Bilingual education (Finnish-English)

If study places become available during the school year 2024-2025, a pupil who has recently moved to Espoo can be admitted based on an entrance examination.

Please fill in the application form Kaksikieliseen opetukseen (suomi-englanti) vuosiluokille 1-9 hakeminen (only in Finnish). Submit to form to the school offering Bilingual education to which your child primarily applies. 

The form Kaksikieliseen opetukseen (suomi-englanti) vuosiluokille 1-9 hakeminen can be found on this page. 

Entrance examination will be held after the pupil has moved to Espoo. The principal will determine the date. Please contact the school in question.

Enrolling in the 1st grade and applying for Bilingual education (Finnish-English) takes place through the electronic Wilma service between 8th and 20th January, 2025 by filling in the form Application for 1st grade of Comprehensive School. If you are unable to use Wilma, you can fill in the paper form. The paper form must be submitted The Finnish Education Unit by 20 January, 2025 at the latest. The return address is informed in the form.

8-20 January, 2025

The form Application for 1st grade of comprehensive school can be found during application period on this page.

30-31 January 2025. Applicants will receive a separate invitation.

If your child has fallen ill and is unable to participate in the entrance examination, contact the bilingual school organizing the entrance examination before the examination starts and present a statement on the illness. The principal has the authority whether of not a new entrance examination is held.

• Kilonpuiston koulu: 7 January 2025 at 6 p.m.
• Jalavapuiston koulu: 9 January 2025 at 6 p.m.
• Kuitinmäen koulu: 9 January 2025 at 6 p.m.
• Niittykummun koulu: 14 January 2025 at 5:30 p.m.

Some of the briefings are held via Teams. Please contact the school in question for additional information. The briefing material is available in Finnish and can be found at the end of this section.

You can choose the means of delivery for the decision when filling in the application form. There are two options:

1. The decision will be published in Wilma on 25 April, 2025. The decision will not be delivered by post.
2. The decision will be mailed on 25 April, 2025. The decision will not be published in Wilma.

It is possible to choose only one. The choice is binding!

Enrolling in the 7th grade and applying for Bilingual education (Finnish-English) takes place through the electronic Wilma service between 8th and 15th January 2025 by filling in the form Application for 7th grade of Comprehensive School. If you are unable to use Wilma, you can fill in the paper form. The paper form must be submitted to your child's current school in Espoo by 15 January 2025 at the latest. In case your child is attending a school in another municipality or a private school, please submit the paper form to the Finnish Basic Education Unit. The return address is informed in the form.

Do not fill in the form, if your child currently studies in the 6th grade in Kilonpuisto or Kuitinmäki joint comprehensive school and is continuing studying in Bilingual education in the 7th grade. Your child does not need to participate in the entrance examination.

8-15 January, 2025

The form Application for 7th grade of Comprehensive School can be found during application period on this page.

22 January, 2025 at 9 a.m. at the school which is indicated in the application form as the first choice of preference offering Bilingual education. No separate invitation! All applicants must arrive by 8:45 a.m. at the latest.

If your child has fallen ill and is unable to participate in the entrance examination, contact the school principal before the examination starts and present a statement on the illness. The principal has the authority whether of not a new entrance examination is held.

Note! Pupils studying in Bilingual education in the 6th grade do not participate in the entrance examination.

• Kilonpuiston koulu: 7 January 2025
• Nöykkiön koulu: 8 January 2025
• Kuitinmäen koulu: 9 January 2025
• Haukilahden koulu: 13 January 2025

Some of the briefings are held via Teams. Please contact the school in question for additional information. The briefing material is available in Finnish and can be found at the end of this section.

You can choose the means of delivery for the decision when filling in the application form. There are two options:

1. The decision will be published in Wilma on 9 April, 2025. The decision will not be delivered by post.
2. The decision will be mailed on 9 April, 2025. The decision will not be published in Wilma.

It is possible to choose only one. The choice is binding!

Please fill in the application form Kaksikieliseen opetukseen (suomi-englanti) vuosiluokille 1-9 hakeminen (only in Finnish). Submit the form to the school offering Bilingual education to which your child primarily applies.

1 March ­– 6 June, 2025

The form Kaksikieliseen opetukseen (suomi-englanti) vuosiluokille 1-9 hakeminen can be found on this page.

4 August, 2025. All applicants will receive a separate invitation.

Admission is based on an entrance exam held in the spring. The entrance examination consist of two sections:

1. A test measuring Finnish linguistic capabilities (0–45 points)
2. A test on basic terminology in English and English language skills (0–30 points). 

In order to be admitted to bilingual education, an applicant must achieve the minimum score for each section and the minimum total score of the entrance examination. 

Applicants are admitted in the order of their total score in the entrance examination (0–75 points). If applicants have the same total scores, the order is determined based on the sibling criterion (the applicant’s sibling attends the school in question and is not on the highest grade level). If the sibling criterion does not clarify the situation, the order will be determined by drawing lots.

Any applicants who complete the entrance exam in an acceptable manner but are not admitted due to a lack of available study places will be placed on school-specific waiting lists in the order of their respective admission exam score, with Espoo-based applicants taking priority. If study places become available, applicants will be admitted in the order of the waiting list until the entrance exam in the autumn, at which point the waiting list expires.

Applicants are admitted in the following order of priority:

1. Applicants who are attending the 6th grade of bilingual education.
2. Applicants who have been in English-language education in Finland or abroad.
3. Applicants who completed the English-language exam held in the spring in an acceptable manner.

In the event that two or more applicants are on equal standing, the order is determined by drawing lots.

Any applicants who complete the entrance exam in an acceptable manner but are not admitted due to a lack of available study places will be placed on school-specific waiting lists in the order of their respective admission exam score, with Espoo-based applicants taking priority. If places become available, pupils will be admitted in the order of the waiting list until the entrance exam in the autumn, at which point the waiting list expires.

Admission is based on an entrance exam held in the autumn. Upon applying for any grade, the applicants must achieve the minimum total score. Applicants are admitted in the order of their total score in the entrance examination. If two applicants have the same total score, admission will be decided by drawing lots. 

Available study places can be filled with applicants who have just moved to Espoo or are about to do so. Admissions are based on in an entrance examination. The principal of the school in question will determine the date of the entrance examination.

In order to pass the entrance examination, applicants must achieve the minimum score specified for entrance examination. Applicants are admitted based on their total score in the entrance examination. If two applicants have the same total score, admission will be decided by drawing lots.

The applicant admitted must immediately start school in Bilingual-language education. 

Applicants living in other municipalities will not be admitted during school year.

• Jalavapuiston koulu 
• Niittykummun koulu

• Kilonpuiston koulu 
• Kuitinmäen koulu

• Haukilahden koulu 
• Nöykkiön koulu

• Jalavapuiston koulu: 25
• Niittykummun koulu: 25
• Kilonpuiston koulu: 25
• Kuitinmäen koulu: 25

The number of study places mentioned above is valid through grades 1-6.

• Haukilahden koulu: 24
• Nöykkiön koulu: 24
• Kilonpuiston koulu: 24
• Kuitinmäen koulu: 24

The number of study places mentioned above is valid through grades 7-9.

You must indicate on the form Application for 1st grade of Comprehensive School that your child is applying for Bilingual education as well as English-language education, and select the schools in order of preference. Your child must take part in the following entrance examitions:

1. The entrance examination for English-language education on 29 January, 2025 at the school which is marked as the first choice for English-language education.
2. The entrance examination for Bilingual (Finnish-English) education on 30 January, 2025 at the school which is marked as the first
   choice for Bilingual education. The entrance examination consists of two sections:

• A test measuring linguistic capabilities
• A test on basic terminology in English and English language skills.

Your chid will receive a personal invitation to the entrance examinations.

Please familiarize yourself with the instructions and admission criteria for English-language education before filling in the application form. The instructions and admission criteria can be found here.

You must indicate on the form Application for 7th grade of Comprehensive School that your child is applying for English-language education as well as Bilungual education, and select the schools in order of preference. Your child must take part in the entrance examition as follows:

• If your childs first preference is English-language education your child must participate to the entrance examination at Espoo International School on 22 January, 2025 at 9 am. No separate invitation. All applicants must arrive at 8:45 am at the latest.
• If your child´s first preference is Bilingual education your child must participate to the entrance examination at the school offering Bilingual education on 22 January, 2024 at 9 am. No separate invitation. All applicants must arrive at 8:45 am at the latest.

Please familiarize yourself with the instructions and admission criteria for English-language education before filling in the application form. The instructions and admission criteria can be found here.