Romerike International School (RIS) is a private, not-for-profit international school for children aged 6-16 (grades 1-10) in Hvam, in Nes municipality north-east of Oslo. It is run by the Romerike International School Foundation, established in 2015; the school operates under the Independent Schools Act (Friskoleloven), receives state funding through Utdanningsdirektoratet and charges families a moderate fee. The primary school (grades 1-6) follows the IB PYP and the middle school (grades 7-10) the IB MYP, with the Personal Project in grade 10. The language of instruction is English, except for Norwegian and Spanish lessons; Norwegian gets as many hours as in a local school so that a student can move into the Norwegian system at any time, including grade 10. The school says it has over 200 students; most families have one or both parents who are Norwegian, but students are connected to more than 30 countries. The school is part of the UN schools network and builds learning around the Sustainable Development Goals, outdoor education and student wellbeing.
Key facts
Tuition
≈ $4 232 a year
4 072.73 NOK a month
The year is counted as ten payments: the school does not say how many payments it takes.
Languages of instruction
English
Languages taught
Norwegian, Spanish
Registration fee
≈ $208
2 000 NOK
About the fees From 1 January 2026 the fee, at Utdanningsdirektoratet rates, is 4072.73 NOK per month for grades 1-10, invoiced from August over 11 months. It covers tuition, exercise books and textbook loans; food on trips, IT repairs and extra uniforms are charged separately. The sibling discount is 25% for the second child and 50% for the third and further children. The fee is set by the school board under Utdanningsdirektoratet rules.
Admissions The school is open to all children in grades 1 to 10: applications are made online through OpenApply and an automatic confirmation is sent. If there are more applicants than places, priority goes to children of staff, then siblings of current students, then children who attended school abroad (an international school), then by application date; others are placed on a waiting list. Once offered a place, the family confirms it within 7 days with a non-refundable administration fee of 2000 NOK. The first two weeks after starting are a period in which school and family decide whether the school is a good fit; parents sign a contract on conduct expectations. Withdrawal requires 3 months' notice. The school names no entrance tests or language requirements; English language learners are supported through immersion in class, and students with weak Norwegian get separate Norwegian language acquisition lessons.
Stages and year groups Grades 1-10. IB PYP in grades 1-6 (the school says it is authorised for the PYP) and IB MYP in grades 7-10 with the Personal Project in grade 10; the MYP has eight subject groups, including Norwegian language and literature, Norwegian and English language acquisition, and Spanish. Teaching is in English; Norwegian follows the national LK20 curriculum, four lessons a week in all grades. The programme page states the goal of MYP authorisation before August 2024 and the language policy calls the school an IB candidate school; the home page and the middle school section describe the MYP as a running programme. The school ends at grade 10; there is no upper secondary (videregående).
Address Melkevegen 3, 2165 Hvam
Accreditations and programmes verified against official registries
IB · PYP · authorised programmeThe school is listed in the IB register and runs the Primary Years Programme. For the Middle Years the school is a candidate.
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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: PYP (ages 3-12). PYP is the primary stage, ages 3 to 12. It is not a set of subjects but a frame for the whole school: learning is built around lines of inquiry, and there are no exams at the end.
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
·Laboratoriesnot stated on the website
✓Theatre or assembly hall
·Librarynot stated on the website
·Cateringnot stated on the website
✓School transport
·Boardingnot stated on the website
Campus: The school is in Hvam in Nes municipality in Romerike. The building has an assembly hall (Aula) and a school kitchen, which are rented to parents for events. There is no canteen: students bring lunch and snacks from home and eat in the classrooms. The SFO before and after school service for grades 1-4 runs in the Aula from 07:00 to 08:30 and from 14:15 to 17:00, 42 weeks a year, including the autumn and winter breaks. Students in grades 1-9 are lent a uniform for the year: two polo shirts, a sports shirt and a hoodie. The school emphasises outdoor learning and intends to take all grades on a residential trip once a year. Children living more than 2 km (grade 1) or 4 km (grades 2-10) away get free county school transport. It is a day school with no boarding.
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
Teachers come from all over the world with a wide range of teaching experience. The community page names 21 teachers and assistants, plus the leadership: the principal, the heads of primary and middle school and the programme coordinators. The school has an Inclusion Coordinator; all teachers are considered inclusion and language teachers.
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
·Counsellornot stated on the website
✓Child protection policy
·Staff trainingnot stated on the website
·Anti-bullying policynot stated on the website
A school nurse from Nes municipality sees students, with contact details on the website. The school has a child protection policy, an action plan under chapter 12 of the Education Act on the school environment, policies on behaviour, equality and dignity, health and safety, and a phone policy. The Inclusion Coordinator works with the municipal nurse and the PPT educational psychology service. All students have accident insurance with NHO Forsikring.
Reviews
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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 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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Nes, Norway · est. 2015 · Private