S:t Eskils gymnasium is a municipal upper secondary school in central Eskilstuna, in its own words 'en skola med mycket karaktär och stolta traditioner' (a school with a lot of character and proud traditions), with about 650 students. Under the name Eskilstuna International College the school runs several programmes in English: the IB Diploma Programme, the natural science programme Naturvetenskapsprogrammet SCIENCE (Swedish syllabuses taught in English) and the business programme Global Business (in English according to the programme pages, partly in Swedish according to the about page). The other programmes are taught in Swedish: Business with Law, Arts with Visual Arts and Music tracks, Social Science and the Security programme. The IB programme lasts three years: a preparatory Pre-Diploma year similar to the Swedish social science and natural science programmes, and two years of the Diploma Programme with natural science, social science and business options; on the IB, all subjects except Swedish are taught in English. The school states that its IB graduates consistently achieve grades well above the IB world average and that it is certified in the Qualis quality system with the highest rating of any Swedish upper secondary school. Once a week all students have an hour of study time (Studietid) with all teachers available. There are exchanges with Spain, Italy and England and study trips across Europe; students on the English-language programmes can prepare for the Cambridge English C1 Advanced exam.
Key facts
Programmes
IB · DP · National programme
Languages of instruction
Swedish, English
Class size
small groups in grades 11-12, exact size not stated
About the fees Tuition is free: this is a municipal upper secondary school of Eskilstuna municipality, and the website mentions no tuition fees anywhere. Students borrow a laptop for the whole of their studies under a contract with the school.
Admissions Admission to year 1 of the municipal upper secondary school, including the IB preparatory year, is through the Dexter online admissions service (Eskilstuna admissions are coordinated by Gymnasieantagningen in Västerås) based on compulsory school grades; preliminary decisions come in April and final decisions in July. Applicants for year 2 or 3 contact the school directly ('Du som ska söka till årskurs 2 eller 3 tar kontakt direkt med den gymnasieskola du vill söka till'). For the IB 'it's not necessary to have gone to an English-language school'. The school says most IB students come from Swedish compulsory school and several have multicultural backgrounds. The website does not state directly whether or on what terms it admits students from abroad.
Stages and year groups Grades 10-12 (gymnasieskola, årskurs 1-3). Three-year gymnasieskola leading to the gymnasieexamen. Programmes: Ekonomiprogrammet Juridik, Estetiska programmet (Bild & form, Musik), Samhällsprogrammet, Säkerhetsprogrammet - in Swedish; Naturvetenskapsprogrammet SCIENCE and Ekonomiprogrammet Global Business - Swedish syllabuses in English (Eskilstuna International College). IB: a first Pre-Diploma year (grade 10: biology, chemistry, physics, English, mathematics, Swedish, a modern language, an introductory IB core course), then the IB Diploma Programme in grades 11-12: six subjects, three at Higher and three at Standard Level, plus TOK, CAS and the Extended Essay. DP subjects: English A, Swedish A and B, English B, history, global politics, psychology, economics, business management, chemistry, biology, physics, ESS, two mathematics courses. The school does not mention any other IB programmes (PYP, MYP, CP).
Address Smedjegatan 3-5, 632 19 Eskilstuna
Accreditations and programmes verified against official registries
IB · DP · authorised programmeThe school is listed in the IB register and runs the Diploma Programme. The IB track runs inside a Swedish upper-secondary school, alongside the Swedish national programmes.
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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: 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
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
✓Library
✓Catering
·School transportnot stated on the website
·Boardingnot stated on the website
Also on site: Art studio
Campus: The school is in central Eskilstuna, a few minutes' walk from the bus and train station, and occupies several buildings. Building A has the programmes' shared study spaces, a sports hall and gym in the basement, an assembly hall, art rooms and a 3D design room; building B, home to the IB and the natural science programme, has the library, a student café with study space, the nurse's office and the IB coordinator; building D houses the school restaurant; building E holds the music department with ensemble rooms, the Bossanovan concert hall and a music studio. The restaurant serves a dish of the day, an alternative and a vegetarian option every day, with lunch from 11:00 to 13:00. Every student borrows a laptop for the duration of their studies. There is 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 sizein the key facts above
The school names the IB subject teachers: biology, chemistry, mathematics, psychology, history, English B, English A, business management and economics, Swedish, global politics, ESS and physics; 'all the IB teachers speak Swedish'. The school lists small groups and more teacher time per student among the advantages of the IB. On the English-language programmes, according to the school, many teachers have an international background. Staff numbers and qualifications are not published.
Safety and wellbeing from the school's official website
✓CCTV
·Security staffnot stated on the website
✓Access control
✓Nurse or medical room
✓Counsellor
✓Child protection policy
·Staff trainingnot stated on the website
✓Anti-bullying policy
Entrance doors are locked, students enter with access cards, visitors register in advance and are let in by arrangement; unauthorised persons are turned away. Surveillance cameras operate around the clock, and valuable equipment is DNA-marked. There is a school doctor, nurse, psychologist, special needs teacher, counsellor and careers adviser, a student health plan, a plan against discrimination and degrading treatment, school rules, a drugs action plan and defibrillators in buildings A, B and D. All students have 24-hour accident insurance.
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Criteria breakdown criterion weight in brackets
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 data55 Safety and wellbeing (12%) scored on disclosed data90 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 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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