Tromsø International School (TRINT) is a private international school in Tromsø operating under the Independent Schools Act with state funding; it calls itself the northernmost PYP/MYP IB school in the world. It teaches grades 1 to 10, ages 6 to 16: the Primary Years Programme in grades 1-6 and the Middle Years Programme in grades 7-10, in mixed-age groups. The main teaching language is English, but all students learn Norwegian: the school strives for a bilingual approach in all subjects, in primary each group has a Norwegian-speaking and an English-speaking homeroom teacher who plan for 50/50 exposure, and Norwegian and English as subjects get equal hours. A third language starts in grade 7; the website does not name it. The school is next to the Arctic University, and grades 1-4 have the TAPP before and after school programme. The state approval covers up to 220 students.
Key facts
Languages of instruction
English, Norwegian
About the fees Tuition: the ordinary fee is 28700 NOK per year, the first sibling rate 25450 NOK and the second sibling rate 22300 NOK; fees are invoiced monthly over the 10 months of the school year. The fee schedule does not state a year. There is a scholarship for low-income families: the application is due in the first school week, it is granted for no more than two years in total and must be renewed each year. School supplies, resources and activities are free for students.
Admissions Applications received before 1 December of the year before the start are handled in the first intake by priority: children of staff and board members, siblings of students, children who are not Norwegian nationals and do not live in Norway on 1 December, then application date. After the first intake applications are handled by date; children of international families moving to Tromsø are granted a place during the year if the class has room, which the school calls its social mission to help attract international labour to Tromsø. Children who already have a place at another school in Tromsø are not accepted after 1 October; no new grade 10 student is admitted after 1 October. After approval the family meets the principal or head of programme and tours the school, new students in grades 2-10 get a try-out day, then the contract is signed by both parents. Transfer papers from the previous school are required. Early or deferred school start is decided by Tromsø municipality based on a PPT assessment. Admission decisions can be appealed to the County Governor (Statsforvalteren).
Stages and year groups Grades 1-10. Norwegian grunnskole (grades 1-10) within IB programmes: the Primary Years Programme (PYP 1 - PYP 6, grades 1-6, ages 6-12) and the Middle Years Programme (MYP 2 - MYP 5, grades 7-10, ages 13-16); in the final MYP year students complete the personal project, in the year before the community project. The school is approved by the state as an international school and follows the IB framework. Classes are mixed-age. Children start grade 1 in the year they turn six.
Address Minnelundvegen 15, 9019 Tromsø
Accreditations and programmes verified against official registries
IB · PYP, MYP · authorised programmeThe school is listed in the IB register and runs the Primary Years and Middle Years 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: PYP (ages 3-12), MYP (ages 11-16). 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. MYP is the middle stage, ages 11 to 16. There are no exams here either; at the end an optional electronic assessment of pupils' work is possible.
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
✓Library
·Cateringnot stated on the website
·School transportnot stated on the website
·Boardingnot stated on the website
Also on site: Playground
Clubs and activities: Dance club · Drama club · Student council · TAPP holiday club
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
The staff page names 19 educators, the head of teaching and learning, the PYP and MYP coordinators, plus administration, the school nurse and TAPP staff. From grade 1 the homeroom teacher is always bilingual and can teach in Norwegian and English. Each primary age mix has classroom assistants and an extra teacher for 10 hours per week; in middle school an extra teacher works 10 hours per week in languages, mathematics, science and individuals and societies, and one assistant works across all classes every day.
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 policy
All adults at the school are responsible for student wellbeing, as Norwegian education law requires; the school treats supervision during breaks as the main measure against bullying and follows a systematic plan. The school has an inclusive school environment policy, conduct rules and a complaints procedure: homeroom teacher, coordinator, principal, then the school board or the County Governor. The website names a school nurse; the school works with PPT, child and adolescent psychiatry, speech, physical and occupational therapists and child welfare services. Mobile phones are not allowed during the school day.
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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 data70 Accreditation and verifiability (10%)85 Teaching staff (10%) scored on disclosed data55 Facilities (10%) scored on disclosed data65 Clubs and activities (8%) scored on disclosed data70 Value for money (6%) scored at the median95 "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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Tromso, Norway · Private