← Back to the rankingThe International - Danmarks Internationale Efterskole
Ulfborg, Denmark · est. 2016 · Private
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The International - Danmarks Internationale Efterskole is a Danish efterskole, a one-year boarding school, where all teaching and daily life are in English. It opened in 2016 in the village of Vedersø by the North Sea and makes up half of Campus Vedersø; the other half is the Danish sports efterskole Vedersø Idrætsefterskole, with which it shares sports facilities and electives. About 80 teenagers aged 15-17 from 20-30 countries study here: roughly a third are Danes living in Denmark, a third children of Danish families abroad and a third international students with no ties to Denmark. Instead of the Danish leaving exams, students in grade 9 or 10 follow the Cambridge IGCSE programme: English, Mathematics and Global Perspectives are compulsory, plus a foreign language (German, Spanish or French) and a choice of Combined Science or Enterprise; the school has been a certified Cambridge centre since 2016. Besides academics, students choose a profile sport up to four times a week (football, dance, e-sport, badminton, tumbling, surfing) and electives. During the year the school goes on an intro trip in Jutland, a Europe trip and a world trip (Hawaii, Guadeloupe, Australia, Singapore and Malaysia or Europe).
Key facts
Programmes
Cambridge · IGCSE
Languages of instruction
English
Languages taught
Danish, German, Spanish, French
Students
about 80 (the school has 80 places); about 230 on the whole Campus Vedersø
Registration fee
≈ $227
1 500 DKK
About the fees An efterskole charges one annual fee covering accommodation, meals (6 a day), teaching, materials, exam fees, the weekend programme, a sports clothing pack and backpack, the intro trip, the Europe trip and the outro trip. For the 2027-2028 school year the fee is 3150 DKK per week for 42 weeks, that is 132300 DKK; with the registration fee (1500 DKK) and the fee on signing the contract (5000 DKK) the school year costs 138800 DKK. Danish citizens and foreign families with permanent residence in Denmark can receive an income-based state subsidy; the school offers no other scholarships. Overseas world trips (up to 18000 DKK, with at least one trip always at no extra cost) and the surfing profile (6000 DKK) are paid separately. Fees are paid in advance, usually in 12 instalments, or for 3, 6 or 12 months at a time. Leaving early costs 8000 DKK unless 4 weeks' notice is given.
Admissions Like all Danish efterskoler, the school does not admit students on grades or recommendations: places go to those who sign up first, but the school keeps a mix of Danish and international students and values motivation most. Students must have completed at least 8 years of school and are typically 15-17; students who turn 18 before the school year starts cannot be admitted. Students must attend the whole year, from August to June. A non-refundable fee of 1500 DKK is paid on registration and another 5000 DKK on signing the contract. The school welcomes students of any nationality. Students from outside the EU without Danish citizenship need a study visa (the school starts the process, no earlier than three months before the start), must have a personal interview and can stay only one year; EU citizens have an interview and register for an EU residence document. Families are advised to visit an open house or talk to the school on Teams first.
Stages and year groups An efterskole for one full school year, from August to June (in 2026-2027 from 7 August to graduation on 26 June 2027), for students in grade 9 or 10; classes are set by level across both grades. Instead of the Danish FP9 and FP10 exams, students take Cambridge IGCSE (the level roughly matches Danish grade 10): compulsory English (first or second language), Mathematics and Global Perspectives, one language from German, Spanish and French (or the non-exam TI-project) and a choice of Combined Science or Enterprise; exams in May and June at Core or Extended level. Danish can be studied as a second language or for beginners, and Danish students with native level can take Dansk FP10. The neighbouring Vedersø Idrætsefterskole on the same campus teaches in Danish towards the Danish grade 9 and 10 exams.
Address Vesterhavsvej 43, Vedersø, 6990 Ulfborg
Accreditations and programmes verified against official registries
Cambridge · IGCSE · authorised programmeThe Cambridge register names the school as its centre: all students follow Cambridge IGCSE, and the IGCSE exams replace the Danish school-leaving exams. It is an international boarding efterskole for Years 9-10 on the Vedersø campus.
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.
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 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
✓Boarding
Also on site: Sports ground or field
Clubs and activities: Fodbold (football) · Dance · E-sport · Badminton · Spring (trampoline acrobatics) · Surfing · Model United Nations · Håndbold (handball) · Volleyball · Basketball · Mountainbike (mountain biking) · Rytmisk gymnastik (rhythmic gymnastics) · Yoga · Golf · Bodyweight training · Brætspil (board games) · International cooking · Film Art · Krea (creative workshop) · Musik (music) · Bueskydning (archery)
Summer programme away from campus: . The school runs no camp of its own on campus
Every year in the autumn holiday the school holds an International Camp for teenagers aged 14-16 from Denmark and other countries: three days and two nights on campus with lessons in English, team building, evening activities and staying in student rooms, at a cost of 800 DKK including meals and accommodation. In spring the campus runs day camps in football and dance for younger schoolchildren. The school does not mention a summer camp.
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 Denmark, England, Northern Ireland, the USA, Venezuela, Italy and other countries; the school has a head of school, a vice principal and a student counsellor. Students are in contact groups of about 12, each with a permanent contact teacher who follows the student's well-being and keeps in touch with the family. Profile sports are taught by campus coaches, and surfing by the WestWind surf school in Hvide Sande.
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
The campus has an anti-bullying strategy, and the school publishes strict rules: no alcohol, drugs or smoking, zero tolerance of bullying, violence and racism, with the same rules at school and on trips. Every evening by 22:00 students hand in phones and computers overnight and get them back from 8:00. Every student has a contact teacher and a well-being mentor, and there is a student counsellor; a campus staff member looks after well-being and sick students. Rooms are separated by gender.
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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 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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