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Silkeborg, Denmark · State
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Silkeborg Ungdomsskole is the municipal youth school (ungdomsskole) of Silkeborg Municipality, and this profile covers its 10th grade day centre at Oslovej 2. It is a full-time school: about 170 students who have finished grade 9 spend one more school year here before upper secondary or vocational education, attend lessons every day and take the Danish grade 10 leaving exams. Students choose a line: GYM10 prepares for upper secondary school and is split into Science and International, EUD10 prepares for vocational education together with the colleges College360 and SOSU Østjylland, and FOKUS10 suits those who have not yet chosen a path; there is also a small 10+ group for students who need special support, a class for students with dyslexia and, from the 2026-2027 school year, a football line with the club Young Boys Future. On the International strand of GYM10 the school, the only one in Silkeborg, teaches the course Cambridge IGCSE English as a Second Language. The year starts with a joint trip of the whole year group to Berchtesgaden in Germany, and GYM10 has exchanges with schools in the Netherlands and France. Besides grade 10 the ungdomsskole runs evening activities, 15 youth clubs, the GFU department for bilingual young people and Højmarkskolen, but they are not part of this profile.
Key facts
Programmes
Cambridge · IGCSE · National programme
Languages of instruction
Danish
Languages taught
English, German, Spanish
Class size
small groups in 10+, contact groups of 6-8 students
About the fees Grade 10 at this municipal school is free: about the football line the school states directly that 'the offer is free and an attractive alternative to efterskole'. Breakfast is free for all students, while hot lunch is ordered for a fee through the Kanpla system. Paid separately are a deposit for the joint study trip (the amount is not given on the website) and a 350 DKK own contribution for the exchange with the Netherlands or France, which is supported by Erasmus+.
Admissions The centre admits students who have completed grade 9. Applications are made by 1 March through the optagelse.dk portal (choosing grade 10 at Silkeborg Ungdomsskole); students can also sign up on the school website, logging in themselves with their own MitID. In April the family receives an admission letter, and between April and June there is an introductory meeting with the student and parents at which the line is chosen. Places in the 10+ group are allocated by the municipality's central referral committee on the recommendation of the previous school. The football line has no formal entry requirements, but several years of football experience and motivation for regular training are expected.
Stages and year groups Grades 10. Grade 10 of the Danish school system only, one school year after grade 9, with FP10 leaving exams in Danish, Mathematics and English, and optionally in German and Physics. Lines: GYM10 (Science and International strands, preparation for upper secondary school, exchanges with the Netherlands and France), EUD10 (10TECH, 10BUSINESS and 10HUMAN strands, two days a week at College360 or SOSU Østjylland), FOKUS10 (with a class for students with dyslexia), 10+ (small group with special support), and a football line with Young Boys Future. Cambridge: on the International strand of GYM10 the school teaches the course Cambridge IGCSE English as a Second Language and writes that it is 'the only school in Silkeborg offering this course'. The website does not say whether the course is compulsory for the whole strand or whether all students sit the exam. All other teaching follows the Danish curriculum in Danish.
Address Oslovej 2, 8600 Silkeborg
Accreditations and programmes verified against official registries
Cambridge · IGCSE · authorised programmeThe Cambridge register names the school as its centre: on the International track of the GYM10 line, Year 10 students take Cambridge IGCSE English as a Second Language. 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 hallnot stated on the website
·Librarynot stated on the website
✓Catering
·School transportnot stated on the website
·Boardingnot stated on the website
Campus: The 10th grade day centre is housed in the Silkeborg Ungdomsskole building at Oslovej 2 in Silkeborg. The school has a gymnasium and its own kitchen that cooks hot lunches; from 7:45 to 8:10 all students get a free breakfast. For students who need a break there is Café Pust-ud and a crafts room with calm music and soft lighting. On the EUD10 line two days a week are spent at the vocational colleges College360 and SOSU Østjylland in Silkeborg, and the football line trains together with the club Young Boys Future.
Clubs and activities: Café Pust-ud (take-a-breather café) · Outdoor (outdoor activities) · Krea, fashion og design (creative arts, fashion and design) · Fremmedsprog (foreign language, e.g. Spanish for beginners) · Boldspil, crossfit, padel og yoga (ball games, CrossFit, padel and yoga) · Musik (music) · Filmværksted (film workshop) · Fodboldlinjen (football line)
Summer programme away from campus: . The school runs no camp of its own on campus
In the last week of the summer holidays the ungdomsskole runs SommerCamp in Silkeborg for children starting grade 7 after the holidays, from Tuesday 13:00 to Thursday 11:00 (in 2027 from 3 to 5 August). There is no summer camp for grade 10 students; their school year starts with a joint trip to Berchtesgaden at the end of August.
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 sizein the key facts above
The staff page lists the head of the grade 10 department, 4 GYM10 teachers, 3 EUD10 teachers, 6 FOKUS10 teachers and a student well-being counsellor; on EUD10 part of the teaching is done by College360 and SOSU Østjylland staff, and the 10+ group is taught by teachers with special needs training. Education guidance counsellors, psychologists from the municipal PPL service and a librarian work with the centre.
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
✓Counsellor
✓Child protection policy
·Staff trainingnot stated on the website
✓Anti-bullying policy
The school has an anti-bullying strategy and rules of conduct: no tobacco or nicotine, concentrated caffeine, alcohol or drugs, weapons, violence or filming without consent; as part of prevention, classrooms may be checked with a drug dog. The school is mobile-free, and absence is recorded and followed up. A well-being counsellor holds one-to-one talks, students with difficulties can use Café Pust-ud and craft lessons based on craft psychology, and psychologists from the municipal PPL service are attached to the centre.
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