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Viborg, Denmark · est. 2010 · Private
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Viborg International School is the international department of the private school Viborg private Realskole in central Viborg, in the middle of Jutland. Viborg private Realskole was founded in 1890 and today has room for about 800 students; it opened its international department in 2010. The department teaches children from age 5 up to IGCSE exams (about age 16) entirely in English under the Cambridge curriculum and is a certified Cambridge examinations centre. It has about 85 students from different backgrounds; it caters mainly to international families living and working in the area, as well as Danish children returning from abroad and internationally minded Danish children. In Year 9 students take Cambridge Checkpoint, and at the end of the course IGCSE exams, with the option of the Cambridge ICE group award. Danish is taught as a first and a second language. The school emphasises enquiry-based learning and each student's development; it is a small community where everyone knows everyone.
Key facts
Tuition
≈ $3 023–5 101 a year
2 000–3 375 DKK a month
The year is counted as ten payments: the school does not say how many payments it takes.
Programmes
Cambridge · Primary, Lower Secondary, IGCSE
Languages of instruction
English
Languages taught
Danish, German, Spanish
About the fees Fees in the international department for the 2026-2027 school year are paid 11 times a year (July free): C1 and C2 2000 DKK per month (after-school care excluded), C3-C7 3375 DKK per month, including Year 9 Checkpoint and IGCSE exam fees. Sibling rebates: 500 DKK per month for the second child, 1000 DKK for the third, the fourth child is free. SFO after-school care: morning only 700 DKK, afternoon only 1600 DKK, full day 2125 DKK per month, with a third off for the second child and two thirds off for the third. The annual school trip is paid separately: C1 and C2 800 DKK, C3 and C4 1000 DKK, C5 and C6 2200 DKK, C7 3200 DKK (excluding food and pocket money).
Admissions Admissions are rolling, with no deadline, but places fill up during the year. Students can join mid-year if there is a place in the right grade; school management sets the grade from previous report cards and, if needed, an admissions assessment. International families and siblings of current students have priority; decisions take into account whether the child has other schooling options locally. Families with a Danish CPR number and MitID apply online; others email the application form and documents; the child is then placed on the waiting list, management sets the grade and stage, and student and parents are invited to an interview at the school or online. Enrolment is formal only after the Confirmation of Enrolment document. The language of instruction is English: families whose children speak no English are asked to discuss this with the school first.
Stages and year groups The department is organised in classes C1-C7, from age 5 to IGCSE at 16. Teaching follows the Cambridge curriculum with Cambridge Checkpoint exams in Year 9 and Cambridge IGCSE at the end of the course (exams in June, results in August). IGCSE subjects are grouped for the Cambridge ICE award: languages (English as a first and second language, German), humanities (Geography, Global Perspectives, History, English Literature), sciences (Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Combined and Coordinated Science), mathematics (Cambridge International Mathematics, Additional Maths as self-study) and ICT (self-study). Teachers also teach IGCSE English as a Foreign Language and Spanish. Danish is taught as a first and a second language. The Danish department of Viborg private Realskole (grades 0-10, FP9 and FP10 exams) teaches in Danish and is a separate line.
Address Trekronervej 10-14, 8800 Viborg
Accreditations and programmes verified against official registries
Cambridge · Primary, Lower Secondary, IGCSE · authorised programmeThe Cambridge register names the school as its centre: the international department of the private school Viborg private Realskole teaches children aged 5 to 16 on Cambridge programmes, with Checkpoint and IGCSE 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: Primary (ages 5-11), Lower Secondary (ages 11-14), IGCSE (ages 14-16). Primary is the primary stage, ages 5 to 11: English, mathematics and science to Cambridge syllabuses. At the end of the stage a school may run the optional Checkpoint test, which is marked in Cambridge. Lower Secondary is the middle stage, ages 11 to 14, with the same optional Checkpoint test at the end. 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
✓Laboratories
·Theatre or assembly hallnot stated on the website
·Librarynot stated on the website
·Cateringnot stated on the website
·School transportnot stated on the website
·Boardingnot stated on the website
Also on site: Art studio
Campus: The international department is on the grounds of Viborg private Realskole in central Viborg, spread over several historic buildings: the late nineteenth-century main building, the former KFUM building, Børnevillaen for the youngest pupils, and the former credit association building and director's villa for older students. There is a music house, Musiklogen, the Annekset building with a gymnasium, art rooms and renovated craft and design workshops, two new home economics rooms (2020) and science rooms. PE also takes place in town sports halls. A food truck sells food and school lunches can be ordered. From Year 5 every student has a locker.
Clubs and activities: Musikskole (after-school music school) · Kor (choir) · Lektiecafé (homework help)
Teaching staff from the school's official website
·Teachers listed by namenot published
·Teacher qualificationsnot stated
✓Number of teachers16
·Students per teacher or class sizenot stated
The department page lists the head, the deputy head (also exam coordinator) and 16 teachers and staff: teachers of English, Mathematics, Science, Global Perspectives, humanities, Danish as a first and second language, Music, PE, Woodwork and Design, plus an assistant; several teachers act as exam officers. The school's parent-elected inspector, in the statement for 2025-2026, notes a consistently high level and very good teacher-student relationships.
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 policy
The school publishes a student well-being and anti-bullying policy: school-home conversations twice a year, a class teacher system, two well-being coordinators, a student council, class rules and cooperation with the municipal SSP; in case of difficulties the school psychologist, the special education coordinator and PPR are involved. Students are offered check-ups and conversations with the school health nurse. Every three years a well-being and learning environment survey is carried out, including in the international department.
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Criteria breakdown criterion weight in brackets
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 data75 Accreditation and verifiability (10%)85 Teaching staff (10%) scored on disclosed data70 Facilities (10%) scored on disclosed data70 Clubs and activities (8%) scored on disclosed data67 "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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