Internationella Engelska Skolan
We prepare students for the world
Internationella Engelska Skolan is a bilingual Swedish school with an international profile, where every student is given the possibility to meet high academic expectations and where teaching takes place in a safe and calm environment.
Our Ethos
What we promise to families
Since IES was founded in 1993, the three pillars of our ethos have defined life in our schools:
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Command of English: English is a global language and learning to command both the Swedish and English languages at an early age becomes hugely advantageous later in life. We believe fluency is best achieved through language immersion. Up to half of the education at Internationella Engelska Skolan is delivered through the English language, by native English-speaking teachers.
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High academic expectations and aspirations: We are convinced that every child can achieve success irrespective of their background. This means we challenge every student to reach their full potential. We are dedicated to supporting students of every background to become responsible citizens and acquire the self-confidence and ambition to do the most with their talents.
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A safe and calm school environment is a prerequisite for learning: We have clear structures and expectations as this helps students feel secure. This in turn is essential to a good learning environment and signals respect for the value of education. By showing respect for each other and ourselves we lay the foundations for safe and stimulating schooling.
STATISTICS
IES in numbers
48 Schools
32 000 Students
85% Qualified teachers
95% Year 9 students qualified for gymnasiet
NEWS
What's going on!
"At IES, every student is given the possibility to reach their full potential, regardless of who they are."
Linnéa Rudfeldt,
Year 9
Frequently Asked Questions and Contact
Find the answers to your questions
Apply in just three steps:
- Click Join the Queue.
- Choose the school you want to apply for (Every school has its own queue. You can place your child in the queue from 1 February the year after they were born).
- Fill in the form including your details and those of your child so that we can stay in touch and let you know if a place becomes available.
Each school has its own queue, and it is not possible to move between them. However, it is possible to join the queue for more than one school at the same time.
There are no fees to attend IES schools. Our schools are funded in the same way as those run by the municipality, through the Swedish tax system and the school voucher (skolpeng).
In IES schools 85 per cent of teachers are qualified (2018-19 and 2019-20), compared to the national average of 78 per cent (2018-19). 47 per cent of our teachers have teaching qualifications from abroad - mostly from English speaking countries - while 38 per cent of them qualified in Sweden. We aim to recruit qualified teachers wherever possible. If we recruit an unqualified teacher we put a development plan in place to set out how they will become qualified.
Swedish school law sets out that where teaching is conducted through the English language, teachers with a teaching degree from outside of Sweden are also qualified. The training of teachers in countries we recruit from, such as Canada, the USA and the UK, is excellent and in many ways superior to the training that Swedish student-teachers receive.
Our History
Young Swedes should acquire a total inner security when speaking English. Our schools offer the best environment for achieving this. An important part of our success is that we provide a secure environment for teaching and learning. Schools should be a calm environment where teachers can teach and students learn.
Founder's introduction