Tampereen lyseon lukio, known to students as Rellu, is a municipal upper secondary school of the City of Tampere by Pyynikintori square. The school speaks of its 140 years of tradition. It has three lines: the general line (yleislinja), the social sciences line (yhteiskuntatiedelinja) and the IB line. The general and social sciences lines are taught in Finnish: all pages for students and applicants are in Finnish, and English is named as the language of instruction only for the IB line and for a separate block of English-taught ELL courses on the general line. The IB line runs alongside the Finnish upper secondary school: a preparatory year on the Finnish curriculum taught mostly in English, followed by the two-year IB Diploma Programme in English. More than 30 mother tongues are spoken at the school and there is an annual international day; the school holds Erasmus+ accreditation, runs NordPlus projects with Estonia, Norway and Iceland and welcomes exchange students.
Key facts
Programmes
IB · DP · National programme
Languages of instruction
Finnish, English
Languages taught
Swedish, German, French, Spanish, Russian
About the fees A city school. The school writes: 'The right to free upper secondary education lasts until the end of the calendar year in which the student turns 20.' Students with this right are lent textbooks, a laptop and a calculator; others buy their own study materials, including textbooks for the two IB years. The school names no separate fee for foreign students.
Admissions All three lines are applied to through the spring joint application (yhteishaku) on Studyinfo (Opintopolku), with the application period running from mid-February to mid-March. The general line admits 125 students by the grade point average of theoretical subjects in the peruskoulu final report; the social sciences line admits 30 students, with social studies, history, mother tongue and the first foreign language weighted 2. The IB line admits about 50 students to the preparatory year: 'The minimum requirement for the GPA is 8.2', with English and Mathematics weighted 2. Applicants without a Finnish peruskoulu final report take entrance examinations in Mathematics and English at the school; they send a written explanation, the IB application form and their latest report card and apply on Studyinfo outside the general quota (harkinnanvarainen). The school admits children of Finnish families returning from abroad and foreign students moving to Tampere with their parents for work; students 'must have a valid reason for needing an English-language study place in Tampere'. 'We do not enroll foreign students who plan to move to Tampere without their parents.' In the preparatory year 1 to 5 places are reserved for those applying after the official application period; if places are available, applicants can be admitted directly to the two-year Diploma Programme. Finnish as a foreign language requires 3-5 years of previous study of the language.
Stages and year groups Grades lukio 1-3; IB: pre-DP, DP1-DP2. Finnish upper secondary school (lukio), three years on the national curriculum LOPS2021 with the ylioppilastutkinto examination: the general line (yleislinja) with a block of English-taught ELL courses, and the social sciences line (yhteiskuntatiedelinja, formerly European Studies). IB line: a preparatory year (pre-DP) on the Finnish curriculum with most units taught in English, followed by the two-year IB Diploma Programme with Theory of Knowledge, Extended Essay and CAS. The school writes that in Finland the IB Diploma 'is considered equivalent to the Finnish matriculation examination'. Diploma subjects: group 1 Finnish A Literature or English A Language and Literature; group 2 English A, Finnish A, Finnish B, French B, Spanish B; group 3 History, Economics, Psychology; group 4 Biology, Physics, Chemistry; group 5 Mathematics; group 6 Visual Arts or a second subject from groups 2-4. Mathematics, Finnish and English are compulsory. No other IB programmes (PYP, MYP, CP) appear on the school's website.
Address F.E. Sillanpään katu 7, 33230 Tampere
Accreditations and programmes verified against official registries
IB · DP · authorised programmePASCH · takes part in the programmeThe IB register lists the Diploma Programme at the school; it runs as a separate English-language line with a preparatory year alongside the Finnish upper secondary programme and the ylioppilastutkinto matriculation exam. The school is listed in the PASCH network as a school offering the German language diploma DSD.
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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.
Register to check for yourself, and the full guide →PASCHSchools: Partners for the Future, an initiative of the German foreign ministry
More than two thousand schools in about 120 countries. A school cannot apply for itself: participants are chosen by German agencies in agreement with the embassy. Very different schools sit under one mark - full German schools abroad, and ordinary national schools that simply teach German well.
What the badge means for this school. The school belongs to a German support programme. By itself the mark means neither a German curriculum nor the right to award a German certificate: of the two thousand PASCH schools, about seventeen hundred hold no such right. Look for a ZfA status next to it - that is the one that is about this. The entry is confirmed in the organisation's open directory.
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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 hallnot stated on the website
·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 school building by Pyynikintori square in central Tampere, with the main hall (juhlasali) on the second floor. Lunches are provided by Pirkanmaan Voimia and students check in with the Tuudo app; vegetarian and lactose-free meals are available without a separate request.
Clubs and activities: Vuokko-kerho (nature club) · Lentopallokerho (volleyball) · Shakkikerho (chess) · Leffakerho (film club) · Pokerikerho (poker) · Lukupiiri (book club) · Rubic's Cube Club · Rukouspiiri (prayer group) · Rellun karaoke (karaoke) · Toveri (online school newspaper) · Café Scientifique Rellu (science café) · Opiskelijakunta (student union)
Teaching staff from the school's official website
·Teachers listed by namenot published
·Teacher qualificationsnot stated
✓Number of teachers43
·Students per teacher or class sizenot stated
The staff list includes 43 teachers. The school is led by Principal Niina Peltonen and Deputy Principal Johanna Halme, and the IB Coordinator is Tuija Laurila; there are 3 guidance counsellors (opinto-ohjaaja) and a special education teacher. On the IB line study groups and teachers stay the same for two years. The school does not publish teacher qualifications.
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
✓Counsellor
✓Child protection policy
·Staff trainingnot stated on the website
·Anti-bullying policynot stated on the website
The school nurse holds walk-in hours on Tuesdays and Thursdays, gives health check-ups to all first-year students and refers students to a doctor, physiotherapist, psychologist or social worker when needed. The school has a social worker (kuraattori), a school psychologist and a special education teacher who screens students for dyslexia. Student welfare follows Finnish law 1297/2013, and an individual support group is formed when needed. The school has rules of conduct and its own etiquette; caretakers (vahtimestarit) are responsible for the safety of the premises, and student tutors help newcomers.
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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 data70 Accreditation and verifiability (10%)85 Teaching staff (10%) scored on disclosed data70 Facilities (10%) scored on disclosed data65 Clubs and activities (8%) scored on disclosed data78 "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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