%) scored on disclosed data75 Clubs and activities (8%) scored on disclosed data78 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.
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