Swedish-language immersion education

APPLICATION PERIOD HAS ENDED!

Enrolling in the 1st grade and applying for Swedish-language immersion education takes place through the electronic Wilma(extrernal link) service between 10th and 21st January 2022 by filling in the form 'Application for 1st grade of Comprehensive School'. If You are unable to use the Wilma service, You can fill in the paper form. The paper form must be submitted by 21 January 2022 at the latest to the following address: 

The Finnish Basic Education Unit
Secretary of Pupil Administration Sara Raitala
P.O. Box 31
FIN-02070 City of Espoo

Your child must participate in an entrance examination. All applicants will receive a personal invitation.

• 10-21 January, 2022

• Application for 1st grade of comprehensive school (not available)

• 3-4 February, 2022. Applicants will receive a personal invitation.

If an applicant has fallen ill and is unable to participate in the entrance examination, contact the 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. 

Please contact the school for more information on entrance examinations.

• Westendinpuisto school: 12 January, 2022 at 8:30 am - 9:30 am
• Soukka school: 13 January, 2022 at 8:30 am - 10 am
• Päivänkehrä school: 13 January, 2022 at 8:30 am

For detailed information, contact the school in question.

APPLICATION PERIOD HAS ENDED!

Enrolling in the 7th grade and applying for Swedish-language immersion education takes place through the electronic Wilma(extrernal link) service between 10th and 18th January 2022 by filling in the form 'Application for 7th grade of Comprehensive School'. If You are unable to use the Wilma service, You can fill in the paper form. The paper form must be submitted to your child's current school in Espoo by 21 January 2022 at the latest.

• 10-18 January, 2022

• Application for 7th grade of Comprehensive School (not available)

• No entrance examination. It is required that the applicant has studied in Swedish-language immersion education in primary school.

• Haukilahti school, 10 January 2022
• Espoonlahti school, 12 January 2022

Briefings are held primarily via Teams at 6 pm. Please contact the school for more details.

• Ruotsin kielikylpyopetukseen hakeminen (luokat 2-9) can be found on this page.

• No entrance examination

• Päivänkehrän koulu (grades 1–6)
• Soukan koulu (grades 1–6)
• Westendinpuiston koulu (grades 1–6)
• Espoonlahden koulu (grades 7–9)
• Haukilahden koulu (grades 7–9)

Admission is based on an entrance exam consisting of two sections:

1. Exam analysing Finnish language proficiency (0–45 points)
2. Exam measuring mastery of the basic concepts of Swedish language (0–15 points)

Applicants are admitted in the order of their total score in the entrance examination (0–60 points). If two or more applicants have the same score, their order is determined by the score of the exam analysing Finnish language proficiency. If the scores of the Finnish language exam are also the same, the order is determined by drawing lots.

Any applicants who meet the admission criteria but are not admitted due to a lack of available seats will be placed on school-specific waiting lists in the order of their respective admission exam scores, with Espoo-based applicants taking priority. If seats become available, pupils will  be admitted in the order determined by the waiting list until the end of August, at which point the waiting list will expire.

Applicants are required to have attended Swedish-language immersion education in comprehensive school in Espoo or somewhere else. If there are more applicants than the group can accommodate, a draw is held among the applicants.

Any applicants who meet the admission criteria but are not admitted due to a lack of available seats will be placed on school-specific waiting lists in an order based on a draw, with Espoo-based applicants taking priority. If seats become available, pupils will  be admitted in the order determined by the waiting list until the end of August, at which point the waiting list will expire.

If places become available during the school year and they are not filled by applicants who have moved to Espoo in the middle of the school year, new pupils may be admitted upon application of a parent/guardian. Applicants to grades 2–6 and 8–9 are required to have attended language immersion or Swedish school in Finland or abroad.