Enrolling in pre-primary education and comprehensive school in Espoo begins on 10 January

Pre-primary education for children born in 2017 begins in Espoo on 10 August 2023. Pre-primary education is provided free of charge in day-care centres and schools for four hours a day. 

Enrolment for pre-primary education in the 2023–2024 school year takes place on 10–20 January 2023. You enrol with an electronic application in the eVaka service at espoonvarhaiskasvatus.fi. You can log into the service by identifying yourself through suomi.fi, which requires an electronic banking password or mobile certificate. 

More detailed instructions on enrollment and information on pre-primary education units can be found at here.

If you have questions about applying for pre-primary education or you need help filling in the application, you can contact the early childhood education service guidance. You can reach the service by e-mail at vaka.palveluohjaus@espoo.fi or by telephone on +358 9 81631000 (Mon, Tue, Wed and Wed at 9:00–13:00 and Thu 13:00–16:00). 

You can also visit the Leppävaara Service Point at Sello to meet the service instructors on Thursday, 12 January 2023 at 14:00–17:00 or Wednesday, 18 January 2023 at 14:00–17:00. A service access instructor will also be present to provide assistance for filling in the digital application. 

If necessary, help in matters related to the application process is also available from Hello Espoo Info at the Service Centre of the Iso Omena shopping centre on 10–11 January 2023 at 10:00–11:30 and 12:30–15:00, and on 16–18 January 2023 at 10:00–11:30 and 12:30–15:00. 

Children born in 2016 shall be enrolled in the first grade of comprehensive school by their guardians through Wilma between 10 and 20 January 2023. Also, the children whose school start has been postponed in the school year 2022–2023 shall be enrolled in the first grade. 

All guardians of school newcomers living in Espoo will receive a notification of beginning of compulsory education, which contains a key code for creating a personal Wilma account. With the notification, guardians will receive a brochure Welcome to school!, which contains information on applying to school and important dates. 

Additional information on enrolling in school is available on page School Admissions. 

If the child can attend school in both Finnish and Swedish, you can choose whether to enrol the child in a Finnish-speaking or Swedish-speaking school. 

Enrolling in the 7th grade of comprehensive school takes place through the electronic Wilma-service between 10 and 17 January 2023. In questions related to Wilma accounts, the guardians may contact the pupil’s current school. The guardians will receive information from their child’s school. 

Additional information on enrolling in school is available in English on page School Admissions. 

Beginning from the third grade, the pupil has an opportunity to apply for weighed-curriculum education. The guardians will receive information from their child’s school. 

Applying for weighted-curriculum education for the 3rd grade takes place through the electronic Wilma service between 13 December 2022 and 13 January 2023. 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 13 January 2023 at the latest.   

More information on weighted-curriculum education can be found on this page. 

The application time for afternoon activities for the coming school year 2023–2024 is from 26 April to 10 May 2023. Espoo organises afternoon activities for pupils in grades 1 and 2 and for pupils requiring special support after the school day. Applying takes place electronically in Wilma. 

More information on afternoon activities can be found on this page.